Live off-grid for a week

“There’s a reason #1 was “always be charging.” I didn’t charge as much as I could, and regretted it. Why? Because I was tired, in a hurry, or didn’t feel up to it after going out riding. My first opportunity cost me between 8 and 10 kWh of energy. I got in really late the first night and had to get out and do some work early the next day, so I skipped putting my panels out. It was a bright, sunny day that would have easily given me 10 hours of 800–1100 watts of power. But, by the time I got back to the trailer, night was already falling.”

“To give you a little background on the place I was staying at; there was no plumbing, no refrigerator, no hot water, we used solar power, and we were on water catchment systems which provided us running water via the rain. I had never lived anywhere like this before. Heck, I had never even camped before! So this was a huge lifestyle change for me. I was used to flushing toilets, showers with hot water, and comfy beds my entire life. There was an adjustment period for my body and mind to get used to this new lifestyle I was living but after the first week, everything began to feel like my new normal.”