Bubba On The Road

Converting the RV to Off Grid Life

December 8, 2018 eric

Since we live in our RV and want to establish ourselves on our own land somewhere, it makes sense to take the RV with us and live in it while we build our structure. At the moment, we cannot really run completely separate from shore power as we would have to run the generator a lot to keep our batteries...

Getting Fresh Water Off Grid

December 1, 2018December 2, 2018 eric

To live off grid in a house we build ourselves, there are many things we need. We have some items that can be used and adapted, but there are still a lot of things we need to get and prepare for this next phase of our lives. We want things to be stable, comfortable enough, self sufficient, independent, and reliant...

Off the Grid?

November 30, 2018 eric

We've been full time in our RV since August 2017. In that time, we've had many things go wrong. We tried to travel, headed south, headed north a little, headed back south and ended up at a workamping job in Florida. We are stable now, but not prospering. Our bills are getting paid, things are slowly starting to improve, but...

Raspberry Pi Server Box

November 26, 2018 eric

I'll admit it, I love working with the Raspberry Pi. It's small, cheap, simple to work with, and I can do plenty of different tasks with them. They were designed for educational uses, but with the hobby makers taking over, it has exploded with different uses. We already have one setup as our Plex server and one with RetroPie, but...

Winegard Rayzar Automatic Installation and Review

November 14, 2018 eric

I received a Winegard Rayzar Automatic RV TV Antenna from Winegard for installation and review in our Smart Home on Wheels. The installation was easy, setting it up to work on our TVs was simple, and so far it is working well. We will post an update in a few months to determine how well it lasts in the Florida...

New video!

October 25, 2018 eric

Yeah, we found the horses. This time they actually came to the fence and ate carrots. Well, one of them did. We heard his name was Whiskey. That may or may not be true. https://youtu.be/fTtDrsdFQGA

Taking a month off

October 19, 2018 eric

It seems lately, I've been budgeting for a project each month. Some large expense to buy, work on, get all set up. For November, the large expense is going to be getting a chest freezer so we can better store food, clean out our freezer, buy in bulk so we can save money. The month after that, December, I think...

Getting food to us easily and affordably

October 14, 2018 eric

We live in our RV at a campground where I work in exchange for free lot rent and a discount on electric. We do not yet have a tow vehicle, so we get as much as possible delivered here as we can. We used to have a friend here who could take us to the store once in awhile if...

New Air Conditioner Installed!

October 13, 2018 eric

And it works! I was able to get a used roof mounted air conditioner. I had it sitting on our deck for a few weeks, waiting for the ceiling assembly to arrive, then waiting to get help to get it up on the roof. Once it was all in place, it was so easy to install and it easily keeps...

Portable Washing Machine Maintenance

October 4, 2018 eric

We have a small Gaintex Portable Washing Machine that we bought almost a year ago. It has served us well and we usually do one load of laundry a day to keep on top of our laundry. Since I am working during the mornings, I usually wash my work clothes when I get home, put them in the spinner to...