Steps to Take to Stay Safe
In my last post we talked about fear for our safety and how to overcome it. My advice is to make fear your ally and to work together with it to keep you safe. The way I think you can do that is to have a plan for how you will stay safe and then actually taking those...
Overcoming Fear for Your Safety While Living Off-Grid in a Van
Since I began this website 10 years ago, the question I’m asked more than any other is, “Will I be safe living on a van? I want to, but I’m afraid.” I mainly get it from single women but I do get it from many men as well. In today’s post I want to answer that question...
Pizza Party in Arizona While Living Off-Grid in a Van
There are about 30 of us here boondocking in a camp just outside of Ehrenberg, AZ and we are having a great time! But it's a great big desert and we're all scattered around it. One of the things I like to do is host a Pizza Party from time to time to gather us all in...
The Rubber Tramp Rendezvous is Almost Here!
While I love living cheaply off-grid in a car, van or RV sometimes it does get a bit lonely. Even though the majority of us who chose this life are at least partially loners (and sometimes extreme loners) some part of us usually still longs for contact with...
Building a Sliding, Pull-Out Bed in a Van
For a single person who's decided to live in a van, deciding where to put the bed isn't that hard, it either goes along one of the sides or across the back of the back door. However, there are times when the width of the bed can become a problem: If you are a couple...
Snowbirds Nesting in Ehrenberg 2015: Living in a Van Off-Grid
It's time to do my annual post of returning to Ehrenberg, Arizona for dispersed camping in the winter. It seems like the longer I'm a Snowbird the more I become like a real migratory bird! Every winter I come home to almost the exact same spot because it has the...
Camping in the Snowy River Range Scenic Byway, Wyoming
(I’m continuing to try to catch up on blog posts of my summer travels in Wyoming, and I’m especially excited about this one because it was such a pretty area and I was very pleased with my photos. This happened in August of 2015.) In the summer of 2014 Judy and I had...
What is a Quality Life?
Remarkably, another year has gone by and it’s already time for the Holidays. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving which is one of the few Holidays where people are encouraged to stop and be introspective. The standard question most of us ask ourselves is, “What am I thankful...
Dispersed Camping in Medicine Bow National Forest
After our eventful two days of fighting traffic, storms and mud in the Black Hills it was time to do the final leg of our Wyoming adventure. There was one last Scenic Byway I needed to travel and that was the Snowy Range Scenic Byway that’s on the far southern edge of...
How to Connect Your Buddy Heater to a 20 Pound Bottle
Most of us living in our cars and vans are on a tight budget and in the winter we have to be careful that our budget doesn’t go up in smoke buying propane to stay warm, in today’s post I’ll show you a way to prevent that. Last week I recommended both the Mr. Heater...
Heater Comparison; Mr Heater Buddy versus Olympian Catalytic Wave 3
It’s that time of the year again when the memory of warm summer days are quickly fading from our minds and the thoughts of cold, shivering nights are rushing in to replace them, filling us full of dread! But, today I have good news! Living the life of a Nomad on...
Home Again to Quartzsite, AZ
I've been spending my winters in the Arizona desert for quite a few years now and I'm starting to get a pretty good idea of how they work. Early to mid-October are almost always still hot and by that I mean they begin right around 100 degrees during the day and don't...