In other words, using the E as an RV.
Hi, folks. Even though I'm still just a noob, I've decided to start a thread specifically about road trippin' logistics. Where I'm coming from -- on many of my trips, I'm traveling by myself, and usually spending only one or two nights in a single place. Layovers are at truck stops, rest stops, boondocking, or campgrounds.
I take this kind of trip at least a couple times a year for a few days. It's far less expensive and far more relaxing than dealing with motels (especially franchises...), and it's a great way to find quiet places to overnight. My trips center around landscape painting, hiking, visiting friends, historical research, and just, you know, poking around, so the freedom of having my "house" with me is great. I'm also interested in highway history, and this sort of travel dovetails nicely with shunpikin' and old alignment research trips. I hope to take a cross-country shunpike lasting at least three weeks in a few years, living entirely out of the E, so my trips these days are all also research for that venture. I hope we can share our adventures, and some lessons we learned along the way.
Some things we might talk about:
Let's hit the road!
Hi, folks. Even though I'm still just a noob, I've decided to start a thread specifically about road trippin' logistics. Where I'm coming from -- on many of my trips, I'm traveling by myself, and usually spending only one or two nights in a single place. Layovers are at truck stops, rest stops, boondocking, or campgrounds.
I take this kind of trip at least a couple times a year for a few days. It's far less expensive and far more relaxing than dealing with motels (especially franchises...), and it's a great way to find quiet places to overnight. My trips center around landscape painting, hiking, visiting friends, historical research, and just, you know, poking around, so the freedom of having my "house" with me is great. I'm also interested in highway history, and this sort of travel dovetails nicely with shunpikin' and old alignment research trips. I hope to take a cross-country shunpike lasting at least three weeks in a few years, living entirely out of the E, so my trips these days are all also research for that venture. I hope we can share our adventures, and some lessons we learned along the way.
Some things we might talk about:
- How to find legal & safe free overnight parking
- Cooking in the E in ways that won't get you thrown out of the parking lot
- Taking a spongebath in the back seat without turning yourself into a pretzyl
- Sleeping On the Floor (SOF) versus Sleeping On the Seats (SOS)
- Privacy curtains: fabric versus sun shades. DIY versus store-bought. Suction cups, magnets...
- Why the Rangers aren't kidding about carrying water in the desert.
- Etc. Whatsoever. And so forth.
Let's hit the road!