Where to from here?
We live in an apartment currently and do not have an RV. That means no camping on weekends even, no camping at all. Our apartment is roughly 1,000 square feet, we have loud neighbors that fight, smoke marijuana in their...
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Devising a Power Plan
We currently live in an apartment in Florida. We pay all utilities which is really just electric, water, and communication. Our temperature is controlled by electricity. Our water is heated through electricity. We have nothing on propane or natural gas....
Bubba is going off the grid
Back before the adventures of Sleipnir the Tiffin Allegro started, I had two dreams. One was to live off grid in the middle of nowhere, the other to travel the country in a tech’ed out RV. The RV won out,...
The Realities of Living Off Grid
While I would love to buy some land in the middle of nowhere and build a small cabin myself, the fact is that is a lofty goal that may never happen. Instead, we need to look for ways we can...
Power Demands Off Grid
We want to have land and a house and a place to have a garden to grow our own food as well as some animals to reduce our dependency on anyone else. We have a meager income, but if we...
What is the next step in our journey?
We've owned our 1988 Tiffin Allegro for two years now. We moved in over a year and a half ago and have plenty of issues. Our journey took us from Wisconsin to Florida, back north to Kentucky and again south...
Getting Started Off Grid
Sounds easy enough, living off grid. Have a house with its own water and power supply along with a way to deal with waste. However, when living on limited income with very little collateral and nothing to work with, things...
A Plan for Going Off Grid
We have a rather large roof on our 1988 Tiffin Allegro. The RV is 33 feet long with a solid aluminum roof, much of it free of anything. If we want to put solar panels on it, I'm sure there...
Converting the RV to Off Grid Life
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...
Getting Fresh Water Off Grid
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...