Boon Docking for 5 days

[Vintage465]

So we hit up some BLM land for camping over the Memorial Day week end and spent five days at a BLM Campground. They were nice camp sites with a fire ring and shade. There were pit toilets and no water. In our group there were three of us. One with minimalist type camping trailer called a Cricket and the other with Sprinter Van Conversion done at a local place that does this type thing. We were the "spoiled brats" in our Creek Side................And strangely enough both the vehicles with the small Eco-foot print..............Ran out of water....Rookies. What kind of boon docking trailer has 10 gallons of fresh water!!!! We came back with a third of a tank of water and room left in the grey and black tank. Solar kept the 6v series batteries up perfectly. We run two 12v C-Pap machines at night. Had a great time!

[Crabbypatty]

Presently Camping on the outer beach, all self contained. This is my third summer with solar and I wish I did it sooner. For the cost of a good inverter generator, you can have two deep cycle 6 volt flooded cell batteries, a controller and solar pv. Batteries recharge and we watch tv, pull in wifi from great distances not to mention charge phones laptops ipads, aside from lights and waterpump. SOme day I want to hit up Army Corp, DEC, and BLM parks. Those days are coming....

[pnichols]

F-TROUP wrote:
I can't think of anything we do is Eco-friendly

Well some folks, us RV'ers included, stop at only two or less kids or adopt all their kids. In the ultimate long run doing this by all of us would truly throttle our damage to the planet - swamping out all other efforts to stop the damage while letting the world's population grow unchecked. 😞

[F-TROUP]

I can't think of anything we do is Eco-friendly, cause the guy that invented the internet said so.......LOL

[time2roll]

Just try using 100 gallons a week in a regular home...

[Ivylog]

We go 5-7 days without cutting back on water usage and not using the outhouse,helps to have 100 gallons. Is any RV really Eco-friendly?

[rexlion]

I hear ya. I had (and sold) a 16' KZ Escape with 10 gallon fresh tank. Good for 3 days, maybe only 2. Those 60 gallon tanks look mighty good to me now.

[Lwiddis]

Very doable, time2roll.

[time2roll]

We have gone 8 days on 50 gallons using the camp restrooms a lot.

[Lwiddis]

Thanks, Vintage. Very aware of BLM websites. Just asking where you "hit up some BLM land." Never mind. The King's English gets me in trouble sometimes.

[Vintage465]

Lwiddis wrote:
Vntage, BLM land where? Takes 10 gallons of my water just for ice.

You can go to a BLM Website and get locations of campsites. Most of them are pretty rural w/o lakes and rivers

[Lwiddis]

Vntage, BLM land where? Takes 10 gallons of my water just for ice.

[azrving]

MORE POWER! More is better!!! 🙂
I had a poor battery charging source during our first boondocking attempts and we would have to hit a campground after 3 days. We would be in great spots and have to up and leave. With 1000 watts of solar now we just tote water and waste. Yeah Yeah I move every 14 days 🙂