Greetings, from Mesa, AZ!!
Been visiting this site and watching videos for a good while. 3 yrs ago I had a vision of buying 40 acres of off grid AZ land, for a headquarters spot, a large 4x4 flatbed truck for transporting necessities to said spot that would also have a slide on camper for extended self sustainable camping in more remote areas. I envisioned the 40 acres as a potential community, small community, and wanted a truck capable of heavy work.
Found the truck, 1999 Ford F450 4x4 dually, single cab, diesel, manual trans and it had just over 100k original miles. Flew to Denver and drove it back to Phoenix.
At that time I had a partner and while not totally invested she was open minded. Things change...fast forward to one year ago, the coupleship changed to where we went our separate ways and it happened quickly. I had been acquiring and storing tools, etc., for the homestead and had a garage full of stuff. Well, the house was hers and after 8 years together I had to move everything to 10x20 storage. Aargh!! ANOTHER storage room.
For the past year, I've been slowly switching gears and goals, living in an apt whittling down my material possessions while more and more embracing minimalism. Omg, I had NO idea how much identity I had tied up in my 'stuff'. My finances changed pretty drastically, as well, and so the pace of preparing has been slow.
I did find a 1988 Bigfoot fiberglass camper, it needs a lot of upgrading, but got it sitting on the truck now. However, living in a 2nd story apt I have no way to work on the truck/camper here. So, I've acquired this 'n that, Renogy 40 amp solar controller, Magnum charger/inverter, 12v fridge/freezer, Trojan batteries x2 and assorted camping equipment.
I'm now at the point where I'm going to have to go somewhere to work on my upgrades and since the day to day living arrangements are not that grand I have set the intention to finalize my 'letting go' stuff, down to a 5x10 storage room, just loading up everything I've go and stay in the moment letting the Universe provide.
I can't even load all my stuff on the truck because I don't have safe parking. Already broke my truck window, stole stuff and tried to steal my brand new dual fuel generator, cutting one of my tie down chains and, get this, the copper gas line to my furnace. But not gonna sweat the small stuff.
Within the next two weeks I intend to be on the road, a huge work in progress.
, visiting National Parks (got my Senior Pass last yr) and BLM land guided by intuition and temperature, lol.
Hope to meet some of you kindred spirits!!
Peace,
Marcus
Been visiting this site and watching videos for a good while. 3 yrs ago I had a vision of buying 40 acres of off grid AZ land, for a headquarters spot, a large 4x4 flatbed truck for transporting necessities to said spot that would also have a slide on camper for extended self sustainable camping in more remote areas. I envisioned the 40 acres as a potential community, small community, and wanted a truck capable of heavy work.
Found the truck, 1999 Ford F450 4x4 dually, single cab, diesel, manual trans and it had just over 100k original miles. Flew to Denver and drove it back to Phoenix.
At that time I had a partner and while not totally invested she was open minded. Things change...fast forward to one year ago, the coupleship changed to where we went our separate ways and it happened quickly. I had been acquiring and storing tools, etc., for the homestead and had a garage full of stuff. Well, the house was hers and after 8 years together I had to move everything to 10x20 storage. Aargh!! ANOTHER storage room.
For the past year, I've been slowly switching gears and goals, living in an apt whittling down my material possessions while more and more embracing minimalism. Omg, I had NO idea how much identity I had tied up in my 'stuff'. My finances changed pretty drastically, as well, and so the pace of preparing has been slow.
I did find a 1988 Bigfoot fiberglass camper, it needs a lot of upgrading, but got it sitting on the truck now. However, living in a 2nd story apt I have no way to work on the truck/camper here. So, I've acquired this 'n that, Renogy 40 amp solar controller, Magnum charger/inverter, 12v fridge/freezer, Trojan batteries x2 and assorted camping equipment.
I'm now at the point where I'm going to have to go somewhere to work on my upgrades and since the day to day living arrangements are not that grand I have set the intention to finalize my 'letting go' stuff, down to a 5x10 storage room, just loading up everything I've go and stay in the moment letting the Universe provide.
I can't even load all my stuff on the truck because I don't have safe parking. Already broke my truck window, stole stuff and tried to steal my brand new dual fuel generator, cutting one of my tie down chains and, get this, the copper gas line to my furnace. But not gonna sweat the small stuff.
Within the next two weeks I intend to be on the road, a huge work in progress.
, visiting National Parks (got my Senior Pass last yr) and BLM land guided by intuition and temperature, lol.Hope to meet some of you kindred spirits!!
Peace,
Marcus
