New to this whole Skoolie idea...

[bphillips79]

My wife and I are considering doing a skoolie conversion for full-time living. Since we're both working remotely (thanks to 'Rona), our idea is to park near (1 hr or less) metro areas we want to explore like Denver, Seattle, etc. We'd use our towed car to drive in on the nights/weekends to explore. Then use vacation time to drive the skoolie to national parks, etc. So I did a cursory google on RV camps with hookups for long term parking. I was a little surprised at how expensive per month. What do full-time folks do about parking for months?

 

[Mountain Gnome]

I was a little surprised at how expensive per month. What do full-time folks do about parking for months?

Land owners. It won't be long now, and they will have every square inch locked down with the price jacked up. More folks than land, it's getting to be.


I look for places I can park "between the cracks."

 

[Drew Bru]

My wife and I are considering doing a skoolie conversion for full-time living. Since we're both working remotely (thanks to 'Rona), our idea is to park near (1 hr or less) metro areas we want to explore like Denver, Seattle, etc. We'd use our towed car to drive in on the nights/weekends to explore. Then use vacation time to drive the skoolie to national parks, etc. So I did a cursory google on RV camps with hookups for long term parking. I was a little surprised at how expensive per month. What do full-time folks do about parking for months?

We park (dry camp/dispersed camp/boondock) for free on public land, mostly Nat. Forest land but sometimes BLM land too. This is mostly in the Rocky Mountain west though. AFAIK there's not much dispersed camping east of the Mississippi River. Tons of BLM land in the southwest, tons of Nat. Forest camping in the west. It's possible to get a place within an hour of Denver, Seattle, Portland, Phoenix, Vegas, etc. We're almost always able to find a spot with a good enough connection to stream video, if not without some glitching sometimes. The stay limits are usually 14-18 days and you need to move along at least a few miles, if not more. It depends on the rules for that particular area. It's not always enforced though.
It takes a bit of practice but it's not too difficult once you learn how to do the research to find spots. We'd have a hard time bringing ourselves to stay in an RV park long-term, it's not really our scene.

 

[EastCoastCB]

The way I see it a Skoolie isn't necessarily cheaper. Its just a different lifestyle. You kinda need your own land eventually or pay some rent. I've been lucky enough to park buses free for the last ten years, but I don't live in em.

 

[bphillips79]

This has been GREAT information. Certainly given us some things to look further into. I appreciate the input

 

[banman]

Land owners. It won't be long now, and they will have every square inch locked down with the price jacked up. More folks than land, it's getting to be.


I look for places I can park "between the cracks."

This has been GREAT information. Certainly given us some things to look further into. I appreciate the input

And most places don't allow you to live in an RV. I'm on a ½ acre on a short-dead-end-road between farm fields -- it's against the law to have someone sleeping in an RV on my property -- only enforced if someone complains...
Also illegal to not have the RV or trailer parked on a paved surface -- so much for moving my bus into my back yard but again only enforced if their's a complaint...

There's similar laws most everywhere -- the real issue is the intent of the law (ordinances) and level of enforcement...