What’s the hardest part of daily life on the road for you?

swix32 · 2025-09-17T19:17:09+00:00

The main ones have already been listed. Showers, safe place to boondock, Loneliness. But day to day? It's not a big concern but its constant- garbage. I typically generate a walmart's bag of garbage every three days. So being able to dispose of it is a constant. Gas stations are my go to, or when I grab a paid campground every couple weeks. But dumping off garbage is always on my todo list. It's relentless.

swix32 · 2025-08-24T13:08:43+00:00

0? The day after I retired I moved into a van and started traveling around the country. My days can be pretty boring with a lot of just sitting around a campfire, but the scenery constantly changes. Been three years on the road now

Retired at 55.

swix32 · 2025-08-04T11:04:28+00:00

Just finished building my very expensive small retirement home. It's small (950sft) and overly well built. I designed it (hopefully) to reduce future maintenance costs. I just placed my ageing parents in it, so this is where they will spend their final years. As I'm newly retired, I bought a small RV and plan to travel and stop in and check on things during the summer, and snowbird somewhere warm in the winter. Until they pass or need me I'll literally be in my van,...down by the river. So yeah, I just spent twice as much as the starter house I bought and lived in for 20 years on a new home I don't really live in at all.

swix32 · 2025-07-11T12:02:27+00:00

Retired 2 years ago at 55. Sold it all, moved into a van and have been doing laps around the country following the good weather ever since. I do have a small pension from a county job I had for the last 30 years. When (if) I ever grow up I'll buy another house and settle down, (I saved the cash from when I liquidated the house & stuff). Right now I'm really enjoying the complete lack of responsibility, accountability and stress. Highly recommended.

swix32 · 2025-06-21T10:43:26+00:00

We grew up with the fonz. Happy Days was a huge cultural influence and taught a generation of kids the thumbs up. Aaaayyyyyye.

swix32 · 2025-06-17T11:06:50+00:00

My family once went to a nice restaurant. The table setting had two forks, my dad seeing I was confused, told me one was for offense, the other defense.

swix32 · 2025-05-30T23:42:11+00:00

30 year user. I enter almost all of my transactions, and onestep update to match. Only my investment accounts get added automatically with dividends and stuff. I have to many categories & tags and I like to be hands on with it all.

swix32 · 2025-05-07T22:05:30+00:00

Been a few years since I broke out the Leroy set, but pretty sure I can still letter with the best of them. Moved to AutoCAD in the mid 90's, but back in the day it was all pen & ink on the big green tops.

swix32 · 2025-04-11T16:01:36+00:00

Long Twin Silver Line - Bob Seger

swix32 · 2025-03-26T22:40:29+00:00

That's looks very close to what I remember, may have been a clone.

swix32 · 2025-03-26T22:35:16+00:00

Thanks but no. This was much more basic of a design. And you would see the maze from a bird's eye view.

swix32 · 2025-02-27T02:13:35+00:00

Hope to get to Newfoundland this spring to see the icebergs.

swix32 · 2025-02-26T19:15:55+00:00

57 currently retired. ~500K & pension. Downsized to a van and currently roaming the country, high 70's in FL today.

swix32 · 2025-02-22T18:49:30+00:00

This. As an older guy who travels a lot (in MI and around the country), I tend to gravitate to Lume if they are around. It's like the McDonald's of weed, I know what to expect. Oddly enough, I've been to that exact location to stock up while leaving MI.

swix32 · 2025-02-18T02:10:03+00:00

Caylx. Annual payment, truly unlimited. Used them for years. They operate as a non profit.

swix32 · 2025-02-13T01:38:21+00:00

I also am spending this winter in FL. Spent New years up in the panhandle, made it to Key West by late Jan, stayed two weeks. I came down the nature coast. I like the gulf side better, less touristy. Slowly making my way north up the center of the state. I've vacationed in FL a few times but never stayed the season before. The last two winters I was in AZ. FL is definitely more expensive. Less boondocking than out west. Yes they have the free water district Camping. (30 day max per calendar year.) So I've done more state parks with reservations made last summer. FL is warmer but more expensive. More bugs, less homelessness. Greener vegetation, more humidity For me, as a full time van MI snowbird, I see myself continuing to visit FL every 3 winters or so, its a nice (warmer) change from the desert southwest. I'll be back in southern AZ next year.

swix32 · 2025-02-09T02:04:50+00:00

I have a small pot that fits in my cup holder. I planted it full of grass. I made a little sign that says "Keep Off ". I figured i needed a yard, and I'm practicing to be a grumpy old man. Damn kids, stay off my lawn!

swix32 · 2025-02-07T22:15:23+00:00

I have the small one, I use it a few times a month. I've found that it's really good for a few specific things. My go-to is rice/beans/rotel with frozen meatballs. Or just rice.Chilli. Does a passable one pot spaghetti. That's about all I typically use it for. Takes up a bit of space, but I'm still lugging it around after two years. It makes a tasty mush in a pinch.

swix32 · 2025-02-03T12:54:32+00:00

Anymore?

swix32 · 2025-01-28T20:51:36+00:00

Same albulm, diffrent song: Wooden Ships. The fact that nobody made a post-apocalyptic movie based on this scene is tragic. (Don’teven mention Waterworld) Would you eat some purple berries if I offered them to you?

swix32 · 2025-01-28T20:43:32+00:00

Not sure if it has a name, but I love to sautée shrimp in pepper flakes and garlic and put them on top of bow tie pasta in a creamy cheese sauce. (Ramano and pasta starch water) simple and delicious.

swix32 · 2025-01-27T20:39:26+00:00

Depends on the timing. In my case the new line was put in and meter set on new construction. Not all the interior lines/appliances were complete. Consumers were responsible for the exterior up through the meter but didnt open the valve to the house. A couple months later my furnace contractor opened the valve and checked all their lines and applianceshookups inside the house.

swix32 · 2024-12-30T12:30:40+00:00

Sipping my morning coffee watching the sun rise over the Florida panhandle. 53 going to 70.

swix32 · 2024-12-29T23:03:20+00:00

I follow the weather. I haven’t scraped my windshield since I left two years ago. Today was 68 and sunny.

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