Living Off the Grid in the California & Arizona Desert 🌵| Cheap Family Travel

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  • @debbielauck3131
    @debbielauck3131 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Thank you so much for letting us live vicariously through your family’s adventures! It’s so eye opening seeing what the country is really like in remote places. Safe travels!

  • @rangersbaseball8956
    @rangersbaseball8956 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Great video I like seeing the different parts of the country hope you can make more videos like this one

  • @RevBTB
    @RevBTB 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    not sure how often you guys may hear this but know someone watching in Maine is VERY proud of you!

  • @sagenozko9317
    @sagenozko9317 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This is so much fun to come along on your trip with you. TY!

  • @Ksplaceinindy
    @Ksplaceinindy 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The way he was so Happy to take his Daddys Hand 😍😍😍 so sweet !

  • @Deanna52ish
    @Deanna52ish 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We just retired in 2023 and have a beautiful and paid for home in Phoenix, AZ. Last fall we had a custom van built. We also have an FJ Crusier with a hard top roof top tent that we use to travel backroads. During the hot Phoenix summers, we will be doing what you do, traveling across the country, staying on BLM as much as possible and inexpensive campgrounds. As we travel, we work with organizations to feed the homelss and deliver meals. We love the IOverlander APP and we love your plan. We folow Epic Family Roadtrip on TH-cam. They've been on the road 7 years and homeschooled their kids who are now in their 20's. Great story. Hope to see more of your travels.

  • @jennifermunn6898
    @jennifermunn6898 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    This is so awesome ❤and your little boy is adorable and growing up so fast, I am
    So jealous y’all get all this time to travel and see spots and spend time together, but if I had only been as smart as you with money, cause what your doing is far more valuable than anything money bought, proud of yall❤ keep us updated!❤

  • @bird.passion
    @bird.passion 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Welcome to California! That was fun to watch, thank you for sharing. California is the biggest agricultural producing state in the country. The meal you were cooking looks so good. Looking forward to your next video.

  • @ClairenParkerontheRoad
    @ClairenParkerontheRoad 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I really like your tent set up and how it's two levels. Loving the content.

  • @shariburns6263
    @shariburns6263 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your camper will seem so spacious when you get back home. I'm glad you have such well behaved animals that they can travel like this. I guess as long as they are with their people they can adapt to whatever the situation is.

  • @annagia153
    @annagia153 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great video!! Traveling and taking in all you are able to on a budget is awesome!! where there is a will there is a way a cheaper way, instead of wasting money on hotels so smart 🤩 Falcon is adorable 🥰 such a cutie.

  • @quilterinthewoods62
    @quilterinthewoods62 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My husband grew up in CA and told me about the times him and his buddies would go out and race on Salton, CA. I have never been, but given the chance I would go. Wish he was here to go with me...... Love all the traveling you guys are doing. I am so fearful of going as I would do it alone, and I just cant make myself go.

    • @largemarge1603
      @largemarge1603 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @q,
      In a few weeks, I turn 72yo.
      I full-time live-aboard the ExpeditionVehicle I built in 2003.
      .
      Over two decades of travel, zero interest in a stand-still house.

  • @lorraineemmans8347
    @lorraineemmans8347 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your videos are so fun to watch. It was interesting to see your tent set up and all the places you are travelling to. I always enjoy seeing what you are eating on your trip. Have fun:)

  • @tessramos8828
    @tessramos8828 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Katie 🌻 What a Wonderful video . . Such an informative narrative. . . Wow 😅. Im exhausted just watching you and hubby packing up the tent
    You guys Rock 🎉

  • @DebZaragoza
    @DebZaragoza 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Have fun while you're in CA, but the gas and food prices...are horrible! You passed my house! I live 35 minutes away from those sand dunes off the I-8 highway...in a little farming community called Holtville (45 minutes from Yuma). We love going out to the dunes on weekends and camping. Being born and raised in the desert, it's a bit claustrophobic whenever I visit my family in North Carolina, with all of the trees, LOL! But, I agree that the scenery is so diverse out west! Loved the video...😄 P.S. If you get a chance, visiting the other side of the Salton Sea in the Borrego Springs area, and the Borrego Desert State Park is also fun!

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      That is too funny! We miss all the trees! We drove by one the other day and I rolled my window down to listen to it in the wind and Asher made so much fun of me 😂

  • @syndimaldonado6835
    @syndimaldonado6835 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love this video. Thanks for showing us how easy it is to be free.😊

  • @ginacardarella
    @ginacardarella 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love your little for a family.How you get them to get along is excellent❤

  • @blackindependent3967
    @blackindependent3967 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm glad you gave us a tour of your tent!

  • @PenniestoDollars
    @PenniestoDollars 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I thought about the Arizona Desert until my friend showed the rattlesnake that blended in within the camp at Quartsite.

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You know, we haven’t seen a single rattlesnake so far! I mean, I guess that doesn’t mean they haven’t been there but just hiding from us 😂 🐍

    • @lindc1070
      @lindc1070 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The thought scares me

  • @patriciawilliams3165
    @patriciawilliams3165 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loved watching this! My husband and I were campers but we had trailers, fifth wheels and motor homes through the years, never really roughed it as you guys are doing it. We were spoiled 😮 but no matter you are enjoying it ever bit as much as we did and I admire you for doing it. We loved every minute of our travels and ages 85 and 93 it is the thing we miss the most so we travel now by going with others on TH-cam. Thank you so much for sharing ❤. Happy trails to you.

  • @ericwitt4586
    @ericwitt4586 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looked like a great trip y’all had our country is the most beautiful country in the world my cabin up in the Appalachian mountains is beautiful and I love it there 😀👍

  • @ashleybosvik3031
    @ashleybosvik3031 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I enjoy watching your videos and seeing the landscape of different areas

  • @tommysimmons5266
    @tommysimmons5266 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ironically I started down the skyline drive and blue ridge parkway after leaving nyc 1984. Lived in Georgia until moving to Arizona and the Utah area. Found your video by accident this morning. Great job at the Lucky 7 homestead

  • @ZXX984
    @ZXX984 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for taking us!

  • @anonanon1982
    @anonanon1982 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have you heard of Baby Signs? I did it with my two youngest children and it was so much fun watching them learn and communicate. My son started making up his own signs for things and it was amazing.

  • @joculp-yq3qh
    @joculp-yq3qh 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Well I think this was so interesting. I admire you and Asher for taking this trip and living your dream. Falcon is again, ADORABLE! Just precious! Enjoy and stay safe❤. Oh, and does Falcon ever cry? He is so pleasant and content!

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you! Falcon may fuss occasionally but hardly ever cries ❤️

  • @cjengland2365
    @cjengland2365 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Looks like a good workout taking down and setting up the tent. My job when I was a kid was to walk across the tent at each step to make sure all the air was out. Falcon's almost there!

  • @janearothfeld
    @janearothfeld 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow. Lucky stars that your cat is so amenable to travel! We have two and they have moved around alot the last three years and they were troupers, but getting them into travel crates, much less daily? Nope. Pure torture. Beautiful part of living in the west/southwest is y'rarely think of condensation. I never think about it anymore. Moisture doesn't survive 14% humidity or 5% for that matter. Love that you all are living your dream! 😻🐶

  • @carolined3058
    @carolined3058 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great way to travel and a lot of freedom

  • @weaverwagon6084
    @weaverwagon6084 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your dinner looked so delicious! Thank you for your journey

  • @sassy_heifer_homestead
    @sassy_heifer_homestead 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Come to the Boise Idaho area, you would lkve the natural hot springs that are just roadside

  • @lorraineemmans8347
    @lorraineemmans8347 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I made your grilled vegetable fajitas with the maple smoked seasoning and the Tofutti sour cream. so good.😋 Please keep posting more recipes.😊

  • @sassy_heifer_homestead
    @sassy_heifer_homestead 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We have the XL rooftop with annex room ,we travel with 3 Aussies and a small dog in a Jeep Rubicon

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Aussies are awesome travel companions ❤️

  • @vickielewis6268
    @vickielewis6268 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Look at the Haarp clouds. Crazy.

    • @vickielewis6268
      @vickielewis6268 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh my gosh. Hedge hog love book is amazing. Hedge hog hugs.

  • @coolbeans-plantbased707
    @coolbeans-plantbased707 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the new truck, Katie!!

  • @jayneanderson8057
    @jayneanderson8057 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love the way you are traveling with your family. We have a grandson that was born a few days before Falcon was, and he is forever trying to get into the dogs food and water bowls. He and the German Shepard are best buds.

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Toddlers and water bowls 😂 Shepherds are such good dogs! ❤️

  • @sue1703
    @sue1703 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's amazing watching u and your husband travel with your pets and toddler! Have a safe trip! :)

  • @janetandrews9030
    @janetandrews9030 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Hey what happened to your two daughters did you just ditch them? They weren't old enough to support themselves, were they?

  • @shabbyshopper
    @shabbyshopper 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Are your teens traveling with you?

  • @joankirch8635
    @joankirch8635 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love the slow pace you can do while enjoying the countryside. Do you freeze dry your own coffee? If not where and what kind do you use? ❤

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      We honestly just buy whichever freeze dried coffee is cheapest at the store 😂

  • @sassy_heifer_homestead
    @sassy_heifer_homestead 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    We have the same water jugs

  • @amydecker6207
    @amydecker6207 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If one can move comfortably every two weeks, one can free camp forever.

  • @maryshank7825
    @maryshank7825 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice!

  • @bellasmokes
    @bellasmokes 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    If you like blm land try anza borrego desert state park lots of blm land and cool hiking trails maybe 35 minutes from salton city/thermal

  • @cali_love5977
    @cali_love5977 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What year is the tundra?

  • @piajensen3223
    @piajensen3223 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Will you visit iany beach town while driving through California?

  • @sassy_heifer_homestead
    @sassy_heifer_homestead 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Where are your teenagers?

  • @teresaclark7654
    @teresaclark7654 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can you tell me by chance when you filmed this? 😊We live in Arizona and to find gas prices that cheap anywhere is surprising. My hubby uses an app to find the cheapest prices and can’t find any place that is $2..69 a gallon.

    • @desertfamilyhomestead3127
      @desertfamilyhomestead3127 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They were down by Ajo and Yuma

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      We were down very south in AZ. This was less than 2 weeks ago. The second we crossed into CA gas was $5-6 a gallon💀😂

    • @teresaclark7654
      @teresaclark7654 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@raisingwildflowers That’s sounds about right! California is so expensive with gas prices.

    • @desertfamilyhomestead3127
      @desertfamilyhomestead3127 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@raisingwildflowers I saw the Ajo A on the mountain was how I knew where you were plus we go down to Yuma yearly for a livestock show.

  • @casseymetheny9692
    @casseymetheny9692 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are you referring to your kid as they

  • @janvan4424
    @janvan4424 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Does your cat like to go for walks with a harness on?

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      She tolerates the harness 😂 She prefers to go on walks without it, and she doesn’t wander off or anything, but with all the snakes and scorpions and hawks, etc out in the desert, we didn’t let her out without the harness. She was a little mad at us about that 😆

    • @lindc1070
      @lindc1070 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Better to keep her safe , I wouldnt let mine wander either

  • @Valerygallery
    @Valerygallery 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Do you take your cat out for walks?

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah she had a harness and leash but isn’t a super fan of walking on it 😂

    • @Valerygallery
      @Valerygallery 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They eventually get used to it. It just seems sad that she's confined to a small kennel and only gets to roam around in a tent. Sorry, I don't think that's enough for a cat.

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Well, that is what she prefers so I will keep doing what makes her happy 😉

  • @lindc1070
    @lindc1070 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are you able to shower everyday?

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A full shower? No. Clean off? Yes 👍🧼

    • @lindc1070
      @lindc1070 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@raisingwildflowers I shower twice a day even in winter so that would be very hard for me😁

  • @rachelcrossen8136
    @rachelcrossen8136 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No self respecting toddler would leave a bowl of water alone 😂

  • @lettycervan
    @lettycervan 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hell no what about the snakes

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean, just don’t touch them 🤷‍♀️😂 But we haven’t seen a single snake in the 2 months we’ve been out here 🐍 My husband is a biology/zoology major and pretty disappointed about it tbh 😂

  • @largemarge1603
    @largemarge1603 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    00:22
    That poor woman.
    Is it throat cancer?
    Too much sand in her margaritas?
    Does she gargle with gravel?

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Close. Camping in the desert for 2 months. Which is kinda like gargling gravel and drinking sand 24/7 😉

  • @AdrianaPage-vb8zu
    @AdrianaPage-vb8zu 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Won’t be easier for you if you cut your hair short?

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      No because then it would grow and I would have to cut it again 😂

  • @karenchavez9996
    @karenchavez9996 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Art or trash?!

  • @johnperry6318
    @johnperry6318 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    your never free you gotta pay taxes on your land

    • @raisingwildflowers
      @raisingwildflowers  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You don’t have to pay taxes on BLM land. It belongs the public and actually is free to stay on 😁

  • @angiewolf8189
    @angiewolf8189 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I notice you refer to Falcon as they and their. Well done not assuming their pronouns. Great job Mama. They will make their own decision in regards to preferred pronouns.