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Meeting Strangers as a Full Time Traveler 

Meeting Strangers as a Full Time Traveler 

Meeting Strangers as a Full Time Traveler We’ve never really had a normal experience when it comes to making friends. Anyone else feel the same way? Here’s the thing: When Andrea and I got out of college, we started working for a small marketing company that primarily...

How Hunting Makes Us Wild

How Hunting Makes Us Wild

How Hunting Makes Us Wild‘Wild’ is honestly one of my favorite adjectives. I’ve found myself using the word ‘wild’ often in conversation with friends and family and with my podcasts guests on Strangers Worth Meeting. I’ve probably been using it even more since we...

Nomad Jiu Jitsu: Training Jiu Jitsu as a Full Time Traveler

Nomad Jiu Jitsu: Training Jiu Jitsu as a Full Time Traveler

Nomad Jiu Jitsu: Training Jiu Jitsu as a Full Time TravelerOur secret’s out: we LOVE Jiu Jitsu! It might not be news to those who have been following the Wild Hixsons for a while. A little over a year ago, I started training at Gracie Bradenton after a long...

RV Overnights in Walmart Parking Lots

RV Overnights in Walmart Parking Lots

RV Overnights in Walmart Parking LotsLong cross-country trips are pretty typical when it comes to full-time RV life. They can be extremely tiring and perhaps a little boring, but there are joys to be found in those moments, too. Like the moment when your head can...

Our RV Upgrades

Our RV Upgrades

Our RV UpgradesIn our last blog, we took you through some RV features that we think can make a big difference in an RV. It can be hard to know what exactly to look for when buying your first RV, especially because everyone has different priorities for what makes...

Our Take on RV Features

Our Take on RV Features

Our Take on RV FeaturesBuying an RV is a BIG task! It might seem like buying an RV, van, or any other type of motor vehicle is easier than buying a traditional home, but you may be surprised at some of the unique challenges. There aren't the same tasks of touring...

Maximizing a One Week RV Trip

Maximizing a One Week RV Trip

Maximizing a One Week RV Trip Time moves fast when you are having fun, and it moves even faster when you are constantly moving around. At least that has been the case for us! Usually, we try to plan out our trips in two-week increments. That is our sweet spot where we...

Hot Weather Camping

Hot Weather Camping

Hot Weather CampingIt's no secret that summer is hot, but summer in an RV is on a whole other level. Most of the time, we try to plan our trips to avoid extreme heat or extreme cold, but it doesn't always work out that way and we have to adapt. Since we have already...

How to Structure an Ambitious Day

How to Structure an Ambitious Day

How to Structure an Ambitious DayFull-time travel is ambitious. Not only is the traveling itself ambitious, but traveling unlocks doors to more opportunities than we ever thought it would. With each new place we travel to, we find new opportunities to take on new...

Saving Money on the Road

Saving Money on the Road

Saving Money on the RoadTraveling can be expensive. But in our almost two years of living on the road, we’ve learned that traveling can also be affordable if you work at it. Affordable like basically the same cost of living we experienced while living in a modest...

The Hardest Parts of Living in an RV

The Hardest Parts of Living in an RV

The Hardest Parts of Living in an RVAdventure. Wanderlust. Freedom. These are words that come to mind when we imagine full-time travel. But in our almost 2 years on the road, we have learned that there are other words that are equally fitting to this lifestyle:...

Life-Changing Movies List

Life-Changing Movies List

Life-Changing Movies ListRainy days can either be gloomy and sad... OR they can be the best time to get cozy and watch your favorite movies all day long! We were recently hanging out in Minnesota, and the rain was just coming down for days on end.  We had to stay...