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    Pirate Camp Winter Season 2022-23

    How many reasons do people need not to smoke or to be careful around propane. Feel bad for the person this happened to but how many times does this have to happen.
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    Ram 3500 frame cracked from truck camper

    Simple math problem and no one thinks we don’t need to do a better job of educating people in our schools. Many people try to full time with too little of a vehicle to carry the weight of the things they feel they need to bring.
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    Off topic posts split from "How do u live on $700/month, truly?"

    The big problem is healthcare has been turned into a money making monopoly by insurance and drug companies to the detriment of those that need it and those that provide it. It is no longer regulated by competition nor equally available to all that need it. Civilizations of days gone past...
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    Should I bring a bicycle to Quartzite?

    I remember during the Viet Nam years a politician saying more people were killed on bicycles than US soldiers one year! Guess I live dangerously as I ride my bike about 800 miles some years but seldom on busy roads. If I remember correctly there were several people from the wash that road their...
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    Should I bring a bicycle to Quartzite?

    Stan’s tire sealant, a tire inflator and use an old cut tube as a liner for the thickest tubes you can find. You will get your exercise! The extra weight will make it harder to petal especially in sand so many use fat tire electric bicycles. I recommend a 20” folding step through frame. You will...
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    Off topic posts split from "How do u live on $700/month, truly?"

    What many people are not understanding when they read the title in my opinion is there are people that “want” to simplify their lives and limit possessions enough so that they have freedom to travel, to pick up and leave anytime to anywhere on the smallest budget possible. There are those that...
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    Imperial Dam

    The BLM has areas called “Long Term Stay Areas” or LTVAs that allow you to stay several months in an area with improvements as water and dump stations, trash dumpsters, vault toilets, and etc. There are usually free 14 day areas with no improvements near by if you would rather not pay and move a...
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    24/7 Chat About Anything

    ^^^Pretty! I watched them sway in the wind yesterday! Lol!!! Where we are at the road is dirt and most of them look like that! Lol!!! Just can’t seem to get enough of it!
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    Nature Lover and friends keep in touch

    We are all pulling for you nature lover whether or not you make it to Florida. Hope you do as I really enjoy your photography. Seems to me the National Parks had a program to encourage the arts where they had artists including photographers come for a few weeks to display and show off their...
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    Hey Y'all!

    Welcome, there are probably several groups with different interests maybe some will see you post and extend an invitation. You might also check with the caravan groups Homes On Wheels Alliance (HOWA) does I believe on Facebook.
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    24/7 Chat About Anything

    Lots of Border Patrol in the area as one of their larger facilities is just north of the intersection with HWY 86. Usually the first camp with a big motor home on the left just passed the intersection going south towards Organ Pipe National Monument is the volunteers that take care of...
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    Holidays are for the slaves……..

    ^^^I assume yours is paid for, has utilities, is in a location where things don’t change much with weather you can live with and close to necessary things you might need. You probably bought it when prices were more reasonable and utilities easier and cheaper to obtain. You probably have been...
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    Holidays are for the slaves……..

    Didn’t see much to smile about! Lol!!! HOAs, Subdivisions which most likely have restrictions and raw land without utilities. Several thousand dollars for a parking spot just doesn’t make sense to me! Thanks for the links.
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    Great Place to stay End of May thru End of Sept. Free Busses, Food Distribution, etc.

    She is a Lead Fee Technician (supervisor at the entrance fee booth) Career Seasonal and will be eligible for a small retirement in a couple of years. We have both worked seasonally for the last 17 years while living in an RV worked for concessionaires, State of Utah and the National Park...
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    Great Place to stay End of May thru End of Sept. Free Busses, Food Distribution, etc.

    Thanks! I’m trying to quit working since l’ll be 72 years old this year. Lol!!! I’ll probably drive a shuttle in the park this year. We are winding down but may travel that way when my wife finishes up her career seasonal job with the National Park Service in a couple of years.
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    Off topic posts split from "How do u live on $700/month, truly?"

    You might check with your church. I have seen older people who were on their own sponsor people from other countries who have through the church come to the United States to start a new life and would possibly benefit you both.
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    Great Place to stay End of May thru End of Sept. Free Busses, Food Distribution, etc.

    Seasonal work in remote areas if you work long enough or get hired to a career seasonal position qualifies you to receive unemployment insurance benefits during your time off or furlough.
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    Off topic posts split from "How do u live on $700/month, truly?"

    If you were born after 1950 I believe you will have to wait till you are older than 65 years old to get full Social Security benefits which if you can afford to will help later on. My wife who turned 65 this year has to wait til she is 66 1/2 years old but it varies by age I believe. If you have...
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    Great Place to stay End of May thru End of Sept. Free Busses, Food Distribution, etc.

    ^^^Combine this with some seasonal work, online courses and volunteer opportunities and life is good year round if you winter in the warmer climates and just gets better as long as you can stay healthy.
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    Off topic posts split from "How do u live on $700/month, truly?"

    ^^^I would imagine anyone trying to live on $700 a month would be deserving of and need required social services at one time or another simply due to emergency or unexpected situations. There is no reason a person should hesitate to use them to survive and improve their lives because by doing so...
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