It’s not like I have an abundance of space in the van for luxuries, but with the giving away of my $5 microwave in December and my new found fondness of slow-cooking, I had to spend a few dollars to catch back up with my appliances. It was easy to...
S’mores… a must-have when Tim is out camping with me. We had been hoping that the wind would die down enough to start a camp-fire and make up the S’mores the proper way -we even went stick-hunting earlier in the day – but the winds conspired against us all throughout...
I’ve been feeling pretty guilty that I’ve been taking the easy way out on my meals. A bowl of cereal for breakfast, sandwich for lunch, and sometimes more of the same for dinner. I have eaten out a lot this month too. Tonight I broke the cycle and prepared another...
Another day and another adventure in foods. Harry created yet another masterpiece of a meal and surprised me with it as I sat in the communal area. My experience with our last meal told me not to argue… just smile and accept the gift. Harry lifts a piece of ‘something’...
There was a storm system rolling through the area these past few days. It was nothing major, but I didn’t feel like spending multiple days in them desert mud without the sun to recharge my batteries, so I returned to the Lazy Lizard Hostel where I at least had a...
Just south of the Wupatki National Monument, Loop Road pokes out of the Monument and into the National Forest. While there is no camping (aka; overnight parking) in the National Monument I am free to do so here in the National Forest. While I was not planning to camp out...
After weeks of “van food” I had an urge to prepare a civilized meal for dinner. I was not going to do any shopping, but I would take the time to mix up a proper meal with what I had. Some instant brown rice laid the foundation for a half-can...
Living full-time in a van has its benefits, but it also has its draw-backs associated with those very benefits. Our freedom to roam comes at a cost, namely the space we have to store things in our life. From clothing to food, we are forced to re-think each and every...
Of course, you could just purchase more solar panels and/or larger batteries, but for us frugal-types there is an alternative; going without refrigeration all together. Since power is always a concern when living on the road, either in a van or small RV, I have slowly developed my shopping-list of...
