Solar Cooking and Bread

I love to bake bread and the solar cooker is fun to use. It doesn't cost anything to use while fresh baked bread makes even the simplest meal very good. In most instances, the bread will cook in one to two hours. You may want to use sugar, egg, or honey to help the bread brown on the top. The best time to bake bread is starting at 11am when the sun in high and hot. I have changed the way that I eat so I don't eat 3 meals at normal times. Often, I will eat one large meal in the early afternoon along with a nice breakfast in the late morning. No use conforming to time constraints when you have so much freedom.

How to do it
The dough needs to rise before you bake it so let it rise once in a warm humid area. Now, you will need a black pan with a lid on it. The dough gets punched down after the first rise and placed in the pan. It will rise again in the pan even in the refrigerator. Let the solar cooker warm up to 220-230F before you start to bake. It will take 1 1/2 to 2 hours to bake the bread.

Bread recipes
There are a lot of bread recipes but here is one that doesn't use anything but basic bread ingredients. If you aren't familiar with making bread dough, find a good cookbook with the finer points of making bread.

French Bread

1 package yeast
2 cups water
4 1/2 cups white flour
1 tablespoon sugar
2 teaspoons salt

Dissolve yeast in one cup lukewarm water. Sift flour with sugar and salt into a large bowl. Stir in dissolved yeast. Add just enough of the second cup of water to hold dough together. Mix until dough is sticky. Cover with a cloth and let rise until doubled. Butter or grease a round roaster and add dough to dark pan. Let rise another half hour. Cover. Bake in solar oven until golden brown, about 2 hours.

Solar Cooking
Solar cookers work great, are inexpensive, and use no fuel but the sun. They work great when boondocking in the desert. There are a lot of things you can cook in them. They make a great slow cooker to have a meal ready in the late afternoon.

Edible Plants

You will find a lot of edible plants while out boondocking. You don't have to know all those exotic plants that are edible or the difference between a good mushroom or a poison one. Just stick to the ones you are familiar with and know how to use in your daily meals. You can find plants in public places, along right of ways, and even ask some farmers for extra. Foraging can be a good way to cut your food costs.

Nuts, Berries, and Fruits

Nuts, berries, and fruits are some that are easily recognizable in the wild. They also tend to be some of the more expensive food items in the store. Even on public lands, you can pick all you want for your personal use. Nuts, fruits, and berries can add flavor and be a treat for your basic diet. The exercise you get while hiking around looking for food is also good for you.

Pecans, bramble berries(blackberries, dewberries), and blueberries are common. There is even a place in West Virginia where you can get cranberries. Don't forget wild grapes and even mulberries. Wild fruit trees can be seen along right of ways and on public lands. Anything from apples, pears, peaches, or even persimmons can be had if you just look around while driving or walking.

Herbs and Wild Vegetables

Herbs and wild vegetables are the next easiest plants to identify. Wild onions and garlic can be found a lot of places. Herbs and vegetables can be found where gardens used to be tended but grow wild now. Asparagus is one plant that grows for 20 years. I also carry some pots around with my favorite herbs in them like basil and rosemary. I use the local water source to keep them healthy instead of using my potable water. They always get put out if he looks like rain.

What I take with me when hiking is a back pack full of plastic containers, water of course, my lunch, and some plastic bags. When I come across edible things in the wild, I can collect them and they are then easily transported back home. Take your fair share and leave the rest for others and the local wildlife.

Free boondocking in your RV in the Carolinas

I love the Appalachian area and this is a short trip headed to the coast after spending some time there. It will take you through the Carolinas. In this series of free camping spots, I selected 4 places you can stay for 14 days each. After each 14 day stay, visit a low cost campground with full services to take that long hot shower and recharge your batteries. After your water tank is full, you can travel along to the next boondocking adventure. Two months and you only have to pay for for those 4 nights camping.


There is a complete trip across the southern states and one across the southwestern states if you are a full timer and want to enjoy these area for a few months.




A: Franklin, NC
Franklin is a small mountain town surrounded by beautiful streams, waterfalls, mountains, hills and valleys. The Franklin area is the Gem Capitol of the World, so if you try your hand at mining you are bound to find many beautiful and sometimes very valuable stones. The forest is the Natahala and Franklin is 11 miles away from the Appalachian Trail. It is a popular stop for hikers. The Mountain Waters Scenic Byway is a 61.3-mile drive that winds through southern Appalachian hardwood forest, two river gorges, and rural countryside. Traveling from Highlands to Almond the byway follows U.S. 64, old U.S. 64, SR 1310 (Wayah Road), and U.S. 19.

In Franklin, NC, at the intersection of US Routes 23/441/64, take US Route 64 west for 12 miles to Wallace Gap/campground sign (Old Murphy Road. Old 64). Turn left onto Old Murphy Road and proceed 1.9 miles to the sign for the campground. (Forest Route 67) Turn right onto Route 67 and drive 1.8 miles to the "Y" intersection. Just pass the campground is forest service road. There are some decent spots where you can park a travel trailer along the Forest Service Road. You just have to search for suitable locations.


B: Mills River, NC
This is a popular spot for fishing, mountain biking, and horseback riding. There are several popular starting points for trails along both the North and South Mills Rivers. The South Mills River is rugged and wild, with many excellent trails criss-crossing the gorge and mountains through which it runs. Several of these trails can be accessed from the Turkeypen trailhead. Don't forget tubing or floating on the river. It is a popular past time in the area.

Public campsites in the Pisgah National Forest along a gravel road in the mountains. From Asheville, follow Interstate 26 East to Exit 9 (Asheville Regional Airport). At Exit 9, follow SR 1419 past the airport, to the intersection with Highway 191. Turn left onto Highway 191, and then turn right onto SR 1345. Follow signs to the North Mills Recreation Area. Following FS 479 from the recreation area to the first Forest Service road on the left accesses the upper North Mills River, Big Creek, and Fletcher Creek. Primitive camping is allowed on forest Service lands throughout the North Mills River area, except where signed: no camping.

C: Whitmire, SC

The Sumter National Forest and its diverse resources provide a full range of active outdoor recreation activities. These include hunting, fishing, hiking, camping, canoeing, photography, scenic viewing, etc. The Tyger, Enoree, and Broad Rivers flow through the Enoree Ranger District. All three rivers, along with several of their major tributaries, offer good fishing for catfish, bream, and bass and have several good access points along their lengths. Don't forget to check out the Woods Ferry Recreation Area.

Check with the local rangers in Whitmire for a primitive camping pass.

D: Congaree National Park Hopkins, SC

This is an old growth forest with hiking, canoeing, fishing, and just general enjoyment of large shade trees. There are numerous hiking trails here with the Oakridge trail being a moderate one. It passes through a rich stretch of old-growth forest and is a good choice. Traveling by canoe or kayak is a great way to enjoy this primeval wilderness while floating past some of the tallest trees in eastern North America. Paddling is also a thrilling way to encounter the diverse wildlife of the park. Deer, river otters, turtles, snakes, raccoons, and wild pigs are a few of the animals that may be seen. The Congaree River Blue Trail is a 50-mile designated recreational paddling trail, extending from the state capital of Columbia, downstream to Congaree National Park. Paddlers begin with an urban adventure experience, with quick access to the Three Rivers Greenway hiking trails, as well as opportunities to learn about the historic significance of the capital city, including prehistoric Native American sites on the river's tributaries

You must enter from the North, off Hwy 48. Look for bluff road, then Old Bluff Rd. Stop off at the Harry Hampton Visitor Center for a camping pass.

Fall Foliage

You can't spend a lot of time in the National Forests of the US without looking forward to the fall and the turning of the leaves. There are many areas where you can go for the fall to see  the most beautiful foliage of the year. I like going to the smoky mountains but I am sure each person has there own favorites. Either way, you need to go hiking deep into the forest to enjoy a nice cool walk in the fall.

Prepare for the cool
Along with the nice colors of the fall, you will surely find cool evenings and mornings. Be prepared to either use that heater while boondocking or get a sleeping bag like I have for those extra cool nights. This is the perfect time to sit around a nice warm fire in the evening and listen to the crackling. Stars in the sky are so bright in the crisp night air. You couldn't ask for better weather to have for viewing nature.

Head South or Southwest
When the fall foliage trip comes to an end, I head south and southwest to find more desirable winter climate where I can hang out for the winter months. This is a perfect time to take those side trips to visit relatives. I just pull up in front of there house and meet them at the door with my power cord. The holidays are a great time to catch up before returning to the boondocking life of a vagabond.

Fire Starting aids on a boondocking trip

When out boondocking, you will find a need to start a wood fire under many different conditions. One of the worst things to do is try to use the weekenders method of starting a fire. They always seem to take the biggest log and soak it with charcoal starter. Soon, they have used a whole container of starter and have a bonfire. You can smell the starter everywhere. The best way to start a fire is to start small with kindling. Don't get in a hurry but just let the fire grow.

When it is wet, I always have dry kindling stored for use in the wood gas stove. If it looks like rain, gather wood and put it under a tarp for later. Here are a few methods for starting a fire easier than using a match.

Alcohol
I have alcohol for my alcohol stove but I rarely use it as a fire starter. If you do use it, just use a small amount and remember it burns with an almost invisible blue flame. For me, I like to use a lower cost alternative to alcohol. However, if you don't often use a wood fire, it is very convenient and works well.

Candles
Small birthday candles or any candle can be used to start a nice fire. The birthday candles work best for starting small kindling in a wood gas stove. I have even used a wood gas can stove to start some large pieces of wood for an open wood fire. I skip the large fire, except in case of a cold morning, because it just burns up too many resources. It doesn't take a very large fire to cook a meal. Smaller fires are easier to extinguish anyway.

Dryer Lint or Saw Dust
Homemade starters can be made with dryer lint or saw dust. The paper containers can be anything from a ketchup cup, toilet paper rolls, or paper egg cartons. The lint or saw dust is used to fill the cup and then coated with way. These make handy fire starters from throw away materials.

Firesteel Starter
I always carry one of the Swedish Firesteel starter. You can get a spark that burns over 5000 degrees to start most fires. These can be purchased from most camping stores and are part of my emergency kit. Once you try one, you will love them.

How to stay warm on cool nights

When doing frugal boondocking as a vagabond, you want to minimize any use of environmental heating or cooling because this costs the most. The easiest way to do this is to always pick a warm weather site. Select your current camping site based on the months high and low temps. Where less clothing when it gets warm in the afternoon and put on warm clothes for the night time. These two things go a long way to eliminating the need for any environmental heating or cooling. Reflectix in the windows help also.

An unexpected change
You can get a rather cool evening when you least expect it and no one wants to shiver while they try and sleep. I try and stay in places that are 40F degrees and above at night but I am not always successful. If you get much below 32F, you will have to protect your RV systems from freezing which is much more work than just sleeping comfortable. Of course if you are hooked up at a campsite, you can handle much lower temperatures but must still worry about freezing water lines.

Radiant Heat
The body loses anywhere between 20% and 50% of its warmth through radiant heat. This heat can be reflected back to the body to make you feel warm. You will be surprised how much warmer you will feel when you do this small thing. The trick is to have a reflective barrier not touching your body. The heat then will not be conducted through the barrier but reflected back to warm your body.

Space blanket
The first thing you should buy is a space blanket. These blankets were developed by NASA and are a thin sheet of plastic coated with a metallic reflective surface. Keep one on hand for those unexpected cold snaps. Since I like to hike and cap away from the RV, I always have one. You can also make a reflective barrier from Reflectix.

Sleeping bag
I also have a cold weather mummy type sleeping bag for hiking and tent camping . I sleep in it right there in the RV on those unexpected chilly nights. The bag I have is good down to 5F so it is really all I need to stay warm at night. It saves having to use any kind of heat. In the morning, I will get dressed and use the space blanket to help warm up while the coffee is brewing.

DIY camping and hiking equipment

I have talked about this before but hikers and sailors have space and weight limitation for their equipment. Hiker sites have some very nice homemade camping equipment. Sailboat owners who use a lot of the same systems as those found in RVs. A blue water sailor is just another form of vagabond who travels around the world. As a vagabond, I have learned a lot of both these groups. One of the best things I have learned from the hiking sites is how to build an inexpensive alcohol stove. Yellow Heet is a good source of fuel. You will need a small pot to use with these stoves. Hikers use a small aluminum pot which can also be used in your solar cooker. 

Why have an alcohol stove?
There are several reasons that I have alcohol stove. It is certainly inexpensive and I can keep a yellow bottle of Heet to power it. If I run out of propane, I can still cook a hot meal or if I want to stop at a picnic area when I am traveling between boondocking sites. I also enjoy hiking and camping away from my boondocking site for the night. The last reason is I love to build stuff and empty cans are readily available as materials.

What materials do I need?
1. some type of aluminum can( soda, cat food, tuna, beer, etc)
2. Something to punch holes( hole punch, drill, bottle opener)
3. sand paper
4. Razor blade or box cutter blade

The Tuna Can Stove 
Start with a tuna can, cat food can, or other small can, and make holes around the outside. The holes should be spaced about 2 inches about and be 1/4 inch in diameter using a hole punch. This type of stove will simmer and heat up a can of stew or small pot of food. If you want to boil water for pasta, make a second set of holes under that one. Here is the pattern and directions. Fill the stove with 1 ounce of alcohol and light.

The Soda Can Stove
You will need 3 soda cans to build this stove.  The soda can stove is a pressure stove that is more fuel efficient than the lower pressure ones like the tuna can stove.You will need a pot stand and a wind screen to use this type of stove.See the detailed instructions for how to create the stove.

These stoves are fun to build when you are just sitting around the campsite and if anything happens to one, you can easily build another. I use mine for quick boiling water in the morning for coffee, cooking while stopped at a picnic sites, and on my overnight camping trips. It is a low cost way to have a nice portable stove for hot meals anywhere.

Life by Rote

One day I began to look at why I was doing certain tasks each day. Was it because I really needed to do those things or did someone tell me they were necessary? Do you really have to go get your mail each and every day? What about housework? How many things must you do each day? There are a lot of things in life that we are taught to do. How many people eat 3 meals a day? Any reason not to eat 5 small meals or even one large meal and a smaller meal?

Too many "have tos"
We never seem to look at the tasks we have to do each day. They are just accepted as a part of life. Once they are completed then we have time to enjoy ourselves. However, for most of us, we wake up one day and the "have tos" take up so much of the day that the "want tos" get lost. It is only at vacation time or Sunday afternoon that we have any time to do the fun stuff. If your life has come to that point, it is time to make a change and start pruning.

Make it simple
So, when I wanted to make my life simpler, I sat down and made a list of each daily task. I then took a few of them and began to do them every other day. Then every 3rd day. I realized that I could live a little less structured in exchange for a simple life. All those things I learned to do by rote, I reevaluated and now I do so many less. Each of us have the same things in our life that complicate our life because we find we are stuck doing them each day, week, or even month.

Leave more time for fun
When you feel your life is too complicated then you can start to look at those things also. Soon your life will feel less complicated and you will have more free time to do what you like. If you get as excited about a simple life as I did, you find you a small trailer and hit the road. It takes very little income to maintain my lifestyle while it comes with no drama or complications.

A boondocking trip across the Southern States

I have looked at many places in the US for dry camping or boondocking. These are places to camp for free but do not have services so your RV must be self contained with its own toilet, electricity, and water. Most national forests will have a place for dispersed primitive camping but they aren't the only places. Don't forget the grasslands and I especially like the wildlife management areas for photography. When staying in areas that allow hunting, you must keep aware of the hunting season and its safety rules.

Across the south with no particular place to go.
My plans are simple. I started with the criteria that each site much be no more than 200 miles apart and allow camping for at least 14 days. Every 14 days, I plan to stay at a campsite with services so I can recharge my batteries, fill my water tanks, dump my holding tanks, and take that all important long hot shower. So, I spend no more than 4 days in a paid campsite every 2 months. By the way, the forest service does have some really reasonable campsites for a low fee that includes electric, water, and hot showers. Each excursion is planned for two months which includes 4 stops.

This group of 2 month excursions will take you through the south and you can put the trip together many different ways. It becomes a never ending excursion through the southern states for as long as you want to keep making the rounds.

1. Appalachian Excursion

2. Tennessee/Kentucky

3. Alabama

4. Gulf Coast

5. Louisiana

6.Western Arkansas

7.Eastern Arkansas

Gas Generator, Wind Generator, or Solar Panel for your RV

One of the hardest decisions I had to make was what kind of generator to use to recharge my batteries. Would I purchase enough solar panels to recharge them, a wind generator, or get a gasoline generator. I really liked the idea of free charging just by parking the home in the sun or rasing up a wind generator. This is definitely the green solution. However, as a frugal vagabond, this was a costly option. Then i priced generators and realized, they were all cost;y options. Seems like each was going to cost about $1000.

Wind, solar, or gasoline?
While the wind generator was a reasonable cost, a pole to raise it up was more than the generator. The other problem with wind generators is that they aren't very efficient when camping in the forest so I decided to forgo one for now. I also like to park underneath the shade trees in the forest so there would be areas without enough sun to charge my batteries. There is a work around for that by making the solar panel portable so I decided to look at both a solar panel and a gasoline generator.

Power requirements
On the positive side, I don't use much electricity anyway(15amps a day) which makes solar panels a definite possibility. My stays are usually 14 days and my batteries are 300 amps. So to stay in the 50% range, I will need to recharge after 10 days. Or rather I need to generate 60 extra amps of power in 14 days. That is only an extra 4 amps a day. I also don't need to run a generator when boondocking to power my accessories. I just do without anything that is a power hog on the 12 volt circuit. So, my generator is used to recharge my batteries. I don't have to run it often but when I do, I  can use a few appliances at the same time.

Solar Panels
As I mentioned earlier, the main drawback for me in using solar panels is that I camp in places underneath the trees. I can get around this by making the Solar Panel portable and I did just that with my one solar panel. Sometimes, that doesn't even work very well where I camp. Since I use very little power every day, the panel will more than keep up when it is in the sun. So, as a frugal vagabond, I certainly advocate being conservative with your power requirements. It makes it so much easier to provide for them. A 50 watt panel will give me 4amps over an average of 5 hours of sun which keeps ahead of my 15 amps a day. Don't forget, you can always add more panels later if you find you need more power.

Gasoline Generator
The 2000 watt Honda or Yamaha generator is what I recommend for the following reasons. I don't use my air conditioner unless I am plugged into shore power so I don't need a bigger one to power it. These two generators are very quiet but expect to pay a premium( $900) for their advantages. The 2000 watt generator and a 45amp charger will charge my ( 50% discharged ) batteries in about 3.5 hours. The generator will run for 9 hours on one gallon of gas so it is very economical to run it.  It is also a backup for battery failure and if I decide to boondock longer.

So I recommend a solar panel and a small generator as a backup if you are doing frugal boondocking. The solar panel works to keep me charged most of the time but the generator saves the day when the sun isn't shining or I am in  the deep forest. I also have a backup if the batteries fail.

Batteries are the heart of the RV

Unless you only have one battery, few people want to spend the money to just completely replace all their batteries at the same time. But just like with a used car, you need to monitor the health of your batteries to keep from losing power while boondocking. At some point before batteries fail, you will want to replace them. Keeping the batteries in separate banks with a switch between them means you can replace the batteries only in the bank that fails saving you money. You can even use 12 volts in one bank and 6 volts in another making the combinations virtually endless.

Replacement
If you add more batteries, you will need space to store them in your battery box. You also have to take into account the added weight of any additional batteries. Don't forget when living the simple life, it is best to minimize your need for power instead of complicating your life with more things that fail. Two 12 volt batteries will supply a reasonable amount of power for boondocking. If one of the 12 volts fail, you can still have power from the other one. When replacing your batteries, select the same type or a slightly larger size. It will be the simplest way without having to make any more changes in your power system.

6 volt batteries
A golf cart style battery only provides 6 volts in about the same size package as a 12 volt. The increased space makes them a better battery but you will need more batteries. Two 6 volt batteries will supply about the same amps but if one 6 volt fails you are left without any power. So consider 6 volt batteries as half a battery and you will need two full batteries in case one fails. This means it takes four 6 volt batteries as a minimum. Most setups don't have enough space for those. If you have space and money, go for the 6 volts. If you have a monstrous RV, you aren't living the simple life anyway.

Things you need to know
Your system should include two 12 volts, four 6 volts, or possibly for the adventurous, two 6 volts and a 12 volt separated into two banks with a switch. There are a few rules to follow when wiring up batteries so you need to learn them or let someone else do it. Remember equal cable lengths, and don't wire house power to both terminals on one battery. It needs to be separated across the bank of batteries. See the diagrams. It is best to take a fuel efficient generator along with you.

A boondocking trip across the Southwest States

There are many places in the US for dry camping or boondocking. Places to camp for free but do not have services so your RV must be self contained with its own toilet, electricity, and water. The long term places( at least 14 days) are usually found on some kind of public property like BLM land, forests, or grasslands. For short stays, you can find overnight camping in many places like rest areas, businesses, and even multiple days in city campgrounds. Some of the city campgrounds may even include services.

Across the southwest to the LTVA sites.
My plans are simple. I started with the criteria that each site much be no more than 200 miles part and allow camping for at least 14 days. Every 14 days, I plan to stay at a campsite with services so I can recharge my batteries, fill my water tanks, dump my holding tanks, and take that all important long hot shower. So, I spend no more than 4 days in a paid campsite every 2 months. By the way, the forest service does have some really reasonable campsites for a low fee that includes electric, water, and hot showers. Each excursion is planned for two months which includes 4 stops.

This group of 2 month excursions will take you from the Oklahoma panhandle all the way to the LTVA sites near California. Of course, you can stay less at each site and take less time for the total trip.

1. The Grassland Excursion

2. Northern New Mexico

3. Western New Mexico

4. Eastern Arizona

5. LTVA

Vagabonds make many friends

The life of a vagabond takes him to many new places throughout the year. With each new place comes the opportunity to meet new friends. All you have to do is be friendly and say hello. People are always wanting to find out where you have traveled and where you are going. They are curious about good spots you have found they may be interested in exploring. Since you met them at this place, changes are good they like the same kind of spots you do. So, you get a chance to make connections all over the country and with each connection a chance to reconnect somewhere down the road.

Extended family on the road
You can develop quite an extended family being a vagabond. This happens because you start enjoying the conversation and soon several people are wondering aloud if they is a mutual destination that appeals to the group. Soon, you have a caravan of sorts traveling around together. The core group stays together and various individuals join for a time then move on. It can be fun getting to know the various personalities while listening to their life stories. As an individual, I tend to move throughout the whole traveling group but couples will latch on to a group and become their own family.

Vagabonding is about experiences
The things in life that you get to live over again by thinking about them are what makes life special. These experiences are what define us and make vagabonding so much fun. Each day brings a new experience and each move brings a whole new set. Life is meant to be lived and the opportunities to do just that on the road are enormous. The advantage being found in relocating if the current area doesn't make you happy. So, if you are ready to find those rich experiences that define your life, try vagabonding, the life is full of them.

Vagabond excursions through boondocking

When I am vagabonding, I make plans to stay in one area of the country for at least 2 months so I can minimize the driving time. This also saves gas and allows me to explore the area. Since most free campgrounds come with a 14 day limit, I plan 4 separate areas to camp in for those two months. At the end of the 14 day boondocking, I stay in an improved campground with full services. This one day and night gives me time to take a couple of nice long hot showers, recharge my batteries, and refill my water tanks before heading out to the next campsite. I try and  find one close to the next boondocking site so I am not hauling water all over the country.

Here are 3 examples of my 4 x2 week excursions. Each one contains 4 places for boondocking in the same area. Click on the photo to see more information.

Northern Arizona and Utah
See the grand canyon and the wonderful sites of southwestern Utah

Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi
Take a leisurely trip through the south to do some canoeing, hiking, and fishing.

Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina
Enjoy the mountains with a side trip to the Smoky Mountains National Park

Making money as a vagabond

It is fall again and this reminds of Christmas jobs to support the vagabond lifestyle. As a vagabond, you have to decide which type of work appeals to you. Some like to work along the way wherever they are at the time. Each month they make what they will need for the next months food, lodging, etc. Others, like to work hard for a couple of months and take the rest of the year to just enjoy life. I fall into the latter group ao when I work, I like to work and get it over with because I can plan my budget from that income. It doesn't mean that I don't work the rest of the year because I will trade services for lodging or pick up some extra work to pay for repairs or replacements.

Money making in the fall
If you don't mind hard work, one of the best places to work for people with an RV is one of the three Amazon warehouses. They need a lot of people during the last 4 months of the year and you can do very well there. It is hard work but if you are capable of doing the work, you can get around $10 an hour with a lot of overtime. They will also pay for you to stay at a campsite while you work which is an added benefit. Their warehouses are located in Coffeyville, Kansas, Campbellsville, Kentucky, and Fernley, Nevada. This is a great opportunity in the fall to fill up the coffers for more vagabonding next year.

Christmas Help
Amazon isn't the only one to add extra help during Christmas so look around where you are at for those extras Xmas jobs. If you are doing affiliate marketing online, get those Christmas pages done. For those who are selling T-shirts and other printed gifts, roll out those Christmas designs for the early shoppers. And those that are close to an urban area, don that Santa suit for entertaining the children while you earn. If you want to make money this fall, it is time to get started because the season is here.