"Work camping is a lifestyle that combines working and camping. Work campers often trade labor for compensation, which can include a free or discounted campsite, utilities, and sometimes wages. We bought a house in Florida nine years ago and live there for six months in the winter. Our 42-foot Monaco Class A motor coach is our home for the other half of the year while we work camp. Since 2019, we've work camped in New Hampshire. I also do DoorDash in both places."
"I started working back in January 1963 with Eastman Kodak in Rochester, and I worked for them for over 30 years. I got married very young and had kids very quickly after. I had a family to support, so I worked full-time at Kodak, part-time in the evening at automotive stores, and went to night school. I wish I'd put money aside during this time and let it compound."
"I worked for them until around 2004. At that time, I fully intended on going full-time RVing and doing work camping; it was one of my lifelong dreams to travel the country in an RV. But a great opportunity came up at a university in California, and I worked as a film lab manager for the school's motion picture and television film lab, where they did archival restoration and preservation of all their film libraries."
Richard Smith, 81, lives six months in Florida and six months in a 42-foot Monaco Class A motor coach while work camping in New Hampshire. He and his wife bought a Florida house nine years ago and have work camped across the country since 2019, including New Hampshire and Alaska. He works two part-time jobs in New Hampshire: campground shifts Thursday through Sunday nights and DoorDash Monday through Wednesday, effectively working seven days weekly. He worked over 30 years at Eastman Kodak, held technical-director and film-lab roles in Hollywood, and later managed a university film lab focused on archival restoration. He regrets not saving earlier.
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