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Hey, Fisher473, I've never felt intensely lonely since getting a dog a number of years ago. In fact, sometimes I need to get away from my dog so I can feel some solitude. So put me down as one more vote for a dog solving the problem of loneliness...for me. But...people are different in terms of...

DC, you write: "I'm sitting outside in the sun. I'm a social type of fella. I wish there were more people outside their campers to chat with now and again. But they're all attached to their own boxes inside. So I sit outside on mine and talk to you and read your stories. I just don't think this...

DC, Excellent story. Thanks for sharing it. It really does seem that many people cannot handle either much free time or a mind free to think new thoughts...so they frantically fill their days and lives with commitments and projects and jobs and rules and group-think in order to have little...

Optimistic/John, interesting stuff. I had not been aware of those differences in how states treated non-resident concealed carry permits. I had only looked into Arizona's rules because it had been recommended to me at some point. Following up on your point about many other states requiring, for...

Optimistic/John, clarity and truth is what we're all after, so I appreciate you trying to clarify the AZ concealed weapon permit issue. From what I've read in multiple sources, however, including official State of Arizona websites and general gun rights websites, Arizona will indeed issue...

Van-Tramp, I may be forgetting something you mentioned in one of your comments...but depending on where you're more likely to be spending time...have you considered getting a concealed carry license from AZ (they issue those to non-residents, too)? The AZ license, as you know, is honored by...

Luis, Congratulations on taking action! There are many paths forward, but we each have to choose one and begin moving. Now that the decision on vehicle is behind you, you'll have better clarity and focus on next steps. (I contemplated for perhaps too long before pulling the trigger on buying...

Van-Tramp, wow... I'm glad you weren't the one the cops decided to "convict" in the moment, but it could easily have gone that way if they decided to believe her, or to interpret events in a way that looked bad for you--heck, even if one of them had an emotional response of protectiveness toward...

Hey Van-Tramp, thanks for sharing your recent experiences, and including many details, on these same issues I’m currently grappling with. And I did indeed notice that SD’s CCW is not honored in NM, a state I was planning on spending a lot of time in—but I guess one solution for a person who...

Bob, thanks for telling me about how you did things re/ your addresses. A few follow-up questions for you: 1. So when you initially kept your 'old' residential address, how did you keep from complications developing? Did you notify your state's motor vehicle department (or whatever they call...

Optimistic/John: Thanks for the follow-up info on TX. I am, indeed, taking another look at TX, because I realize that NM may not accept private mail boxes as valid addresses for official document purposes. But TX, especially if I were to use the Escapees services to keep it simple, seems to be...

Drifted Cowboy, Congratulations! Sometimes it seems that when we're truly prepared to endure a trial...the trial, like a bully that's been stood up to, melts away. Of course, life isn't always that simple, or that full of happy endings...but sometimes it happens that way. I'm glad it did for...

Hey Tony, Welcome...and congratulations on the van! A Roadtrek with relatively low miles for such a reasonable price seems like a good find! Bright-eyed idealism often is punished in this mostly non-idealistic world...but youth can absorb some punishment and still bounce back. :) So, by all...

Reducto: Thanks for your response. It's good to know that you've been successfully using a private mail service as your address. Optimistic: Thanks for your response, and for your questions. Yes, it looks like we share some of the same concerns. I appreciate the link to the Handgunlaw.us site...

Hello friends, Here’s my situation: I’m preparing to “launch,” to leave my apartment behind and hit the road in the next month or so. I plan to travel for a year, or so...but then I'm not sure what I'll do. I do know that I'm unlikely to want to return to my current state. The main thing...

Unity Gain, You, and many like you, are in a terrible spot. It can be very difficult to contemplate remaining trapped for many more years in a marriage that has lost its "loving feeling," and is actually draining and spirit-crushing. Usually, questions (or situations) like yours lead to a...

Hey OP: I'm glad you found the question and discussion helpful. And thanks for your input about a thread at Expedition Portal dealing with the same issue...and that most there saying that the Benchmark was better. That's consistent with Bob W.'s recommendation...and also with what I've gleaned...

KindLifeHappyLife, Although I don't use it yet, because I have access to regular toilets, I do have a Thetford Curve, and from my testing of it, the only problem I could see with you emptying it into your composting bin would be...if you used something other than water for the flushing liquid...

Highdesertranger, thanks for sharing the USGS maps tip, and that Nat. Geo. has them available on disc. Spaceman Spiff, I appreciate the link to where one can print off USGS maps. And thank you both for the additional related tips (old 15 min. maps, Ziploc bags, etc.). GP

Iggy, out of the 5 categories of people on your list, survivalists might teach you a few tricks--unless mooching of of you is their survival plan--and at least strippers have a way to make their own money. On a serious note, though, too many strippers have "issues" with men, and from what I've...