My First Monsoon Season
OPPOSITE OF WHAT ONE MIGHT EXPECT, summer is the wet season in the desert Southwest. (Wait, deserts have a wet season? I thought they were deserts because of a lack of water.) I’ve known about monsoon season, when rising inland temperatures draw in moisture laden air...
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Grow tall where you are — 21 September 2018 — Bryce Canyon National Park
General Motors Confirms the End of the Express and Savana Vans
THE CURRENT GENERATION of full sized General Motors vans has been in production longer than any other new vehicle currently on sale—first introduced in 1996, with a face lift and switch to newer engines in 2003. Now GM has announced they’ll cease production of these...
Eastern Sierras Long-Term Camping
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...
The 4 Ps That Differentiate Non-traditional Living from Homelessness
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,...
Where Is Home?
“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 park...
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Alpenglow — 8 July 2017 — Ridgway, Colorado
We Review Two Smaller Bluetti Power Stations
YOU PROBABLY KNOW BY NOW I’m a big fan of Bluetti power stations. This time I’m going to look at two of them: the EB70S and the brand new EB3A. Here’s why I prefer Bluetti. First of all, they use LiFePo4 batteries. Those are good for up to 2,500 life cycles while the...
How I Insulated My Van’s Refrigerator
IN A RECENT SHORT YOUTUBE VIDEO, Bob demonstrated how he insulated his freezer. It inspired me to share how I’ve insulated my Domestic CF-25 refrigerator.When I planned the buildout of my van I thought I’d put the refrigerator in part of a cabinet I had built. I knew...
Today’s Thought
No Savesies
HERE’S THE SCENARIO: You’re boondocking on public land. You’re not in a paid campground with a designated space. You don’t have a trailer, tow’d, motorcycle or bike. You want to run errands or engage in a recreational activity that’s beyond walking distance from camp....
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On the water — 5 May 2016 — Lee's Ferry, Vermilion Cliffs