The cost of 'Free Camping'

 We call ourselves FREECAMPERS on Youtube and on our website for a  reason.  We do not appreciate spending money in a crowded campsite when we can enjoy the great outdoors with hardly another camper in sight and, we haven't paid our hard earned money for the privilege. 
​While not all free campsites are ideal;  some are badly trashed and unkempt, or there could be unsavory characters living close by, but  most campsites are well maintained by local authorities or Wildlife Management rangers.  Currently, we are staying in a delightful corner of a huge lake in Texas.  We get water views from both sides of our camper and the sunsets and sunrises can be observed from either window.
​We feel truly blessed to be in a position to spend so much of our time in these great locations, but, the truth is, without our large water holding tanks and ample solar power, we would not have been able to do anywhere near as much camping as we would have done up to now.
That's the reason for this blog.  It must be pointed out that just because we want to spend as little money as possible while on the road, in reality the initial cost of putting our trailer together in order to achieve our goals was horrendous.
The initial decision to put together our own trailer turned into an expensive project based mostly on the fact that we needed the trailer to be lightweight, so we had to go with the Aluminum option, which added at least $7000.00 to the cost of the basic trailer.  Then we had the trailer manufactured to our specifications, which included adding three windows and a camping door.  We also wanted to add extra height so that my other half, who is six foot 4 inches could stand upright.
Once the trailer was delivered, we then set about spending vast amounts of cash on the solar and battery (lithium) systems and we had extra large water holding tanks installed to give us the benefit of not having to use a local black water dump facility in a campground too often.
At the end of the day, our very basic camper cost close to what we might have paid for a factory-built toy hauler rig that would not have had anywhere near the useful features we have in our comfortable setup.
So, next time you see us on the road, don't presume we are living in a cargo trailer that has no useful features to it, think of our setup as a Freecamper unit that will take us anywhere we choose to go.