Reunited on the Road
One thing we didn’t anticipate about full-time travel is how often we’d see the same friends again — just in entirely different places.
February 27th, 2026
One thing we didn’t anticipate about full-time travel is how often we’d see the same friends again — just in entirely different places.
February 27th, 2026
One of the questions we get asked most often about living on the road is, “But what about socialization?”
It’s the same question that comes up when we say we homeschool. And honestly? It hasn’t played out the way people imagine.
We are constantly meeting new people. We visit friends and family. We reconnect when our paths cross again. And instead of our world getting smaller, it’s expanded in the most unexpected ways.
One thing we didn’t anticipate about full-time travel is how often we’d see the same friends again — just in entirely different places. There’s something really special about that.
This week we spent a few days in Sedona with friends we first met last month in Oceanside. It’s one thing to become friends when your trailers are parked 20 feet apart. It’s another thing entirely to text each other weeks later and say, “Wait… you’ll be there too? Let’s make it happen.”
And this wasn’t a one-time thing.
We met friends in Pismo Beach who later planned a trip to Bend while we were there. Friends we met in Southern California happened to be in northern Washington when we ended up back there after leaving Kauai. Friends from Pismo came to visit us in Santa Cruz.
Each reunion feels a little surreal — like running into someone at your neighborhood park… except the “park” is a completely different state.
When people worry about socialization or deep friendships on the road, I understand the concern. Community matters. Roots matter. But what we’ve found is that community doesn’t disappear when you travel — it just looks different.
It looks like shared hikes in red rock canyons. Campfire dinners in new states. Kids picking up right where they left off. Parents staying up too late talking under string lights.
Our friendships may be spread across the map, but they are intentional. They are chosen. And every time we reconnect somewhere new, the bond deepens.
For us, life on the road hasn’t meant less connection. It’s meant connection with people from all over — and the joy of meeting again, somewhere unexpected.