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Hi all, Still stuck at home, but I have sent Hubby away for almost a week. In our 25 years together, we've never spent more than 3-4 months together until the stinkin' pandemic. We both need our time alone. We only have the one van,  so I will be stuck at home.  I have a kid here or the...

PSA=public service announcement  I've been offline for a bit because my left eye has been recovering from a detached retina. I've had increased floaters for months,  but kept putting off "unnecessary" doctor visits until I got my second covid jab. I'm a fool because I know better, I have several...

A positive article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/feb/04/modern-nomads-nomadland-van-life-us-public-lands The site asks you to register, but just click on "I'll do it later". Ted

We are tired of shuttling it from storage unit to storage unit. From Hubby's NV-he had to remove it to put the passenger seat swivel.  Lockable with both 12v and 120v outlets.  You can sell it, use it as an end table, whatever.  PM me. Ted

I'm in the middle of planning my son's solar system for his cabin.  I'm giving him our older 450ah (will be 24v) battery bank. He'll be working nights and is where the days are in the high 90s to low 100s, with cool nights (down into the 70s and 60s). So he needs air conditioning to sleep during...

My son bought some land where there are no utilities available.  He's putting in a tuffshed barn to turn into a tiny house and is planning to put in a solar system that will run everything, including his desktop computer, 12v fridge, and a 12,000btu a/c (need that in Southern New Mexico) .  Of...

Ours is. It just went off and was up to 93ppm. Someone (I wish I could say "Not me!") didn't open the overhead vent enough tonight.... we've got the Wave 3 heater going as it has been running every night for weeks.  Nice to know it works. Ted

We're just a little beyond (543 steps) the entrance station at La Posa South LTVA-you can see the two vans together. 2016 Nissan NV3500HD SL (top of the line except for no leather seats) with 27,000 (90+% highway)miles.  20 months and 73,000 miles remaining on original (5yr/100,00mile)...

We're stuck in Yuma for the next few days and have the two vans. It looks like Walmart is out of the question with "No parking" signs. I don't want to go to California for the typical reasons. I have my regular go to spots, but since I've never been in Yuma stealthing,  I wonder if anyone has...

This has applicability to urban  vandwellers: The 9th Circuit Court of Appeal's ruling that cities cannot prosecute the homeless if there are not enough shelter beds available has been left standing by th Supreme Court...

2016 Nissan NV3500HD SL (top of the line except for no leather seats) with 27,000 (90+% highway)miles. Now that we've paid off the loan(!!!), we can put her on the market. The clear title should arrive within a week or so.  Van is now in Southern New Mexico and we'll be bringing her to the RTR...

Hi all, As you regular readers know, Hubby and I have two NV high tops. Well, the best laid plans sometimes don't go as foreseen and we've  hardly used my 3500 (Blanca). We originally converted her for the two of us for full-timing.  I haven't gotten all the info together, but we'll be asking in...

Since it was pretty warm in Tucson today,  we hung out up on the mountain.  We were just told to leave by the sheriff "the fire will be over the hill in 5 minutes". Sure enough, a mile down the Catalina Highway, there were brush fires dotted all over the hills, some within 30 feet above the...

Hubby's great with articles from Facebook. This one is about a guy successfully fighting off a grizzly when he ran into one. Unfortunately,  the bear had to be put down. https://news.yahoo.com/man-fights-off-grizzly-bear-104057714.html

I committed batterycide.   But I really don't know how it happened and I'm turning to collective wisdom here for possible answers.  So, bear with me. History:  I have 300ah of the el cheapo UPG 121000 AGM batteries in my van (Blanca).   I've had them almost 3 years, with no problems and never...

I start to feel really groady when I've hit a week without a shower. This summer, we've found aquatic centers (or community centers with pools) our go-to for showers.  The most i've paid is $4. The last I paid was $2.  Many small towns have them. That or hot springs (which aren't nearly as...

So we were in Los Alamos, NM, ostensibly for cell/internet access.  And since it was the annual ScienceFest at the park, we decided to hang out on a blanket on the lawn, under the trees.  The afternoon monsoon clouds were threatening rain and looked like they were going to follow through on the...

Three years ago, early July of 2016, I decided that the full time mobile life was for me. I've been a lifelong camper and boater and lived on a boat for five years. I had had four vans between the 80s to 2010 in which I did some extensive camping.  But, much as I liked the idea of fulltime...

Ask me how I know. FYI- If you have a relationship with Schwab, be aware, they will insist on a street address . But I did sell my house in December, 2017 and never notified them. So this morning I got the nastygram email from Schwab and I fixed it this afternoon.  And I did have a street...

I mentioned in another thread that I would update CRVL with the install of the swivel.  Sorry about the different fonts from all the copying and pasting. Also, since the post is so long, I need to do multiple ones so the forum will take it. Part 1: First of all, it was really important for...