by Al Christensen | Feb 1, 2023 | Health, Inspiration, Survival
IN THE SPRING OF 2019 I learned that what I thought was a persistent throat infection was actually a tumor on the base of my tongue. I would need radiation and chemotherapy. I would need to put my nomad life on hiatus. Maybe permanently. I had long wondered what I...
by Al Christensen | Aug 21, 2022 | Survival
THE PREPPER-SURVIVALIST-TEOTWAWKI FOLKS talk about bug out bags — the thing you grab when you need to flee in a hurry. It supposedly contains everything you need to survive for a while in case of a disaster or the collapse of society. Ah, but we nomads do much better...
by Al Christensen | Apr 10, 2022 | Adventure, Fear, Survival, Travel, Vandwelling Philosophy
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. —Robert Frost THE EMPTY HIGHWAY. Just two lanes. A long way from anywhere familiar. A long way from anything at all. No traffic. No signs of civilization other...
by Al Christensen | Mar 29, 2022 | Fear, Security/Safety Versus Freedom, Survival, Tribe, Vandwelling Philosophy
VERY FEW PEOPLE CAN MAKE THE LEAP INTO FULL-TIME VEHICLE LIVING without experiencing some degree of anxiety. Most of us have never done anything like it before. There’s so much that’s unknown and unpredictable. There’s so much uncertainty. Humans tend to avoid...
by Bob | Jan 12, 2022 | Fear, Planning for the Future, Survival
The pandemic has been an economic disaster for many people. They’ve lost jobs and businesses and are on the verge of eviction or foreclosure. Some have been forced into living in their vehicle, and some who had been thinking of adopting the nomadic life sometime in...
by Bob | Sep 26, 2021 | Food and Cooking, Survival
In times like these, with the pandemic, extreme weather, and who knows what else, we nomads are uniquely equipped to handle it. We’re already packed up, so we’re ready to get out of Dodge, go somewhere safe, and wait it out. As long as we have food and water. So,...
by Bob | Aug 4, 2015 | A, Boondocking, Security/Safety Versus Freedom, Survival
In my last post I explained the reasons I don’t recommend firearms for self-defense against predators, so, if guns are a bad idea, what is a good idea? These are my recommended methods of self-defense Bear Spray: Without doubt bear spray is the best defense against...
by Bob | Dec 28, 2014 | Boondocking, Survival
Last month a friend of mine was leaving for Yuma and left early in the morning before sunup when the desert is very dark and got lost. The desert is riddled with a spider web of little roads and in the dark it’s amazingly easy to confuse them with each other. After...
