I have always been fascinated by who people are, where they

come from and why they live on one side of the street instead

of the other. Imagine my surprise when I met a group of

women who chose to live on no street at all.

The following five interviews come from women who made

the decision to RV full-time. Each comes to her story from a

different perspective but they all share a strength I just had

to explore.

Who drives away from the American   

Dream and into a nomadic life?

How do you build community

 

with other nomadic travelers?

 

And when you can no longer travel …

 

What happens then?

 

These interviews are not about buying an RV and they are

not RVing travelogues. Rather, they reveal the courage it takes

for a woman to RV. These women are unique. There’s a strength

within them—a strength they may not see themselves.

And THAT is the core of my passion for these stories.

I want to know what other women think, even if you don’t

RV, but you do see yourself reflected in their strength. Or you

would like to.

The interviews occur in an order that resonates as the stories

progress:

Marion Orem opens with this brief introduction and

Part I of my own RV interview, conducted by Sally.

Zoe Swanagon follows with her compulsion to buy

an RV and the legacy impact that compulsion would have on

1000s of women.

Lovern King shares a decision to RV full-time that led

her and Zoe to found RVW, a travel club for women who RV,

in the early 1990s.

Sally Exworthy & Jan Scott follow with what

they had to keep and what they had to let go when they began

RVing for a second time.

Ruth Silver reveals a story in her monologue that

begins with an RV focus but ends with her thoughts about

community.

Marion Orem closes with Part II of her interview by

exploring why these stories are important to any woman,

regardless of her RV experience.

Now, I‘ve been warned on occasion, “Senior women won’t

visit your Web site. They won’t care about a blog or even know

how to listen to a podcast. They won’t have a clue how to download

mp3 files. Who’s interested in these stories anyway?”

I’m interested, and as a member of the Arizona Book

Publishing Association I’ve been assured, “We all have an insatiable

need to read and to hear stories about ourselves ….” I’m

hangin’ with the authors and publishers on this one because if

we don’t get our own stories, no one else is going to.

This interview process has been a humbling experience. It

has challenged my own thoughts about community and how

each of us can benefit from these women, their strength … and

their wisdom.

Note: Episodes content may vary from the book and audio   

due to reader and listener editing choices.