September was my first full month back to van-dwelling on the road. Admittedly, 3 weeks of the month was spent camped at the Moose Lodge in Whitefish Montana, but that didn’t stop me from getting out and doing things as if I were on the road. The added back-n-forth into...
I have a concert that I want to go to in Post Falls Idaho on the 21st, so I have had to decide on getting to Post Falls 5 days ahead of the concert, or hang out here in Whitefish Montana for a few days. My Mother says to me...
The first half of August was still spent parked in Colorado. I left there on the 18th, meaning I had half a month of camping expenses and half with traveling expenses. They do not differ all that much other than my gasoline money ends up going into more dining out...
With Conor leaving early Thursday morning, it gave me the day to get some things done from my to-do list that I have been building up. All are small items that will just make my life easier as I get back on the road under my current circumstances. A simple...
I had fully expected to spend a lot more than usual this month as I knew I would have some larger single-item expenses this month: Primarily I am talking about all the vehicle maintenance that was done on the van ($139 in parts and did the labor myself) before restarting...
This quarter has been spent entirely sitting in one location, making it quite different to last quarter where I was on the road traveling. This quarter I’ve also been on a self-quest of living on less than $30 per day, and while I did achieve it last month ($29.71 per...
OK, it is becoming clear to me that when I sit still in a city, I spend more on things I should not; dining out for instance. Where I should be saving money by buying groceries and preparing my own meals, I have been pretty frivolous with my dining spending....
This month is a little different than the past few months. It is the first one in which I pretty much sat still for the entire month. This causes a shift in my primary spending… from gasoline to other things. Instead of the normal $300 or more, I only spent...
Recently I watched a documentary about how more than 1 Billion (yes, that is with a B) people in the world live on the equivalent of 1 US dollar per day, or less. These folks make life and death decisions based on a few dollars. The spare change in the...
