Interstate Boondocking in an RV. Free Camping - Not What I Expected!

[@CarolynsRVLife]

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[@jean-paulmorin913]

Your videos are so well made. From editing to the content and the visuals are awesome. I appreciate your honesty. From Canada with love.

[@enzodunn2577]

I love the tiles in the kitchen area. So cool!

[@richardthomas1743]

Nice video! Yes I would camp there. I actually liked seeing the lights of the vehicles moving along the Interstate. Your Tacos looked really good! I hope that all is good for you and Sadie , safe travels.

[@catherinebaum9185]

Love the t shirt! My sentiment exactly. Be careful after the 20th of Jan.

[@ROSIEH007]

I enjoy your video's and especially your theme song, "You gotta find your way, ain't no one gonna do it for you".

[@Robi-kc3xg]

KEEP IN MIND! There are 3 groups living in vehicles and why it’s crowded on public land in 2024 & beyond. 1. Homeless people are living in vehicles until they can find affordable housing. They are making things crowded 2. HomeFREE people who chose to live in a vehicle full time or part time are making things crowded crowded 3 recreational people who have a house & RV, they are making things crowded

[@jerseycowboy1]

Life liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for everyone!

[@cynthias7757]

It all has to do with housing. Senior citizens can't afford on social security the basics, shelter, clothing, healthy food. Do we add health care?

[@sunshine3914]

I can’t throw rock without hitting an RV park where I am. Silly thing is, they’re all ag max capacity & they all have a quarter mill wrapped up in their RVs, that’ll be ready for the junk heap in 3 years or less. And every one of them has more wrapped up in their vehicle than I’d be able to get for my house. I’m sure most thought it was just temporary, but how tf are they able to save $, when their lot rent is more than a house payment?

[@carolkraemer7823]

Thanks! I’ve been following you for a while now. So glad you and Sadie are safe! I saw the fires near L.A. and my first thoughts were of you and Sadie (wondering if you were close to the danger) and my 2nd thought was of Joe Bonamassa, his huge guitar collection, 😊and his Nerdville locale in Cali. So happy to know all 3 of you are safe! Happy travels Carolyn…I appreciate you!💯❤️❤️

[@rhondatraywick3724]

Looked like a good spot to me! Tacos looked pretty yummy too! Safe travels to you and Sadie! 🇺🇸🌶️🌞

[@paulabaker8403]

Peaceful boondocking next to the freeway. Just a relaxing video. Being in the desert, have you ran across any snakes? I'm not good with those critters. Thanks for bringing me along. See you next time.

[@csmoothsk8ter17]

That was super impressive how quickly you whipped up that meal😮 wow!

[@eyeswideopen1158]

Hello Carolyn. The tacos looked amazing!

[@ilene9349]

Sadie is so smart, when you asked her if she wanted a drink, she licked her mouth, she is so sweet and devoted to you❤

[@ceciliac.c.1808]

Glad to have spent the evening with you Carolyn. Your dinner has made me hungry!

[@CrabbyCancer69]

I love the highway sounds at night. It lulls me to sleep.

[@priscillawrites6685]

Happy New Year, Carolyn and Sadie

[@Tom-yy9xj]

The road noise can really sound like the river sometimes when you drift away in your mind, till you hear the honk of a horn or brakes screeching or something like Christopher Reeve pulling a penny out of his pocket, somewhere in time

[@jleblanc99]

Been looking for you. Hope you are staying warm enough.

[@karenm.welter5351]

Great video Carolyn, I really felt like I was out there too! Interstate didn't seem so bad to me either. Glad you stayed as long as you did!👍🫶😊🐾

[@cynthiam3319]

Stealth camping in Matilda, Bwahahahaha, [gasp] Bwahahahaha, [gasp] Bwahahahaha. Best laugh I've had all week. 😂😂😂 thanks for that ☮️

[@AwayToMeBus]

I feel very much the same way about boondocking. I also did it, not to be cool (I'm way too old for that) but to travel to places I haven't been able to go to because I had a farm with animals. Now I feel like an unwelcome visitor in a lot of places. Makes me sad because I gave up a lot to do this and have had an amazing time the past 5 years but I think my time on the road maybe coming to an end 😕.

[@crystalcleary]

Good call!!! My eyes were just getting wider watching you and that cliff... You have nerves of steel. I get panicky off the pavement. I have flashbacks of a horrendous ridge in Kentucky that I fried my rig on... Lost the gas pedal about 100 yards from the top. OMG... Just. Not. Worth. It. I will never go to Kentucky again. It's a flyover state. LOL

[@carolclover1238]

Love surf shark..tacos look great...nice informative serene video...Thnx

[@csmoothsk8ter17]

WONDERFUL VIDEO AS ALWAYS!! After waiting since 2017 I gave in and bought the samsung ultra also and you can zoom in on the moon and get great shots!!

[@geogypsytraveler]

Finding camps certainly has changed in my 30 years, way too easy with internet. Yet going at least one mile beyond the clusterfk campers helps. I've found many isolated places in Nevada. Not keen on driving, seeing, or hearing interstates. And like you, I'll only take the Class C in certain places. There's satisfaction in finding a good camp. Bet it feels good to be back in the desert. Sure is for me. Enjoy!

[@crystalcleary]

I still have a flip phone. LOL You NEVER stop hearing the highway. I lived next to Route 93 in NH for four years, and now it's been almost 7 since I left and I ended up with tinnitus, so basically still hear it. It's bad news. Pollution in the air, too. *Your tacos are pretty! We just had tacos, too. :) I'm glad you stayed. I wouldn't mind the highway, but it freaks me out to have no trees around. Love your shows, have a great week!

[@annetteanderson1933]

Another great video. I felt like I was there, or maybe it's the gummies I ate.😂😂

[@crystalcleary]

LOL!! Gurl, same... Giggles... :)

[@AlexandraKozub-tp7fe]

Oh yeah looks good tacos good job. Thanks for sharing your life keep on pushin

[@wildmeadows8495]

Another change from your early safety video is the two chair recommendation. Haha - I too would get tired of unnecessary measures.

[@lynnfiegl4953]

Yeah, I don’t think your rig would get up that road! Glad you didn’t try it! You’re right about the road noise, when you were cooking, I couldn’t hear the noise. Happy Camping and Safe Travels!! ❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻🐶🐶🐾🐾

[@wyomingwips7540]

I think you was far enough away from the interstate, that it wasn't bad at all. I always look forward to your adventures, you & Sadie. Safe Travels, Blessings 💕

[@UtahTenkara]

I have a favorite fly fishing place in Wyoming. We went there in 2019 and there was "one" other boondocker there and I had the entire river to myself. We went back in 2023 and I counted 56 vehicles there. The next day on the river, I counted over 60 people on a 2 mile stretch of river. Completely ruined.

[@whocaresaboutme29]

We love rvs and campers here in our moapa valley no issues ..we enjoy them..absolutly..camp all want around here..we have never had one incident of a campers being harmed or harassed here..very nice place to visit..we have alot of full time rivers staying for free at the mesa going towards Lake mead right.outside of overton..the weather is great..I'm a mechanic and a rv guy also..your videos inspire.people to hold on to there dreams and get.out.of the.norm..life is too short to sit around and not go places..anyone wana go traveling with me ..?? Fun fun fun ..randy

[@Toltecgrl]

I love watching you cook you give me so many ideas. I bought the vegan cookbook you told me about and I love it. Also I started using the Bragg Nutritional Yeast you told me about and I’m going fricken crazy with it. My daughter is buying it now too 😂

[@jazziered142]

I'm sure a lot of people are out there because of the housing crisis...

[@marlenemanzer1170]

Thank you for your honesty about the impact RV folks are making on public lands. I'm from Arizona and I've definitely noticed! I like to have the hiking trails pretty much to myself and it's getting harder and harder. I feel like that's only possible anymore if you backpack into wilderness areas. I'm getting a little old for that.

[@Toltecgrl]

The sky looked so blue against the mountains. I wanted to paint it with a paintbrush lol That poor cow it’s all alone. I feel so bad for cows out there. If they get sick there is nobody there to help them. I don’t know why I feel so bad for them. 🫣

[@mary-tu6hh]

Good to find you again. I was so lucky to find some of your detractors while 9looking for you. They seem to be extremely jealous of you! P0Couldn't believe the hate and vitriol! Hope you don't pay attention to them; plenty of us appreciate you.

[@SpknTC13]

Geez Carolyn are you not using your onboard furnace? I'd be freezing if it was 37º and no heat LoL!! By the way, another great video! I really enjoy the cooking segment since I'm WFPB. It's been fun watching you throw stuff together. Too bad we missed you coming through Nevada. We're home now. Stay safe!! ~M

[@leolaniukeulady4172]

If I had one of Matt’s off road vehicles I would try those roads. Meanwhile, on foot looks the best. Seems like the charge ports and cords quit, so frustrating. I think freeway sounds, smells do effect your body in many ways. Love you rv night shots

[@ourvanlives4736]

Carolyn, do you remember how California towns have been passing laws about cracking down on the nomads and homeless? Well now look at how many people are now homeless thanks to the fires. I wonder how many of those thousands are going to become nomads now.

[@ourvanlives4736]

The problem with phones are the "updates" they send you to "keep” your phone secure. When in reality they mess with your phone so you NEED to replace it.

[@crzycatlady65]

I wouldn't take that road in My Car if I had one

[@crzycatlady65]

Just a thought. Buy a piece of land put up a Barn Drive your RV in it and stay there sometimes

[@crystalcleary]

You'd be a GREAT homesteader. :)

[@LovingAtlanta]

👍🤩💝🎉Happy New Year🎉 💫✨🙏Best wishes and prayers for good health & prosperity along with continued blessings of all of God’s goodness for you.💝🤗

[@Travelling_with_my_dog]

LOL, that's a Groucho Marx quote: “I wouldn't want to belong to a club that would have me as a member”.

[@jleblanc99]

Tacos looked so yummy!

[@jodilawler4956]

I wish was public land in NY State!

[@DeeIsFierce]

I live off hwy 15 in high desert Apple Valley lol 😆

[@mayjan74]

I want that phone. My dream phone. Never could afford it 😂

[@dwainsledge6479]

Hey 👋

[@whocaresaboutme29]

Nice video ! Too bad you didn't get to the top of mormon mesa ..semi truck goes up that hill every day just got rutted but you would have made it up...better safe then sorry...nice to see your video ...I have a place in overton...lots to do here ..I sell firewood on the main road in overton..come visit us sometime ...randy

[@annetteanderson1933]

WOW🎉HOW did you get the outside shot, zooming in on thr RV with the sound of you chopping kale?

[@eleanorcramer7986]

What are those rows of bushes? It looks like a grid

[@HerCalifornia]

Wow 37 degrees? Turn on the heater!

[@TeresaJones-hr4gc]

Hi Carolyn

[@brotherinarvroger9990]

Is Government Wash open yet in Lake Mead ???

[@karihegg8961]

Hi Carolyn happy New Year. May I ask what brand your slippers are? Thanks.

[@bernadettebockis4120]

I know for a fact they make odd things happen to your phone to get you to move on, upgrade.

[@Sharon-pf2te]

You never cease to amaze me with your courage, Carolyn. Your one in a million, and your co pilot Sadie is quite the gal too . 😊

[@SharonBlair-p2d]

Oh no ..l truly understand but maybe buy a bit of land..sit for a year or two...and the cool van lifers will be over it..what do you reckon

[@adelaidemorningstar1870]

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[@reverands571]

Next? Boat life?

[@MariaAlvarez-p6q]

Hello Hello Sweetie 👋🏽

[@FM-yv6lm]

Do you use a Mac or pc?

[@p.robertbranconi4127]

Knowledgeable Pretty Lady... I have a late model F-550 Diesel 4x4 with 16.5 ton winch and Arctic Fox 1140 dry bath truck camper. I wouldn't have gone up that road in my worst nightmares. I applaud your not-so common sense...

[@bernadettebockis4120]

Tempeh?

[@MiDea-wu6yr]

Hi, the road looks too rocky, sandy and desolate to me. I . I don`t think all the shaking of your RV is good for it, but just my opinion. I enjoy your videos.

[@Elizabeth-x3e8c]

Not a fan of the interstate noise.

[@Karie-d3b]

Mesquite ,,,,,,,

[@elvatorres1485]

Too rough, don’t do it!

[@crzycatlady65]

what did you Mean by BLM??

[@lisaanderson1012]

why do you camp in such ugly, barren places? No disrespect, just wondering.

[@annthrockmorton1517]

I'm watching your video from here in Thailand, where I've retired with my pension/&SS from the USA. I know I'm a hermit, and now, after watching you in this video, I feel a lot better about that. I've followed you for years, but this video specifically has made me realize that I live my life a lot like you do. I just go along, doing whatever, keeping up with my online friends but hardly ever participating in actual meet-ups or get-togethers. Your videos kind of "give me permission" to be this way! Thanks! I will say that my lifestyle -- at age 74! -- is way easier than yours, here in the Condo where I can call "Grab" to bring me food or supplies, or schedule a housekeeper to come clean this place!! 😄👍 If you ever get too frail to do what you do, come to Thailand! Live the good life on a fraction of what you spend in the USA. 👍🙏😎🏞️🌅🌏🐘

[@PattiParanormalProject]

I look for the furthest place, but I’m not above a casino lot in Primm if needed ✌️🫶🕯️

[@marielinejuillard9495]

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