Cheap No-Build Bed: Coleman Trailhead II Cot
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A NO-BUILD BED, this Coleman Trailhead II military-style cot may be for you. Many of you are being forced into your vehicles or want to be in your vehicles, but don’t have a lot of money to do a big elaborate build. Or you don’t have the skills...
11 Solutions to Keep Cool in 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 even...
One Person’s Treasure is Another Person’s Burden
IT'S ESTATE SALE TIME for my late friend, Lou, and there’s a lot of stuff to clear out of here. He was a guy who built things — custom motorcycles, wooden boats, experimental biplanes, travel trailers, a tiny house, and so much more — so he had tools and supplies...
15 Ways to Save on Gas
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 faster...
7 Fears of Van Life
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...
Passing the Torch
AFTER A YEAR AND A HALF running this site for Bob, plus about six months before that writing a pile of articles, it’s time for me to make like a nomad and move on. My goal has been to create a site that’s entertaining, informative and inspiring — the type of site I...
Where Are You, Mentally, Emotionally?
What Are the Most Common Automotive Problems?
MY 2007 CHEVROLET EXPRESS has gone 340,000 miles, and although the 4.8L V8 engine is still working, it has felt rather tired, especially on hills. A compression test and a leak-down test confirmed my set-of-the-pants impression. Looks like it’s time for an automotive...
We Love Camping in New Mexico State Parks, But…
THE CHEAP RV LIVING FAMILY has long sung the praises of the New Mexico State Parks annual pass. Where else can an non-resident camp with free water, trash, dump stations, and showers for as little as 61 cents a night? New Mexico residents: $180 New Mexico resident 62+...
Weekend Photo 61
Fingerprints of the surf — 2 July 2014 — Lincoln City, Oregon
An Easier Life or a Better Life?
Bob Rebooted: Don’t Crash and Burn
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...