Boondocking, or free camping in an RV is a great lifestyle! Here are the tips and tricks to make your RV boondocking successful!
Camping conjures up images of campfires, tents, sleeping bags and generally roughing it. However, there are so many types of furniture for camping, you can deck your campsite out, almost as good as your home. There are lounge chairs available, ottomans, tables and lamps to recreate a living area around…
Hickison petroglyphs is on Highway 50, between Austin and Ely in Nevada. Free RV boondocking, bring your own water!
I broke my own rules, and didn’t pre-scout the location! Strawberry Creek is only appropriate for vans and truck campers, maybe a 20′ Class C, but not for any average motorhome. Mine is 26′, which is considered on the small side, and I almost thought I was going to get stuck! NO room to turn around.
There’s communal water and flush toilets at Bob Scott, and the high elevation keeps the temperatures down a bit. The paid area is 10 campsites for $10 a day, and there are 4-5 “free” sites just outside the entrance. Other RVers mentioned “out back, behind” but it looks like the powers that be fenced that off. Continue reading
This is west of Las Vegas, going on Charleston Ave, about 20 miles out. This was after days of rain, so the colors and the clouds were really brilliant! Continue reading
I did a recon on the boondocking sites in the Lake Tahoe area, area. GPS coordinates and maps for for Luther Pass, West Walker River, and Tahoe Rim below.
Before driving into any of these areas, check it out first! The terrain around Tahoe can be very rough, and not suitable for RVs.
Luther Pass Rd: GPS: 38.79 -120.0002
West Walker River Dispersed: GPS: 38.7659 -119.9418
Tahoe Rim Trail: GPS: 39.0891 -119.8974
Waiting out the bad weather, to avoid possible snow. (Sorry about the noise from the 25 mph winds, still fine tuning the camera mic. Next videos, should be better. Taped 2 layers of felt on) Temps in the Carson City area were about 45 degrees in the morning.
There are a few methods of maintaining house power in your RV. Of course, RV solar panels are the first and most popular choice, but a wind generator appeals to many people, because many areas with free boondocking are very windy, and when the sun is dimmed by clouds and…
