RUBBER TRAMP RENDEZVOUS 2023
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- On a whim I decided to drive out to Quartzsite Arizona to a nomadic event called “Rubber Tramp Rendezvous” and this is the video I put together for this event.
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There are some true works of art among those homes on wheels. I have to wonder how many of those vanners are (a) nomads; (b) full-timers; (c) weekend warriors; (d) digital, remote workers; (e) workcampers; (f) traveling nurse or other gig worker; (g) refugees from the late, great America. How they handle vehicle registration, taxes, insurance etc. I know BW has covered a lot of this. However things are changing and I'm not sure all the old advice works anymore. Example: I tried about three years ago to get a USPS PO box. They required an address 'where you park your car at night'. It's supposedly part of the Dubya Bush's Patriot Act. Like that's going to deter another Twin Towers attack. It's just going to hamper the victims of his 2007 economic collapse from living after losing their job, house and employment due to his ineptness as president.
p.s. You have a brake light out. Right side. I noticed it as you pulled out from your campsite.
Thank you and I know it. Am going to take care of it on my next car service!
Trail Angel here! I've watched some of your hiking videos and am pleasantly surprised to find you exploring the RTR. I've been following Bob Wells and other van dwellers for some time now. I think a video about the similarities of what hikers carry vs what car dwellers carry would be interesting. Needs are so similar: finding a place to sleep, do laundry and resupply come to mind first. Carry on!
@@monikalenz2559 hey Monika great hearing from you and that’s a fabulous idea! Can I steal it? I have a list of more nomadic life topics I plan on making but I love this one. I always ask for topics that people are interested in learning about so I appreciate this one for sure. So let me know if I can use it? If you have any more, don’t be shy about letting me know and don’t be a stranger cheers, Mike.
@@MarmaladeOutdoors absolutely run with it! I actually made a similar comment to Bob Wells a couple of months ago but didn't get and feedback from him so it's yours. And we host in Lake Isabella should you do hiking out our way. We let hikers glamp here and provide water, electric, bbq grill, shower and laundry facilities. We never charge nor accept donations 😉
@@monikalenz2559 thank you so much and what you do is so increase. When I hiked the PCT I went into Ridgecrest from Walker Pass. Isn’t that the pass you go from the other way past Onyx or am I getting that wrong. Either way thank you for what you do!
@@MarmaladeOutdoors correct. Walker Pass is on highway 178 which goes west to Bakersfield and east through Ridgecrest and beyond. I'm not sure why hikers go to Ridgecrest instead of Lake Isabella and Kernville. We lived and worked in Ridgecrest for decades. It's a working community and not at all walkable. Hotter than the Kern River Valley too. The KRV is recreational with plenty of camping areas, much easier walking from place to place and a cheap shuttle bus service. It's usually an easy hitch from WP to Lake Isabella. We hosted over 50 PCT through hikers this season. Some of them went whitewater rafting on the Kern River and loved it. I think some of the comments in Farout gave the area a bad rap but heck, we love it here much more than Ridgecrest.
Great job filming the vehicles at the event. I will be attending the upcoming RTR event in Pahrump on 10/14/23. Thank you for sharing.
You got to meet Tristan! That's awesome! I keep hoping to go to the RTR, thanks for taking us there.
Hey there yes I did, really enjoy his channel. Just as mellow in person lol… you’re welcome and thanks for watching!
Chrome of Vancity Vanlife is the first person who I saw that used the unusual paint on his vehicle. I've been watching Cheap RV Living and Vancity Vanlife for years. HOWA is the sister channel for Cheap RV Living. There are so many people worth watching, and so many who have no idea how to start a TH-cam channel. Some are young people out to save money, and others are elderly and have been priced out of home. They don't have the money for an apartment, and cannot work to earn it. My heart started to beat faster when I came upon these channels, but I'm still waiting to get out there. My car is unreliable, and just broke down again.
I was looking for a newbie view of the RTR, and you have given it to me. Thank you. I saw one or two people I follow, but there are so many more I wish I knew. I do not understand how so many older people can afford all the expensive build-outs, but kudos for them. I wish them long, happy journeys doing the things they want to do.
I went but didn't get there till Monday the 16th. Stayed all week and volunteered with the parking. Came back on Saturday
the 21st after I toured the big RV Show. Met some great people. Yeah, some a little quirky but super nice people.
Stayed out at Scadden Wash BLM too.
Thanks for sharing, gave a good overall view of what RTR is all about.
Thank you and yeah I surprisingly really enjoyed it. I learned a lot by seeing other people’s rigs!
Good Music..thanks for the video.
Hey thanks AH.
Bob Wells
Not sure if you know this but you have come into the RTR world in its 2nd format,
Before 2018 the RTR used to be one big mass van gathering out there at Scadden Wash along with its seminars , today we now only have the seminars and van tours.
No I didn’t know that. I literally hear of this event about a week before it started so I decided to drive from SoCal and check it out. Truly annoyed the experience and meeting so many like minded people. The way it used to be sounds amazing… I imagine it just got too large. Thanks for that great info!
@@MarmaladeOutdoors Your right, i
Your right, it got too large and the BLM shut it down, but it got a new life now that the van life crowd joined up with the school bus gathering in a free 10 day event called "SkooliePalooza " (spelled with a "K") out there in Eherenburg Arz around Jan 21
Check it out next year while its still around and all the YT vids on it.
Its 10 days of amazing fun
@@johnmark1582 thank you I will do that! I appreciate it!
Great video! I dig it. Miss seeing you at work. Hope all is well.
👏. So much talent & ideas on many conversions. Beyond my pay grade. Ideas abound.
Nomadland = 👏 to see the reality for most nomads.
As u know I’ve been a nomadic Snowbird since 2011. Spent every winter in Az, except this year. Posted up for weeks/months at a time from Flagstaff to Yuma; Tucson to Lake Havasu. Only brief visits to Quartzite due to the crowds. The RTR is an excellent source & connection. Hope u got a good sense of that lifestyle. Living off the grid can be 👍
You should stay there more often, incredible amount of blm land out there… yeah I follow a lot of people who live nomadically so I already knew/know what to expect. It was really nice meeting the community for this lifestyle
Excellent production narrative, thank you.
Thank you William, I’m so glad you enjoyed it. I really love making them and sharing with others
Great tips, thank you!
Hey no worries glad they helped and thanks for watching!
Wow! You got to meet Tristan! I’ve been following him for four years! Can’t beat those desert sunsets and sunrises!
Yes I did and actually more quiet and reserved in person. He’s got a great channel… yes as I’ve always said the desert has the best sunsets and sunrises on the trail
Music Excellent!
Thank You Dee!
Sorry I missed you at the rendezvous!
Me too brotha! You. Ever told me you were going? Or did you not end up going?
@@MarmaladeOutdoors I didn’t end up going. Dealing with some issues. I’ll tell you about that later. Looks like it was a cool event.
Wish i could make it but its just too far a drive for me from the north east coast 🤷🏻
Really interesting to see how folk's setup their vans, some creative ideas. Thanks for filming and sharing this.
Thanks my friend and yes it is. My main problem in a van is because I’m tall I generally don’t fit in a bed going across the van so I learned of some other creative ways of doing that. Thanks as always for watching
Went there before it moved and changed. It was fun, made long life friends.
What a wonderful video! And I didn't even have to walk the grounds to see it all! Van living looks so comfy. And what great people you meet. Glad to see you're getting your greens on the road. I'm originally from San Diego, and oh, I miss it. These videos of the sagebrush, rocks and plants make me so homesick. I just would love to break off some sage and inhale it.
Thanks so much and yes generally the van life community is extremely kind and chill. Thank you for watching and glad you enjoyed it
I'm already subbed to SUV Rving.
Love his channel and content he puts out
I showed up too! Really interesting and friendly people and I got to ask a question of Bob Wells.
Yes very friendly people there. Oh I didn’t try to meet him… not really my style but he seemed like a good guy
Nice breakfast! I road trip in my model 3 comfortable for 1 to small for 2. Last trip was to Colorado where I volunteer my time to maintain the Colorado trail. Good people hard work but fun.
Thanks for volunteering your time… that trail is on my bucket list for sure. If I ever do the CDT I’ll cover a lot of it actually lol…
You get to meet Lefty and the Campulance Man? Great channel. Things have sure progressed since my 1970 VW bus…
I think I did but didn’t know that was his name…. Was a very cool, fun and eclectic group for sure
@@MarmaladeOutdoors Lefty is his dog, I’m not sure what his real name is his channel is the campulance man. Interesting conversion of an ambulance to a camper. You look to have had an I interesting weekend out there!
I’ve never been to Quartzsite but it’s quite the deal. I follow some people who are there. Check out MyBasicJourney in a burgundy minivan. She has long pink hair and a Yorkshire terrier. Also of interest is Campulance. He lives in a refurbished ambulance with his white pit bull Lefty. Have fun!!!
Hey there yes my first time and there’s a mind boggling amount of open free space to camp out there. Thanks for the tips I’ll check them out
I really appreciate your videos of the RTR, and the tours of the vans/rvs you’re the first one I’ve seen who didn’t talk the entire time which was very refreshing 😂 love to see the insides of the different rigs. Just discovered your channel and enjoying it. Thank you, 😊
Hey nice to hear from you and thank you. Yeah I also don’t like it when people go to events like the RTR and focus the camera the whole time on themselves. It should be about the event, rigs and people right?
😂 very ture
So what did you think? Get some cool ideas? I completely forgot about this as we’ve been deluged with rain in the high desert which put a kabosh on several camping trips. Wanted to check out some redesign ideas for my van. Did you get to see some SUV setups you like? Your Bronco is pretty sweet as it is but I’m sure you’d like more room… And, you met Tristan! He does have a great channel for getting to know little visited but spectacular places. Thanks for taking us along!
Hey friend, really enjoyed myself…yeah I had a quick overnight hike planned on the pct leaving near you at whitewater preserve but the weather looked so rough I opted to not go so since I had the weekend off for that hike I decided to go to this event. Honestly my setup is pretty set (I will be doing a video if that soon) and because I am local to where I work and not on the road I can keep much of my stuff I use in my storage. If I go permanently on the road I’ll have a lot more stuff and also get a car too box. Yes I’d love more room for sure and got some great ideas for setting up a van at this event. Yes met Tristan, actually more quiet and reserved in person bit very nice guy for sure. You will have to go to this even and definitely set up and show your rig there. Nobody had what you have there… people would love it
@@MarmaladeOutdoors I would have thought there'd be other pop top vans there. Maybe next year. Not sure the whole Quartzite thing is 'my thing' but I guess you have to experience it sometime! Would you ever consider a meet up out there for other hiking/exploring car campers?
Some really nice set ups. One of the Van conversions would be nice but would be out of my price range. Thanks for sharing
I know, my favorite one was the one with the tan bed liner paint job I spoke about. Literally had everything I want including lifted and four wheel drive. He told somebody next me he thinks he’s spent about 44,000 all in which isn’t too bad for everything he did to it
I've been watching Bob Wells cheap RV living. since he started TH-cam I very much admire him. His Channel has helped others. I'm not a long-distance driver so the only way, I will meet him, is when he comes to Colorado.
👌🏻👌🏻Dang some really interesting rigs. Looked like a great trip.
Thanks man I really enjoyed it. Nothing earth shattering but got some good ideas for setting up a van, got to meet like minded people and mostly chilled. I needed it!
Very cool, thanks for sharing.
Thanks yeah it was so fun to go somewhere totally new and not really knowing what to expect
Had no idea you were going and are there. Enjoy.
Hey literally decided late the day before I went. We’re you there? Let’s start communicating before we go to any events ok?
@@MarmaladeOutdoors I was not, but friends were there and around the area. Just finishing watching the episode now
And I can fill you in on finding free places that camp