https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K75sQ37hibg This is a short film that features an interview with Sylvan Hart (aka Buckskin Bill)…a man who spent a good portion of his life living on the Salmon River in an area of Idaho called the Frank Church River … Continue reading
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This is a YouTube video called “Underbid Tree Job” from a fellow named Reg Coates. When you watch it, the low-key introduction will make you think that this is the most boring video you’ve ever seen. That’s the nature of a … Continue reading
I like this guy and I like his van…..good design from a low-key climber from the UK. I’m more impressed with this van than I am with all the Sprinter vans that have been built up with outside labor. Daddy’s … Continue reading
Man….the biggest thumb piano I’ve ever seen. This one has room for all the fingers! Pretty darn cool. … Continue reading
Here’s another video from Dylan Magaster. I like seeing how folks modify their vans for full-time van life. This particular video talks a little about the business side of traveling and monetizing your adventure. That’s kind of important to figure … Continue reading
Nice Earthship in New Zealand….featured on a show called “Grand Designs”. … Continue reading
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beDiHq5LaJs The title of this post is part of a quote from the documentary. It’s what drew many of the young men who became “mountain men” in the 1800’s to that lifestyle. The promise of “independence and no authority” is … Continue reading
We lived in New Jersey for a couple of years….and when we moved down South I couldn’t understand the way the folks down here talked. Of course, I couldn’t understand those Yankees when we moved to New Jersey from California … Continue reading
OK….in the first video….that bear deterrent….little wires around your tent? WT….Heck? WTH? I guess that feeling safer is a small part of being safe. These two videos are about a man named Dick Proenneke. If you don’t know who Dick … Continue reading
This is a video produced by an outfit out of Montana called WX TV (Weatherization TV). It’s part of the program in weatherization offered by Montana State University. You wouldn’t think that a video about insulation and weatherization would be … Continue reading