Weekend Photo 27
Awaiting the sun — 3 October 2019 — Sunrise Point, Bryce CanyonDo you have a photo you'd like to share? Send it to editor.crvl@gmail.com
Sunday Short: A Way Out
THE BRITISH ARE RATHER... BRITISH. So the exit signs in the London Underground (and perhaps elsewhere in the country) don’t say EXIT, they say WAY OUT. As in “this is the way out of here.” Cheap RV Living is like those signs, pointing to a way out of a life that no...
Is a Roof Tent the Answer to Your Nomadic Shelter Needs?
IF YOUR VEHICLE IS TOO SMALL to sleep in comfortably, a tent can be a good idea. It would be a better idea if you didn’t always need to find a smooth patch of ground to pitch the tent on. And it would be an even better idea if you didn’t need to worry about that...
Suanne Rebooted: Living Out of a Prius
This article was originally posted in 2014. Some of the specifics are out of date, but the general principles still apply. I apologize for the photos and their captions being very small. They are all that’s available at this date. Suzanne Carlson is the director of...
Bob Rebooted: Lessons Learned from 6 Years of Boondocking
TODAY IS WEDNESDAY MARCH 5, 2014 and last Monday, March 3, I celebrated my 6th anniversary as a full-time boondocker. It was March 3, 2008 when I left my house at Canton, NC and I haven’t lived in a house since. In the last 6 years (2190 days) the only time I’ve spent...
Weekend Photo 26
Dune day — 23 September 2017 — Newport, Oregon
Born to Be Wild
I CAME ACROSS AN ARTICLE about the impact human recreation — even low-impact activities like sitting on a stump meditating — has on wildlife populations. “We Are All Displacing Wildlife,” it said. But my old man brain changed a suffix, either by mistake or because of...
Do You Listen Where You Live?
MY FATHER PROFESSED AND PROMOTED that we should have a national holiday—“Listen Day”—where we celebrate the sense of hearing and pay focused attention. Dad even got a few local organizations to promote it with a fair. This idea has stuck with me like an ear worm, all...
Anchor-outs: Vandwelling’s Floating Counterparts
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...
Weekend Photo 25
Northward to Salt Lake City — May 2021 — Wasatch Range Submitted by J Sterling
Would an EV Work As a Nomad Vehicle?
FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS I have been living out of an electric vehicle. EVs can be great vehicles for nomads, but they are certainly not for everyone. They have some great advantages, which are especially beneficial to my lifestyle. But there are also some fundamental...
Bob Rebooted: Let Go of Your Old Ideas and Think Your Own Thoughts
Originally published in July 2013. I KNOW SOME OF YOU READ MY BLOG for its entertainment value, but I think many more of you are here because you are at a crossroads in your life. For many of you it is an economic crossroads. First you lost your jobs, then your...