live in a tent..

Heading out in a few days with my tent, a bit of supplies, and, unfortunatly, my car. I will be driving to work nearly every weekday, which is OK because I am a surveyor and I either work in the bush or with grubby construction crews, so being haggard will not be a problem. My solar shower will be hot when I get home (heh.. home) and I can throw some grub on the fire and sit back with a brewski and a book.

It will be nice to be liberated from bills for a bit, but the next question is, will I stay the winter as well? Build a teepee, a yurt?? Canadian rockies get pretty damn cold in the winter… we will see…

This past summer my girlfriend and I moved to Colorado. She worked for an RV resort which payed our rent to use a fifth wheel the owner had while I worked with the Foret Service for the summer. When we moved back to Wisconsin we didn’t have anywhere to live and hadn’t decided where we wanted to move. We set up a large tent in her parents back yard and lived in it for about 3 and 1/2 months. We did have access to there shower and restroom and kithen but everything we had was in the tent. We used an inflatable air mattress which worked well. We now live in Chicago but sometime in the future I would like to travel again and live in a wall tent or larger canvas tent for an extended period of time. You are able to camp in the National Forests for free and I figure we could just bounce around from state to state, either working for the forest service or as a travel nurse. I have figured out some of the details such as hot water. They make propane hot water heaters, water can be stored in a 65 gallon storage tank in the back of a pickup, bathroom needs are done in a porta john, and sleeping again would be on another air mattress (better quality this time). I think this would be an excellent way to see the country and live life mostly off the grid. We would still have a vehicle but we would not need to use electricity and could get water from town. We would also have a collapsible 55 gallon rain catcher for the wetter climates. Food is the only thing. We would have to shop more often, but this would enable us to shop more locally and eat healthier. Thank you powdered milk.

We are planning an off-grid straw bale house and I think an old army tent (30×16) would make a GREAT temporary shelter until we get the house built…however long that takes…

i am deaf and i am looking for long term live in tent campground.
does any one know where? pls e mail me at spiritparker@netscape.net

thanks

My wife and I lived in a tent this last summer. I highly recommend it. We camped for free on my employers land about a half mile from the shop. We spend much more time with friends on hot days off. If we had lived in a house, we likely would have gone home and wasted those days vegging…
The key to comfortable tent living is finding a way to shower and some minimal temperature control… we used a battery powered fan.
Also, for dealing with excessive sun or rain, set up a tarp high over a small tent so air can easily move around the tent.

rock climb and live in a tent or camper!!!

well. last year (2007) i lived in a 2 man tent from beginning of May to september. i even took my 2 year old cat with me. i must say it was good times. I live in Iceland in a town of 25.000 people and i found a place where people couldnt see me from there houses or roads. you can pitch a tent anywhere around here if you like. the hardest thing was washing my clothes and always biking back to town. and storing food. you cant store milk and things like that in the heat. my cat had fun though hunting birds and spiders. but there where also few wild cats there so my tent got slashed pretty bad sometimes after a fight between them. i also play golf and the golf course isnt far away from there. but my older brother came to get me almost every day to play. even though you live in a tent you dont have to look like i hobo. ive even played golf with few of the richest people here in Iceland and i play in few tournements every summer. not professional golfer still ;).
it was kinda hard at first to always sleep in the bright. but you get used to it. but its also nice always waking up to fresh morning breathe. insects can be a proplem if you dont close your tent :(. at first i didnt close it so my cat could have some shelter but after a week or so always waking up with stuff crawling over my face i did. the cat just used the fortent. when i write this i just ordered a Vango beta 350 tent for this summer. now i know what i need before i do this again (every summer from now on) and will be better prepered. well its worth it. nothing better then inviting friends over to a BBQ and beer ;)

Ive lived in overpriced small housing my entire life. Now, due to the requirements of my job, ive had to sleep out in the wilderness for weeks at a time, without a tent. So its doable, and can be made very comfortable. The idea of not being tied down to a rent requirement, a mailbox and a parking spot really intrigues me. It would totally blow my mind to find some well dressed, gainfully employed person that secretly lives in a tent.

I think people have weird and poorly founded ideas about the idea of living in a tent. You of course have to make provisions that allow for comfortable tent-residence. Environment, and resources are big factors. You could get a membership to a gym, or some other place that has public showers. You will also want a back up plan so you can get out of the elements for periods of time where the weather prohibits it. Lots of relatively urban areas are full of furnished accomodations you can ‘get away’ to immediately, for about $100 a week. Just look on craigslist.

Im kind of working on a manifesto for modern nomadic living. Types of work that mesh with this concept, places with infrastructural, and environmental conditions that facilitate such a thing, equipment and strategies that streamline eating, showering, maintaining your health, employment, and morale.

I lived for 2 weeks in a tent at a KOA with my best friend. We had just moved to Texas from Oregon, it was July and I swear monsoon season. Continual rain and the fact that it was a two-man pup tent and we were unprepared for roughing it to that degree contributed to what I come to think of as a learning experience: we did get to know each other really well and even shared an apartment afterward but even though I don’t regret it, I would never do it again.

Yes, I would love to live in a tent for a while, prefably as a river or outdoor guide. It’s so simple and so invigorating, although you have to learn how to sleep on your back. Need to have some money saved up though, because I do enjoy eating.