3-29-2025
H: 62ºF L: 41ºF
BLM Boondocking, Santa Fe, New Mexico
We did something today that I have wanted to do for many years… we toured an Earthship! Taos, NM has many Earthships in the Great World Community. Earthships were created by Michael Reynolds, are off-grid, and designed to allow home owners to be self-sufficient. They use solar for power. You can grow food in the greenhouse area. The water is collected from the roof and used four times: fresh water for cooking and bathing then the grey water is sent to water the green house plants, the plant-filtered grey water is used in the toilet, and the effluent water (treated black water) is sent to water outside landscaping. The house is heated through passive solar and cooled through air ducts which run through the cool bermed earth.
The homes are built using a lot of recycled or free material like bottles and soda cans in the walls, used tires filled with dirt for the bermed back wall, repurposed wood for counters and cabinets, and adobe made of local dirt.
While touring the buildings, we think we saw Michael Reynolds working on one of the original buildings.
3-30-2025
H: 58°F L: 38°F
BLM Boondocking, Santa Fe, New Mexico
We had a relaxing day and organized the stuff we have in the bed of Rosie the Cybertruck. We learned that, while it appears we are looking down on the city, Santa Fe is actually at a higher elevation than we are.
3-31-2025
H: 65ºF L: 33ºF
Walmart, Gallup, New Mexico
We packed up, took the boys for a walk, and hit the road. We left the Santa Fe BLM land and headed west to a Walmart parking lot for the night. It was a nice travel day. Daniel filled up our water tank at a gas station and had a nice conversation with a man in a big pick up truck.
As soon as we pulled into the Walmart parking lot, we saw a stray dog cautiously approaching us. She wouldn’t come all the way to us though. A man in a delivery truck stopped and said there are a lot of stray dogs in the area because it’s an Indian reservation and Indian communities don’t treat animals with kindness and compassion. We saw four dead dogs on the side of the freeway on our way here. It’s true that the only stray dogs we have seen on our travels around the country have been on Indian reservations. This needs to change.
The delivery driver said he carries dog food with him and feeds the dogs he sees. Later we saw two other dogs, one of whom was a little less cautious. I put out piles of food for him and his partner. He ate food out of my hand but didn’t want me to touch him. Later in the night we saw these two dogs again and the male was limping. I think he had a cactus spur in his foot but he wouldn’t come near me so I could help him.
Stats
Expenses:
- Tesla Cybertruck fuel: $51.66
- Tesla Model X fuel: $0
- Campsite: $0
- Camping memberships: $16.40
- Food: $0
Tesla Cybertruck miles driven: 209.2 (195.8 kWh)
Tesla Model X miles driven: 428.6 (115.6 kWh)
Number of people asking about the Tesla pulling the camper: 3
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