Workers on the RV road meet up

Forums are a wonderful way to meet people. Often you know them on the forums or have email correspondence with other RVers for years before meeting in person - if you ever do. It is fun to put a face with a name.

Today, David Baker, Web master and designer of the new Workamper forums and Web site, and his wife Patricia, met us in Pine. They brought their friends Don and Candy. The two couples originally met while working at a Thousand Trails park near Santa Barbara, CA. They've stayed in contact ever since and are both camped at the Thousand Trails in Verde Valley.

Jordan Engle, a new Workamper, saw on the forums that George and I had met David and Patricia at the Thousand Trails in Verde Valley. Wanting to meet us, he headed that way. We all met in the tiny town of Pine, AZ, up in the mountains below the Mogollon Rim where George and I have a homebase. Jordan left Vermont last month in below freezing temperatures. His RV is a tiny teardrop trailer! (See his blog.)

We had a nice visit and lunch at HBs in Pine. Then we headed in off in different directions. David will continue to work on the Workamper Web sites and he and Patricia are headed to Heber Springs, AR where Workamper is located. Don and Candy will spend the summer near Lake Tahoe. Jordan is headed to Whidbey Island, WA where he will be a campground host starting Memorial Day in a WA State Park. George and I will go west to Alamo Lake for a RoVing Rods gathering plus stop off in Quartzsite to do our yearly maintenance on our gold claim. This year we'll be traveling and writing about AZ. We've been wanting to visit parks like Canyon de Chelly, Chaco Canyon (just into NM), and the Grand Canyon.

It is fun to compare working and travel notes and get to know people who you've only met online. They become part of your network and meet ups add spice to your travels. It's a good excuse for a meal out too. Nearly everyone had the chicken and dumpling soup and pronounced it good. Only one couple (not naming names) had the blackberry cobbler with ice cream. The rest passed the calories by and enjoyed it vicariously. Jaimie Hall Bruzenak (Photos by George Bruzenak)

For information on Jaimie's 2nd edition of Support Your RV Lifestyle! An Insider's Guide to Working on the Road, see RVBookstore.com