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title: Is RV Living as Incredible as It Seems?
description: "When people find out we live, work, and travel in an RV full-time, the reaction is typically, \"That's my dream!\" But is RV living all it's cracked up to be?"
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# [Is RV Living as Incredible as It Seems?](https://bethandcourt.com/blog/is-rv-living-incredible)

 Written by [Court Kane-Barbaglia](https://bethandcourt.com/blog/author/court-kane-barbaglia) | Jun 27, 2025 11:17:32 PM

Is RV living a dream come true? Or can too much of a good thing make you immune to its magic?

We recently stayed at a [beautiful KOA in South Carolina](https://koa.com/campgrounds/mount-pleasant-charleston/). The campground was tucked away in its own piece of paradise amidst a bustling little suburb. Once you drive through the barrier of trees separating it from the busy road, you’re instantly transported to a peaceful haven with bench swings overlooking a lake filled with wildlife, nearby walking trails that wrap around the wooded perimeter of the campground, and spacious campsites to enjoy.

Yesterday, we moved to another gorgeous park – arguably one of the top parks we’ve stayed at over the past 2.5 years. With 600 acres of sprawling trees, parks, trails, activities, and a well kept campground, it’s enough to impress anybody.

 

 

Once we unpacked, I decided to bundle up and go for a walk.

Typically when I go for walks I listen to music or a podcast, but today I wanted to be fully present and appreciate the nature surrounding us.

I walked the winding roads of this beautiful campground I described above, and instead of appreciating the beauty of our new location, all I could think about was how cold I was (it was 53℉). I know, I know, my Michigander self even said, “Girl, you’re crazy – this is like a warm spring day back home” 😂 I guess chasing the sun really changes a person’s weather tolerance 😉

Anyway, I thought to myself, “this is a good night to cozy in, make some popcorn and watch a movie 🍿”

As I continued walking, I kept getting whiffs of campfires and started to hear pockets of laughter around me 🔥

To my left, I saw a group of people bundled up around the bonfire, laughing, talking, drinks in hand.

Another campsite to my right had a family outside playing frisbee while their dad was cooking dinner on their Blackstone griddle 🥓 🍔

“Ah, weekenders,” I thought to myself.

“Weekender” is a term used to lovingly describe the people who come camping only on the weekends. They roll in on Thursdays and Fridays and head out Sundays or Mondays. Sometimes they get a bad rep for being wild partiers and disturbing us full-time folk 😂

Then the question floated into my brain front and center: *Have we stopped truly appreciating full-time RV living?*

### How we acclimated to RV living

I tried to think back to the last time we had a bonfire or cooked dinner outside 🤔 I couldn’t remember. I mean, I’d wanted to have a bonfire for the past couple of weeks but ultimately ended up feeling too tired and settling for binging Netflix instead.

When we first [started this adventure 2.5 years ago](https://www.bethandcourt.com/pros-and-cons-of-full-time-rv-living/), we couldn’t get enough of sitting outside around the bonfire, cooking outside, and going on adventures.

It seemed like we had boundless energy.

I then thought of something I was told as a kid, “fun things can’t happen all the time, or we won’t appreciate them.”

👀

🤔

😳

Holy shit. Have we acclimated to RV living, and now we don’t appreciate it?

I briefly started to panic, and then I paused.

Have we stopped appreciating the full-time RV lifestyle, *or *are we still burnt out from sprinting across the country the first 2.5 years of this lifestyle?

Or, is it a little bit of *both?*

*Orlando, Florida (Dec 2020) Our first winter on the road*

 

One of the coolest things I’ve ever learned in therapy is sometimes it’s not either or, it’s  ***and*.**

 

And that’s what I think applies here.

We are still recovering from travel burnout, *and* we’ve become accustomed to the full-time RV lifestyle. 

*Crystal River, Florida (Nov 2020)*

I felt a little sad realizing this but also smiled as I thought back on our memories from the beginning and the rush of untouchable excitement we felt 💜

 

Well…now what?

 

If ever I start to take anything for granted, my next step is making a plan to add intentional experiences back into my life that will revive my gratitude.

There’s room for bonfires, walks without headphones, **AND** watching Netflix.

*Crystal River, Florida (Nov 2020)*

The advice I got as a kid was pretty solid, and we’re at risk of losing appreciation for anything (or any lifestyle) if we don’t make an intentional effort to be grateful. Although I would make one small edit to the advice and say fun things can happen all the time…it’s just on us to appreciate them.

Wanna play along?

👉 Take a moment to pause this week during something you do routinely every day – maybe it’s drinking a cup of coffee, or driving to work – and think about what you’re grateful for in that moment or experience. 

Also, I encourage you to examine what’s missing that could bring you joy this week. 

Do you need to have a bonfire?  
Do you need to go on a mini adventure?

Whatever you do this week, try your best to do it intentionally and with gratitude 😊 

We’ll be here rooting you on 😉 

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