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This was a fun video to make. While sitting and being miserable in the heat, I just decided to wing a video. No planning, no outline, no thought. I just turned the camera on and started sharing.
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Hi, I'm Rick and I (usually) live in a bus. Yup, I'm one of "them". Living just outside of the proverbial box. Adventure, wonder, and all that. (Yea, I'm a little bit ADHD and I kinda need constant stimulation). https://youtube.com/@rickhiggins
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This was a fun video to make. While sitting and being miserable in the heat, I just decided to wing a video. No planning, no outline, no thought. I just turned the camera on and started sharing.
It’s 95° in the desert at 6 o’clock at night. Tomorrow is supposed to be hotter. And the good bus Huckleberry has no air-conditioning.
Not complaining. Just trying to understand my life choices. 😂
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I had been putting off a project for some time. For some reason it just intimidated me. But I also knew that if I distracted myself from the task and did it with a friend, it would get done and life would be so much better in Huckleberry-Land. Well, it worked. (Yay!)
I know that this is outside of my usual message on nomadic living, but somehow it's all connected.
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Tonight I released a Patreon Only video with all of the extra stuff that didn't fit into the main Baja video from the other day. It's free to watch over there, it just costs you an email address. Please go give it a watch and tell me what you think.
Good Morning Everybody! This is our "Almost Last Day" in Baja. We're sitting midway to San Felipe on our way back to the states in ... honestly I don't know the name of this place. The store at the end of the dirt road is called Rancho Grande, and we're on a beach, if that helps. LOL!
19.03.2025 15:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Tonight’s Baja Beverage is brought to you by vodka and Fresca. Yes, that lovely concoction that will bring a smile to your lips and a hangover in your morning.
Seriously, couldn’t you imagine this every night? I seriously don’t want to leave.
Not to brag but these are my opposing views today. We're parked on the beach at La Gringa in the town of Bahia de Los Angeles in Baja California.
This is absolutely one of our favorite places in Baja. So peaceful. And ... I think the roads are even worse this year, and that's saying something. :-)
So we're doing it again, traveling through Baja. Only this time it's only for a week (boo hoo). But as I woke up this morning I suddenly remembered something.
I remembered "Baja Time". Time to slow the %#$^ down and enjoy life.
Stay tuned for your Morning Baja Updates!
My best performing video was titled Isn't Baja Dangerous?. Fear sells and I wanted to do a bit of a serious-not-serious look at the subject, because we see what we look for. If we focus on what could go wrong, we're not enjoying what could go right.
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Just wrote a quick article on Medium. Because ... well, because.
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As we finish preparing for our (sadly short) trip into Baja ... here's what Nikki thought of a very special beach down there. That we planning on showing our new friends this year!
12.03.2025 19:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In just three days, we're going to be back in ... BAJA!
Granted, it's just for a week, but to say we're excited is an understatement. The countdown begins!
As you probably know, I write articles on Medium when I'm not making videos on nomadic life. And sometimes while they may seem to be in different niches, please know that everything I create is basically about living the best human experience we can all strive for.
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That my friends, is a whopping, massive 24" piece of viewing goodness. Yes! You can actually get 24" TVs still. LOL!
So gone are the days of laptops perched precariously on laps, wiggling throughout an entire movie because your legs go to sleep. Welcome to 1920! :-)
PS: Why do you have an entire front page section devoted to Amazon products and what people should buy? That's "news"? Sigh.
09.03.2025 17:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Dear @cnn.com ,
I will never sign up for your subscription news service. Even at $4 a month, it's simply not worth it. The Guardian has so much more "actual news" and they only "request" that you support them. No paywalls for less than stellar articles. So ... it's been fun, but bye bye.
What the %#$^ time is it now?
We've been on "Arizona Time" for weeks now and suddenly today we're ... well, WE remain unchanged, but everyone else is different?
Because Arizona time doesn't ever change, we don't get the extra daylight hours? That sucks. :-)
Yesterday I wrote a Patreon post about minimalism ... or technically "Why It's OK To Own and Not Own Stuff". You see, Nikki and I are kinda opposites. The bus bedroom remodel was mostly to help her with her stuff, and I wanted to express my side of the equation. LOL!
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It's Done! THE BEDROOM IS DONE!
The entire project only took three days, but what a difference it made. I cannot tell you how happy uncluttered storage makes me.
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It's going to be a very busy day finishing the bedroom remodel. So ... sorry for the limited words today. But ...
Here's a random picture of a Haboob I found on the internet. Because that's exactly what it has felt like here in the desert the past five days ...
Bedroom Remodel! We love our bedroom but hate the way we set up storage. So we're mid-fix right now. Wood has been purchased and cut. Stuff moved elsewhere in the bus to create work space (and OMG how much stuff do we have??!!). And today the building begins! I can't wait to share it with you.
07.03.2025 15:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Skies are seriously overcast and our house batteries are only 30%. No way to fill them without extra help. Normally I would use the generator but I already stored 1.5k watts in a power station, so why not just feed it back into the Bluetti?
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I just wrote a new article on Medium and Patreon! Pretty controversial and power stuff, in my humble opinion. Enjoy!
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FREE NOMADIC CHECKLIST!
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So you're interested in living a nomadic lifestyle. Maybe you've even begun the journey. But have you considered everything that is going to be changing?
Making thumbnails for videos requires a stupid photo of yours truly that is clipped out and applied to other silly elements in order to "get your click". As far as what THIS was going to do, I have no idea. I know that I didn't use it (or at least I hope not! LOL!).
04.03.2025 15:19 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I really wish that photos had sound sometimes. So you could experience the wind storm we're having. Last night the winds were a sustained 40mph with gusts up to 70mph. Right now it's thankfully down to only 30/60. LOL! The bus is seriously rocking, and not in the fun way.
03.03.2025 15:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0youtu.be/sMQVDkv3g8w
I have been wanting to be a "large enough channel" to attract the attention of sponsors for quite a while now. Mostly because I wanted to get a look and products and services that could help the community.
So yesterday I put this through some paces and the verdict is ...
I want to start highlighting others in the nomadic community on the YouTube channel. Whole bus/van tours. Something specific about your rig that you love. And stories of why folks started this life.
Email me at rick@rickhiggins.com and let's talk about how to make it happen.
OK, I need to apologize. I was going to get on a "Every Sunday" schedule but I just can't sit on a good video and wait. :-(
I filmed this yesterday and HAD A HOOT doing it, so eff it. I'm sharing now. LOL!
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