Well, the Tenkara rods were on sale on Black Friday and I bought them and had them shipped to me at the place I was parking lot camping in Fort Lauderdale. Have not used them yet. Not fishing here on Pine Island even tho it's a kayak fishing place. But very shallow with oyster beds so no inflatables out there. I will go to the Pawnee Grassland first then Fort Collins area. Boulder area and maybe Idaho Springs area last. Staying CO from mid May til mid Sept.
Also, I made an 'arctic pack' out of Reflectix. Very simple and just cut the stuff a wee bit bigger than measured and no velcro needed as the sides just hold it in place. Cover all the windows and the sides and it works fairly well. Stick the big stuff behind the seats in the cab.
Very cool. I am about 45 minutes from Fort Collins. I love that town but just enough for a weekend visit. A little to busy for me.
This is totally doable. I'm in the same situation, but right now I am living out of just a camper shell in Bend, OR and am on the verge of moving into a FWC Falcon. I have a $20 gym membership where I work out and shower, a PO BOX for mail, coffee shop for wifi, and work and go to school. For what I am saving in living expenses I have yet to take out a student loan. What I like about this lifestyle is that it makes you active outgoing person not having the ability to plop down in front of a TV and waste time.
Awesome! I saw guy that lived out of a camper shell. I wish I had one instead of a bed rack for dry storage. How much does a mail box cost? I really want to do this to force a change in my lifestyle. I hate that I find comfort in doing nothing and just watching TV or just laying in bed. I miss having creativity and find things to do.
When it comes down to what's
do-able, you don't
need a camper, a shell or even need a vehicle -- lots of homeless people live under a tarp... a tent if they're lucky. I've seen their camps in the N.F. in central Oregon.
But I still wouldn't want to do it just because
I could -- unless I had to. But yes, it's amazing what you can do and get used to
if you have to.
If I was going to live that way I'd rather be homeless someplace south of the 35th parallel...and west of the Rockies -- too many bugs in the south
east.
I think homeless people have it rough. They don't last very long out here and quickly disapear. For me though, this isn't about being homeless. Its about making a home, something I can call mine, fix it up and live anywhere. Just having the freedom to say screw this I am moving to another state and having the ablity to do it is awesome.
On another note, I installed some LED's in the RTT tonight. That will be nice this upcoming week when reading at night. Ill be documenting my thoughts on another forum but I will relay here. I am hoping the RTT is actually more than enough for my needs and instead I will just need to work on bed organization and securtiy.