Tour of a Nomad Living in a Class A Motorhome
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.พ. 2017
- In this video, we meet Mark who has been full-timing for 3 years and is now living in a beautiful GMC Class A Motorhome. We'll learn all about how he finally broke free of the constant pull of "More" stuff to live free on the road.
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Mark's comment that getting rid of all their stuff from their house was equated to the feeling that you have after taking a shower speaks volumes. So often you hear that the Less Stuff you have the more Free you feel. Great interview Bob and Mark!
Everyone you interview is so interesting. I'm starting to believe all the really cool people are living in the desert.
Another great interview Bob. Thanks Mark.
Hey Mark, if you're reading this, you could be a commercial actor. You have a great look and an awesome voice to do voice-over work or reading audio books. All the best to you and your wife with life on the road👍😃
❤️🕊🤙"Very informative Interview . . Bob and Mark . . Great/Safe Travels to You All Donna and Cody" ❤️🕊
Such a great guy, He and his wife helped me put a floor my van out in Havasu
Ive always loved the timeless design of the GMC. The Airstream is another example of timeless design. Bob - excellent production and subject matter!
He looks like Pernell Roberts (Adam) from Bonanza just with a beard though......
Greg Dawildman Fast i was thinking the same thing
Ha! I was trying to figure out why he looks so familiar, he looks exactly like him! That's a compliment by the way.
Greg Dawildman Fast That's what I was thinking too. I cracked up when I scrolled down and read your comment as I was thinking it
parnell Roberts played that doctor show where he had a beard after bonanza, does look familiar
That's what I was thinking
I had one of those in the mid 70's, I adored it, oh wish I still had it. Mark is quite amicable, very nice guy, Thanks Bob, & Cody, Another wonderful vlog~
Awesome interview Bob. I could listen to Mark all day long.
When I saw Mark, he looks like a cowboy in the old cowboy movies. He looks like the guy on Bonanza and Trapper John, M.D. (medical drama television show) which I loved that show and he even sounds like him. Thanks for the interview.
As Greg Fast said..Pernell Roberts
Congradsulation on 46 years. And that's how you've done it. Most young people don't understand it. But its called Love, and commitment.
I loved watching and listening to this interview. It sounded like one of your most easy going and relaxed ones in quite a while. I am also enjoying the fact you are splitting the interview from the tour into two easier to view videos.
You're doing an absolutely fabulous job and I'm loving the work you're putting into all your videos.
Cool. I'm excited to see the next part. He articulated very well the reasons they left and how things have been since.
Great interview! I love hearing about process of how others finally made the decision to become a full-time RVer, and what they did to follow through on that decision. Very insightful and practical too.
Thank you bob for all you do !!!! 😊😊😊 I really love your blog and this Chanel ! 👍
Thanks for watching Julia!
Very good interview. One of the problems with the accumulation of 'stuff' is that after the initial thrill wears off, you mostly don't really use it much.
Best interview I've seen you do so far. Thanks.
when he talked about calculating how much he was spending per month I am like I wonder what our expenses are so I calculated it a few minutes ago. wow, cant believe how much just having ahome (we dont have a mortgage) even without this mortgage (repairs and home improvements etc) food, utilities, taxes, insurance through work for disability and medical care, including eyes, and dental, house insurance which I forgot to calculate in, clothes per year, washing them, and I did not even caluculate the costs of the equipment I have to oil, gas repair, to maintain our 3 acres to mow, and hauling trees and such which we have to sometimes cut apart due to storms, etc, including hobbies, I am like wow!!!!! I did not know how much we are spending per year for just basics let alone hobbies and extras that come along including vacation. I have dogs so I caluclated vets visits, kennel costs to go on vacation, which is substantial, I am like yikes it would be cheaper and more fun to find a annual campground with amenties of hiking, swimming fishing kayaking, bird watching, etc, and have a truck camper or small trailor and still enjoy vacations (it would be like a permenant vacation as I love the parks/woods/ etc) and just move it around if the price gets too much, you have more power over the campground owners because if hte charge to much you can leave, here if the taxes keep going up you cant just get up and leave and find a better place to live.
Thanks. So many real people in RV life
It is such a pleasure to meet and get to know them!
Wonderful interview Bob and Mark I could listen to you all day, agree with previous post you have a great presence and voice!GMC is awesome too!
so helpful, thank you Mark and Bob
My folks had a GMC like this and I got my first experience then and loved it. So this is pretty cool to see one again.
Really enjoyed this video and in my opinion it is the best nomad interview that I have had the opportunity to watch. Keep up the good work Bob!!!
Thank you Jimmy!
you help so many people out with this video! thankyou bob.
Thanks for watching mike!
Oh my goodness, I've seen one of these just parked on the street in my neck of the woods. Very Cool!
The best interview to date. Very good info and insight.
I am so excited that you made this interview! I have a GMC rv and am planning on living in it full time once I retire from teaching. Good to know that they are enjoying it as full timers. Gives me more confidence and peace of mind.
So pleased to hear it!
Great interview. Great insights. Thank you!
Wow What a great story Thanks again for sharing Bob
It was our pleasure PMA.
Awesome rig! Thanks Bob!
Excellent info! Thank you!
Nice interview. Very relaxing and informative. I hope I can run into Mark someday.
Mark looks like a big guy ! It's a good thing hes a nice guy.
Cool I like the older rigs. They have character .
what a mint interview. looking forward to a look see of his home.
Great interview! Ty again!
Great interview..thx Bob!
You're a very good listener, Bob! J
Really enjoyed the interview. He was really interesting. What caught my attention was the 1975 GMC. I have it’s identical twin, just a 1976. Getting ready to use mine on a much expanded basis. Take care.
Looking forward to the interior view. The GMC's are more maintenance than other older RV's in general, but you don't have to worry about rot. There still head turners for being a 40 year old rig...
I like the look of the GMC Motorhome
great story!! Also one could rent out the house while on the road. You could even build a small dwelling on the rented out property as a home base. Bob, I picked up on your enjoyed taste for this guy- super warming. I like the new camera angle, very...humanizing(not sure if that the right word but seems more candid).
Great Guy! Now you have me looking at GMC's for sale ....dang it!
Great interview. Your guest is very knowledgeable.
I love Bob. He really does a great interview and is so good with people. He deserves his own TV show. This would be a wonderful show like those featuring tiny homes or a reality show documenting nomadic life and how all different people go about it. I would watch the hell out of that! I think anyone would even if they weren't planning on taking the plunge but I bet it would get a LOT more people thinking. The government-controlled media would probably not mainstream this idea though. But Bob deserves some $$$ and success!
This is my idea of the ideal motorhome. It's large enough that two adults can live comfortably while traveling the USA, while also small enough that anyone with a standard driver's license can drive it almost anywhere.
Just awesome information !
Wonderful Interview!
Gr8 video! Really enjoyed it!
I think it would be so much fun to do this. Next best thing is following this channel and watching all the nomad people…. I know there are things that you give up but a lot of those things you would like to give up.
Must be good RV... It was used for the EM50 Urban Assault Vehicle in "Stipes" 😀
Great interview.
Thank You!
JM
GREAT VIDEO
THANKS FOR SHARING
It was our pleasure!
You have interviewed a lot of interesting people, but I have found that I have enjoyed this interview with Mark the most. I wish I could see photos of his van and the use of space that you have spoken of. I am designing a van for extended travel and am so interested on how people use their space to the best use. Thanks for all that you do Bob for encouraging and helping those who want to live a mobile life. I can't wait until next year when I hope to hit the road.
Thank you for your kind words! Perhaps if Mark and Donna have some pics of their former rig they will share them.
Thanks Bob.
your rite Bob hellva a nice guy hope to meet you guy's someday
I love the aesthetics of the GMC RV. Nothing modern has this look that I have seen. Fun video.
They definately don't make them like this anymore Lurker1979!
I agree. Today's motorhomes look like the cargo containers these were shipped in by comparison.
Loved the video and REALLY want to see the inside!
Great interview
Best motorhome ever made.
We really enjoy our GMC with restored it for local use
What a darling heart...
Bob, you attract good people.
I'm very fortunate in that way!
Great interview, excellent video. Very inspiring. May be I will join the nomads club one day. Thank you Bob.
I hope you do Indranil!
Great story nice video.
Really enjoyed this Bob.......it was like watching my story in a cowboy hat.
Now my interview will seem crappy when the wife and I show up.
Just a great interview !!
great video! I really like your channel.
Great interview! Wow now you have me curious about what his van looked like. Any pictures of that for a future blog post?
Thanks,
Tina
Hi Bob and Mark .. I've seen 2 of those GMC motor homes down here in New Zealand
one is the same colour and graphics. .
.. when you are talking to yourself. say nice thing's
Nice
Good video and his thoughts on rv living is the same as mine.
Hi Mark!
I want part dou now lol. Both of you have CALMING voice's. TY...edit: as soon as I asked you put it up! lol!
Haha patience is a virtue! :)
Would like to see his van. (I'm looking at getting one, so to see what they did would be helpful) thanks!
He reminds me of Lee Majors with a beard. Like a Lee Majors incognito. Awesome interview. One of my favorites.
While I cannot imagine living full-time in an RV, I can certainly see this as a good way to travel the USA, possibly Canada and Mexico. :)
is there a video, photos or blog covering the 1st Van that you mentioned utilized space the best.
we have a 1978 Revcon. which is all aluminum body and frond wheel drive powered by big block 454 ...
Mark looks like Pernell Roberts from Bonanza. Love the voice. He looks like a big teddy bear.
Adam Cartwright for sure!
Enjoy these interviews!! Bob and Johnny Carson would have made a great team !!
Wow what a compliment, thanks!
I'm pretty sure I seen this guy driving on hwy82 thru tifton ga recently!!
Great videos and interview. I Mark reads these ... I'm very interested in he Tahoe camp host experience with being snowed in 😊 perhaps he might pm me about it ? Great set up. Kudos to both Mark and Donna. Thanks for sharing the details of your life with me. Thanks Bob for another wonderful interview 😊
Great interview... I hope you're going to post the video of the inside of his GMC. I'd love to see that.
Aahhhh Nevermind, I see it's just been posted! :-)
Happy to oblige Joan!
I didn't realize this was just the interview part until it was just over half done. I kept wondering where the tour part was, lol.
Bob, another great video interview! I'm watching all of your videos but can't always stop what I'm doing to push the like button I do like them all however. Mark mentioned his and his wife's hobbies and I was wondering if there is a group of amateur astronomers out there with the tribe, camping together and setting up their telescopes in the same area so they don't have to put all of that equipment away every day. My goal is to not have to work so that I can look at the stars all night and sleep in the daytime. Probably not this summer (2018) but next summer I will join the tribe and embrace the nomadic lifestyle.
Do you have a video of their van-trailer setup?
That is Adam from Ponderosa!
you are that final boost bob
Another great interview, Bob. This was the first one where I noticed you changed camera angles during the interview. It does make it more interesting, but I don't know if that was your purpose. Was that something done in post (like a digital zoom), or did you actually move the camera? Just curious. Looking forward to part 2!
Two cameras! Bob you're going Hollywood! BTW, the one shot with Mark had awesome color, what camera did you use?
I am thinking about living fulltime in a RV , I was thinking of putting 100lbs of propane instead 15 lbs propane tank they usually come with not sure how to fit it right
Great info! And hey, I know where there is one of those for sale! Looks to be in good condition. A bit snowed in at the moment.
I would be concerned about the drive train on one since it was made to really pull a car around. Plenty of motor size just a weird drive train and transfer case. Not easy to get if it was a catastrophic failure.
-Jon
Jon, definately something to check out!
Who else had the "Barbie" version of this camper as a child? Have a soft for this type.
Everyone should know what their expenses are as well as their income! I keep a running total of mine, daily, monthly and yearly. It's very helpful.
Bob I have a question- we just recently bought a 1 ton van and we want to turn it into a camper van. Could we go to the DMV and have it listed on the title as a rv ? For cheaper insurance and to be able to get into campgrounds ? I've seen other TH-camrs that say they've don't that.
very interesting video my ears picked up when Mark said he had a new hobby and became a ham radio operator because I'm also a radio ham and have been for many years, it would be nice if all of us hams joined up on air, from time to time, I became interested in camping in a van because of my hobby, I live over here in the UK, I do live in a house with my two dogs, but it's nice to be able to take a break from time to time, that's when I found Bob's TH-cam channel, being able to get away from Birmingham from time to time and enjoy my hobby, by stealth camping in other parts of the uk my name is Barry and my ham radio call is G4DIP
That's great Barry is it a popular hobby in the uk?
markadoglet I’ve been interested in ham radio. Is it complicated to setup, use and expensive?
Wonderful interview. Do they have a website, TH-cam or FB page?
Do you have a video with Mark's van?
Keep in mind that its not very economical to drive a large RV for long distances. My 29 ft RV gets about 8mpg when towing my jeep behind it and it struggles to climb hills. These big RVs a good to live in but not travel. Great to park them in a spot for 3-4 months and then move with the weather. If you want to travel alot you are better off with a van.
Hopefully he has the updated gear ratio in the final drive. The GMC is not designed to tow something that heavy. I blew the transmission on mine towing a car on a u haul car trailer.
Good to know Stan thanks for posting.
Hey Bob,
Since you spent so much time talking about the great job Mark and his wife did renovating a van....does a link to a van tour exist for that van?
Sure does! th-cam.com/video/FstZcbRw1bw/w-d-xo.html
Oops...I just went to the link you gave me and it is Part Two of your interview with Mark and the tour of his GMC rig. I watched that last night. Maybe I didn't make myself clear in the earlier message, but I'm referring to a video tour of the camper van he and his wife did before the GMC...since you spent so much time talking about it and it was clear you were amazed at the job they did on it.
he reminds me of parnell roberts