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I've decided for the time being to just stick with having a Virginia residency. I'll be putting my house on the market soon. I don't want to bother with changing my domicile, so I'll just get a mail fowarding address in Virginia, so I can keep my license and car registration as is, and I'll...

My current assignment in Idaho is wrapping up next week. I'll be driving back to Virginia. My plan for now is to put the house on the market and keep doing traveling medical lab work, although that may change b/c I'm not vaccinated and that may make it hard for me to find work. Anyway, this post...

I think I’m a little bit confused. There looks to be a lot of national forest land here in Idaho where I’m at working temporarily. I did one overnight camping close by just to see if I would like it (and I did), so I decided that when it gets cooler, I’d like to go camp in the forest.  I guess...

I was just sitting here thinking about how some things in our modern times appear to make it easier to be a nomad, like online banking and bill paying, amazon lockers, the internet in general, GPS, cell phones, etc. And I was wondering if the old timers who were doing this before all this new...

I just thought I’d mention how awesome this group is. Everyone is so nice and helpful. I know the mods work hard to keep things civil and it shows. Such a good vibe from this group and I appreciate all the advice that anyone has ever given me on this group. You all are a great bunch of people.

This may be a dumb question, and I feel like I’ve seen a thread about this before, but can’t find it. I’m thinking of getting a small blender just for smoothies. It should be pretty portable, and while I’m working assignments and staying in housing, there’s no problem. But if I were camping, I’m...

I’m in Idaho working for 13 weeks. I am staying at a hotel, as I can’t find anything less expensive. Short-term furnished rentals are hard to come by (and expensive). And as I have a dog, and it’s 100 degrees, staying in the van is out of the question. I’m rather miffed, b/c the housing...

I'm not full-time, but I can see the need to charge my devices bc even one night in the van drains them down.  I was thinking a power station would be good for me at this time. I was looking at Bluetti, but I can't find info on whether you can charge the bluetti by plugging into a regular house...

Well, I made it to Idaho. Five days/four nights on the road. I only got a hotel room one night. I wanted to get off the road and I wanted some internet. I got a room in Sturgis. The internet was useless. So, that was good money down the drain. :-( I didn’t see much, b/c I was on a mission. I...

I dunno if anyone saw my post on the other forum about having a coughing fit and peeing myself. I've never even had kids so I don't get it.  I've been doing kegels, but I read that you have to do, like, hundreds of them. Has anyone cured themselves of stress incontinence who could give me...

I finished up my travel job in Massachusetts at the end of May.  I was going to sell my house before taking another job, but it was stressing me out, so I decided to wait on that. I’m leaving tomorrow to drive across the country from Virginia to Idaho. It’s gonna be hot; I hope I’ll be able to...

I saw a video a while back about a guy living in his Prius, and he mentioned he could run the A/C all night when it was hot, and the car would turn itself on just long enough to top off the battery, and having run the A/C all night, he was only down like a gallon of gas.  I thought that was...

I'm reading a book called "The Case Against Marriage," but this quote seems appropriate for nomads: "To support the highest level of personal growth, you have to have the ability to entirely change your lifestyle on relatively short notice. You can’t expect real personal growth and still keep...

I have a mini van...DGC. I got the bed frame that Bob recommended in a video about an easy no-build set up. It’s a narrow twin. I put it together today. It was pretty easy. It would’ve been easier if I wasn’t trying to put it together inside the van in the parking garage of my apartment...

I’m thinking at this time, since I’m not full-timing, it makes sense to use something that keeps people from looking in and keeps the light out. So, I’m leaning toward black foam like people say they get in the dollar store, or cardboard covered with black tape of some sort. When I’m boondocking...

I didn’t know whether to post this in the pets area or the van area. I just got my minivan the other day, and for the time being, I’ll just be using it for sleeping to avoid motel costs when I’m going to a job that takes more than one day to get there, and to carry all my stuff around. I have a...

I was watching a video by Bob, and he was talking about truck stops (like Pilot, Flying J, etc.). He said he prefers mom and pop truck stops b/c there's less chance of being hassled. I thought those truck stops/travel centers were bulletproof. Is it not the case that vehicles can overnight at...

In my introductory post, I mentioned that I would be getting a minivan and at least in the beginning, use it to avoid motel costs when it takes more than a day's driving to get to a job, and then I'd expand out from there. I found a 2014 Toyota Sienna that carmax is shipping free to my...

Does this bother anyone else? I hate when I'm watching a video of a van tour or a car tour and it looks HUGE inside b/c of the way they are filming it. I don't know what it is, wide-angle lens or some such? I just came from a truck camper site and the insides of the campers looked very spacious...

This thread may be in the wrong place.  I’m wondering about the distinctions among these things, as well as ability to have some space. The way I understand it, RV parks are just for RV’s and campers, yes? So, they wouldn’t be for vans or cars or SUV’s. And I understand that they cram you in...