During our many snowbird winters, we have found ourselves exploring the US SouthWest desert area. We’ve discovered there are many beautiful and free or very cheap places to dry camp (AKA Boondock). We love the awesome scenery, wide-open spaces, and have each year embraced boondocking more and more.
Here is an archive of all my boondocking related articles with many containing video clips. Some are howtos, tips and tricks, and reviews. Others are detailing the many gorgeous camp spots we have enjoyed.
Boondocking Solar Light tip
In order to save our batteries, we use solar lights which you find in lawn and garden centers. We have a couple of pots of petunias outside with a solar…
Exploring Whitney Pocket along the Gold Butte Back Country Byway
While in the Valley of Fire State Park area our new friend Don suggested a trip to see an interesting place called Whitney Pocket. Our trip led us off Interstate…
Trojan 6 Volt Batteries RV Install
I added to the standard 12v deep cycle battery that came with the RV with 2 of the T-105 Trojan Six Volt golf cart type batteries. This update more than…
Love Your RV – Boondocking Basics
Introduction These last few months traveling the US South West we have really embraced dry camping without hookups or also called Boondocking. We thoroughly enjoy boondocking. Usually there are little…
Dry camping at Glamis Dunes
We have a week to kill until our next scheduled RV Resort stint at the Thousand Trails in Las Vegas so decided to check out an area of the Imperial…
Boon-docking near Borrego Springs, California
Our first week of the New Year 2013 was spent boon-docking near Borrego Springs, California. View Borrego Springs boon-docking spot in a larger map We had spent a few days…