by Al Christensen | Oct 4, 2022 | Boondocking, Gatherings
Homes On Wheels Alliance’s In-Person Caravans begin on Wednesday, October 5 in Southern Nevada — Alkali • Beatty • Pahrump • Lovell Canyon — Specific Caravan Camp locations and directions will be available on the HOWA website at...
by Al Christensen | Oct 2, 2022 | Nomad Philosophy, Travel
“WHAT INTERESTING PLACES SHOULD I SEE?” Usually the people asking that question have innocent intentions, but it gets my cranky old man hackles up. To me it’s part of the spoon-fed culture. To me it means those people don’t have opinions of their own, that they lack...
by Al Christensen | Oct 1, 2022 | California, Photography
Tribal gathering — 2 October 2018 — Volcanic Tablelands, Bishop CA style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7662527707655081" data-ad-slot="8472325861" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display:block"...
by Al Christensen | Sep 30, 2022 | Arizona, Boondocking, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
I GREW UP in the suburbs of Washington DC, surrounded by trees and greenery. When I was 16 my father retired from his government job and relocated us to Utah, where he and Mom had grown up and where most of our kin lived. Utah was not only a cultural shock to me, it...
by Al Christensen | Sep 28, 2022 | Preparedness
THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY would like everyone in the country to have a minimum set of supplies at hand to hold you over until help arrives or the situation returns to normal. They’ve provided a list of 11 things. We vehicle dwellers already have it...
by Al Christensen | Sep 24, 2022 | Photography, Wyoming
Snake River headwaters — 14 August 2016 — Grand Teton National Park style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7662527707655081" data-ad-slot="8472325861" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true" style="display:block"...
by Al Christensen | Sep 23, 2022 | Health
SORRY FOR THE SHORT NOTICE but I learned about this just a moment ago. If you’re in the area, I hope you can make it. RAM provides TOTALLY FREE medical, women’s medical, mental health, dental and optical services. See this previous article for more...
by Al Christensen | Sep 23, 2022 | Nomad Philosophy
LIKE MANY OTHER NEW NOMADS (newmads?) I started out with a bucket list of destinations. Well known places. Places on all the Must See Before You Die lists. I took off from North Carolina, heading north and west, across the Appalachian Mountains, said Hi to a friend in...
