Boondocking

5 posts in How-To Guides

Boondocking is mostly logistics. The scenery is free, the water is not, and the tanks fill whether you planned for it or not.

These guides cover the practical side: refilling the fresh tank from a bladder and a truck bed, dumping with a portable tote so you can stay put, and getting a macerator running again when it has power but will not spin.

The money side is here too, since parking for free is only cheap once you know what the rest of it costs.

Full-Time RV Living: What It Is Actually Like

Published on Aug 6, 2026

Two people, a 40-foot fifth wheel, two full-time jobs and no fixed address. What a normal week looks like, what it costs, what breaks, and who this life does not work for.

What Full-Time RV Life Actually Costs (The Categories Nobody Warns You About)

Published on Aug 4, 2026

Before we went full time we watched every RV budget video we could find and still had no idea what it would cost. Here is what the categories actually look like, including the two that blindsided us.

Water & Tanks

RV Macerator Pump: How It Works, and What to Do When It Will Not Run

Published on Aug 2, 2026

A macerator that has power and still will not spin is usually seized, not dead. The fix takes a screwdriver and thirty seconds, and we nearly bought a replacement pump before we found it.

Boondocking Skills

How to Refill Your RV Fresh Water Tank While Boondocking

Published on Jul 15, 2026

How we refill our fresh tank off-grid with a water bladder, a truck bed, and a gravity siphon, plus the potable-water handling steps we should have followed from the start.

Water & Tanks

How to Dump RV Tanks With a Portable Tote Tank

Published on Jul 15, 2026

A portable tote lets you stay parked for weeks and haul only the waste to the dump station. Here's the right way to fill, tow, and empty one, plus everything we got wrong trying it the first time.