by Bob | May 31, 2023 | Beating the Heat
THE HARDEST PART of living in a vehicle is coping with summer heat–it can be miserable!! Unless you have a generator or enough solar to run an air conditioner, the best you can hope for is to keep the inside temperatures the same as the outside temperatures. But...
by Bob | May 17, 2023 | Budget, Travel
When your home is on wheels, you’re on a tight budget, and gas prices are high, traveling can be difficult. Here are a bunch of ideas on how you can save on gas. 1. Slow Down One of the best ways to get better gas mileage is to slow down your driving speed. The...
by Bob | May 10, 2023 | Emergency, Fear, Homes On Wheel Alliance
This is a condensed and clarified transcript of a video Bob made earlier in the year * * * * * * OVER THE YEARS, many of you have commented that fear is the number one thing standing in the way of transitioning into your very best possible way of life. That means...
by Bob | Apr 26, 2023 | Nomad Philosophy
This is a condensed and clarified transcript of a video Bob made four years ago * * * * * * AS LONG AS I’VE BEEN DOING THIS I’ve gotten a lot of letters from people who started out, who went out to live this life, and they crashed and burned. By that I mean they...
by Bob | Mar 28, 2023 | Inspiration
Originally published July 22, 2012 TODAY I GOT AN EMAIL from a person I met at the Rubber Tramp Rendezvous in Quartzsite. She desperately wants to break out of her old life and start a new life as a vandweller. But she keeps having these complications. Like so many of...
by Bob | Dec 14, 2022 | Mental Health, Minimalism, Nomad Philosophy
[Editor’s note: I’ve been off the road since March, helping out a sick friend. I stay in my van next to his 256-square-foot tiny house. I feel out of place whenever I’m in his home, not just because it’s his personal space, but also because it feels unsettlingly...
by Bob | Nov 25, 2022 | Nomad Philosophy, Risk
NOT KNOWING YOU, I can’t even begin to guess at how you will react to being a nomad, but I can give you some thoughts. My first suggestion is to ask yourself, “What is the worst that can happen?” If you try it and decide it isn’t for you, you don’t really have much to...
by Bob | Nov 18, 2022 | Nomad Philosophy
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I GET all the time is people asking what vandwellers do with all their extra time. What they really want to know is “What will I do with myself once I have free time, won’t I be bored silly?“ My standard answer is that there will be a subtle...
