Nikki,

I certainly don't think you are nuts.  While I can't directly answer your question as we are "Static" full-timers, not traveling full-timers, have you ever passed up an employment opportunity because it was in a town/city other than where you lived?  Wouldn't that lost opportunity disappear if you had the option of just moving right on down the road to that job opportunity?

Workkamping is an option, but unless it is a position where you are working 40 hour weeks, it might not be really feasible.  Without getting those kinds of hours on the job, there might not be enough income.

But, you will have options even beyond that.  When choosing a site to live, look at mobile home parks as a possibility instead of RV parks.  Jo and I are currently in a mobile home park in Oklahoma City and will be until she works long enough for her to retire.  Then BOTH of us will retire and do something else.

Some mobile home parks are setting up to accept RV's.  In Oklahoma City, I know of at least 3 or 4 that do.  In addition, their rates may be less than the RV parks for a month.  Ours certainly is as we have a lot with water and sewer included (water is on a well, not city water) and costs less than $200 a month.  Others that we looked at ranged from $250 to $350 a month.  What utilities would have been in those spots, I don't know.  But, one of them would have had an office, complete with post office boxes for mail, thus also having an address for dropping off UPS and FEDEX packages.

By comparison, the RV park that is located immediately across the fence from us costs $575 a month.  A long term resident like we would have been might have had to be on a metered site so as to not incur extra expenses for the RV park for that site.

While I know NOTHING about these, what about employment options like Scentsy, Mary Kay, and others that work off of the internet.  I've seen signs/decals on the backs of SUV's for both Scentsy and Mary Kay.  Could one have those options without having to have a stix and brix for "storing" product, or could the products be delivered to you via UPS and FEDEX and then you deliver to the customer?

Now, for me, I think I want to be a "traveling" WalMart greeter.  You know, travel to some town where the greeter there is going on vacation and they need a replacement for a week.  (Just kidding, Folks.)

Good luck, and I'm sure you will get a LOT better answers than mine has been.

Terry

We have sold our home and are living in our RV full-time. We're currently driving back from Florida to our home base in Las Vegas, to run our school-related business, till June. If I could sell that business tomorrow,I'd start work camping tomorrow. We've talked to workcampers at just about every park we've stayed in,recently, and over the years. Many have been working for some years. We've met others who do Amazon,as well as seasonal retail.Today, we are at a lovely place where we just happened to mention that it is our wish to begin workcamping. The manager, who with his wife has been workcamping 13 yrs, said,"can you start tomorrow"?He said he'd hire us both, on the spot,and that the owners of this RV/Park/Hotel/Fuel Stop had other opportunities,as well. Sadly, we have to go home and get the business sold or run-out, 'till June, or I might have taken him up on it. He was interested in us because we told him we had owned our own businesses for almost 40 years. However, what he wanted most was a positive attitude and people who are self-starters,will take direction well, and are customer friendly.. I think there is lots of reason to be optimistic.

 Everyone has anxiety of some sort in connection with trying to make a living, these days.We've cut our expenses by being rid of the house.We're both 64 and need Medicare (June-2012),or whatever is left of it,. as we currently pay almost 14K a year in health care premiums/co-pays.After that, we are confident we can supplant our SS with workcamping. We will (and do) live simply. And we will have no debt.Our anxiety is more age related,we're healthy and hope to remain that way, but who knows? Like most things worth doing,finding work will require persistence and a positive attitude. Thousands of folks are doing this,so can you.