Weekend Photo: New Mexico
Evening entertainment — November 2021 — Angel Peak recreation area, New Mexico
Review: Campy Gear Chubby stove and heater
To the dismay of some, Campy Gear is not a line of flamboyant outdoor wear. The company sells various camping gadgets, including a line of stove-heaters. The Chubby is from the middle a the lineup that includes The Little Guy, Wiry and Hunky. I learned of the Chubby...
Who are you when no one is telling you who to be?
We live most of our life surrounded by people who are very willing to tell us who to be, even providing detailed instructions about how, when and where to be it. In most cases, they want us to be someone who fits their picture of the world, fits their agenda. And we...
Build-out Idea of the Week: PVC Furniture
Babz is one of the true veterans of nomadic living. She has lived in various vehicles and RVs for 26 years. She is currently in a Ford Transit that features some interesting build-out solutions. “I’ve used a lot of PVC pipe. I found that for someone with limited...
Update: Dokio folding solar panel long term test
They say first impressions are important. Sometimes that’s true, but long term impressions are usually more accurate and therefore more valuable. That is the case with Tim’s experience with the Dokio 200 Watt folding solar panel. Tim was originally enthusiastic as the...
Weekend Photo: Montana
After the rain — 17 August 2017 — Dickey Lake, Montana Submit your own photos to editor.crvl@gmail.com
5 Weirdest Things I’ve Found in the Desert
I’ve always had a fascination with the desert — something about the vast, wide-open space really speaks to my spirit. But my favorite thing about the “middle of nowhere” is that for a place so desolate and seemingly devoid of life, the desert actually hides all kinds...
Thoughts from the Road: Divested
DIVESTED One less thing taking up space in my life, in my mind One less object to care for or suffer guilt for its neglect The last one gone at last with a wave and a check and a sigh of relief My thing becomes his thing The baton and burden of ownership passes to...
Let’s Talk About Insulation – Part 2 of 2
WELCOME BACK to the second installment of our insulation presentation. First some terms: R-value: a relative rating of insulating effectiveness as determined under certain laboratory conditions which some people say don’t represent many real world conditions. Thermal...
Let’s Talk About Insulation – Part 1 of 2
We all want to keep our rigs warm when it’s cold and not so warm when it’s hot. Fickle humans. One answer—other than chasing perfect weather—is insulation. Actually, insulation is only a partial answer, a limited answer. There’s only so much that insulation can...
Weekend Photo: Texas
Beach camping — Port Aransas TX — 12 February 2017spacerSubmit your own photo at editor.crvl@gmail.com
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It’s not news that Bob Wells, the CRVL crew, and a good chunk of the nomadic tribe are based in the western United States. That limits our experience, knowledge and perspective, making Cheap RV Living less of a helpful resource than it could be. So we’d like to hear...