RV Traveling Tales: Women's Journeys on the Open Road

By Jaimie Hall

Fifty-two women answer the question: What is it like to be a female nomad on the open road? This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971677727
• ISBN13: 9780971677722
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Pine Country Publishing
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Book For All Seasons

Whether you go on the road this winter or stay at home, one thing on your must-do list is to take the time to read RV Traveling Tales - Women's Journeys on the Open Road.The eclectic collection presents a bird's-eye view of life on the road with anecdotal stories from a woman's point-of-view. The often humorous, always thought-provoking tales reflect an extensive array of emotions and impressions from women who span a wide range of age, temperament, financial circumstances and marital status. If one story doesn't grab you with the "been there, done that" syndrome, another will.Each story paints a vibrant picture of life in an RV. Each miniature composition captures the unquenchable spirit of women as they reflect on events ranging from mechanical trouble on the road and fighting the RV bulge (both for their units and themselves) to making lasting friendships in a transient setting and discovering (rediscovering?) the joy of life. Issues covered deal with just about anything encountered while RVing - from illness on the road, coping with expenses, fending off the wildlife (animal and human) and the trivial day-to-day things that make life an adventure.Thank you, Jaimie Hall and Alice Zyetz, for putting together this collection of RVing stories. With representation from both American and Canadian women, RV Traveling Tales truly chronicles the history of RVing.I thoroughly enjoyed reading (and re-reading) RV Traveling Tales and, as a woman who is totally committed to the RV camping lifestyle, rejoiced in discovering this inspired blend of stories from kindred souls. - Diane Batten, Editor, RV gazette/Explorer RV Club - Canada.

An engaging collection of travel-essays

Collaboratively compiled and edited by Jaimie Hall and Alice Zyetz RV Traveling Tales: Women's Journeys On The Open Road is comprised of an engaging collection of travel-essays by a variety of authors about living in and traveling in an RV with an emphasis on the needs and experiences of women. Each writing is brief, yet presents a memorable snapshot of RV life. Enhanced with a glossary of RV terms, RV Traveling Tales is commended as being a thoroughly engaging work useful reading for anyone considering buying or taking a trip in an RV.

Move Over Thelma and Louise

Reviewed by Carolyn Howard-Johnson, columnist and reviewer for MyShelf and author of This is the Place and Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remembered Move over Thelma and Louise! Jaimie Hall and Alice Zyetz have arrived. They've edited a collection of essays called "RV Traveling Tales: Women's Journeys on the Opne Road" that will appeal to anyone who knows--deep down in--that women are sisters and should help one another to a more fulfilling life. I liked "City Girl Takes a Hike" by Cathi Tessler. It convinced me that traveling in an RV is not necessarily for someone else, someone less citified, someone less prissy. After all, who wouldn't like the change from "waking up to the incessant ringing of the alarm at 4:45" to "waking up to...birdsong." The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Americans will be staying closer to home this year than in the past. That may mean more RV travel. That may mean all those Americans will be reading RV Traveling Tales. Let's hear it for Thelma and Louise and Jaimie and Alice! They've done their part to convince women to strike out in any direction that beckons to them! (Carolyn Howard-Johnson's first novel, This is the Place, has won eight awards. Her newly released Harkening: A Collection of Stories Remember has won three.)

RV Traveling Tales, Women's Journeys On the Open Road

I LOVE this book, the stories are so interesting,fun and poignant,really pulled me along as if I were a member of the RV'ers myself. I wanna buy a rig and join the Nomads.From some of the stories I can tell which of the women I'd love to meet and get to know better. I think they have stumbled onto the way to cut through all of the normal everyday baloney to find people with ones own values and interests, a short cut to that mysterious chemistry called friendship. Maybe life would be too intense if we never had any frivolous conversations or friendships but sometimes I'd chance it in a heart beat if it meant the possibility to experience these adventures.I do admire these people for pursuing this way of life, enjoying the little time that we have, doing their best not to waste it on things and stuff!!This book came as a surprising gem in the middle of a long and cold Michigan winter.Too bad Oprah's book club has been discontinued it would be a sure pick. It is an easy, fun read but has a strong and unsuspected undertow. I found myself 3 days later still hashing over the various contributions. Courage, strength, perseverance all put forth by women of today. Maybe we have come a long way after all!!

From One Woman To Another

I loved this book! As a weekend camper I've always been curious to know what life might be like for those women who are on the road full-time. After reading the wonderful stories in this book I now have my window into some of their experiences. Many of the tales made me laugh, some had me in tears, but all of them had my attention. Thank you Alice Zyetz and Jaime Hall for putting together such a neat book! I can't wait to share it with more of my friends.