by Al Christensen | Jul 24, 2022 | Boondocking
LIKE VANDWELLERS STEALTH CAMPING IN CITIES, dozens of boat dwellers anchor full time in San Francisco Bay. Their various reasons match ours. Freedom, economic pressures, distain for conventional society… And, like us, they’re surrounded by hostility. And laws. After...
by Al Christensen | Jul 17, 2022 | New Mexico, RV Living, Skoolies, Vans
style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7662527707655081" data-ad-slot="8472325861" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true" OPPOSITE OF WHAT ONE MIGHT EXPECT, summer is the wet season in the desert Southwest. (Wait, deserts have a wet season? I...
by Al Christensen | Jul 16, 2022 | Photography, Utah
Grow tall where you are — 21 September 2018 — Bryce Canyon 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 | Jul 14, 2022 | Vans
style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7662527707655081" data-ad-slot="8472325861" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true" THE CURRENT GENERATION of full sized General Motors vans has been in production longer than any other new vehicle currently...
by Al Christensen | Jul 14, 2022 | California, Camping Locations
MOST OF YOU KNOW about the 14-day dispersed camping regulations in areas managed by the US Forest Service and by the Bureau of Land Management. (The limit is a little longer in some areas and a little shorter in a few others.) And most of you know about the Long Term...
by Al Christensen | Jul 12, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
WE’RE HOUSELESS NOT HOMELESS, RIGHT? But conventional society sees everyone not living in buildings as homeless. As pitiable. As suspicious. As criminals. Dangerous to their worldview, anyway. Happiness without a house? That’s impossible! And it should be illegal,...
by Al Christensen | Jul 10, 2022 | Vandwelling Philosophy
“Home is made for coming from / for dreams of going to / which with any luck will never come true.” — “Wand’rin’ Star”, from the musical Paint Your Wagon AFTER NINE YEARS ON THE ROAD I’ve decided, contrary to the popular RV bumper sticker, home is not where you...
by Al Christensen | Jul 9, 2022 | Colorado, Photography
Alpenglow — 8 July 2017 — Ridgway, Colorado 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" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7662527707655081"...
