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Sailing On Dry Land. Seriously Offgrid on a Shoestring. What Happened to Retirement? May 17, 2016 /. Change is an easy panacea. It takes character to stay in one place and be happy there. Elizabeth Clarke Dunn It’s been about eight weeks since we returned to Idaho and, aside from the excitement of seeing all the kiddos, the reality of being “off the road” and stationary has begun to take its […]. Wrapping Up Our First Winter — Part 3, The Grandkids Are Coming! The Grandkids Are Coming! May 1, 2016 /.

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Sailing On Dry Land. Seriously Offgrid on a Shoestring. Frozen Water — Not Ice? December 24, 2015 /. For a couple of reasons — one being that Annie finally finished her elaborate cross-stitch stocking for the last of five grandkids just in time for Christmas and now has more time to dink around on her laptop (I’ve been glued to mine all along) — we find ourselves using more power. But it’s mostly […]. A Contrast in Topography. December 24, 2015 /. Reinstalling the Charge Controller. December 23, 2015 /.

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Wrapping Up Our First Winter — Part 2, Lake Havasu City (Continued) | Sailing On Dry Land

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Sailing On Dry Land. Seriously Offgrid on a Shoestring. Wrapping Up Our First Winter — Part 2, Lake Havasu City (Continued). April 14, 2016 /. As I said, our time at Lake Havasu City was so long and full of so many fun days, I’ve had to break it into two blog posts. Here is the continuation…. Can you see the jets? 8220;Let’s go up there,” I said. So we headed off trail and straight up the side of the mountain. The terrain was a bit challenging. Can you see the wash far below? Of course, we had to go.

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Sailing On Dry Land. Seriously Offgrid on a Shoestring. Building Our “Barn”. February 26, 2017 /. As we prepared to head south for the winter, I took stock of some materials I’ve been storing outside in the desert near Boise, ID for too long and decided it would be fun to do something with them — to actually use them to build a building somewhere especially now that we’re retired and […]. January 28, 2017 /. Adding Our 3,000 Watt Go Power! January 20, 2017 /. January 3, 2017 /. 8220;The chief beauty abou...

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Sailing On Dry Land | Category Archive | Solar Power

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Sailing On Dry Land. Seriously Offgrid on a Shoestring. RSS feed for this section. Adding Our 3,000 Watt Go Power! January 20, 2017 /. Living seriously offgrid as we do has many advantages and low-cost pleasures but one of the challenges we haven’t enjoyed so much is not being able to vacuum our floors as often as we would like. We have a regular house size upright vacuum cleaner which is very nice but we have just never had […]. Frozen Water — Not Ice? December 24, 2015 /. December 23, 2015 /. This is w...

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Building Our Dream Boat | Sailing On Dry Land

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Sailing On Dry Land. Seriously Offgrid on a Shoestring. Building Our Dream Boat. June 30, 2016 /. With the source of our flotation secured, we went about building a new floor for the hull from 2x2s and 1/2″ BCX plywood. The original flat floor was somewhat compromised and I didn’t want to open that can of worms, so we just put a new floor over it which Annie primed and painted. When we return to Boise Sept. 12th. Have any of our readers ever built anything like this? What Happened to Retirement? On Addin...

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And…It’s a Wrap | Sailing On Dry Land

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Sailing On Dry Land. Seriously Offgrid on a Shoestring. And…It’s a Wrap. December 10, 2016 /. GRAND TETONS – When choosing our route home from the midwest, we couldn’t pass up the chance to see the majestic Grand Teton mountains and connect with some friends we made last winter. We camped about four miles off the highway near Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, elevation 8,000 feet. On to South Dakota. Back to Slab City – Part 1 →. And…It’s a Wrap. December 10, 2016 at 4:20 am. Enter Your Best Email.

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Summer 2016 Begins | Sailing On Dry Land

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Sailing On Dry Land. Seriously Offgrid on a Shoestring. July 8, 2016 /. My trip to visit family in California at the end of May was very enjoyable. Special memories were made as we celebrated the accomplishments of our niece earning her master’s degree, honored my mom by scattering her ashes in Monterey Bay, and simply enjoyed one another’s company. I did my walking among the vineyards and made time to sit by the spectacular pool, of course. If you look closely, you can see our LCC beyond the road. Leave...

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On to South Dakota | Sailing On Dry Land

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Sailing On Dry Land. Seriously Offgrid on a Shoestring. On to South Dakota. November 12, 2016 /. Once again, I find time slipping away as we try to operate without consistent high-speed internet. The blog — which is content-heavy and needs a fair amount of bandwidth — is suffering. But what can a couple boondocking and living on a shoestring budget do? With that said, I apologize for the lengthy post…just trying to get caught up. We did a little bit of exploring and 4-wheeling ourselves and discovered we...