by Al Christensen | Jan 2, 2023 | Adventure, Boondocking
AS I DRIFTED UP OUT OF A DEEP SLEEP I became aware of a faint repetitive plik… plik… plik… plik… Huh? What’s that? Water dripping? I sat up and turned my head side to side, trying to ascertain the direction of the sound. There was a brief pause, then plak… plak… plak…...
by Al Christensen | Nov 21, 2022 | Adventure, Bathroom, Boondocking, Nevada, Oregon, Weather
I WAS CAMPED on the Alvord dry lake bed. Eighty-four square miles of perfectly flat sunbaked sediment. I was happy. But it started to cloud over, and by evening it looked like it could rain sometime during the night. I checked the forecast. Yup, chance of rain. I...
by Cheryl Strayed | Jun 4, 2022 | Adventure, Inspiration-Spirituality
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by Al Christensen and Casey Lofthouse | May 29, 2022 | Adventure, Boondocking, Safety
PEOPLE IN THE NOMAD COMMUNITY have different levels of experience—or inexperience—driving on unpaved roads. But that’s where the best dispersed camping spots are. So, to maximize your enjoyment of the world beyond asphalt, while minimizing—and hopefully...
by Al Christensen | May 23, 2022 | Adventure, Fear, Vandwelling Philosophy
SWIMMING IN OPEN WATER freaked me out when I was a kid. The first time was in Chesapeake Bay when I was about six or seven years old. What’s in the water? What am I stepping on? Will something bite or sting me? It was not a fun day at the shore. That anxiety stuck...
by Al Christensen | Apr 10, 2022 | Adventure, Fear, Survival, Travel, Vandwelling Philosophy
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. —Robert Frost THE EMPTY HIGHWAY. Just two lanes. A long way from anywhere familiar. A long way from anything at all. No traffic. No signs of civilization other...
by Russell Vance III | Mar 25, 2022 | Adventure, Canada, Northwest Territories, Yukon
WE DIDN’T GO TO THE YUKON with the plan of traveling up the Dempster. In fact, we had driven by the intersection on the way to Dawson City without the slightest idea of what it was or that we would be back the next day. Pamela and I aren’t town people, but...
by Russell Vance III | Mar 24, 2022 | Adventure, Canada, Northwest Territories, Yukon
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO, I remember that day, that moment, as though it were this morning. For what seemed like forever, but was hardly more than a heartbeat, I paused and looked at the road ahead of me. We were at the intersection of the Klondike...
