A talent can earn you money

At the rally we are at in Arizona, Michael Baker is parked across from our RV Authors' Co-op booth. It's hard to miss his rig. He has murals all over plus a intricately carved wooden door in the back.

Though Michael isn't a vendor here, attendees can sell individual items at their rig. Michael has paintings he has done displayed by his rig. And, he is doing a busy business in trade. He has pinstriped a friend's motorcycle and painted her name on her canvas chairs in exchange for a Web site design. Several others have approached him about painting their chairs and murals on their rigs.

Because of his talent, once people saw his work and realized he was doing chairs, they have been coming by and getting him to do theirs.

If you have a talent, you might be able to do some freelance work for others or display and sell your work when parked at a rally or an RV park. It helps if you have such an elaborately decorated RV!

Just another way to make some money as you travel the RV road. Jaimie

For information on Jaimie Hall's recently revised book, Support Your RV LIfestyle! An Insider's Guide to Working on the Road, 2nd ed., see RVBookstore.com.