by Al Christensen | Oct 6, 2022 | Supplies
I WAS A CITIFIED GUY when I first saw Quartzsite, Arizona during a coast-to-coast trip. I had needed to fill my tank and drain my bladder. “What a dump!” I thought in my best Bette Davis voice. It didn’t help that it was July and a hundred-bazillion degrees. Since...
by Al Christensen | Oct 4, 2022 | Boondocking, Gatherings
Homes On Wheels Alliance’s In-Person Caravans begin on Wednesday, October 5 in Southern Nevada — Alkali • Beatty • Pahrump • Lovell Canyon — Specific Caravan Camp locations and directions will be available on the HOWA website at...
by Al Christensen | Oct 2, 2022 | Nomad Philosophy, Travel
“WHAT INTERESTING PLACES SHOULD I SEE?” Usually the people asking that question have innocent intentions, but it gets my cranky old man hackles up. To me it’s part of the spoon-fed culture. To me it means those people don’t have opinions of their own, that they lack...
by Al Christensen | Oct 1, 2022 | California, Photography
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by Al Christensen | Sep 30, 2022 | Arizona, Boondocking, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah
I GREW UP in the suburbs of Washington DC, surrounded by trees and greenery. When I was 16 my father retired from his government job and relocated us to Utah, where he and Mom had grown up and where most of our kin lived. Utah was not only a cultural shock to me, it...
