Living in the wilderness in a RV
Is this even possible anymore in the USA? When I was younger I always wanted to take a well-stocked RV and do a "Richard Proenneke". Drive off and find some deserted land. No people, no crowds. Ha...
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Shoot, all you need is the patch of land somewhere remote. You are in luck: North America is not so densely populated that such places no longer exist, although they are hard to find. Lose the shack part of the idea, and you open up vast stretches of the western US, as well as a fair amount of mid-western and even eastern land.
The local newspaper here carried an article just a couple months ago about a guy doing exactly that out in the county here in Virginia. He was living on private land, with permission of the land owner. He'd picked a lovely spot way back on the back of a substantial holding, where the only access was on foot, and had carried in what he needed. If he couldn't carry it, he didn't have it.
You, with an RV, would need a place to which it is possible to drive. I recommend private property, with owner permission, rather than public lands simply because you don't want some hotshot forest ranger running you off spoiling the vibe. If you have the owner's permission to stay on private land, you are golden.
The local newspaper here carried an article just a couple months ago about a guy doing exactly that out in the county here in Virginia. He was living on private land, with permission of the land owner. He'd picked a lovely spot way back on the back of a substantial holding, where the only access was on foot, and had carried in what he needed. If he couldn't carry it, he didn't have it.
You, with an RV, would need a place to which it is possible to drive. I recommend private property, with owner permission, rather than public lands simply because you don't want some hotshot forest ranger running you off spoiling the vibe. If you have the owner's permission to stay on private land, you are golden.
