"Happy travelers:Frank and
Mary Banker
work the
vending carts
at Adventureland
Amusement Park
in Altoona, Iowa. "
Charlie Neibergall, AP
Katie's great aunt and uncle, Frank and Mary Banker, were featured in an Associated Press article on living the RV life. Here is part of the article from USA Today.
Americans living life partly on the road
By Adam Geller, AP Business Writer
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. —
Frank and Mary Banker have embarked on a similar route. The couple, originally from Pottstown, Pa., began traveling after Frank Banker retired from a career researching viruses at a pharmaceutical firm. They've since worked at amusement parks in Tennessee and Florida and are back for their fifth season at the Iowa park. He's manning a frozen lemonade cart. She sells ice cream.
"It helped us so we don't have to take as much out of retirement, but this is also play money," said Frank Banker, who's 65. "People ask us when we're going to retire and go back to a house....and right now, there doesn't seem to be an end in sight because this is such a great lifestyle."
Katie is particularly fond of the Bambi purse that Frank and Mary gave her for Christmas!
