by Al Christensen | Apr 20, 2022 | Boondocking, Legalities
AT ONE POLE OF THE PUBLIC LAND DEBATE are those who would like to shut down all access except for an enlightened few. At the other pole are those who want to sell it all off, or at least totally deregulate logging, drilling, mining, grazing, and development on those...
by Gloria Brooks | Apr 11, 2022 | Boondocking, Staying Clean
BACK IN 2013, WHEN I FIRST BEGAN FULL-TIME VAN LIFE out of my 2001 Ford E350, dubbed the Evergreen Queen, I did not immediately have a plan to wash hair without showering. I assumed that I’d wash my long hair at truck stops. But, I quickly realized how costly and...
by Al Christensen | Mar 22, 2022 | Boondocking, California, Camping Locations, Public Land
ALABAMA HILLS, at the base of the highest peak in the Lower 48, is one of the most popular boondocking spots along the Eastern Sierras. A lot of cowboy movies were filmed there. Nearby Lone Pine is a restocking point along the Pacific Crest Trail and a base camp for...
by Al Christensen | Mar 15, 2022 | Boondocking, 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...
by 2Z Bundok | Mar 12, 2022 | Boondocking
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...
by Bob | Sep 26, 2021 | Boondocking, Budget, Fear, Green Living, Inspiration-Spirituality, Minimalism, Planning for the Future, RV Living, Security/Safety Versus Freedom, Simple Living--Getting Rid of Excess Stuff, Tribe, Vandwelling Philosophy
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” —Attributed to Mark Twain Do...
by Bob | Aug 25, 2016 | Blog, Boondocking, Fear
There is a New York Times Newspaper article going around the net that has thrown a lot of people into confusion and fear. Numerous people have sent me the link and asked me if I thought this was the end of our way of life–vandwelling on Public Land. They told...
by Bob | Aug 18, 2016 | Blog, Boondocking, Camping Locations, Colorado
After Randy and his group left Leadville for Salida, Colorado, I knew we had a record-setting heat wave coming so I liked the idea of staying up at high elevation. I decided to start working my way north so my next stop was Steamboat Springs, Colorado. I had camped...
