Longing to go camping on Canadian and American highways and discover this great country of ours? Camping provides a great escape from the daily stress of everyday life and allows you to discover new people and places. If you want to camp long-term, for a month, two or more at a time, you will experience a very fulfilling and adventurous life unknown to the average person who lives in a house, in a city, working 9-5 Monday through Friday. Friday. .
Boondock camping, also called rough camping, is a great solution to afford long-term trips. If you are like my husband and I, you love to travel, but you like to be independent and you love privacy, although you like to meet new people and go to social events. At night when it’s time for bed, you, like us, probably love to hang your coats in the same place, I love to cook healthy vegetarian meals in my own mobile kitchen and my husband loves to watch his own movies on his own flat screen TV in his rolling den. I can work long distance on my laptop and earn money wherever we are.
Boondock Camping is perfect for us because we have the choice of living outdoors in nature’s beauty at its best or in downtown parking lots near farmers’ markets and garden festivals. We can park our little Winnebago up close and personal with Mother Nature anytime we choose. From the forests of the north to the deserts of the south, North America is within our reach to discover. Maybe eventually I will convince my husband to cross over to Mexico and from there well, I have my eye on Belize… but I digress…
There are many advantages to boondocking, namely saving a lot of money. However, it is not for everyone. You need to be a self-reliant, mechanically inclined, self-reliant couple or family who can have fun and indulge in the sheer joy of living and discovering. There are some important differences between camping in an RV park temporarily for a few days and camping in an RV park temporarily. boondocking for weeks at a time.
When you go camping in the boondock zone, you will generally be parked in areas with no electrical hookups. This doesn’t mean you have to go without. With the use of solar panels, batteries, inverters, and a mini generator, you can easily and cheaply create your own power. Of course you won’t want to run your generator if you park at Walmart in downtown Ottawa or Orlando, but when you’re parked in the middle of the desert or forest, you can recharge your batteries for when you hit the big city.
The key to booming success is self-sufficiency and that means energy smart, mechanically, eat smart and financially. Menu planning is my specialty. I usually sit down on Sundays and plan a week’s worth of menus for my husband and myself. Breakfast consists mainly of cereal and fruit or tofu or scrambled eggs with fake bacon. Lunch is when we enjoy going out to try new vegetarian restaurants in different cities. Lunches are less expensive than dinner and just as tasty, so every time we pass by an interesting prospect, we take advantage of the situation. If we are camping and not close to civilization, we usually eat soup and sandwiches or large salads for lunch. Dinner is when I enjoy trying new recipes and as my husband would tell you, we never eat the same thing twice because I love to experiment in the kitchen.
Boondock camping has recently found new popularity or at least is coming out of the woodwork now. The internet is great for finding potential campsites and more information on this new trend that is allowing many families to feel the joy of freedom, new discoveries, and the sheer pleasure of having enough time to truly discover and appreciate our beautiful country.