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    Posted: 10 Mar 2021 at 9:28am
My place is listed as Winford Station, Tulia Texas. 

I have lots of dates 'blocked out', but if you were to pass thru the Texas Panhandle and want to camp a night or two, just hit me up here and we'll ignore the blocked dates.
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Originally posted by podwerkz

Yep I'm a host on Boondockers Welcome....I've met some interesting people!

Would you share how to find you on BW? 
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Yeah, I know what caliche is from growing up in the West. We don’t have it in the East that I’ve ever heard of. Clay and stone around here. There is a stone quarry about 3 miles from my place so I hope to get a decent price on the stuff, and I now have a tractor with a blade and box scraper so hopefully it won’t be too expensive. I’ll need to put in a couple culverts probably. But we just moved into the place Christmas so the roadbuilding project is probably about 10th on my list at the moment.
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Hosting on BoondockersWelcome is free for the host....just sign up and offer up a spot or two. 

As far as a non-mushy surface for RVs, around here we use a lot of caliche...in fact this place literally has several truck loads of it as an all-weather surface for the 'parking lot' and the 'driveway'...and a portion of the RV spots. 

Caliche (2") is fairly cheap ($150/20,000 lbs delivered) and it works, but it does require a bit of maintenance now and then. Mixed with sand and spread around about 4-6" deep or so, then packed down with a heavy roller or tractor tires, its a very solid surface for parking vehicles on.
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+1 to olddogsrule. Lots of nice off the beaten path options if you’re not in a big hurry. I’d like to host on boondockers welcome this year assuming I can get some roadway graded in to a couple of spots. I’ve found things have gotten a wee bit mushy over the winter. Don’t want to get anyone stuck...
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Yep I'm a host on Boondockers Welcome....I've met some interesting people!
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I've used Boondocker's Welcome a lot on my trips from Florida to Maine. There's a small annual fee and then the stop is usually free (sometimes a small fee if they offer electricity/water and you use it). They now have a terrific new app.

Before COVID I met lots of nice folks but there's lots of communication with hosts so last year I was able to discuss in advance my social distancing practices (I was being very strict going home to see my very elderly mom). Especially as I do lots of my traveling by myself and have to walk my dog outside my camper, I've found this more comfortable than Walmart etc.
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We had found a really nice rest area in NC....had a small pond and picnic tables and plenty of room to park but alas they didn't allow overnight parking.  I swear it seemed like some folks were doing camping out during the day there......maybe then they drive at night?
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The internet availability and apps/forums/websites all built around travel, it is so much easier to find what you require as you travel through.

We do, every 5th - 7th day hit a spot that has Laundry and nice showers. Sometimes it's a campground (state or national) with good showers near a town with good laundry. Just us as we travel.Yet, on the road to a spot, I still had inland and look for a spot in-the-woods. Most times this is a county/state/federal owner land fairly close to the (or along) the route we travel. Now with even more sources available, a new friends land. 

I've come to know many folks that travel now. I find there's not much reason any longer to stay amongst the semi's.. unless you choose to. A few states we traveled through had great rest area sites, I mean awesome, just for the traveler. Alast those are currently shut down and post 'No Overnight Parking'. Hopefully they do come back.. Yet still, a few miles inland there's something if you research a bit. So much info out there if you look.

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My wife much prefers baths to showers, doesn’t matter the size of the shower, it’s still a shower. Personally if I get my 2 minute daily wet bath shower I’m fine. She can go a week or so but at around 5-6 days she will say she’s ready for a break from camping and cooking, which means a decent motel or hotel, a nice hot bath, followed by a restaurant meal of some interesting cuisine that we don’t cook at home and isn’t typically available right on the interstate. And washing clothes is much nicer at a motel than at your typical laundromat, where if you leave for 5 minutes your clothes might not be there when you get back. So that is our usual cycle, 5-6 nights at a remote campsite, a night in town, resupply, dump and refill tanks, swap empty propane tank if needed, wash clothes, then on to the next campsite. Rpods are very good for that cycle.
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