Let's see, I spent 89 days on the road....returning home on day 90.
Boondocked in 3 states: New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. Didn't camp anywhere where fees were required.
Best location: Valley of the Gods, Utah (assuming you get the primo spot I used)
Worst location (in terms of crowds, and noisy ass wipe types): Moab, Utah.
Expenses pie chart below, doesn't include costs involved with getting new tire, new tubes and repair items for Scarlett as not exactly camping related.
Two weeks long stays in one location key to keeping fuel costs down, but of course groceries costs go up.
26 gallons in Fresh Water Tank lasts about two weeks with normal usage, for one person. This assumes separate 5 gallons for toilet flushing duty.
Propane usage, assuming no extended cold weather, about 1/4 tank per week. Mostly used for fridge and cooking.
100 Watt Solar Panel enough to recharge battery given an average drain of 10 Amp Hours overnight. Angling the panel outside of peak solar hours remains key. Adding second panel would eliminate the need for angling of panel but then you lose flexibility in terms of panel placement when under trees and such.
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Looking forward to your next adventure!
I do not know a lot of peeps capable of living on 30 bucks per day while maintaining a decent lifestyle. Kudos to you, Dom.
Dom, thanks for the info, very interesting to know the real costs of camping even if boon docking.
Congrats, you are a frugal RVer.
Stay away from Needles, CA, we were hit with $6.99 a gallon for regular gas there. Now the CA Gov Newsom wants to raises their gas taxes even higher... that's his way to encourage people buy electric vehicles. When your EV is stuck in the Valley of the Gods with a dead battery, wonder if the tow truck coming for you will be electric too.
Coop, you inspired me to the pie chart!
SonjaM, we'll see how we do next trip....thanks
CCjon, pretty sure reality isn't factored into California's thinking....
Pretty cheap living! I don’t keep track of things to that extent.
Everyone is saying that RichardM, maybe I'm worrying too much.
$2500 for three months isn’t bad at all. About 60% of that is related to RV travel or about $16/day. The rest you would’ve spent even if you were sitting in your back yard and not traveling.
That's a good way to put it into better perspective RichardM! Thanks.
Valley of the Gods is on my bucket list! If we ever get out of Florida, lol.
Bridget...all that too shall pass and you'll get out of Florida.
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