Nomadic Homes For Sale
Nomadichome.org now has a free classified service for selling nomadic homes (House trucks, house buses, liveaboard boats, RV’s, etc).
If you have a nomadic home that you are looking to sell, check it out at http://nomadichome.org/classifieds/
Learning the RV Lifestyle
Quite often when reading comments in blogs I see people saying that they want to learn the RV lifestyle. It seems like such a strange goal, somewhat akin to proclaiming that you want to learn the English lifestyle.
I think the most successful people, at adapting to living in motorhomes or boats. Are Read the rest of this entry »
Multimedia Productions and Computers
Many people who are drawn to a nomadic lifestyle are creative by nature. They like to produce art work of one kind or another. For some it is painting, for others it may be photography, music, writing, or film, or other related things. For Read the rest of this entry »
Kodgers Stealth Trailer For Sale
Update: Stealth trailer has been sold!
News flash from the King of the Kodgers.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
A LAST LOOK INSIDE THE STEALTH TRAILER
HOLDING ON OR LETTING GO—–KODGER KING AT THE KROSSROADS—DECIDES TO SELL —–RESISTING THE HOARDING INSTINCT—-PUTTING “STUFF” BACK IN CIRCULATION.
Click here for the original post with photo’s
Switching rigs has been agonizing for me—and revealing—part of me wants to hang on to it–still be perfect for long trips–like Alaska. Read the rest of this entry »
Current State of Nomadic Home Site
It has been over a year now, since I started this blog on the free Blogger platform at http://blogspot.com: Read the rest of this entry »
Selecting a Suitable Bus for House Conversion
By Mark R, Obtinaro
The main problem in the bus world is there is no good one size fits all bus. Regardless of which bus you choose it won’t do all things well.
There are basically four different kinds of buses with several variations in each kind. Read the rest of this entry »
A Kiwi makes a flying visit to America in a class B motor home
Recently, I spent a couple of weeks in America with my partner, mostly travelling in a camper van. Read the rest of this entry »
Computers For Nomadic Fun and Business
Computers have arguably opened up more opportunity for the modern nomad than just about any other advance in recent years. Read the rest of this entry »
The spiritual or psychological aspect
Randy, the writer of Mobile Kodgers makes some very astute observations about contemporary nomadic living. Here is a excerpt from his latest offering.
“Novelty and challenge are what bring happiness, and the traveling life is full of novelty and challenge. So it’s easier to feel fulfilled living this way. But it’s by no means guaranteed. Read the rest of this entry »
Calculating Towing Weights For Trailers & Caravans
Earlier today I replied to a question on a forum that I follow about how much weight should be on the towing hitch. Read the rest of this entry »
Updated S/Y Wolfhound page
I’ve just updated the S/Y Wolfhound page. Read the rest of this entry »
Farewell Phil Bolger
This is somewhat off topic for this blog, however Phil Bolger has designed some impressive liveaboard boats over the years, including “Resolution” which he lived aboard for a number of years.
Phil Bolger was arguably the most innovative and diverse boat designer in the 20th century Read the rest of this entry »
Gypsy Fair
Yesterday I travelled out of town to see the Gypsy Fair in Oamaru. It is a show started in 1990 and is made up of a group of people in house trucks and house buses. The following is taken from their introduction to people interested in joining them. Read the rest of this entry »
Update
Time seems to be flying since my last post. There are a couple of things slowing down posting. One is work. I work in a seasonal industry and we are heading into the busy period at the moment, which will last for about the next six months, so posting may be less frequent during that time, though I will try not to let it slip to much.
The other reason is that I have been slowly working on the web site. I have started a videos section which is mostly videos I am finding on Read the rest of this entry »
The Professional Nomad
Last night I saw Billy Connolly perform live. What a show! Billy has been my favorite comedian for years so I wasn’t about to miss an opportunity to see him live and I wasn’t disappointed. Having only had an hours sleep due to jet lag he still put on an energetic show. That is a sign of experience and dedication.
At first I thought about mentioning Billy’s show as an off topic post but then I realized Read the rest of this entry »
Mooring lines
I have been somewhat occupied over the last couple of days, with mooring lines. I keep my boat on a pile mooring in town, which has a pile at each end of the boat, with mooring lines to each pile. We have a two metre (six foot, one fathom) tidal range, so the lines need to be set at a Read the rest of this entry »
The Nomadic Socialite
A recent post on Mobile Kodgers discussed an interesting topic regarding the social behaviors of modern nomads. To be fair the post I am referring to re-inventing the tribe is specific to a group of about 600 people (Wandering Individuals Network) who live and travel around the U.S.A. in various types of motorhome. What this post does demonstrate though, Read the rest of this entry »
New Blog
I have created this new blog, to be hosted on the Nomadic Home server instead of Google. The old blog will be left where it is for now. In theory this WordPress blog should be more flexible than the blogspot one, but I can see that it will take a lot more learning before that is the case.
Stoves and Ovens
There are a variety of stoves and ovens that are suitable for a nomadic home. I would avoid using electric ones, due to the expense of generating enough electricity to run them. So you will be looking at stoves/ovens that run on a combustable fuel. The following list gives some comparison of fuel types. Read the rest of this entry »
A First Home
My work friend Terry has done something, which in modern society is probably considered unusual, but I think is actually quite far sighted. For his teenage son’s bedroom, he has bought an old house bus.
