Yesterday we left our awesome free lakefront campsite near Junction City, Kansas and spent the day driving through rural Kansas and eastern Colorado. But before we left, my Living on NST – Nomadic Standard Time post that I wrote over the weekend was scheduled to post, and I got a tweet out about it. It […]
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August Fame & Glory
We seem to have gotten quite a bit of media mention this month so far – and quite honestly, we’re completely humbled by it. Some of it was pieces we knew were coming and others quite unexpected! Here’s a round up thus far for this month: Nomadic Standard Time on Makezine.com – The blog site […]
Look Quick! Featured on Lonely Planet!
We got back this evening from dinner with friends in the San Francisco Bay Area – to find an e-mail from the staff at Lonely Planet. They featured our blog post about Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens on their home page! Look quick.. they scroll content quickly. We’re so completely honored! They also included a note: ‘Special […]
Preparing for Burning Man
Yesterday we repositioned to Sacramento, where we keep our Burning Man specific gear in a storage unit. Last night, we swapped out most of our reality camp clothing for playa wear. With limited closet space, we can’t carry both around. Over the next few days, we need to: Procure bikes, as we left ours down […]
Pre-Burning Man Thoughts
As we go through the annual ritual of preparing our home to drive into the dusty playa, my mind is buzzing with thoughts of anticipation and trepidation. This will be my 3rd Burning Man, and Chris’s 9th. Each time I have been to Burning Man, it has been a true temporary location to park my […]
Virgins at Burning Man
Three years ago, I was a Burning Man virgin. However, I disappointed Chris – as Black Rock City simply and immediately felt like home. I wasn’t awestruck and in need of acclimation or transformation. I took to it like a fish in water.. err.. dust. I was meant to be here. He explained to me […]
Camp Nomadia at Burning Man 2009
In 2008, Chris and I decided to host a Burning Man theme camp for other nomadic folks like ourselves. We applied for official placement with Burning Man, and got it. We manage to gather around 25 folks to camp with us, most of them aspiring nomads, though not many others were living full-time on the […]
Connected at Burning Man
If you looked hard enough, for years now there have been options for communicating with the outside world at Burning Man via internet or satellite phone. (Not to mention via the exaggeratedly disgruntled Black Rock City Post Office…) For as long as 802.11 has existed, some geeks have enjoyed the challenge of building a public […]
Considerations for Selecting a Home on Wheels
So you’ve decided to become a nomad, and that taking your house with you is your ideal form of travel. Great! But now comes a potentially overwhelming decision – what kind of recreational vehicle will you choose to make into your full time home on wheels? We’re often asked this question, and there is no […]
Guest Post: Nomadic Life Aboard a Cruise Ship
Note: This is a rare guest post from our friend Marc – who has found a different way of scratching his wanderlust and career passions by working aboard cruise ships. We asked him to share what his version of nomadic life is like. ========== Several years ago, I decided to pursue a full-time career in […]