| Do you long to go camping along Canadian and | | | | differences between camping in an RV park |
| American highways and discover this great country | | | | temporarily for a few days vs. boondocking for |
| of ours? Camping provides an excellent escape to | | | | weeks at a time. |
| the daily stresses of everyday life and allows one to | | | | When you go boondock camping you will be usually |
| discover new people and places. If you want to | | | | parked in areas with no electricity hook-ups. This |
| camp long term, for a month, two or more at a time, | | | | does not mean you have to go without. With the |
| you will experience a very fulfilling and adventure filled | | | | use of solar panels, batteries, inverters and a mini |
| life unknown to the average person living in a house, | | | | generator, you can easily and cheaply create your |
| in a city, working 9-5 Monday to Friday. | | | | own energy. Of course you don't want to run your |
| Boondock camping, also called rough camping is a | | | | generator if you park at Walmart in downtown |
| great solution to affording long term travel. If you | | | | Ottawa or Orlando but when you are parked in the |
| are like my husband and I, you love traveling but | | | | middle of the desert or the forest, you can recharge |
| enjoy being independent and love privacy even | | | | your batteries for when you get to the big city. |
| though you enjoy meeting new people and going to | | | | The key to successful boondocking is self-reliance |
| social events. At night, when it's time to turn in, you, | | | | and that means energy wise, mechanically, eating |
| like us probably love hanging your coats at the same | | | | wise and financially. Menu planning is my specialty. I |
| place, I love cooking healthy vegetarian foods from | | | | usually sit down on Sundays and plan a week's worth |
| my own travelling kitchen and my husband loves | | | | of menus for my husband and I. Breakfast is mostly |
| watching his own movies on his own flat screen | | | | either cereal and fruit or tofu or egg scramble with |
| television in his rolling den. I can work long distance on | | | | fakin bacon. Lunch is when we enjoy going out to try |
| my laptop and make money wherever we are. | | | | new vegetarian restaurants in different cities. Lunches |
| Boondock camping is perfect for us because we | | | | are less expensive than dinner and are equally tasty |
| have a choice to live in the great outdoors in nature's | | | | so whenever we are passing by an interesting |
| beauty at its finest or in downtown parking lots close | | | | prospect, we take advantage of the situation. If we |
| to farmer's markets and gardening festivals. We get | | | | are camped out and not close to civilization, we |
| to park our small Winnebago up close and personal | | | | usually eat soup and sandwiches or big salads for |
| with Mother Nature anytime we choose to. From the | | | | lunch. Dinner is when I enjoy trying out new recipes |
| forests of the north to the deserts of the south, | | | | and as my husband would tell you, we never eat the |
| North America is ours to discover. Maybe eventually I | | | | same thing twice because i love to experiment in the |
| will convince my husband to cross over into Mexico | | | | kitchen. |
| and from there well, I have my eye on Belize...but I | | | | Boondock camping has recently found new popularity |
| digress... | | | | or at least is coming out of the woodwork now. The |
| There are many advantages to boondocking, namely | | | | internet is great to find prospective camping sites |
| saving lots of money. However it is not for | | | | and more information about this new trend that is |
| everyone. You need to be a self reliant, mechanically | | | | allowing many families to feel the joy of freedom, |
| inclined and self sufficient couple or family that can | | | | new discoveries and the sheer pleasure of having |
| amuse themselves and allow themselves the pure | | | | enough time to truly discover and appreciate our |
| joy of living and discovering. There are a few major | | | | beautiful country. |