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Work Camping and Annual Camping Opportunities in America . by Alice B. Clagett

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Written on 25 January 2015 and published on 4 November 2016

  • WORK CAMPING
  • NATIONAL PARKS AND FEDERAL RECREATION LANDS CAMPING
  • COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, AND NEVADA STATE PARKS CAMPING
  • FREE CAMPGROUNDS ACROSS AMERICA

Dear Ones,

WORK CAMPING

I just read an article in “AARP the Magazine,” Dec/Jan 2015, called “Mixing Work and Pleasure on the Long, Winding Road.” This is about ‘work camping’, which I thought might be of interest to some of us as we go through the Ascension process. Reason being, a competitive career lifestyle is not always compatible for all of us as the process unfolds. Work camping offers a chance to ratchet down on housing cost … by living in a trailer … and at the same time work for minimum wage at a low key job, and garner enough money to pay for food and gas. With some employers, part time work is available.

I could not find the AARP article online; It looks like you have to become a member to get it. However, in the article they mention Amazon.com has a CamperForce program, providing free campsites and about $10 an hour, plus overtime, for seasonal work in its warehouses all across the US …

Link: “Amazon Camperforce” … http://www.amazondelivers.jobs/about/camperforce/ ..

Some campers do seasonal work for KOA; you have to be willing to clean bathrooms and empty trash.

Link: “Live the Life You Love: Become a KOA Work Kamper” … https://workatkoa.com/ ..

When I was camping at Mesa Verde last summer, I found out that Aramark offers seasonal jobs at National Parks and elsewhere. This sometimes includes a campsite, minimum wage, and part time or full time work in a laundry or gift shop or snack shop, etc …

Link: “Hourly Job Opportunities,” by Aramark … https://hourly-aramark.icims.com/jobs/intro ..

NATIONAL PARKS AND FEDERAL RECREATION LANDS CAMPING

For those that do not need to work, passes are available to National Parks and Federal Recreation Lands …

Link: “America the Beautiful Passes,” by National Park Service … https://www.nps.gov/planyourvisit/passes.htm ..

However, and this is pretty important, passes do not include camping costs, which can be hefty at National Parks.

Typical camping costs for National Forests, which tend to offer less developed campsites, vary from free to $12 a night …

Link: “Seasons, Rates (Fees) and Forest Information” in “U.S. National Forest Campground Guide” … https://www.forestcamping.com/dow/intro/introduc.htm#fees ..

COLORADO, NEW MEXICO, AND NEVADA STATE PARKS CAMPING

State Parks sometimes offer great opportunities for campers. I noticed on both the Colorado and the New Mexico banks of beautiful Navajo Lake State Park, sites with amenities and an incredible view are offered.

On the New Mexico side, annual camping permits are $180 a year for New Mexico residents, $100 a year for New Mexico resident seniors and disabled, $225 a year for out of state residents. More information here …

LInk: “Navajo Lake State Parks” by New Mexico State Parks …  http://www.emnrd.state.nm.us/SPD/navajolakestatepark.html ..

On the Colorado side of the lake, camping is apparently just $70 a year for one vehicle. For more on the amenities there, see …

Link: “Navajo State Park,” by Colorado State Parks and Wildlife … https://cpw.state.co.us/placestogo/parks/Navajo ..

Looks like that fee will get you the right to camp in other Colorado State Parks as well …

Link: “Annual Pass Information,” by Colorado Parks and Wildlife … https://cpw.state.co.us/buyapply/Pages/AnnualPassInfo.aspx ..

I gather from this chart that Nevada State Parks offer seasonal low entrance fees with free camping. Annual permits for camping in all Nevada State Parks are $200 a year ..

LInk: “Annual Permits,” by Nevada State Parks … http://parks.nv.gov/fees/annual-permits ..

And maybe other state parks have good camping opportunities too.

FREE CAMPGROUNDS ACROSS AMERICA

Here is a map of free campgrounds across America …

Link: “Free Campsites” … https://freecampsites.net/ ..

In love, light and joy,
I Am of the Stars
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Subsistence Living: Water, Housing, and Sanitation . by Alice B. Clagett *

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Written and published on 25 January 2015; revised

  • SUBSISTENCE LIVING
  • WATER LIFTS
  • SOLAR STILLS
  • HOUSING
  • SANITATION
  • DO-IT-YOURSELF BUILDING AND PROJECT PLANS
  • PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY

Dear Ones,

Here is information on subsistence living that I found intriguing. For myself, I’ve printed what looked important out.

SUBSISTENCE LIVING

Link: “Subsistence Economy,” in Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsistence_economy ..

Link: “Grit: Rural American Know-How” … http://www.grit.com/ ..

Link: “Mother Earth News” … https://www.motherearthnews.com ..

Link: “The Old Farmer’s Almanac” … http://www.almanac.com/ ..

WATER LIFTS

Link: “Archimedes Screw,” in Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes%27_screw ..

Link: “Egypt’s Nile Valley Basin Irrigation,” by Sandra Postel … http://www.waterhistory.org/histories/nile/t1.html ..

Link: “Noria,” a water lift, in Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noria ..

Video: “Wooden Water Wheel in Europe,” [Noria], by epSOS.de, 24 April 2015 … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VxMgfRcgp8 … Notice the shape of the buckets, which may be important to the function. 

Link: “Sakia Water Pump,” in Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakia ..

Link: “Shadoof,” a counterpoise lift, in Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadoof ..

SOLAR STILLS

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Image: “Solar Still,” by Solar_still.svg: Daniele Pugliesi, retouched, no date given, from Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puits_Solaire.jpg … CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic, and 2.0 Generic

Image: “Solar Still,” by Solar_still.svg: Daniele Pugliesi, retouched, no date given, from Wikimedia Commons … https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Puits_Solaire.jpg … CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic, and 2.0 Generic 

Here is a variant on this, using a tub, a water glass, a sheet of heavy duty plastic, twine or tape, and plastic tubing …

Image: Homemade, High-Output Solar Water Still … https://i.pinimg.com/736x/cf/a4/46/cfa4461e2f7578c34b3e9dae5ba24e9c–water-still-camping-survival.jpg ..

Here are more references on the topic:

HOUSING

Link: “Hut,” in Wikipedia … https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hut … See also the links at the bottom of the page.

Link: “These Quonset Inexpensive Kit Homes Start at Less than $8,000” … http://buildinghomesandliving.com/metal-buildings/these-quonset-inexpensive-kit-homes-start-at-less-than-8000 ..

SANITATION

Link: “Simple Pit Latrines,” WHO … http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/hygiene/emergencies/fs3_4.pdf ..

Link: “Appropriate Technologies on Low-Cost Toilet Technology,” Gramalaya – Tiruchirapalli … http://www.gramalaya.in/pdf/appropriateLowcost_toilet_technology.pdf ..

DO-IT-YOURSELF BUILDING AND PROJECT PLANS

PRIMITIVE TECHNOLOGY

In love, light and joy,
I Am of the Stars

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Dream Homes . a story by Alice B. Clagett

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Filmed on 24 July 2013; published on 25 July 2013; revised on 28 June 2018

  • VIDEO BY ALICE
  • SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

Dear Ones,

I did a video on dreams and life, houses and trees, nature and nurture. I had concerns about putting a video up, with people’s homes in it. But then I realized it is likely ok to show the front yards and fronts of homes of people from the street in this movie because similar views of front yards and fronts of homes are offered on Redfin and on Google Maps. In addition, the addresses are not provided, so that should be all ok.

Beneath the video is a Summary …

VIDEO BY ALICE

SUMMARY OF THE VIDEO

Hello, Dear Ones! Check out the shades! … [points to sunglasses] … It’s Alice.

I’m over here in Santa Monica, on a street north of Wilshire, a residential street. And I was reminded … For 20 years I lived in Santa Monica, and I lived in a tiny, rent-controlled apartment. And I worked at UCLA as a secretary.

And I used to walk on this street. And I used to think: Wow! If I just had a place like this … or if I lived on this street … I would be really happy! Maybe one day I’ll be able to live there.

So when I retired, I could not afford to live on a street like this, which I am going to show you in a minute. But I moved to a house in the less expensive ‘burbs. And it was bigger, and it was closer to nature. And at first I was really happy, because I had achieved my dream. You know? … To move into a house in a kind of rural setting.

And then, a year or so went by, and I started to notice that everything was kind of really the same … except that I had more yard work to do. [laughs] So I thought I would show you this street a little bit. So, let’s see what I can do … Ok, here we go … All right, so I am just going to show you a couple of places here. [shows a well-manicured yard] This is one house here. It has a winding, brick walkway, and secret little places inside.

And we are going along the walk, here … facing the ocean. The ocean is just over the cliffs, at the end of the street. And you see the street is lined with beautiful, old magnolia trees. They grow pretty well here. They grow bigger down South, in the United States. Kind of beautiful … beautiful, white blossoms. Hardly any traffic on this street. Beautiful, green grass …

And the next house we are coming to … The houses are all very different here. The next house we’re coming to, is easier on the water. [shows xeriscape garden] You know, water in California is very expensive. If you look at the landscaping … and a completely different kind of house here … kind of a Spanish culture house [shows house] … and the grounds are a mixture of water and sand, with water-tolerant or low-water plants in it. Completely different. I learned a lot about plants on this one.

And then this next house [shows house] is a modern house … And that is an example of hardscape and concrete, and it hardly requires any water. And when you look closely, there are just a few drought-tolerant plants in the yard. Very modern.

So, three different kinds of houses. And there are a lot of other kinds of houses on this street. [pans around street, and to a magnolia tree] So I just thought I would mention, you know, I don’t know how much money is tied up on this street. But, quite a bit, probably.

But when push comes to shove … I mean, the houses are beautiful, but to my way of thinking, it is really the trees that are the most beautiful thing. And trees are free to walk under, everywhere.

That is all I have to say today. Blessings!

In love, light and joy,
I Am of the Stars

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