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Wintering in the Desert
October, 2018: It got pretty cold in West Yellowstone and I finally had to face up to the end of my Montana adventure for the year. I started south towards warmer weather, but lingered on the Teton river in Idaho for a final week, and twice had pipes freeze in my motorhome. It had been…
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A Boondocker’s Thanksgiving
I’ve been on the road since 2015, and only a few times since then have I been able to spend Thanksgiving with family. That’s one of the impacts of becoming a nomad; it isn’t easy to leave your home somewhere in the desert and fly north for a week. But it’s also related to the…
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Boondocking for Flyfishers: Steiner Flat, Trinity River, CA
In the winter of 2017, I attempted to catch a California winter steelhead on the swing. I spent three months on the attempt, and did not succeed… though I did get one under a damn bobber with an egg pattern (but that’s another story). That winter, the long drought broke, and all of the rivers…
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Nellis Dunes: OK for Camping or Not?
TLDR: Not. I was looking for a spot closer to Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where there was a kart racing event that I wanted to visit, and literally across the street is a large BLM managed area for off road riding. Nellis Dunes is listed on the BLM website as Dispersed – Nellis Dunes. It…
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Boondocking Near Valley of Fire
Valley of Fire State Park in southern Nevada is a wonderful stop for lovers of desert scenery and petroglyphs, but I did not stay at the campgrounds in the park. Instead, I boondocked at an area a few miles outside, that’s listed on many of the free camping websites… I had previously stayed on the…
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Boondocking at Lake Mead, Government Wash
Government Wash, Lake Mead National Recreation Area The two weeks that I spent at Stewart’s Point on Lake Mead were relaxing and productive at the same time. The only fault in the experience was that the cell connection for my Verizon hotspot was really intermittent, which meant I could only work at night or early…
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Boondocking at Lake Mead, Stewart’s Point
When I was trying to decide where to go this Fall as it got too cold to remain in Montana, part of the calculus was to not stray too far from Reno, where I have family to visit at Christmas. Last winter, I went south from a work project in Colorado and spent November and…