Build-out Idea of the Week: A Door on a Door

by | Mar 18, 2022 | Build-Outs, Heating

Kevin from Georgia has a background in industrial maintenance, so he has a knack for construction and electrical systems. He started vandwelling part time in 2016 after discovering Cheap RV Living.  “I started small,” he explains. “I started with a cot and some totes,...

Tell us about boondocking in Michigan

by | Mar 15, 2022 | Boondocking, Michigan

HI ALL YOU MICHIGANDERS! I’ve been researching boondocking around the Great Lakes. I haven’t been there since 1995 and thought it might be past time I returned. I’ve never camped there. But mostly, the research is part of my desire to provide coverage on this site of...

5 Things I Didn’t Need After All

by | Mar 13, 2022 | 5 Things, Minimalism

Except for occasional naps at the side of the road, I had zero previous experience living in a vehicle. So I read, researched and prepared. Here I am, eight years later, living happily and comfortably in my standard size cargo van—with less stuff than when I started....

Human-powered generators

by | Mar 10, 2022 | Electrical

Sometimes the power grid is down, the sun isn’t shining, the wind isn’t blowing, there’s no flowing water, you’re out of fuel, you don’t drive a hybrid or EV, and all the batteries in all your devices are dead. It’s not likely all those things would happen at once,...

Your rig might be overloaded

by | Mar 8, 2022 | Mechanical

We might not be able to take it all with us when we die, but some of us nomads try to take as much as we can while we still roll on the earth. Whatever your mobile abode might be, from a compact car to a  travel trailer or Class A motorhome, there’s a limit to how...