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Allyn (she/her)<p><a href="https://natureisourmedicine.com/f/pacific-ocean---19jul2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">natureisourmedicine.com/f/paci</span><span class="invisible">fic-ocean---19jul2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/battery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>battery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sanddollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sanddollar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lewisandclark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lewisandclark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seaside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seaside</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oregon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rvrepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rvrepair</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pacific" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pacific</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canonphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canonphotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rv</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rvlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rvlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vanlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vanlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/winnebago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winnebago</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/winnebagoera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winnebagoera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a></p>
Mx. Luna Corbden<p>I'm actually finding a lot of 3D printed solutions to things. I also got 3D printed shelves for my old RV fridge on eBay, since the originals are hard to find.</p><p>I'm getting a 3D printed siphon attachment for a hose as well. Moving water from one place to another can be a bigger problem than you'd think.</p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/RVLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RVLife</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/OffGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OffGrid</span></a></p>
Mx. Luna Corbden<p>Note: Urine isn't all that bad. It doesn't have dangerous bacteria and all that. We don't need to be all that afraid of it, especially when it's not transformed into sewage.</p><p>They make special toilet seats for 5-Gal buckets. I line that with a heavy-duty plastic bag (13gal is the best I can find, but 9gal might be better), with a layer of pellets on the bottom. Whenever you go, toss in some more pellets. Sprinkle a little baking soda over the nasty bits if it smells. Then every 3 days, I swap bags, putting the used bag inside a grocery bag for double-protec, and they go to the dump. (We don't have trash service, either.) If there's liquid in the bottom, use more pellets next time.</p><p>Longer term I want to install a urine diverter on the bucket (I bought a 3D printed one on Etsy for this purpose), going to a jug, so I can just dump the pee outside, which will reduce pellet and plastic waste a great deal, and then I'm almost there in terms of making a it composting toilet. (People say laundry detergent jugs are the best, because they're opaque and no one knows what you're carrying, say if you live on a campsite.)</p><p>Even longer term, I could do what I saw on one YouTube video, which is to have the urine diverted outside to a French drain (a pit refilled with layers of gravel and sand), to reduce effort even further. And then of course that coveted composting system for the rest. Still gotta figure that out.</p><p>One more thing on human bucket: For TP, keep a special bag for throwing away pee TP. Poo TP goes into the bucket.</p><p>I hardly miss having a real toilet and it isn't nearly as much trouble as I thought it would be.</p><p>/🧵 </p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/RVLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RVLife</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/OffGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OffGrid</span></a></p>
Mx. Luna Corbden<p>I'm very briefly going to sing the praises of wood pellets as a cat litter, and if you don't have running water, as your own litter.</p><p>There's a lot of details to cover here, but I'm going to gloss over this for now.</p><p>They sell these pellets as "animal bedding," or I'm pretty sure wood heating pellets are basically the same thing. They run $5-7 a 40lb bag, and you can get them at feed and tractor type stores. Up here in Idaho, even the grocery carries these.</p><p>The big secret is that "sewage" is only created when urine and poo mix. That's where the horrible smells and worst of the dangerous toxicity come from. The pellets help deal with that with low effort, though it's not 100%.</p><p>Basically for cat litter, there's a kind of pellet litter box that comes with stone pellets (I forget the brand, but Chewy carries them), and has a grid of holes in the bottom through which the urine falls. You're supposed to replace the stone pellets once a month but I do not do that. Because I've mixed the stone pellets with the wood. The wood pellets are just compressed sawdust, so when wet, it turns back to sawdust and falls through the grid holes. A puppy pad goes under that (I'm still trying to engineer something that doesn't use plastic, but this is still better waste-wise than litter). And I scoop the poop as usual, but it's not encrusted with litter and very few pellets get tossed. Just change the puppy pad with its wet sawdust once a week and you're good. Sometimes the fresh poo smells worse than with litter, but that ends quickly and the overall longterm smell is way better. </p><p>More on human use next twoot.</p><p>🧵 </p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/RVLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RVLife</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/OffGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OffGrid</span></a></p>
Allyn (she/her)<p><a href="https://natureisourmedicine.com/f/rainbow-springs-state-park-back-to-freezing---19jan2025" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">natureisourmedicine.com/f/rain</span><span class="invisible">bow-springs-state-park-back-to-freezing---19jan2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/statepark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>statepark</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rainbowsprings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainbowsprings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>florida</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freeze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freeze</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lake</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canonphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canonphotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rv</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rvlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rvlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vanlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vanlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/winnebago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winnebago</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/winnebagoera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winnebagoera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a></p>
Mx. Luna Corbden<p>Plywood under mattress is still staying damp all day.</p><p>sigh</p><p>Still spinning my wheels on problems that never get solved.</p><p>I went all out today and replaced the 3 1x2s with *5* 2x2s. So I can stick my hand under. Which involved a lot of muscle, levering up a queen mattress with stuff still on it, and moving some stuff around but not as much as my efforts last week. Pretty much took all my spoons except for the broken beige blind replacement in the kitchen I did first. (See photo.) </p><p>(Yes, this is what I did today instead of protesting. But if it molds again, that's a whole other big huge bunch of repeated work and possible worsening health.)</p><p>The mesh and sheet drapes down somewhat to continue blocking airflow, (I might have fixed that slightly with reused Velcro from my Apple TV mounting failure), but I'll check if it at least helped over the next few days and then work on that problem. </p><p>Maybe it needs *7* 2x2s!</p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/RVLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RVLife</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>solarpunk</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/MECFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MECFS</span></a></p>
Mx. Luna Corbden<p>Finally had a good day yesterday. Wasn't a *pleasant* day. In spite of years of effort, I still judge a day as good if it's productive. I got a huge thing done — I changed my sheets.</p><p>In an RV? That's no small feat. It's been on my list since the thaw in..gosh, mid March? Late Feb?</p><p>Under my mattress sweats w condensation. I feared mold, and needed to know that after the difficult task of moving the mattress I'd be able to handle whatever I found. I needed my battery at 50-60%+ to start.</p><p>I had to take apart a stack of crates and other things blocking the mattress. And it has to move bc there is NO SPACE. Can't fit my fingers between the edge, much less a sheet. Thankfully during the harrowing winter move, I'd thought to sew two straps to the mattress, otherwise.. I'd also put special puffy plastic mesh under which was supposed to prevent the mold. (It helped.)</p><p>With every surface of this space covered with stuff where it didn't belong, I slid out the mattress to discover the mold. Not as bad as it could've been, but mold is mold. Opened all the functioning windows, sprayed it down with Lysol, set up a fan, left the vicinity and planned. Extremely tired at this point and still hadn't changed the sheets. But I had 25% battery left to finish, and I could go into deficit if needed.</p><p>Decided I could cut 3 1x2s and run them under the mesh to give more air flow, and had enough energy to put everything back together, hands shaking towards the end (that means battery entering negative range and I'll pay for it later). I should've used 5 boards? But I'm feeling better about it. I also redid the crates for less work next time.</p><p>A big worry off my mind. This project would've been unthinkable last week, when I was freaking out about how long I'd been nonfunctional. Waking with 20% every day for 2+ weeks is not sustainable under these conditions.</p><p>Now I'm listening to the wind try to rip off the fake roof I built to stop the leak over the slide-out.. 🤭</p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/RVLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RVLife</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/Recovery2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recovery2025</span></a></p>
Allyn (she/her)<p><a href="https://natureisourmedicine.com/f/hause-creek-campground---17jul2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">natureisourmedicine.com/f/haus</span><span class="invisible">e-creek-campground---17jul2024</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sunrise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunrise</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sunset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sunset</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/campground" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>campground</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nationalforest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalforest</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>washington</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hausecreek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hausecreek</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mountain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mountain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/canonphotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canonphotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>adventure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/journey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rv</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rvlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rvlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vanlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vanlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/winnebago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winnebago</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/winnebagoera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>winnebagoera</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a></p>
Dave the Nomad 🇨🇦 :autism:<p>I'm really loving it here in Burnaby. It's been cloudy and rainy almost every day, but the temperatures are fairly mild, and the rain is light enough that it's not bothersome to be outside in it.</p><p>The Central Valley Greenway - a hiking and biking path that follows the Brunette river - is literally right at my doorstep. Took the dogs for a half hour walk along the river this morning.</p><p>I've been taking it fairly easy the last couple of days. Still kinda tired, but slowly recovering from the drive.</p><p>Not sure what I'll get up to this weekend. I've got some chores to catch up on, but I might take the pups for a drive to higher altitudes to find some snow.</p><p>Beau, my GSD, hasn't seen snow in years, since we started RVing. Zoe, my Husky, has only seen snow one time for about 5 minutes.</p><p><a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/RVLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RVLife</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/DigitalNomad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalNomad</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/Vancouver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vancouver</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/Burnaby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Burnaby</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/Travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Travel</span></a> <a href="https://autisticnomad.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a></p>
NerdNomaden<p>Heute vormittag hab ich es sogar 2 Stunden am Stück <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rausgeschafft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rausgeschafft</span></a> um die partielle Sonnenfinsternis zu fotografieren. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/overlanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overlanding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vanlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vanlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rvlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rvlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portugal</span></a></p>
NerdNomaden<p>Heute hab ich es schon früh <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rausgeschafft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rausgeschafft</span></a>. Ich wollte ein paar Drohnenaufnahmen bei Flut machen. Die kleine hängt ganz schön drin bei dem Wind, aber meckert noch nicht dass er zu stark ist. Ich bekommen trotzdem immer mehr Lust auf eine große <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Drohne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drohne</span></a> und hoffe dass <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DJI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJI</span></a> bald aus den Puschen kommt und die <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mavic4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mavic4</span></a> vorstellt.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/overlanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>overlanding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Portugal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vanlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vanlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rvlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rvlife</span></a></p>
Magical Grrrl Betty (New main)<p>They were both on the dash, but when. I went to take a photo Max was like “Nope! I’m outta here!”, meanwhile Lenny is just being Lenny<br>😂</p><p><a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/CatsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatsOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/RVlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RVlife</span></a> <a href="https://indiepocalypse.social/tags/DigitalNomad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalNomad</span></a></p>
Wyatt H Knott<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://defcon.social/@corbden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>corbden</span></a></span> I would bet that you have a plastic tote bin stashed somewhere that has a bunch of different kinds of sealant in it, I know I did 🤣 <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/RVLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RVLife</span></a> <a href="https://vermont.masto.host/tags/boatlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boatlife</span></a></p>
Mx. Luna Corbden<p>If you hear a leak, it is a leak. <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/RVLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RVLife</span></a></p>
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I was fortunate enough to get in on the lottery at my local seasonal campground. We’ve parked Charlie (our last remaining camper) there. It’s about 25 minutes from my house, and will become my home away from home.

I can hardly wait for April 1st to get back into RV life a bit, even if it’s just part-time.

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