When did boondocking become weird?

ppine wrote:
I agree with Old Man. One of the secrets to enjoying the outdoors is timing. As a retired guy I head to the low desert in early spring and late winter. Then we start gaining elevation as the weather warms. I avoid campgrounds altogether in July and August and hit the backcountry.

That's how we're going to do it. We'll start heading south again probably late Sep, get to a bit of a lower elevation, but recognize the autumn weather patterns and travel accordingly. The intent will be to arrive at the winter home (Coyote Howls Park in Why, AZ) sometime around thanksgiving.

I'll break out my smoker and do about three birds to share with everyone but especially those who are lower-income. Hard to be lower than me, but at least it's steady.

Spring, summer and part of the autumn will be spent mostly in solitude. Just the five of us (two humans and the three felines who own us) and be more social in the winter, when we need the contact more, because of the reduced lighted hours. I get very bad SAD. So being able to have some contact is good for me, lets me get my altruism on, to whatever extent I'm thinking about it.