Recent content by simply lesa

I helped bury 2 people who died while on the road. Do others a favor and put some kind of information in your glove box because we can't always access phones. Don't believe everything someone else has told you about death or veteran's benefit. It might not be true. The "vultures" will circle...

Oh and to address the comment about becoming an expat! I've done that as well it's not cheaper just like living in a van is not cheaper than necessarily living in a house or in section 8 housing the cheaper part is what you choose and how you make life cheaper if you can make life cheaper...

I was not looking for land when I found mine in Apache County Arizona at that time it was still legal to camp on your land it's still kind of is the rules are really lacks out here and there's a lot of low income people land is very cheap I'm a mile from the Navajo Nation reservation so you can...

Guenter, When I budget I do all that I can think of to LIVE BELOW my means. (I really did live on $250 a month and became debt free in the process on an SSDI income of 650 a month) Ideas: Prioritize and keep the list where I see it all the time. This helps me to form questions when a choice or...

Orange, and Granny... Oftentimes we simply need to take a deep breath and step off the comfortable cliff! It is scary and we have no idea what we will land on or how it will look or work! My experienced advice (to myself as well) is to just pick something and go/ do it/ step out...that's where...

Yes. I will be watching the weather to decide the exact location. If chilly we will be closer to Payson or if warmer we will go up the rim!😊

Thank you r wandering. Announced there as well. (I'm NOT on Facebook or other social media. Only YouTube)

My quick 2 cents response! Use what you have until you know what to change. Orange, I am sorry for your loss and the grief that brings. I hope you have emotional support for that as it comes and goes. I too am older and on a fixed income. I have been part of this community since the beginning...

10th Annual North Eastern Arizona Spring GTG (Get ToGether) Put on by Simply Lesa since 2012 When: April 14 through 23, 2022 Location: TBA (To Be Announced) in the general White Mountains Area of Arizona Who: Nomads, Overlanders, Weekenders etc drawn to attend - realize that this is planned...

I will be interested in the answers you get, especially based on the nature of the Bob Wells/ HOWA /CheapRVLiving caravans. The "Old School" reply is this is why you have wheels. Everyone CAN be themselves, it's allowed in the world at large. We each get to set boundaries appropriate for...

Yeah, probably get the heat as low as you can and try to "insulate" the bottom of your pan...for example use a heavy bottomed pan, or add a flame adjuster/simmer thing, even raising the cake pan on something like mason jar lids might be enough

Oops! I finally clicked on your link to check out your kettle smoker... ? Omgosh? That's a great oven! And nice pan! As well as a great price. Enjoy

Don't forget Omnia Ovens, Coleman ovens and Winter well Ovens for stovetop. Though a large pot makes an oven just as well. I can bake in a frypan with a lid. Low budget ovens can be made of cardboard and foil or even wool! Dutch Ovens are great and big and heavy as well. Enjoy experimenting!

FYI last time I checked jellied fuel - sterno - is legal to use during a fireban. It is also safe for inside use. Of course use care with any heat making device! Yup I truly am allergic to propane and low income I try difficult stuff and lots of stoves

This just came across my radar. Woodstoves are messy. Take space. Require maintenance and care with not only combustibles but the stuff of life you live with. 1. Do you NEED to heat the air in your space? 2. Where do you travel or 'live' most often? Can you move to a warmer location and let...