No, we still haven’t decided

johnny August 8th, 2007

At this point, it’s almost a joke. I talked with my folks the other day and the first question they asked was ‘So, have you decided what you want yet?’. The answer is ‘yes, but…’

Our goals are (in no particular order):

  • The ability to go almost anywhere
  • Maintaining as much self sufficiency as possible
  • Keeping to a modest during both the purchasing and living phases
  • Being able to bring along a few toys to help occupy the time
  • Having enough living space to not kill each other

The perfect vehicle would be roughly:

  • 4×4
  • diesel
  • no more than 25′ long
  • larger on the inside than the outside
  • very popular in order to be available used and at more affordable prices

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Juice!

johnny August 1st, 2007


One of our goals is to be able to boondock most of the time and avoid as much in the way of fees as we can. One of the nice things about campgrounds is that they offer electrical hookups.

Now, common wisdom on panels is that they take 10-15 years to pay for themselves. I did some back of the envelope calculations based on our home bill and assumed no price increases. Fifteen years looks reasonable for our usage; probably a fair bit less once you factor inflation in.

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