Last night (March 9, 2026) our local channel 13 news, News 13 (WLOS) had a brief report on what is going on with FEMA trailers and campers. They showed them being moved out to be auctioned off. Hundreds of FEMA trailers that were placed in …
A couple recently died by fire in a “storage-type building being used as living quarters.” I was trying to find the story and found story after story of fires in non-conventional housing, many resulting in serious injuries or fatalities. The coroner said although the storage-type …
Tiny Towables are not new. Conestoga Wagons were built since 1717. From 1820 to 1860 (or so) entire families traveled in Prairie Schooners across America. Around 1810, circuses in Europe started traveling in horse-drawn wagons. The Romani in Britain adapted the design into Vardos. Before …
We have been talking about and looking at campers for years. Cliff wants a project camper, sort of a hobby project. Last summer we rented a camper and took it across North Carolina and up the Outer Banks. A rental camper is a great idea. …
A cassette toilet splits the difference between a portable toilet and one that is plumbed into the RV and has to be pumped out at a holding tank dump station. Instead of an installed black water tank for sewage, a cassette toilet has a removable …
I have been informed that my last post was not comprehensive, so I am going to add other options I did not consider but you might. Composting Toilets Composting toilets don’t use any water to flush. They separate liquids from solids. Liquids go into a …
There are a lot of different portable toilets available and they are all rather reasonably priced. You can take a portable toilet anywhere. A carrying bag may be available. Some of them can be mounted to the floor. Most portable toilets have two tanks, a …
Towable tiny houses are built like an RV. There are two kinds of bathrooms on RVs. Larger RVs can have a bath that is more like a bath in a house. A wet bath is the entire bathroom inside the shower. When you take a …
We are just starting to look at camper ideas. We were going to buy an old camper to have fun restoring until we talked to some people that did it and they told us some of the drawbacks. The largest obstacle they have found is …
