SEPT 02, I am officially, a HOMELESS PERSON.
After that, I will have 'NO FIXED ADDRESS".
And I may soon be living out of my TINY little AWD SAFARI Micro Motorhome ....
potentially FULL TIME!
My hand built D.I.Y. custom SAFARI AWD Micro Motorhome / Class "C", is more spacious than a simple van conversion. It has an actual square box as living space, with a full time / full sized bed, lots of storage space inside and out, and will be mostly self contained, with removable propane stove, built in water system, and porta potti. This AWD Micro M/H is bigger than most of the many different camperised vans that I have owned and travelled in for the last few decades. But it is still compact enough, and light enough, with AWD, so I can bounce down the road less travelled, looking for remote and isolated camping spots.
Enjoying the journey as much as any specific destinations.
Just another Gypsy rambling along ....
I will try out this tiny rig first on a few shake down cruises here in the Candian Pacific North West, Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, and a bit of the BC Interior.
The HORIZON'S UNLIMITED RALLY at Nakusp, this weekend, Aug 26,27,28, seems like a great place to start.
I will see if the life style of a FULL TIME wandering nomad is for me.
Possible/eventual long term destinations include;
- Western and Southern US, states
- Mexico, the BAJA/Pacific coast, and the Yucatan,
- with Belize and Costa Rica as potential endings.
Or maybe not?
I DO realize that the only real difference between myself as a "homeless person" , and the ragged people with shopping carts filled with all their worldly possession, is the much higher cost of my wheels. And this perspective will keep me humble. Although my definition of "adventure" no longer includes sleeping in ditches and culverts, as I did when I was a young Hitch Hiking Hippy kid, that spirit lives on. That kid was known to say ,
"If it doesn't fit in my backpack, I DON'T REALLY NEED IT".
And all that travel and camping experience, with emphasis on IMPROVISATION and MINIMALISATION, eventually translated into my aptly named book,
The Budget Backpacker, Winchester Press, NY.
While it would be great to return to those carefree days as a Hitch Hiking Hippy,
realistically, time has marched on, and my knees just ain't up to the task of carrying my entire life on my back, no more. SO, now I will drive my own "MOBILE Man Cave" with me wherever I go. And my cave has a nice thick memory foam mattress.
AND, unlike touring with a bicycle or motorcycle, the SAFARI AWD Micro Motorhome has room for my constant companion, XENA, the Warrior Princess, a beautiful 75 lb GERMAN Shepherd female, to continue her role as MOBILE ALARM and SECURITY SYSTEM, and interceptor to stand between me and Grizzly bears and Javelinas and two legged varmints.
Look out world, here we come.
road trip, Road trip, ROAD TRIP!!!
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