Marcela Miller

As someone who actually lived a similar experience as the main character in this movie, I was very disappointed in how this film took an overly dramatic, sorrowful and dreary take of a nomadic lifestyle. I too decided to travel and take temp jobs along the way after my father died, my relationship ended and my children all left home. A triple whammy and then on top of that I had medical issues that prevented me from continuing in my career. I didn’t know what to do with myself. But my decision to live a nomadic life not only let me live on less then 20k a year but also greatly enriched my life. Meeting new people similar to me and seeing places I had always wanted to, especially the wild natural vistas of the west, living close to the land made me feel invincible and filled my soul with so much joy!! And while I certainly experienced loneliness and had many, many hours to dwell on my past life, I found a nomad life the most healing solution I could have possibly hoped for. They were very few scenes that highlighted the beautiful sunsets you get to see every night and the stargazing and the camaraderie between other campers. This was more about a woman dealing with the loss of her husband then it was about what living a nomadic lifestyle is really about! I even love working the beet harvest! It’s honest, good hard working fun. Certainly better then sitting in a damn office day after day doing mindless paperwork. So that’s why I’m disappointed in this film. The lifestyle that I absolutely love is depicted in this film as a dower, “ I have to poop in a bucket, what happened to me?” manner to extract a measure of poignant empathy for the characters rather than a “ Wow! I actually get to live my life outside the constraints and bounds of our normal straight jacketed society and experience life in a manner few have the courage to do!” manner. And Just so you know, for those of us who actually live a nomadic lifestyle, WE LOVE IT!!