Tell us about boondocking in 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...
The best-laid plans
The old saying is that if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. That’s only part of the story, though. You can plan the hell out of something, but you can still fail because there was something wrong with the plan. I had a failed plan last week, and I recently talked...
5 Things I Didn’t Need After All
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....
Saturday Short Take: Are You a Hunter or a Gatherer?
We are Hunters in the East and Gatherers in the West. In the West; wide open spaces, public lands, seemingly endless boondocking opportunities make it easy to be a Gatherer. Drive around, find a dirt road and see what view, cove or fire ring it takes you to! In the...
Weekend Photo: Nevada
Surrounded — 28 April 2016 — Valley of Fire State Park
Human-powered generators
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
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...
What’s important to you?
We tend to think of minimalism as the rejection of materialism. Oooo, stuff is bad, right? No, it’s that too much stuff is bad, the wrong stuff is bad. How can you tell whether you have too much stuff or the wrong stuff? Well, is the acquisition, care and safekeeping...
Weekend Photo: Oregon
Blue Basin — 21 June 2018 — John Day Fossil Beds, Oregon
Are you wasting money on premium gas?
Premium gas is higher quality extra special super gas that will make your ordinary vehicle run forever and perform like a race car, no? No. What is premium gas? Let’s start with a little physics. Solids, liquids and gasses heat up when they’re compressed. The fuel-air...
Loving the Road, Loving Yourself
I love traveling – whether it’s a day trip to visit a friend or a week’s stay at a state park. Each one has value. Each one has challenges. And being a more ‘mature’ person (I’m 65 and proud of it), both are precious to me. Being able to travel is a blessing in...
Aging Well on the Road
Some people dread the idea of aging. Others relish the experience and wisdom that come with getting older. Either way, it’s an inevitable fact that we’re all getting older. Sometimes, living on the road reminds us of this fact. Aging has many benefits, such as caring...