At Home on the Road

Given that the Rowners had been to Niagara Falls the previous summer with a pop-up camper the idea of vacationing in an RV wasn’t all that foreign — yet an RV gave them far more freedom. With a kitchen (equipped with an oven stove top refrigerator and freezer and microwave) bedrooms central AC and heat and a working bathroom and shower the Rowners liken their RV to a fancy bungalow on wheels. (Photos: Shachne Arye and Naomi Rowner)

T he Rowners’ neighbors weren’t surprised when an RV pulled into the Rowners’ driveway one spring day in 2016. As gurus in kosher economical and family-friendly travel (even setting up their own website to advise others) the Rowners turn Sundays and school vacations into trip days and are always on the lookout for adventure. The RV though hiked up their hobby by a few significant notches.

“I saw an RV for sale on Craigslist ” Shachne Arye says. “The owner had lived in it for several months in his backyard while his home was being renovated. He wanted it off his property and sold it to us for $1 700! At that price I knew that we wanted it.”

Naomi’s reaction to the RV? “Now we can really travel!” And that very June the Rowners set out on an unforgettable 28-day trip.