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Welcome Scott! Here's a bit of reading to get you started in the forum: https://vanlivingforum.com/threads/tips-tricks-and-rules.44907/

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If you want to be sure that having a campfire is okay, check this website for regional fire restrictions. It's a BLM site so it has information for the western states only. https://www.blm.gov/programs/fire/fire-restrictions

Thanks for the heads up. They attacked every section of the forum. I just deleted hundreds of spam posts and I know that I missed so I'll go over everything again. For anyone who is curious, they were all on the oldest pages and dated Dec 31 1969. The rest of the forum looks okay,

Welcome Dottie! Hope to see you around a campfire soon. Please read over the Tips, Tricks, and Rules post for more information about the forum.

Congratulations and welcome to the forum! Please read over the Tips, Tricks, and Rules to learn more about how the forum works.

Welcome to the forum Mike! Here's a link to get you started - Tips, Tricks,and Rules

Ken, most Walmarts are fine for an overnight stop. It's the big city Walmarts that are posting signs. Check out this site: https://www.allstays.com/c/wal-mart-locations.htm Lots of free camping along your way too. https://freecampsites.net/ If you need some help finding overnight spots along...

Your post was removed along with a bunch of other posts because they were off the thread topic. If those posts had been discussing some aspect of van dwelling we would have moved them to a new thread but they were completely off-topic so they were not saved. You should have been notified that...

I closed this thread because it drifted into politics when the intention was to just encourage everyone to vote.

I was hoping you would get the van nature lover but it looks like the person who did get it really needs it too. Here is a video of her getting the news: And here is a short clip of the van being prepped for paint. Go to 5:31

I was born under a wandering star: I sure do miss HDR.

Welcome Meandhuskey! Glad you are joining us! Please read over the Tip, Tricks, and Rules thread for more information about the forum.

I deleted a bunch of posts. I'm sorry that posts with good information were deleted but the thread was going way off-topic. Some of the posts still in the thread may be off-topic to some extent but they still address the subject of this thread - Caravans.

Welcome to the forum Ron! To help you learn the ins and outs of these forums, this "Tips, Tricks and Rules" post lists some helpful information to get you started.

Either way is fine. It works better to meet at a camp spot rather than following but we have one friend that prefers to follow.

I'm don't know how it works with everyone else but this how we do it. When we spend the winter in the southwest, we camp with friends but we usually move around and camp with different groups, sometimes for weeks at a time, sometimes for just a few days. It can be very spontaneous and easy to do...

Thank you for the update! I'm glad you are doing so well now and managed to make it past the scary, depressed period when nothing seemed to be going right. Wishing you the best of luck as you work towards continuing your dream!

Welcome to the forum Jez! To help you learn the ins and outs of these forums, this "Tips, Tricks and Rules" post lists some helpful information to get you started.

Try setting your GPS to avoid highways and dirt roads and also use the shortest route. The route that it chooses may be twisting and turning through all kinds of little towns and on narrow roads but you'll go places you never would have on your own. Just remember that GPS can lead you into...