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ritePen, a new tablet toy
Well it’s new for me at least and I’m having fun with it 
It doesn’t post my ink in here like the ink blog plugin for live Writer does, but it Does let me Write this entry With ink! And I’m writing directly on my browser Window too.
Pretty …
Our Travel Style: Remote & Quiet
I don’t care for the idea of RV parks. I’ve lived in mobile home parks before, and it’s not too fun having your house squeezed into a tiny space between two others. I’m not a fan of apartment living either, and mobile home parks are a bit too much like …
Our Solar Power Setup
Before embarking on our new travel living journey, we tried our best to make plans which would allow us to live and travel as sustainably as possible. And since I’m a writer and photographer who makes money online, our priority was to make sure we had a way to generate …
Beginning A Nomad Lifestyle
First mistake: Packing too much stuff
Nomadic Inspirations + Updates
I recently discovered an entire small world of other nomadic travelers, and the stories inspired me to finally get some more of my own updates online here.
When so much content was lost here back in August, the thought of writing everything from scratch was discouraging to say the least… …
Potatoes: Good Food To Take Camping
Potatoes are a versatile food that doesn't spoil easily
I’m not sure why it didn’t occur to me …
Jones Water Campground in Arizona
A long shot of our campsite
More Cargo Camper Pics
Ok I finally took a little time to grab these off the camera, so I’m getting them online. These aren’t the best quality pics since I took them in a hurry before we started packing up to leave our camping spot last week, but they show a decent view of …
From Cargo Trailer To Camper
The trailer conversion to a camper is actually starting to shape up kind of nicely. We now have a bed which can be folded up into a couch as desired, and we have plenty of storage space under the bed area. In a way it’s kind of like the little …
Pretty Texas Rest Area
TeePee picnic spot in Texas
Foods We’ve Been Eating While Camping
One of the challenges we’ve had during our travel adventures is figuring out what kinds of meals we can cook. Whether we’re on the road driving to a new spot or we’re camped out in a forest somewhere, food is not as easy as it is in a cozy house or apartment.
At the moment we have no fridge for example, so keeping anything cold for long is out of the question. Eventually we plan to get a propane fridge/freezer combo unit but for now we’ve primarily been going simple and cheap. When we first buy supplies for a new camping spot we can pick up a small pack of fresh hamburger or chicken and put it into our “fridge cooler” with some ice. That lasts at least 1-2 days, so we have time to drive to the next camping spot, set up the campsite, and cook the food before it goes bad.
Other than that though, we’ve been eating primarily canned and dried foods. Corned beef hash, spagettios, and ravioli have become staples. We also buy canned chicken and dried pasta sides (like garlic or alfredo) to cook together as one meal, and we make tuna with macaroni and cheese frequently too. Recently we started making Ranch style beans as the protein, and rice broccoli and cheese as our starch.
Louisiana In August is Hot!
I have no idea what the actual temperature or humidity levels are here at the moment, but they must be high. Clouds have been drifting across the sun all day and that sure helps but good grief I can’t believe how humid it is!
When the sun is out …
Travel Notes & Pictures: Catching Up
Ok, I haven’t gotten a lot of my travel notes and pictures posted here in the last month, so this is intended to be an overview or summary of places we’ve been and things that have happened so far.
If you’re new to reading this site, here’s a quick recap: We started traveling and camping in various national forests at the beginning of July 2009. We primarily tested the waters around Arizona for most of July, getting use to the new setup and tweaking things. In late July we "broke" the truck (details forthcoming) and took several days fixing that. Then we picked up a cargo trailer and we’re now in the process of traveling across country to South Carolina. We’re working on turning the trailer into a little camper as we have extra money available.
So… in early July we bounced around to camping spots near Tucson. Those notes and pics are in previous posts. The next place we decided to try was on the back side of Mount Lemmon. This still isn’t too far from Tucson but far enough to be forest land. This is actually another section of the Coronado Forest area. The camping spot we chose here was right next to the forest road, so we ended up seeing lots of ATVs and vehicles passing throughout the week.
We have discovered as we’ve gone along that things get really quiet during the week in most places. This is pretty nice
When we went back into Tucson the next time we discovered some land for sale in Northern Arizona, so we decided to go take a look at that. The drive up was gorgeous but after taking two days and nights driving through places where the cows don’t even come home… and the "roads" are little dirt tracks you can barely see… and making the mistake of going over a wash we shouldn’t have gone over – even with 4-wheel drive – we broke the truck. And we never found the land.
Today We’re Camping In Louisiana
We made it to Louisiana, just east of Shreveport by around 50-100 miles. We’re north of Minden in the Caney District of the Kisatchie National Forest.
We don’t have much time to enjoy this area because we want to be in SC by early Wednesday. This place is very pretty though. Lots of trees and greenery everywhere. It’s hot but a sticky hot. Sweat has been pouring off of us and every little branch we brush up against leaves things sticking to us. I won’t even begin to tell you about the dog hair 
Gearing Up For A Longer Trip
After our 2nd failed attempt to find a camping spot near T
anque Verde Falls, we spent a night on …