Hello guys-- I'm from Southern California. My family and I do not full time, but we boondock all summer and shorter trips throughout the year. We have a 20 foot Jayco Jayflight with a 250 watt solar panel and 3000 watt pure sine inverter. I installed an extra 50 gal fresh water tank under one dinette bench and my battery bank under the other bench. We have a Honda EU2000i genset as a back up or as a supplemental. Our limiting factor for boondocking is the black water tanks (which is the bane of my existence).  I also carry a 55 water barrel in the back of my truck. We use that to transport water back to the trailer when needed. I've been refining our set up ever since we started camping back when we had a tent trailer. I love learning and fiddling with our system. I learn something new every trip with out fail. I'm writing a book about our adventures and tricks I've picked up from salty RV veterans such as yourselves. It's a hybid of tips and tricks and interesting or funny stories about our trips, the different places we've camped for free (only one Wallmart story though) or cheap.  It's got everything from packing up for the trip, the mis-adventures that have ensued, to backing the trailer back in the drive way. 15 years of camping (I'm also considering adding some stories from camping as a kid). Anyways, I'm looking forward to learning from you guys. Thanks for having me. 

Welcome! It will be great to look at your blog. Black Water seems to be the biggest issue; but most state parks and Rv dealers have dump stations for reasonable price to dump. If you go to free or low cost campgrounds on the web it may give you some locations. Lucky Mike will most likely chime in and give some suggestions as he does much boondocking!

Welcome aboard............Sounds like you guys have a blast RVing.