by Al Christensen | May 28, 2022 | Arizona, Photography
Running up river — 6 May 2016 — Marble Canyon If you have photos you’d like to share, send them to editor.crvl@gmail.com style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7662527707655081" data-ad-slot="8472325861" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"...
by Al Christensen | May 27, 2022 | Mechanical
ONE DAY, YEARS AGO, the exterior handle of my sliding side door snapped off. Panic! I tried super gluing it back in place. No luck. I tried epoxy putty. No luck. So I learned how to slip my finger tips behind the remaining part of the handle and tug on it just...
by Al Christensen | May 25, 2022 | Health
WHEN WE HIT THE ROAD we usually leave behind whatever medical and dental arrangements we had—if we had any to start with. Your medical insurance might have been tied to a state or a certain provider network. You’re without a primary care physician, who is your gateway...
by Al Christensen | May 24, 2022 | Budget, Solar Power
AS IF YOU NEEDED MORE ECONOMIC BAD NEWS, solar panel prices might jump soon, according to a report from CNN: In March, the US Department of Commerce opened an investigation to determine if four countries that supply the US with solar panels — Cambodia, Malaysia,...
by Al Christensen | May 23, 2022 | Adventure, Fear, Vandwelling Philosophy
SWIMMING IN OPEN WATER freaked me out when I was a kid. The first time was in Chesapeake Bay when I was about six or seven years old. What’s in the water? What am I stepping on? Will something bite or sting me? It was not a fun day at the shore. That anxiety stuck...
by Al Christensen | May 21, 2022 | Nevada, Photography
Stillness — 16 September 2016 — Upper Pahranagat Lake 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"...
by Al Christensen | May 20, 2022 | Boondocking, Camping Locations
LET’S SAY YOU’RE DRIVING THROUGH A NATIONAL FOREST. (You know you are because you saw the brown and yellow sign declaring you were entering one.) You see dirt roads with numbered brown posts to your left or right disappearing into the forest. Where do they go? And are...
by Al Christensen | May 18, 2022 | Cooking-Refrigeration, Electrical
LET’S SAY YOUR NOMADIC HOME DOESN’T HAVE a lot of solar power and battery capacity. Maybe you have one of the smaller LiFePo power stations. Or perhaps something like a 100 Watt folding solar panel, a 100 Amp hour battery, and a 400 Watt DC-to-AC inverter. Let’s say...
