by Al Christensen | May 1, 2023 | Camping Locations, New Mexico
THE CHEAP RV LIVING FAMILY has long sung the praises of the New Mexico State Parks annual pass. Where else can an non-resident camp with free water, trash, dump stations, and showers for as little as 61 cents a night? New Mexico residents: $180 New Mexico resident 62+...
by Al Christensen | Jan 12, 2023 | Build-Outs, Camping Locations
SO, YOU WANT TO BUILT OUT YOUR NOMADIC HOME, or make some renovations and repairs, or just take care of some routine maintenance. But you need a hassle-free place to do it. Preferably a place with electricity. And water. And some tools you don’t have. And an extra set...
by Al Christensen | Jul 14, 2022 | California, Camping Locations
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...
by Al Christensen | May 20, 2022 | Boondocking, Camping Locations
LET’S SAY YOU’RE DRIVING THROUGH A NATIONAL FOREST. (You know you are because you saw the brown and yellow sign declaring you were entering one.) You see dirt roads with numbered brown posts to your left or right disappearing into the forest. Where do they go? And are...
by Glynn Wilson | May 6, 2022 | Camping Locations, Maryland, New York, Virginia
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE recently assigned a woman who had never been camping in her life to travel around in a camper van and write about the experience. The trip was a disaster, and the story was a stream of consciousness Covid nightmare. Why would they do such a...
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 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...
by Bob | Apr 23, 2016 | Camping Locations, My Daily Life, Tribe
It was just last week that I posted a tentative travel plan for my summer travels, and in today’s post I’m going to do something totally bizarre and throw them all out and start over from scratch!! What!! Why would I do such a crazy thing?! Very simple, the first line...
