Hello All. Well, I left PA on New Year's Eve and am now a full-timer.
On my very first trip out of the area with only the good knowledge I have gained here. Still so much to absorb.
Darn that wicked weather...needed to go South instead of West. I am now in southern Georgia, and this is where I need your help figuring out what to do.
I have a brother in the Daytona, FL area and he thinks I should go there. He is a good brother and I love him.
However, this is not my vacation, this is my new life, and I have so very very much to learn. I also want to be around my own kind, so to speak. Around folks who understand the wish for this life.
I am thinking the best way to learn and be outfitted well, is to go out to Quartzsite and where Bob is, to start. That whole area in general. While in my first post I said I am personally shy, I am, but I still don't want to be totally alone all the time. I want to be in an environment where there are folks in similar lives. I also need to live on as little $ as possible and spending $500 to $700 a month on a campground is not for me.
So, if I come out there will I still have enough time to meet some goodly folks, and learn where I should be in winter, summer, etc. Learn how to do the solar and batteries I need, and so on?
I am also a giver, I don't just want to take knowledge and go. I think I can contribute something, too, once I see where I fit in this picture. I am independent and do well on my own, I just am an older female and don't want to be totally alone in the desert with no neighbors.
I see there are inexpensive campgrounds out there, too.
I am now in a truck stop parking lot where I spent the night. I will be close to Interstate 10 soon and need to decide to go west or continue south to Fl, where I haven't seen that there is much of this culture. Am I wrong? I saw a list here or on Bob's blog about boondocking in Fl, but when it gets so hot and humid, then what? I suppose the mtns. of Tennessee, Georgia and the Carolinas are good, but I have a little dog and cat to think of, with the heat and humidity.
And once I get out west, that is it for me. I don't believe I would have the wherewithal to come back east for a while, so I need to make the right decision now, as much as possible. Plus I really want to be out west, anyway.
I do have a small income that would be adequate to live frugally out there.
Another 2200 miles is a good dent in my finances, too. But so worth it if I can get acclimated into this life.
I really want to come out west with you folks out there. Am I thinking right, that I will be able to learn everything I need to live this life?
I hope I make sense here, and I thank you for reading this.
Sunny
On my very first trip out of the area with only the good knowledge I have gained here. Still so much to absorb.
Darn that wicked weather...needed to go South instead of West. I am now in southern Georgia, and this is where I need your help figuring out what to do.
I have a brother in the Daytona, FL area and he thinks I should go there. He is a good brother and I love him.
However, this is not my vacation, this is my new life, and I have so very very much to learn. I also want to be around my own kind, so to speak. Around folks who understand the wish for this life.
I am thinking the best way to learn and be outfitted well, is to go out to Quartzsite and where Bob is, to start. That whole area in general. While in my first post I said I am personally shy, I am, but I still don't want to be totally alone all the time. I want to be in an environment where there are folks in similar lives. I also need to live on as little $ as possible and spending $500 to $700 a month on a campground is not for me.
So, if I come out there will I still have enough time to meet some goodly folks, and learn where I should be in winter, summer, etc. Learn how to do the solar and batteries I need, and so on?
I am also a giver, I don't just want to take knowledge and go. I think I can contribute something, too, once I see where I fit in this picture. I am independent and do well on my own, I just am an older female and don't want to be totally alone in the desert with no neighbors.
I see there are inexpensive campgrounds out there, too.
I am now in a truck stop parking lot where I spent the night. I will be close to Interstate 10 soon and need to decide to go west or continue south to Fl, where I haven't seen that there is much of this culture. Am I wrong? I saw a list here or on Bob's blog about boondocking in Fl, but when it gets so hot and humid, then what? I suppose the mtns. of Tennessee, Georgia and the Carolinas are good, but I have a little dog and cat to think of, with the heat and humidity.
And once I get out west, that is it for me. I don't believe I would have the wherewithal to come back east for a while, so I need to make the right decision now, as much as possible. Plus I really want to be out west, anyway.
I do have a small income that would be adequate to live frugally out there.
Another 2200 miles is a good dent in my finances, too. But so worth it if I can get acclimated into this life.
I really want to come out west with you folks out there. Am I thinking right, that I will be able to learn everything I need to live this life?
I hope I make sense here, and I thank you for reading this.
Sunny