Car-Camping When Holidaying Or
Homeless
I have lived, out of
my station wagon, for a total of more than 3 years.
Including, 1 year
continuously.
I lived well.
If You Are Homeless
If You Cannot Afford A House.
A good reliable car,
like a station wagon, that can store everything you need; that you
can sleep in comfortably, fully stretched out, not cramped up; can
cost about 5% of the price of a house.
If You Cannot Afford A Car
You could share a
house.
Or, consider, going
back to living with your parents.
Also read my,
“Saving Money Without Reducing Quality: Food, Clothes, Shoes,
Housing, And Other Necessities”, at:
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If you are not
homeless, car-camping while on holidays, could be fun, as well as
valuable experience, for if you ever do become homeless.
How I Lived Out Of My Car
1: A Car To Sleep In Comfortably
I bought a station
wagon, so I could sleep comfortably, fully stretched out, not cramped
up.
2: Travel Light – Only Take What You Need –
So You Do Not Look Like You Are Living Out Of Your Car
The minimum I kept
in my station wagon was:
Plenty of food and
water.
Clothes and shoes.
Sun shade or cap.
Large cotton towels.
Paper towels.
Sodium bicarbonate.
Scented, vegetable
oil soap.
Buckets and plastic
bags.
A small, water
filter jug.
Mosquito repellent.
Aloe Vera leaves for
sunburn.
All this fitted in
about half of the back seat and floor of my station wagon.
I also took pens and
paper; a mobile phone, a notebook computer with a car
cigarette-lighter outlet charger [be careful not to flatten your car
battery]; a debit card for withdrawing money from banks; and, a spare
full tyre, oil, and coolant.
My car was insured.
I was a member of a
state motorists’ organisation that has reciprocal rights in other
states.
3: Security
I kept a mobile
flip-phone in my pocket.
Did not park, in
isolated places.
Slept with one key
in the ignition and another in my pocket.
Always parked, so I
had at least two ways of driving out.
One without backing
or turning.
Since I slept in my
car, I have everything in my car and do not need to pack.
Even if you only
have to leave, without packing, once in a lifetime it is still worth
being prepared.
If anyone looks, or
behaves, strangely move on to a safe place.
During long trips,
in isolated places, you can fill up your car at a 24 hour petrol
station.
And, then stay
overnight in the car park.
4: Deodorising
Keeping bags of
scented, vegetable oil soaps, in your car, can deodorise your car.
Sodium bicarbonate
is a very good under-arm deodorant.
And, mouthwash for
bad breath, unless you are on a low sodium salt diet.
Sodium bicarbonate
can also deodorise clothes and shoes.
5: Buckets And Plastic Bags
Buckets can be used
to wash clothes in and to store things.
Buckets can be used
to store fruit, and anything else, that might leak onto the car seat
or floor.
Plastic bags can be
used to store clothes, papers and other things.
And, to store
rubbish until you get home or to a major town.
6: Sleeping
Sleep in your car
and you are safely out of the wind and the rain.
You have no need to
unpack and repack your car.
And, in an
emergency, you can drive off as if you were just leaving anyway.
Take some clothes
you can sleep in.
Such as cotton jeans
and cotton or wool T-shirts and sweaters.
Warm cotton or wool
socks.
And, some large
cotton towels that can double as sheets, blankets, and pillows.
7: Where To Stay
If you live in a
cold climate, consider moving to a warmer climate, at least for the
winter.
Being, in another
state, can also make you look more like a tourist than homeless.
Free places are
getting rarer but they still exist.
Check local
regulations as to what is car-camping and what is car-parking.
In parts of
Australia, if you are sleeping in your car; and, have everything
inside your car; and, do not have anything outside your car; then,
you could be legally parking and not illegally camping.
Surf beaches.
State and national
parks.
Some are free.
In Australia, almost
anywhere along the Murray River.
Festivals can be
good places to stay for a few days to a week or more.
The price of the
ticket can be cheaper than staying at a caravan park.
Highway rest stops,
if staying one night.
Do not park in
places which can flood; or, where a gum tree is aiming to fall or
drop a branch.
8: Entertainment
Many towns have
tourist information centres.
And, check the
notices along highways and in shop windows, as well as the internet,
for festivals, and other attractions.
9: A Healthy Diet
For a healthy diet,
I include:
1: Fresh, raw
fruit;
2: Fresh, raw
vegetables, including some green, leafy vegetables;
3: Nuts and
peanuts, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, rolled oats, potatoes,
lentils, mung beans;
4: Low-fat
Cow’s milk, low-fat cheese, low-fat yoghurt, [very few people can
be healthy, long-term, Vegans];
5: Seaweed, for
trace elements in a natural food form.
Asian and Indian
Groceries are some of the cheapest places to buy these foods.
10: Food And Drink – No Need To Cook
Food
My diet is based on
raw fruit; nuts and peanuts; some vegetables; and, low-fat Cow’s
milk.
Raw fruit; nuts and
peanuts; some vegetables; do not need any cooking or other
preparation; and, there is little or no cleaning up afterwards.
Similarly, with
Cow’s milk, cheese, yoghurt; rolled oats; bottled fruit juice and
drinking water.
Storing Food
Even in hot cars, in
hot weather, food and drink, can be stored by placing them on the
back seat floor, of your car, and covering them with towels and
clothes.
Nuts, peanuts,
rolled oats, can keep fresh in air-tight containers.
Fruit and vegetables
can be kept in buckets, so they do not leak and mess up your car.
Cow’s milk can be
kept cool for a few days.
Yoghurt and cheese
keep longer than Cow’s milk.
Water
Bottled fruit juice
can be used instead of drinking water.
Drinking water can
be stored in empty fruit juice bottles.
Some water in
country areas needs to be sterilised by boiling.
And, perhaps
filtered.
11: Clothes and Shoes
Simple, durable,
comfortable, practical clothes, that wash and dry easily.
Cotton T-shirts,
sweaters, jeans, shorts, sun shade, or cap.
A warm, water-proof
coat.
One set of easy-care
more dress-up clothes, such as a cotton dress; or even just a jacket
that can be worn with and dress-up anything else.
Water-proof shoes.
Practical and easier
to keep clean.
Washing Clothes
You can use sodium
bicarbonate or vegetable oil soap in a bucket of water.
Then rinse in a
second bucket of water.
Drying Clothes
If the forecast
temperature is less than 20°C clothes might not dry.
So wash them on
another day.
On hot days, clothes
dry quickly if spread out on the bonnet of a hot car.
On very hot days you
can wear them to dry them and cool yourself.
Otherwise, just
spread them over non-toxic shrubs or trees, in the sunshine, to dry.
Deodorising Shoes
To prevent smelly
shoes, have three pairs and rotate them.
To deodorise shoes,
dust with sodium bicarbonate.
Sunshine can also be
a good deodoriser.
With running shoes,
you can walk, in seawater, for 15 minutes with them on.
12: Washing Yourself
In hot weather, go
for a swim.
In cold weather,
sometimes you can just wash under your arms.
Or, wash and dry,
from the waist up.
Put on a clean top.
Then wash and dry,
below the waist.
I used to dry myself with a few paper towels.
Paper towels can
also be used as handkerchiefs.
Since 2007, I have kept my body clean by fasting, and so only need to wash my hands and feet.
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