The Different Stages of the RV Lifestyle: Breaking Into Boondocking
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.ย. 2024
- From RV Newbie, to traveling with kids and grand kids, to learning about boondocking to entering those so-called "Golden Years" when things start to slow down, the RV Lifestyle has many different stages. Let's break into boondocking!
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Here's an interview we did around a picnic table with an RVer named Jim Blair in which we discussed all those stages and more. This is a video version of our Interview for Episode 21 of our RV Podcast at roadtreking.com....
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I have always said that a newbie wanting to boondock, go to a full hook-up park, get used to your RV, when your ready close your black & grey tanks, fill your fresh water tank and then shut the water off, make sure your batteries are charged then unplug from the power pole. Then see how long you can make it on what you have. This way you have a back up incase you fail and need to learn more.
Great spots to Boon Dock:
- Casino parking lots
- Hotel parking lots (that are full)
- Walmart parking lots (in Walmarts that allow it)
- Truck stops
- Expressway Comfort stops (with a 24 hour restaurant)
- Car dealerships
- Parking lots at 24 hour restaurants
Excellent view of the stages! So many great topics you covered. We found state parks to be beautiful. This is our goal when we full time in this country. Going slow, enjoy the journey and find the peace we missed while my husband was working two jobs. Thank you for this great video!
What a great video! I'm a week away from selling my house and getting an rv. This has been more than encouraging! I of course have some healthy fear going full-time, but this validates my perspective that I'm not planning to hit the road and have some mapped out destination. When people as where I'm going, I'm telling them, " I have no clue!" I have GPS, atlases, and a great sense of wonder. I plan to meander and study areas/towns as I go to find out what's there. Hopefully will boondock 90% and camps when I need water/dumps. Thanks again for all of your wonderful, informative videos.
Jennifer what words of wisdom. Forget the “bucket list” and enjoy the moment. A native of India, living in Montana, an old college professor, i travel alone in my Rodetreck with my shepherds.
Thank you so much
I am learning from the two of you. . My little grandchildren love grandma ‘s “school bus”
Thank you for the encouragement... we are hoping to start out this summer. Living the dream! 👍🏼
I'll never forget. When I left the service we had a camping trailer. I had no job. I had no prospects for one. But I'll never forget the sense of freedom we had...like being a gypsy..the world was our oyster. That was in 1974. I've had an RV almost every year sense.
This was really helpful. We have been rv'ing for 7 mos. and boondocked in Walmarts while traveling but not dispersed. Ready for the next step. Campgrounds are OK if you need elec. but not for solitude.
This interview was great. I am hoping to be on the road January 1 2019. I knew my kids would have cow if I went alone, so my brother said he would love to come on my adventures. I am 65 and I will RV until I am not able to do this anymore.
Oh how I envy you ....have a wonderful time rving
My kids are having a cow but I'm going to do it solo anyway, lol. They should know me by now ;)
Hi you two. Mike, all of us Detroit folks remember you from your TV days. Great to see how much fun you are having together in your RV. Love the TH-cam shows. Keep it coming. My wife and I are learning be fore we jump in.
Safe travels!
Great video! Will watch it again with my wife. Thanks. Got a little nervous though with that wasp crawling around Jim's shoulder and neck!
Great insight. We are that group who will rv until we are too old. Currently have a class A 30 ft. But see ourselves in a class B down the road. We have 2 cats who are littermates. As they get older they do not get along as well when they were young. Sometimes our rv sounds like a ninja war.
You need a TH-cam channel showing how your cats do in an RV. I'd love to take my cat but at 19 years old I'm afraid what the stress would do to her. 😢
Another video with great information. If you don't like a place, you can always move on.
If I had a nice RV class B, I wouldn't have no problem boondocking wherever is safe and the police won't bother me and ask me to leave. But a real important key is the systems on board don't require any outside hook up.
Excellent insight for future families and couples of RVING ! Thx Mike and Jennifer nice video !
Jim seems like he has it "going on"! Mike, y'all brought up some great points. Enjoyed the picnic table chat. Cajun
Best couple on TH-cam! :D
Great perspective! I see this zoom-zoom, gotta get there, too often on youtube. I see people visit places in one day and they miss the best attractions of the area. Glad you shared.
You guys are awesome! great video. We just sold our 30ft motorhome, and went to a Class B. Been following you for awhile now and you have really helped us out with all your advice. Thank you both.
Hi, I been watching your channel for a while. We are in the planning stage of full time rving and just yesterday came to the conclusion that maybe we should look at class b+ units over a big 5th wheel because we may want some thing smaller as we grow older. It was nice to hear your feedback. Thanks for the video!
Nice video. I believe I will stay at truck stops til I get more comfortable. I know truck stops. I still don't fully understand the national/state park deals. I even wrote to the national parks service and asked for some information for dummies.
PS, I don't plan on getting old.
All about the journey not just the destination!
We just bought a class c. Are the opportunities the same or less the us? Does anyone out there with a "c" have any experience with boon docking? Your video is such a coincidence as my husband and I were talking about going to a bar/restaurant in Flatrock, Michigan and I said that we should boon dock in the parking lot so that we could drink. Then I check out youtube and your guest is talking about doing the same thing. Just don't know if him and his wife are getting their drink on. 😎
Excellent info. Thank you
Fantastic!👍
You guys are absolutely awesome! My heroes!
Very good, insightful discussion. Thank you.
Love this
Excellent video
Great video 👍🏾
Just found you. Love your interview and your other videos.
Lets not forget about the bugs, right Jim.
Good information, one of the reasons we got a camper was to be able to boondock while driving to our destination. Walmarts are great for stop overs, our only limitation is vacation time!
Great Video Guys!! So glad I saw this. Was wondering... How long (on average) people do RVing. 3-5 years or 10+ years. Love the insights also on the journey toward Boondocking... Good Stuff!! Thanks again!
So, our very first rv'ing adventure starts in Decmember when our new camper gets in. We are planning a big trip from FL to AZ and love the boondocking ideas. Where do you all refill with water and empty tanks when you are boondocking?
Good video! But omg that fly on dude's neck... 😮
Great Video Folks!
Do you guys still have your house to go home to when you aren't traveling?
kinda surprising how the average age of the people in the comments seems to be around 65, many of these RV Life videos apply to people that are part of the growing "tiny house" movement
DOPE!
I so want to boondock, I am not sure how to make it work for us. We cannot eat out because my husband has servere food allergies. I have to be supplied with food and of course I have to cook, everyday. Have you ever encountered someone that has had to deal with this and managed to make boondocking work?
If you're ever passing through the midwest, we live in Peoria, Illinois and could provide free electric, water hookups , a 6' backyard vinyl fence for sweetie, free indoor showers some warm home cooked meals and most of all a warm, kind, couple of new friends. We only make this offer because you both seem trustworthy and considerate people. I'm Steve the husband, sending this msg as Denise is taking a nap. We've been watching many of your videos as we hope to boon dock someday. We are older, I'm retired and I thought would'nt it be nice to meet some of these travelers and offer them some amenities? we're on facebook, Steve Foerter. So look us up if you'd like to meet some new friends.
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Interesting video, another You Tuber, “Little House on the Road”, tells in a video that an older lady at a camping site had medical issues.
She was alone with no relatives to call upon for help. A volunteer worker for the site called an ambulance and they took her to the hospital. After being released she went back to her Motorhome.
The volunteer moved her home close to his so he could watch her, but you really don’t know how long he could do that for, and if she is able to care for herself, alone.
You don’t know if she takes her medications, or if she even eats daily. It is a sad state of affairs if you find yourself in such a situation,.
Could be a problem for older nomads that are doing it by themselves. She is lucky the camp worker was there to help her.
I’m sure this situation is multiplied in the Nomadic lifestyle, any comments about these situations?
Excapees Has a place in Livingston Texas that supports this very situation. They even provide meals and some in home medical all while continuing to live in your RV.
Kevin Loving this person I imagine had few resources, my in laws live in assisted living and I imagine pay about 6 K a month.
Do you have a clue why most retired people seek out rv living?
Save money? Get to see the country they couldn't do while they were working or raising a family? Or just plain getting to see the country before they die. 😢