Advancing Life Off the Grid

Solar = electricity
Macbook Pro = design & income
Geodome+hammock = more than temporary comfortable homestead (land ownership is another story)
Bicycle = short distance mobility
Books & the internet = entertainment and knowledge

All of the above are currently in my arsenal. In fact I'm using solar energy to power my laptop right now. I'm gradually unplugging from the matrix.

Next on the itinerary: I intend to sell my car to buy a VW Westfalia. Totally 60s hippie style (I feel it in my soul!), and ideally, it would be a diesel engine, so I can run veggie oil, but I think I will be happy either way. I have roughly 2 months to sell my car and find the right one. I've been searching craigslist, ebay, thesamba.com, and today I'll be heading to a Westy Restoration shop in Van Nuys to check out what I'm working with and gather some knowledge. Thanks to some excellent insights from Mr. Kuhn (cheers), I think I have what it takes to work on and ultimately, if the need should arise (and that's what I'm hearing will happen), fix anything that could go wrong with a bus. I don't know much about them, but I gotta start somewhere. With the exception of my laptop, everything I intend to bring with me, I could fix with tools I have or could get easily, and I feel like the Westfalia would fit well in that realm of sustainability. I will conceivably be traveling and farming for the next 2 years, so my "home" situation will be less than stable. I like having my own space, a comfy place to rest my head, gather my thoughts, and keep my possessions. While I consider myself somewhat of a minimalist, I do definitely have a few valued possessions like the solar setup, bicycles, computer shit, clothing, personal affects, and a record player that i want to bring. So a mobile home seems like the best option for my situation, because my car just won't accommodate. For the right price I would settle for anything from 1969-1985, but I think I'm narrowing my search to a 69 Westy, depending on options, and how well it was kept up - because come on, how cool is this:

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I am a vessel of love, and my path is to inspire and enlighten people.

I'd like an atomBus for transportation.