Land for nomads

[cford151]

So I have been seeing some of the older nomads buying land. Is this the new norm.

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[travelaround]

I don't think there's a norm. We're all rugged individualists.

 

[cford151]

Could good to have some land for others to rest there weary foot sort of speak

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[tx2sturgis]

I used to be young and rugged.

Now I'm just old and ragged.

 

[cford151]

You are as young as you feel. I might be old but I'm not ragged

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[eDJ_]

Good question.  Perhaps we should consider discussing a "Nomad Life Cycle" to outline what young folks in their 20 would be doing thru those retired,
widowed/widower,  and everything in between.  When some would not want to be "landed" and when they may want a place to just sit for one or more months.  Some may want two such places,  one for winter and one for summer and neither would have to be a developed place. (imagine a garage that the rig could be parked in with room for a small studio apartment at one end.

 

[cford151]

That would be a good discussion due to the recent event. Say a collective many had such land in different areas where other travelers could have a place to park and not have to worry about that notorious knock on the door. In light of the parks closing.

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[maki2]

There are lots of people who are van dwellers vans that are also are property owners or have retreats on family held land. Or land owned by friends who are always happy to have them around. Of course you could also work out an annual lease fee with a rural property owner for some occasional low impact camping time.

 

[Ken in Anaheim]

You are as young as you feel. I might be old but I'm not ragged

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Give it time.....it'll come.

 

[cford151]

Give it time.....it'll come.

I'm 61

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[wayne49]

61 is young to some people.

 

[B and C]

I've got 10 on you.

 

[cford151]

Ypu got me there

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[Malamute]

I spent a lot of time nomading and camping long ago. One friend that camped with me a lot and I were discussing it recently, I said B, Im not as tough as I used to be, sleeping on the ground isnt as much fun as it used to be". He replied "Im as tough as I used to be, I just want to be tough at home now".

Theres been many times I stood looking at a spectacular camp spot at 10,000 ft elevation after spending all day exploring up on the mountain, thinking of how long it would take to set up camp and my bed of multitudinous layers, and then thinking "....Or I can drive an hour or so and sleep in my own bed".

Im plenty interested in becoming semi-nomadic seasonally, but its to escape winter and go adventuring, otherwise, I love my little cabin and where I live.

 

[LERCA]

I hear ya. But for me the physical pain started in my late 30’s so I feel a lot older than I am. But for those who don’t believe, the place I grew up is about 30% post-retirement age and I know many people in their 80’s and 90’s. Many. And these are well-off people with access to top medical care who had easy lives and I don’t know one in good shape. In fact I’ve lost about 10 ex-neighbors and acquaintances in the last 5 years. The youngest was 68. So I just don’t see myself on the road in my 80’s if I live that long. They have built 6 nursing homes/memory care in the last 2 years.


I used to be young and rugged.

Now I'm just old and ragged.

 

[desert_sailing]

I spent a lot of time nomading and camping long ago. One friend that camped with me a lot and I were discussing it recently, I said B, Im not as tough as I used to be, sleeping on the ground isnt as much fun as it used to be". He replied "Im as tough as I used to be, I just want to be tough at home now".

Theres been many times I stood looking at a spectacular camp spot at 10,000 ft elevation after spending all day exploring up on the mountain, thinking of how long it would take to set up camp and my bed of multitudinous layers, and then thinking "....Or I can drive an hour or so and sleep in my own bed".

Im plenty interested in becoming semi-nomadic seasonally, but its to escape winter and go adventuring, otherwise, I love my little cabin and where I live.

Love the cabin and the sage brush.. kinda reminds me of Wyoming.

Did you build it yourself? A seasonal nomad with a nice little cabin off in the wilds is perfection to me.

 

[jwhite]

My friend that traveled full time for years he used to call them a wistlestop = a place where you could layover for a longer period of time than normal.

 

[raw food philosophy]

yup, get 10-20 people to chip in for some cheap land.
So easy to build an earth home which stays cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Still can travel wherever you want, however, its nice to have a base camp.

 

[bullfrog]

I just get a seasonal “old man” job, by the end of the season I’m more than ready to travel and don’t have to worry or deal with any thing left behind. Most of what I own I could live without.