by Bob | Oct 28, 2022 | Arizona, Boondocking, Gatherings, Jobs, Public Land, Supplies, Tribe, Water and Trash, Winter
IT’S THE END OF OCTOBER 2022 and a lot of you are probably starting to think about where you’re going to camp for the winter. I think Quartzsite, Arizona, is a really good place to consider spending at least part of your of your winter season. I’ll give you seven...
by Russell Vance III | Aug 13, 2022 | Tribe, Vandwelling Philosophy
IF YOU’VE EVER SEEN THE MOVIE (or read the book) Nomadland, this is our tribe. Those in the movie and many more across the western US are our extended family. We love them very much and I am very proud of them because they are such good people. When we first became...
by LaVonne Ellis | Mar 31, 2022 | 5 Things, Tribe
BECOMING A VAN DWELLER more than seven years ago changed me in ways I couldn’t have imagined back then, and gave me opportunities I’d never have believed. Here are five people who changed my life: BOB WELLS In the fall of 2013, I drove my 2001 GMC Safari van to...
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 | 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 | Jan 29, 2017 | Health, Inspiration-Spirituality, Tribe, Vandwelling Philosophy
(Editors note: I believe the essence of “tribe” is an attitude of all for one, and one for all. In that spirit, over the last year or so I’ve allowed tribe members in need to promote their go-fund-me campaigns here. Without exception, you have...
by Bob | Dec 1, 2016 | Blog, Clothes, Tribe
I’m now selling T-Shirts! Over the years I have had numerous requests from readers and viewers to consider making items with the chreaprvliving brand, things like bumper stickers and T-Shirts, but up till now, I’ve never gotten around to it because it was...
by Bob | Nov 12, 2016 | A, Blog, Inspiration-Spirituality, Tribe, Vandwelling Philosophy
One question and comment I get all the time from married people is that the one writing me (equally often the man or woman) wants and needs to travel and be mobile, but the other partner does not. It’s tragic how often that happens! Of course, there is no way...
