Recent content by steveca4

Is the Western US seeing a lot of forest and public lands closed to Campers?

Thanks for your input. I can see folks not promoting Baja to help keep it the way it is. I think I might try traveling thru the Baja while doing Workaway projects that will get me more into the local culture and meeting folks who live there. Hopefully that would keep me out of trouble. Steve

Hi  what is S&B? I see your point, hadn’t thought of it that way. Maybe it’s possible to hug the border while van living and take advantage of both sides to make limited funds last longer. Then do occasional 2wk camping trips down into the Bajab for fishing and foraging the sea trips. Being from...

Wondering if anyone is combining Van living with Workaway adventures.  If you have some kind of portable or pension income this would seem to be a good way to meet new people, have local guides to the area, plus you could find workaways to help others with your skills set. Combing Van living, a...

Hi MaTaLa Sure please do connect with me via email.

Hello all I'm Steve (63yrs) in Canada, out on the Prairies of Manitoba. My goal is to do a van conversion over the next couple of years and then spend most of the year traveling from the northern coast of Canada down to the southeast tip of Baja, November to May each year I have left.  For...

Hello all Betting there are Vandwellers out there that are wild food foragers, fishermen and maybe hunters too. These are things I want to do a lot of when I retire in a few years while I Van Dwell full time.  Having done back country camping here in north central Canada I've already encountered...

I have plans to semi retire in a few years, now 62. Some of my bucket list goals are to spend whole summers on the coasts of Canada and winters touring the southwest USA and Baja, while I'm still in reasonable shape to go nomadic. Travel insurance later on.  I currently have a 4x4 2dr 1994...

I tend to favor the on the truck camper as it will allow me to go places I can't go with a trailer camper. Another thought was to do as you suggestion and put slide out storage under the cap but then to build a roof top tent and mount it above the cap for sleeping quarters.  thanks for the...

Sitting here this morning having coffee, not wanting to go outside where its -40, here in Manitoba.  Dreaming of traveling and camping from Manitoba to Baja California South on a two month trip next winter.  But first I need some feedback, tips and or suggestions regarding what kind of camper I...

This is great info, thanks so much. I haven't traveled Canada, execpt week long visits to Ontario and Quebec, so I had no idea about how to prepare for extended trips like a month or two. Good to know about this kind of thing before hand. Cheers, Steve

I'm think more along the lines of a small micro houseboat or shanty maybe a trailer beach cruiser type.  maybe something like Roy's Crow, see link :   http://www.roydesignedthat.com/ I would make the van conversion my primary dwelling but when near water this small beach type cruiser would get...

I've notice on the forum that quite a few people pull a small trailer.  I'd like to expand on that idea by suggesting why not a floating camper? In my mind have my 4x4 mini truck with a bed and storage, plus a pull a trailer that is a light weight micro houseboat that sides off small trailer. ...

This is great, thank you Danny

 Hi  John61CT I'll have to top up some health coverage even when traveling within Canada, good thought.  I'm good with commuting to the ocean if need be but I won't be doing public beaches, more the boondock coastal thing.  Steve