Comments on: RV Boondocking Basics

By: Carolee

Carolee — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:43:05 +0000

Hm….I could go for that beer part

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:04:03 +0000

We found boondocking on the East Coast to be far and few between. Check the BLM website and rv.net. Good luck and have fun!

PS: WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING!?!?

By: MARY SCOTT

MARY SCOTT — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:30:12 +0000

HELLO TRAVLERS I NEED YOUR HELP,WE WANT T GO TO GEORGIA AND FLORIDA TO THE BEACHES, I AM A SEA GLASS HUNTER AND NEED TO KNOW WHERE TO STAY, BOONDOCKING IN THESE AREAS AS ALL THE PARKS WILL BE FULL THE SECOND WEEK IN NOV. SO WE DECIDED TO DO SOME BOONDOCKING BUT DON’T KNOW IF WE CAN STAY ON THE BEACH OR AT THE CURB ALNITE WE HAVE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE . ALL THE PARKS I CALLED IN FLORIDA WILLL BE FULL THE 2 ND. WEEK IN NOV.I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR IDEALS AND TIPS HAPPY TRAVELING AND BE SAFE MARY SCOTT

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:31:39 +0000

Great tip! Thanks for sharing.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:32:29 +0000

we keep a clean cooler stocked with ice only. it holds 4 bags of ice or so we use the ice for cold dranks and the water for cooking and washing up ist cold but on a hot day it fells so good. no water used from the camper at all

By: Rene

Rene — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 00:18:48 +0000

I will, thanks for the clarification!

By: Technomadia

Technomadia — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:04:21 +0000

The thing about the nopoo is that if you do just while you’re boondocking, you’ll probably hate it. It takes a 2-4 weeks for your hair to transition to it, and those first couple of weeks are pretty nasty feeling. So, just keep that in mind when/if you start it up

By: Rene

Rene — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:00:21 +0000

Louise, those tips are awesome, thank you so much!

I know of one guy who made a setup where he diverted his gray water into his toilet, for flushing. I’d like to try that some day, it makes so much sense.

By: Rene

Rene — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:58:35 +0000

Wow Cherie, that nopoo thing is really brave. I’m not sure I can do it, but next time we’re hardcore boondocking again I just might. My hair uses SO much water to rinse out, seems like it’s worth a shot. Thanks, I missed that post of yours.

And I agree; knowing that we can be self-sufficient on so little water is just a great feeling. I”m really ashamed of myself when we are using full hookups, like now, and I get back into the habit of using too much water.

By: Technomadia

Technomadia — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:29:40 +0000

These are fantastic tips on off grid living. Chris and I have gone up to 7 months boondocking in a row in our solar powered rig (and that was before we had a generator) – it’s fantastic, and really puts you in touch with yourself and the earth. There’s something very empowering about realizing just how self sufficient we humans can be!

One tip for hair washing that saves a bunch of water is going shampoo-free .. I just posted about this:
http://www.technomadia.com/2009/07/two-years-shampoo-free/

We’ve become pros at water conversation as well – we only have a 32.5 gallon fresh water tank, that we can make last for about 2 weeks with careful use.

– Cherie