Week Two Boondocking, Did We Improve? | Fulltime RV Living
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- After two weeks of straight boondocking in the Arizona desert.... Did we improve? Follow along Chris and Aaron's full time RV adventure as we quest to improve our boondocking skills.
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Thanks for watching! Leave a comment below if you liked the video! C & A
For water, use your dish water for toilet flush, saves fresh water. Get a tub for your shower basin to collect your shower water. Use to assist your rinse then use to flush toilet. Again saves on fresh water
So two of the best tips I received - 1) a pstyle (for women #1) and go directly in a bottle then you can dig a small cat hole (6" deep) near your rig to dump. Men can pee in a bottle directly and dump into the cat hole or dig one of their own LOL; and 2) a half and half mix of water and distilled white vinegar in a spray bottle and a silicone sponge helps with dishes and it really cuts down on fresh water usage. I'm enjoying your channel. I learned about you from Amber. 😎
Good tips! Thank you so much for sharing! Appreciate you checking us out. Safe travels. -Aaron😀
Great videos including the cooking...how you live healthy and use your rig is great content rather than where your traveling...so many of those types already but how you live healthy and use your rig is actually unique for each person and helpful to your viewers.
Thank you! We are trying to figure out the delicate balance between - what we like , our viewers like, and youtube likes! 😃 But, we are having a lot of fun and hopefully we are bringing some value with our videos. Thank you so much for watching and commenting! -Aaron
Washing dishes suggestion: I use one spray bottle (mixture of water and dish soap) and one spray bottle with water. Wipe dishes with paper towel, spray with soap water, then rinse with regular water spray. REALLY conserves water!
Great tip! Thanks for watching!👍
Actually is a tip shared by Debra Dickinson on her channel. She lives in a van full time, so water conservation is paramount for her. I decided to try and found it works great!!
Hey guys. Great vids. An idea for food storage. Consider a ice chest cooler for the less than sensitive food like veg that don’t need real cool storage. When your meat is frozen use to cool the ice chest as it will take a day or two for it to thaw then it’s ready to use but helps keep lettuce on the cool side. Buys you some space in the fridge for things that need to be refridgerated
Hello! Thanks for watching and thank you for your tips! We appreciate hearing them.👍 - Aaron
Expanding the tanks with the AI is easy, but will require a composting toilet. Then, your blank tank can become a grey tank by manually pulling it open and leaving it open. Then, you just open your grey tank.
Thank you for the comment. Looking forward to exploring this option in the future!😀
Chris - you should be able to suck water from a jug into the fresh tank using the winterizing tube - unless you have a gravity fill - in which case just use that. As far as gray water, get a plastic tub that fits your sink and wash dishes in that then dump the water outside - no law against dumping soapy water particularly if you are using biodegradable soap. If you can live with a composting toilet, that would let you combine your black and gray tanks for quite a bit more gray water storage.
Hey George. We do have a gravity water fill and just need to figure out storage for the water containers. Van storage problems! Thanks for the comment and the tips! - Aaron👍
Irene Iron Fitness - you’re welcome Aaron! Good luck!
Love your videos! A while back my husband and I decided to quit buying plastic baggies and bought silicone washable baggies. They work great and we use the food saver products as well. Keep the videos coming! We told our son and his wife about you guys because they own their own cross fit gym. We tried crossfit for a year. It kicked our butts! Lol!
Thank you! We've seen the silicone ones in the store. Do they condense down like a regular plastic bag?? Yes, crossfit is tough!!💪💪
@@IreneIronTravels No the silicon baggies are thicker. They are heavier too. For freezer items we use food saver system that sucks all the air out. That prevents freezer burn which will start happening within 72 hours. I love how you organize your kitchen. We're going to do the produce process by repackaging before putting it away. Good ideas! Thank you!
Hi, first of all would you please dont mind for my English, i'm french and i found your chanel 2 weeks ago. You are improving yourself in a nice way, one idea for your fresh water issue would be to instal an outdoor shower pipe (usually they are black) on the side of you roof. Of course not for the lady but for a man in his swimming suit it could do the job. Less fresh water use from the tank and less in the grey. What do you think of my idea ?
Hello! Welcome. That is a great idea to bring more water on board. I have heard of those shower pipes and it's definitely something to consider. Thanks for watching and commenting! - Aaron👍
Wow, Your videos are taking off and you are gaining a bunch of new subscribers. Great work! Another good boondocking spot near you is Saddle Mountain west of Phoenix. We spent a couple week there and loved it.
Thanks Jason! It grows so quick! 1k per month since Dec. We'll have to check out Saddle Mt. We didn't really talk about boondocking since we met in TT, but I bet your rig does pretty well out in the middle of nowhere!😀 - Aaron
@@IreneIronTravels That is fantastic growth! Yes we are about 10 miles from anywhere right now. The solar runs everything and we usually get water about every 4 days. Works great. We are heading back to Palm Desert in a week.
OH gosh, y'all made a lot of progress on week two. Thanks for the heads up about the DC laptop charger. Just put one on my Amazon wishlist for my Surface Laptop. Love your grocery storage tips. Keep em coming!!! ~carol
"Progress not Perfection" as Chris would say! 😂😅😂 Thanks so much for watching guys! -Aaron
Loved the Spanish guitar music as you guys were pulling out of your camp at 1 mile an hour.
Great video. Love just watching you two. My understanding is you can legally dump/release the gray water on the ground if you use biodegradable soaps. Some use collapsible water jugs they filll up for Boondocking days to extend water. Of course a shovel and a hole for # 2 is an option. You guys probably already thought of these, but just in case. Happy travels!
Hello! Thank you for watching! I have heard that about gray before also, but have read signs in some places saying it's not. Maybe it can vary from place to place......🤔?? We defiantly need to find the perfect collapsible water jug to extend to our 1 week goal of self-sustainability! Thank you so much for commenting! - Aaron
Thanks for all the helpful hints for storing veggies!!!
You are so welcome! Chris says hi and thanks for watching Shelly!😃
I think your propane use should go down as it warms up at night as it gets closer to spring/summer.
For sure! Then I'll just have to worry about batteries and running the fan!🙄 Thanks for watching and commenting!
great video, nice insight. Would love to see one showing the actually dumping process and propane filling, Im currently in the "dreaming" stage....Thanks
Hello! We do show dumping the tanks in this video at around the 9:15 mark. ua-cam.com/video/GPQOtjLTFcU/v-deo.html
Thanks for watching and enjoy the dreaming stage!😀
Eggs in the states are expensive? Try Canada, it’s a luxury item!
Bummer! We eat eggs every day for breakfast and we usually get them at a costco or Sam's club to save money. Thanks for watching!😁 -Aaron
You guys are great! Geez such useful info.
With a 4x4 Airstream I think it raises about 3.5-4 inches.
Ahhh, thanks Mary! Yes, I've also heard a 3 inch raise on a 4x4. That would be so cool to have one! Thanks for watching! -Aaron
Thr Kruzher on Amazon $1379.00 ot really reasonably priced
Yeah, thats a bit much! 🤔 We were looking more at the manual garbage can Krusher for around $100 bucks.
Change location on Wednesday or Thursday to get the best campsite, beat the weekenders rush. DON'T ARRIVE AFTER DARK AND MAKE A LOT OF NOISE AT QUIET TIME!
Good tips!! Thanks😁
Thank you, I am learning so much from you two.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting!😀😁
Loved the underbody shot, wish you could say what was what and in slow motion would have been awesome. I em thinking of Buying the new one with 4x4 just would love to see the underside better. Can your tanks go four-season any help would be great? Peace and love to the both of you
Thank you! I'm looking at expanding the tanks underneath so maybe I'll re shoot that in a higher frame rate and slow it down to show the underside more. We almost bought a 4x4 but the deal didn't work out. Would be nice..... but the off roading is very limited with the size, weight, and ground clearance. Our fresh and gray tanks have a heating pad on them, but our coach is not 4 season. A lot of water lines are exposed and the electric heating pads are too power hungry. Check out Pro Heat x30 diesel coolant heater if your doing a build. It's expensive, but you can run plumbing throughout the inside and outside of the van. So essentially you can heat your inside, water heater and fresh/grey'black tanks from freezing. -Aaron👍
@@IreneIronTravels I am thinking of Buying the Airstream you showcase with all the goods. I em all think of Buy a Winnebago. Not loving Winnebago all over it. I do love the 3 yrs warranty part. The reason I wanted to know about 4-season is I em from Wisconsin, The 4x4 would be good for snow sand and rough road, Just in case. I know it would not be like a jeep. Peace and love to you both and thanks. Love your videos, and is one of the reasons I em leaning toward Airstream. Oh yeah, what was the Microwave in the one you showcased? I em taking up to much of your time. sorry
Glad you are checking out Airstream! The 2020 Interstate model we reviewed is pretty sweet! 4x4 would be nice in the snow, mud and sand. The microwave on it was by a brand called Contoure. I believe, it was not an convention model, but it was nice that it was a pull out drawer style.
Great video. Thanks so much for showing your ninja food prep approach. Would be interested to see what kind of exercise routines you do during the week when boon-docking . How does that work when you are only showering every 3 days?
Do you just hit the gym once a week when boon-docking?
Looking forward to next Sunday’s vid!
We still work out 5 days a week while boondocking also. It is a lot tougher than going to the gym though! We keep the cardio low and use the awning for shade. Wet wipes and wash clothes are our friends!😂🤣
Guys, this was my first video of yours and found it Very Very informative so I subscribe. Thanks so much and Hello from New Hampshire..👍👍👍
Well hello! Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Glad you liked the video! -Aaron😀
Oh how I am going to miss our fresh eggs from our ranch! Our ranch sale closes April 30th then we will be fulltime. Going to miss my chickens for sure. Do you have an instant pot? That could help save on propane. Great video you two!
~Debi~
Alright! Congrats on the sale and starting your full time journey soon! We always thought someday we'll have chickens too. We had an instant pot at the house but decided not to bring it on the van. Space! But, we really only used it rice and beans. Chris really likes doing the single skillets meals, but your right it would save some propane. We just got an induction burner also to save on propane when we're plugged in. Thanks so much for watching guys! - Aaron
Instead of having an AC Generator should get a dc gas generator they are cheap and charge Battery super fast at 80 amp straight. Go with an AC Generator you have to go from ac to DC just the charge batteries. All I am saying Airstream should of but one of them in see my point?
You guys are doing great! Good insights.
Thanks guys. Look forward to spending a week with you two out in a beautiful and peaceful boondocking spot!😁
@@IreneIronTravels That would be awesome! You guys can even use our bathroom hahah
Love you guys and your videos. Yes you can teach an old dog new tricks. We are 62 and 67 and learn something from you every video. Please tell us what you use the broccoli stalks for. Very interested. Be safe.
Hi there! Use the broccoli stalks to make broccoli slaw. Peel away the tough outer layer then shred or thinly julienne. I love coleslaw and brocolli slaw! - Chris
You guys are so cool!!
Yessssssss🤣😂🤣
You guys aren't kidding about going 1mph on that road. 😂
Ya it was painful. The footage didn't capture how bad the pot holes and ruts are on that bad boy. Took 30 min to traverse! 😂🤣😂
That's not a terrible road in ! You're going to find many a lot worse than that was !!!
Faster is better on that road. It looks like a plain ol dirt road.
Hello! Yes, I did a really bad job capturing the condition of that road and realized it after reviewing the footage. But, it was really rough in spots and a lot of the group we were with said it was one of the worst they have been on. Many are 5 to 6 year fulltime boondockers. Doable in a bunch of RVs, but just slow. It was mostly used by trucks, Jeeps and side by sides the week we were there. ( Length was a issue too. 1-2 miles) Thanks for watching!
I would have dumped and then headed to the gym. I would rather shower after that business.....just in case. Even if it goes smooth psychologically I would love to shower after......just me. Great video.
I hear ya. But, you just kinda get used to it and then wash up good in the bathroom after. Thanks a lot for watching and commenting!👍
Well I guess it’s time for an evening of Binge watching on my big screen TV, I have to then go onto my IPad to like your videos Do t know how to do it on the TV tech wise I’m extremely handycaped 🤓
😂🤣 They make it so difficult sometimes. Thanks for watching and liking in advance!😁
What is the clearance of your van?
It is only around 8 inches. Not enough to do any real off roading, but it gets us to a lot of places.
Great video, new subscriber here, will be. Following you guys going forward!
Thanks! And thanks for subbing up. Welcome😀 -Aaron
Great video. FYI, I constantly use the dish pan that came with my Winnebago Travato, so no water goes down my sink.... Really helps with not filling my tank so quickly. Travel well!
Hello! I've seen those pans that sit inside the sink. Looks like they would totally save the tank space! Thanks for watching and commenting! -Aaron
PS. I also carry a Mr. Buddy heater (the large one) Works so well at keeping my van warm, without using my generator or on board heater.
Want to know what dishes you prepare with coconut milk....😁 I do shirmp but other than that I don't have much idea...
Curry!😊
Do you have any cooking show about it..? Thai..lemon grass ??
We don't have any on the traditionally curry's but we did use coconut milk these videos. ua-cam.com/video/TvDL9raT7J4/v-deo.html & ua-cam.com/video/THUYRWpcL1E/v-deo.html
Drinking Apple Cider Vinegar
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