The solar shower serves as an extra water supply and can be filled from a stream or lake, saving your on board supply. Photo from, “Tom and Heidi Baldacci: Newbie Adventure in an Adventurer”Ī solar shower, a black vinyl bag of about five or six gallon capacity with a length of plastic tubing with a shower nozzle attached, when laid out in the sun for several hours will heat the water inside to shower temperature. Dish and rinse water collected in a dishpan can be dumped directly on plants or in a freshly dug hole. If you’re going to do this, make sure you use biodegradable soaps and scrape off all food bits before allowing the water to enter your gray tank. You can also buy a dump cap with a hose fitting, attach a garden hose, and direct your gray water off to a thirsty bush. Then use that water for dishwashing and rinsing or flushing the toilet. For instance, a plastic dishpan in your shower will capture the water that you run while warming it up. The jugs you can then lash to your roof out of the way and the bladders will fold flat and stow in minimal space.īut, if you add water to your initial fresh water capacity, then you will add waste water to your gray tank unless you do something else with it. But you can also extend your fresh water capacity by carrying full jerry jugs or collapsible bladders that can be emptied into your fresh water tank. Photo from, “Whazoo’s Funundrum Continuum: An Epic Adventure Of A Lifetime”īeing conservative in your use of fresh water will not only allow you to boondock longer, but will also slow the filling of your gray water tank (from shower and sink use). This article is an introduction on how to prepare yourself and your rig for a boondocking adventure. After you wake up that first morning with the sun just about to peek over the eastern horizon and no other rigs or humans in sight, you’ll be hooked. If you haven’t yet struck out on a rutted old logging road or sandy desert track, sooner or later that urge will come. Camper manufacturers also make their mini-homes complete with full capabilities for camping off road and off-the-grid. Truck manufacturers pride themselves on their vehicles’ abilities to tame rough terrain. If anyone is an expert on helping folks learn to boondock, it Bob.īoondocking 101: Water, Tanks, Power, and PropaneĬan you imagine someone with a forty-foot diesel pusher motorhome or fifth wheel boondocking with only Mother Nature and coyotes as neighbors? No? How about someone with a truck camper? Of course! That’s what they’re for. Bob even taught boondocking classes for ten years at Life On Wheels RV conferences. Bob is the author of several e-books on boondocking and regularly writes boondocking articles for RV.net’s blog, Trailer Life Magazine, and Motorhome Magazine. To help newbies navigate the boondocking concept, we contacted renown RV boondocking expert, Bob Difley. When enchantment hits reality, it’s not quite that simple. Camping where you want – for free? Yes please! We remember the first time we heard the term boondocking and how enchanted we were with the concept. In truck camping circles, the term boondocking is thrown around a lot. We call it fun, free, and a major reason why we love truck campers! Here’s boondocking expert Bob Difley on how it’s done.
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