I weep because I am in such a bad financial spot right now but I want to be happy and feel alive. Cancer didn't kill me but the financial devastation is. I still have a dream to be alive and live on the road. One day...

Wow! When you stumble across something you never expect to see again. I sold them that 7.3 a few years ago in Vegas. Pleased but not surprised is still trucking along. Super cool couple and remember them mentioning something about doing this. So happy for them! They definitely knew what they wanted in a truck. Please let them know if they ever need anything or are in my area again to not hesitate to contact me.

There ya go folks, the meaning of life summed up succinctly and honestly. Fabulous young couple and MR BOB !!! What I ADORE about your interviews is you let people talk, you never interject or interrupt and you always afford everyone the deepest respect and dignity yet still ask the deeper more pertinent questions. I am not a nomad but I do believe that you may well be the catalyst for huge change for many people.

OMG!!!> I couldn't believe I actually heard that line. Being in touch with death, knowing we are going to die is what puts us in touch with life, and what we want and need to do in this short time we have here on earth. This isn't just a little interview with a nomadic couple. This is a truly revelational conversation that I have had trouble for quite a few years putting into words. We are in a society that works us to death for the good of something other then our own health and our own mental well being. I spent 30 years as a paramedic, respiratory therapist, director of many medical departments in hospitals, and after a forced early retirement I am finally living. Not traveling, not "nomadic", but sitting still long enough to read and learn what I want to for me not for someone else. My wife is a school counselor and loves it, but she's younger and it works for her and us, but honestly, working to live and then living to die is such a short term and potentially meaningless end. I've lost so many important people in my life from 30's to 60's before they ever had a chance to retire. That just doesn't make any sense. Unfortunately it boils down to needing enough money to live well. That is quite the trick, if we can just figure that out. What a challenge.!!. God Bless.

"Please stop watching so much news." So true!

Best interview I've seen on this channel. They are a wise couple. Wise beyond their years.

This couple gets it. I just turned 60, and I am finally breaking myself out of the rut/coffin/cell that I have been assembly lined into. About two years ago I saw my first van life video and it blew my mind. I have been retired for three years and home ownership is never going to happen for me, and even apartment living is becoming too pricy for me to live a comfortable life. So, in September of this year, I will be buying my own Ram Promaster 3500 Hightop Extended WB and I will be building my own home on wheels. I am for the first time in my life, excited by my future even though I have no idea what it will bring! I hope I haven’t left it too long, that I have another 20+ years to go wherever I want and do whatever I want when I get there!! The good news is, once I build my van, I will easily be able to live quite comfortably on my pensions. So this couple living their lives as they are are a good 40 years ahead of the curve. Congratulations to them.

Fascinating. They didn't interrupt each other.

Bob, one of your best interviews yet. Great questions and insight to this young couple. I don't know if you realize this or not but your episodes are a true sociological roadmap for us. Thanks so much Bob.

I'm not typically easily impressed by people, but Christopher and Melissa are impressively well-rounded... emotionally, intellectually, spiritually. It's humbling just to watch these two old souls in a video; it would be an honor to meet them in person. Thanks for introducing us to them, Bob :)

This couple has lived more in their 20ish years than I have in my 40ish. Very inspiring. If I had it to do over again, I'd adventure, too. My daughter is 18 now, I hope she will do this, too. Good on you guys!

Bob, Of all the many interviews you have so selflessly shared, this is my personal favorite. I am nearly 67 and wish I could have had their wisdom at their age. Happiness to them as they discover each new day.

I love the way this couple interact and dont crush each other but totally support each other. Her wisdom is eloquent - esp love 15:00 living for now and 21:00 finding your path; so well stated.

I love these people and their ideas...perfect. it took me a lifetime to get to where they are...times are different and our experiences make us...I want them to write, blog, teach and share. Much love to them

My mom gave me the best piece of advice as she was dying of cancer. "Michele, Go out and have fun while you're young? We worked to save up to retire and travel? Now we're to old and sick too so that. Go have some fun." So DH ands i bought two Harleys and did add much riding add we could. We had a wonderful life. Now we're old and sick, with few regrets!! I put about 90,000 miles on my 4 Harleys total and saw some really wonderful things with my best friend, my husband Dan. And were still married!!

Love your 30 year old lance camper. We did upgrade our pick up to a dually, much more stable. And we greatly enjoy having a bathroom available all the time. Retired folks, late 70s.

What an inspirational couple! I'm 36 have a few more years until the kids are grown/on their own but I can't wait to live this life. I've never fit into the mold of what my fellow humans tell me I should be doing or where I should be in life and that leaves me feeling like such a failure. This couple is much more covered in riches than anyone I've ever met! The part about being in touch with death and not being dead but also not alive hit hard! I want this so bad

It's refreshing to hear these two young individuals who are so intuitive about society and it's expectations. They're truly on the ball. Responsible, grounded, intuitive, inspiring, caring, loving couple and I wish them an exciting, meaningful life with many happy trails!! BLESSINGS.

Omg I’m in love with this couple forget the trailer. They have the best personality

This is a fascinating interview, Bob. Well done! Although its a few years old now, I hope their parents have had a chance to stumble upon this and realize what a great people they have raised. At the end of your interview you mentioned checking back in with them once per year so I'm going to search trough your videos to see if I can find any updates to this. Thanks again for all you do.

A very nice, thoughtful couple. Maybe there's hope for the world after all.

In 1976 I was 26 and Chris & Melissa look like they were teleported from my 1970s homestead porch to your interview! They have the attitude we had in our Mother Earth " back to the land" lifestyle. It ironic that Jim & I built or farm cottage and moved in, in December 2016. I had a brilliant career in high tech and could not stay in the fast lane. Kept jumping in and back out again, for 30 years and finally turned my back on it in 2016. So MUCH happier to live back in the woods! I will follow their channel with interest to see how they are doing in 2021. ~ Diane

When they were talking about security ie: security in owning a home or security in having a job etc ..... when you get right down to it, there isn't ANY security in any of those things, your as secure as your boss or the bank wants you to be. I mean look how many lost their jobs followed by loosing their homes in 2008, where was ALL that security then. So I am envy of their lifestyle along with all those folks out there enjoying the nomad lifestyle and hope to be one of them some day.

I find comfort in realizing I'm not the only one with alternative viewpoints (from mainstream society). I can't wait to hang out with all of you wonderful people on the road & sit around a campfire and share experiences & develop authentic friendships. Happy Holidays Bob...... and to everyone out on the road! Love, Eric My launch date is summer 2017.

Thank you Bob, they are a charming couple. So brave, adventurous and open to an interview. My faith in young people is renewed. Many thank to the three of you and the dogs. ☺

I'm so much happier since I found your videos and realized this is possible. This is one of your best. Chris and Melissa are so down to Earth about everything it's relaxing just listening to them. Thank you !

What an awesome young couple! One of the best interviews ever.

Bob, really great interview and video. You find the coolest people! Thanks again. Cheryl

You two are adorable, I’m 67 and living nomadic for three years now. I just have some sadness when I am not around the like. I am always traveling alone and feel the need to share but that is something I have to accept. Cherish what you have.

So refreshing to see a couple of sensible and adventurous young folks. Love their priorities in life. Too many youngsters today suffer from a sense of entitlement. They equate happiness and success with material possessions. Christopher and Melissa have their heads on straight. Good for them!

These folks discovered at a fairly young age what took me 30+ years to comprehend. Great interview.

Great to see young people who have found the right way of life. Life is good.

Have watched this foor or five times now. Definitely my most favorite episode on your channel, Bob! Thank you for sharing the story of this insightful, young couple. They are so on the mark about living a better life through awareness of our own mortality 🙏💕😎

I think this is one of your best interviews. Traveling is an education you can't get from college or staying in one place your whole life. I think this philosophy will have to play out to see if it was best choice. We have to just make a choice in life and stick with what makes us happy. You only life once make it count. great scenery in background, good job Bob.

Oh I absolutely love this couple, So enlightening! They concentrate on what's Really important in life: others- Not fake relationships, treating yourself right- Good health with fresh air exercise sunshine, living somewhat minimalistically- it doesn't have to be costly to be a blessing to you, and Most importantly, Honoring God, sharing his love! I really want to do this, looking at a 2023 Thor Chateaux 22B with slide, but cost dictates I wait, So hopefully soon! Much love to you both. Safe travels! ♥️🙏

Someone once told me i was a simple person that only wanted simple things out of life... they were right. I think she meant it to be derogatory. Lol

Going over old video's Bob...wondering if you ever had the chance to get an update on this lovely set of souls...what a great day for you to come across such insightful young people that have figured out the secret of life and the recipe for happiness...I would love to know if you have any updates on Christopher and Melissa...Wishing them both a "Wander-FULL Life" indeed...Thanks so much for this one...it really was a special video!

Such enlightened and easy-going souls, great vid!

What a great couple! I wish I could have lived my young life like them. I'm a little envious. Love their story.

I don't know - I think with true freedom comes a feeling of security, a resourcefulness born of experience that says we can somehow make do, and make it work. Great interview.

Bob what a great video. Alot of very helpful info and insight. What they said about so many people coming over to offer help when their hood on their truck was up at walmart is very encouraging I stopped watching cable news it is so so negative I now only watch youtube mainly

You can tell he loves her so much by how he listens to her talk and looks at her. i love this ! I love what they are doing together!

I guess it's true when they say maturity is not an age thing. These young couple is very wise and aware of the impact they have in the world. I agree wholeheartedly with them. Also they are living my dream. Great interview Bob. Thanks for you work.

Fantastic interview and a real amazing couple. These two are light years ahead of my understand when I was their age. They truly do understand how it all really works. I think Christopher had the best advice, stop watching TV news and stop being afraid to live free. Great interview!

I feel so lost living in a basement. I need to do this

Amazing young people. It gives me hope for the next generation. Thank you Bob. Great interview.

AMAZING interview!! i love when nomads wax philosophical, such times i know im not the only one who feels this way. i would love to see more of these two! thank you Bob for such great content!

Christopher and Melissa are inspirations to those who wish to follow in their footsteps, i.e., freedom from the material world and happiness as the cherry on top of their shared dream. Cheers to both of you! And a hearty, "Thanks!", to Mr. Wells for uploading this video to watch by those of us who are about to begin a similar journey soon. VERY soon!

Great interview and great young couple. I was impressed with them both. Melissa said some wise things in the beginning of the interview. They are both wise beyond their years. Great job, Bob.

Great to see a young couple choosing a nomadic future. Super interesting and well-made video. Thanks Bob.

Wow what a beautiful young intelligent couple.

I own a small 5th wheel camper that is practically identical to your camper. I have been at a loss on how to best utilize the space, but after watching your tour I have a greater feel for what I need and how to get it. Thank you so very much.

Thanks for the video. Heading West soon to start my adventure. CVK

Great interview Bob...nice to see a young couple with the right outlook on life, wisdom knows no age if its grounded in doing.

A great couple👏this was one of your best interviews yet. Thank you and Merry Christmas!!!

Great video, RV people are a community that look out for each other.

Wonderfully thoughtful couple.

another great video Bob, what a lovely couple! Her parents can relax they raosed a confident, strong, caring young woman!

Great seeing Chris and Melissa before box trailer. Thanks Bob

What a wise young couple! They’ve learned things at a young age that took me to my 60’s to realize. Happy for them!

Wow, what an amazing couple. And to have figured these things out while they're so young. Remarkable. Bob, as always, your interviews are so good by letting their personalities shine through. Kudos to them and to you.

Thanks again Bob, always fullfilling and encouraging the great people you interview.So Greatfull

It’s now August 2020. I hope this young couple are staying safe and well, and still enjoying the RV Living. Regards from a Scottish viewer. 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

GREAT Video Mr Wells ..... An interview with a nice young couple that are well educated, but are settling-in on a better way of living FREE !!!! :) :) I look forward to more .....

thank you all for your time to encourage me I'm out of my hell in three weeks peace ✌

Interesting....thanks Bob!

Give this man mad credit for rocking the ZF-6speed manual. I've really enjoyed mine.

Watching this at 58 years old. I do understand these 2 . I come from a outdoor/camping back ground. Parents divorced with different thoughts on that. Mom, a hippie just go with it. Camp out under the stars. Had a couple of vans at different to times. Dad, hunter outdoorsman truck and camper. Was in a 4wheel drive group. Mom, just kind of lived life with not much future planning, like pensions, retirement etc.. Dad, skilled worker retirement plan and all that. At one point in my life a friend and I we're going to live in a teepee. Having kids changes ideas and thoughts and direction. Fast forward, now we have a small house and a motor home. The motor home we bought last October. Big change from tent camping. A lot to learn. it's good to have KZfaq with all the RVing sites. I don't think a day goes by that I'm not watching a few. Not having a real connection with material things is a plus. Though my husband loves stuff 😩😊 we are both working at this time, so we have only been doing short trips figuring things out. The plan is, at this time, to keep our house and travel during the better road months. For staters. Who knows what we will end up doing after that......... I rarely say no to an adventure.

Another great video,would love to spend a day chatting with this amazing couple. And I agree, as an Old Farmers Wife & an Old Farmer, we prefer a tree also!

Love your channel Bob. This is a great couple with awesome advice. One thing that really struck home with me was the suggestion to stop watching the News! So true, I have a tendency to be a bit of a news junkie and considering news is 99.9% negative, it definitely would be beneficial to not watch the news. Great advice. All the best to this couple, they are amazing. Really enjoyed the video.

Way to go, kids. I may see you on the road. My wife of 24 years just passed away so love the heck out of each other.

Nice couple and what a great life they have already lived at such a young age.

I can tell he really loves her, very considerate. He looks at her to let her answer Bob's question first and to get her input. 💗👍

Wonderful, intelligent, down to earth couple. Very enjoyable video.

Great conversation. Wonder how these two are doing now. Their smart at a young age, so refreshing!

Bless your hearts, you are both more mature than most people closer to my age of retirement, as I'll be 65 in May, and just decided for sure yesterday that I'll do what I can to sell everything I own in my one bedroom condo that I'm renting. I also have an '03 Ford T-Bird convertible and hardtop with only 54,400 miles on it. Now to find a Van I can convert for myself at 5'1' and my kitten a bit under one year old. I'm hoping there is someone that maybe has a cat and how it works for them. I've been watching everything by CheapRVliving I can find. Several builds I saw were almost exactly what I know would work for me. Listening to what Christopher said is enough to live on and I have a bit more than double so know I'd be fine and able to save for repairs when needed, etc. I'm getting so excited. May Lord God keep you safe, healthy and happy on your journey. Maybe I'll see you at a get together in the near future. Hugs to all KZfaqrs and RV'ers.

Great interview outstanding couple fresh fresh minds!

Bob I would totally support you deleting these offensive comments on your Channel! Great interview wonderful couple!! Thank you! 🐙

Oh my goodness you guys have lived more in your young lives than I could ever imagine in my 60 years! I pray God blesses you and watches over you and gives you many more adventures in your many years to come

I had to log on and comment. I'm so proud of you both for being authentic to your feelings and being in touch with living outside of the box no matter what anyone thinks. Incredible journey you two ❤ Amazing Young People.

Congratulations,, I really liked this interview and the philosophy of life and death expressed. This 72 year old man has learned a lot from this interview and actually several others that Bob has posted.. I am doing my diligence and every day I am more convinced that I need to participate in this life changing style of life. I have a Honda Ridgeline and T@B camping trailer, so I have a rig that's this is doable in. I will have to just take the leap of faith, and perhaps stop overthinking this and start my adventure.. I am definitely planning to make it the 2018 RTR in January,, And thanks Bob for deciding to have the RTR again.. I hope to meet many of the folks who's video's I have watched and certainly including Christopher and Melissa.. Thanks to you two and Bob.

This young couple is an inspiration. Wish them all the best. Great story, great video!

Wise beyond their years. Very moving, inspiring and inline with the direction my life is headed! My favorite story of all you've shared. Thank you, Chris

I am so happy that I trashed my television 11 years ago. I don't miss it at all. I could live this lifestyle. Living simply is so smart.

What a great interview Bob! It is refreshing to see young people with the head "well screwed in their shoulders" To have hope we need many more like them. I like to mention that the nomad community or people are not only great individuals in USA but all around the world. Just have to see how much support have those people travelling in a small VW vans from the tip of South America to Alaska or see the nomad community here in Australia to appreciate that this kind of life bring the best of people. Thank you for sharing.

It is so wonderful that they found each other. What a wonderful couple.

This is one of the best videos. This young couple is so awake, had to watch this again when it popped up, even though I have seen it before. Excellent video, and all 3 of you are so easy to listen to. Stay Free People!

What an excellent interview with this couple. At first I thought the woman was kind of shy and quiet and then she was so deep and profound with what she was saying it really shook me. They’re going to just have amazing life adventures in their future together. Very awesome!

Bob hits it out of the park again!

Love these two people! At 71, I totally agree with want you are doing! Love to you both.Bob, this was an outstanding interview.

You both know so much more at this young age than the rest of us did. You are on the right track. You can be such an example to the rest of us.

I worked as field electronics engineer for FAA for 21 years travel around 17 states in Midwest installed equipments for the local airports, I was on the road 90% of the time,I regreted that I didn't buy a small RV to carry my tool and other stuff around and didn't have to stay in some hotels which had no kitchen.

Best wishes from France, Bob! I always love your videos so much! Christopher and Melissa's views on life are really inspirational. Thank you for enabling us to meet such great people. Keep up the good work.

I guess I'm not the only one who intentionally avoids creating "black water" in my RV; it really does improve day-to-day quality of living in a fifth-wheel.

These two young people have restored my faith in young people again. It seems that getting rid of the TV is one of the solution to youthful wisdom....

Love their mindset! Happy for them and looking forward to the year update or whenever you see them again update. Thanks Bob!

I will agree a trailer is better if found! The swaying and uneasiness mile after miles gets tiring and being a truck driver years ago. Great video and great couple

Enjoyed the interview very much but would like to comment on one aspect. If as you say, you "want to be good in your heart and good in your soul", then maybe you should be a little less judgmental in saying that people who work a 9 to 5 are "zombies". We all walk our different paths to enlightenment. I was doing what you are doing when I was 20, traveling for 1.5 years in a VW camper. It was under a full moon in the interior of British Columbia one evening when I realized that my genetic make up had deemed me to be a "creative type". I felt an urge and impulse that I wanted to build things and create things. I came back to civilization, got a couple degrees and found my ideal job designing and creating mechanical things, exciting things. I spent the next 30 years having the time of my life. I couldn't wait to get to work every day. Some days I was having so much fun at work, I just stayed and worked all night without coming home at all. I retired with a pension and collect social security. We own our home on a beautiful 39,000 acre lake. The 9 to 5 did well by me and it was the opposite of being a "zombie". We travel 10,000 miles a year since retiring 10 years ago without the worry of how we're going to pay for it. I will say there are two things you said that were spot on .... health is absolutely the greatest gift. Coming to terms with the finite time we have in this physical world is the greatest impetus to explore yourself and your surroundings. I also agree that the people you meet in your travels are the most unexpected joys of doing it :-)

I recognize Rabbit Ears mountain in the background above Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Hope you enjoyed our beautiful state !! Great video!!

Very nice interview Bob...Chris and Melissa, wow how things can change in a year....I know what you have now and can't wait for Bob to do another interview with your new set-up...Cheers..