A couple of grizzled old geezers leave for a months-long RV trip in February 2020.

But they are about to hit a bump in the road.

Gerri and Michael Almand have been living part-time in their RV for years. Gerri has gone from reluctant RV wife to a deep appreciator of the open road, so when it comes time for their next trip, they know they are going to be just fine.

Enter: COVID-19.

When the pandemic hits, their return home becomes impossible. They must run for their lives to elude the dreaded coronavirus, and they do what any logical senior couple would do…

They sell their home in Florida and embrace a full-time RV life.

They spend six weeks in a nudist RV park, chase after Dennis Hopper’s ghost in Taos, deny themselves a Koi fishing casino expedition in Cripple Creek, learn the art of the ‘wike’ in Leadville, survive a snowstorm outside Colorado Springs, stroll across the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, and nest in the desert in southern California with the Xscapers RV Club.

Running from COVID in Our RV Cocoon is a humorous memoir that shares the highlights of one couple’s paradoxical journey of both losing and finding freedom during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also equipped with helpful tips on transitioning to full-time nomadism and offers the complicated truths of what it’s like to live in an RV during a pandemic.