Your lithium battery runs great in October and can quietly refuse to charge in November. Here’s how to keep an off-grid power system working when the nights drop below freezing, and the sun barely …
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Governments are now telling their citizens to keep days of supplies on hand. For most of us, that’s just called Tuesday. In the past week, two major governments asked their citizens to start living …
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Late October brings the best boondocking weather of the year and the earliest dark. Here’s how to build a cold-weather camp cooking routine around one pot, one burner, and a meal that’s still hot …
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By: Paul Beroff Dispersed camping in Northern Michigan changes once October arrives. The forests turn slowly at first, then seemingly all at once. Green gives way to amber, copper, crimson, and gold. Sugar maples …
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Rifle and archery seasons are opening across the West right now, and the same forest roads and dispersed sites boondockers have had mostly to themselves all summer are about to fill up with a …
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How the Vega Gave Us Another Room in the Middle of Nowhere A truck camper can take you almost anywhere, but even a comfortable rig starts feeling cramped when two people, our Doberman Brinx …
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The last big holiday weekend of summer packs BLM pullouts and forest roads with campers who’ve never dispersed camped before. Here’s how the people who’ve done this for years can make sure everyone leaves …
The importance of STOP THE BLEED® on the back road This article originally appeared in the Fall 2026 edition of Boondocking Magazine. By Patrick O’Neill You picked the spot because nobody else was in …
September and October hand boondockers the best weather and the emptiest sites of the year — right up until the sun drops and the temperature falls with it. Here’s the fall boondocking prep that …
Ice runs get old fast once camp temps clear 100°F. Here’s how experienced boondockers choose between coolers, 12-volt compressor fridges, and hybrid setups when summer heat finally forces the question. By the third day …