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It. called work camping, this mostly retired crowd travels from town to town during ditch seasons sed stays for free in exchange for 20 hours of work per week. people like don and kathy. >> across the country four times in seven years. we've hit all the western states. we're missing some of the northeastern states. we just haven't had time. >> most work campers are full time rvers and work at rv parks, amusement parks during the busy season. >> it's an advantage for both us and also for the owners of the park and that they're not having to pay insurance or anything like that. >> what we get is...

Internet and companies like amazon.com profited in the big way. recession, huh? now we're learning how amazon's managers handled the spike in business. in part by hiring work ampers. work campers. that term a combination of work and campers. a million of these folks say around the travel of the country and their rv, they picked up temporary jobs along the way. adam housley is in benson, arizona, about an hour outside tucson. how did this work? >> this time of year you'll find work campers all over the sun belt state, especially in southern arizona where they've come to places like the butterfi...

Family, pick up odd jobs when necessary because they're living on a fixed income. warren is one camper, he's been doing this for ten years, he used to be in the high tech describe and says he loves this lifestyle. >> you're not paying rent anywhere, you get around, seeing different parts of the country, and go where you want to, when you want to go. >> reporter: most work -- most of the work campers are full-time rvers, they travel around the country, do odd jobs, everything from amusement park, national parks, dough sents, some of them volunteer, a lot work for free. they get a chance to stay...

1.5 people who travel around at work campers. >> we take our work camping jobs. we choose areas of the country we want to visit. then we find a job that we think will suit us and we contact the campground and give them our resume and tell them the experience we have, then we negotiate the deal. >> reporter: some work for a salary, for a small salary, for amazon.com over the holidays. others will come to a campground and work in the gift shop or work at the pool. with the advent of technology like cell phones and internet and the ability to have their mail forward here. they say they don't need...

Amenities. >> reporter: there is 1.3 to 1.5 people who travel around at work campers. >> we take our work camping jobs. we choose areas of the country we want to visit. then we find a job that we think will suit us and we contact the campground and give them our resume and tell them the experience we have, then we negotiate the deal. >> reporter: some work for a salary, for a small salary, for amazon.com over the holidays. others will come to a campground and work in the gift shop or work at the pool. with the advent of technology like cell phones and internet and the ability to have their