Normal to Nomad: Recent Episodes
Elsa Rhae and Barron Link
We are full time nomads, Barron a tech wizard and Elsa an online digital artist, living in an off-grid 13ft Scamp trailer, traveling through the wilderness of North America. With the power of the internet and the freedom of travel, we are constantly experimenting and exploring through many facets of life, technology, health, and mindfulness, and sharing our findings here with you on the Normal to Nomad Podcast.
The podcast is back on! We talk about the "Normal to Nomad" book, printing issues and successes. Then we dig into the house and geek on all the things too nuanced for the YouTube videos.
This one has been a long time coming. We dig into the details of hormones, periods and sex in the ole scamp.
Fjall Raven Pants
Berkey Water Filter
Swiss Army Knife
Biolite Headlamps
Insulated Water Bottle
Puffy Jackets
Nalgene Water Bottle
Thule Backpacks
Fjall Raven Backpacks
Doterra Deodorant
Fjall Raven Merino
Kobo E-Reader
Lots of fun questions here, many that we haven't answered before. Advice on getting started in the nomad life, favorite seasons, bear scares, scamp upgrades, solar, dealing with cold weather, Kamp, future plans and more..
Show Notes:
Our 6g Water Jugs
Goal Zero Solar Setup
Honda 1000w Generator
Yeti 20 Cooler
Dometic Fridges
Bag Shower
Immersion Blender
WeBoost Cell Booster
Digital Mail Service
Slim Potatohead - A Frame RVer
Matador Ear Plugs
Show Notes:
Wild - Book & Movie
Kestrel 48 Backpack
Osprey 3L Bladder
Go Rumpl Down Blanket
BioLite SolarPanel 10+
BioLite SunLight - Solar Micro Lantern
BioLite Headlamp
Epic Bars
Sawyer Mini Water Filter
MSR Pocket Rocket Stove
Fjal Raven Pants
Chaco Sandals
Peak Design Camera Clip
Show Notes:
Winnebago Revel 4x4 Sprinter Van tour
Jehu Garcia - Swaps electronic motors into old VW vans and other vehicles.
19 ft Scamp Tour (long video, try setting it to 2x speed)
Brian’s Truck bed camper tour
Condor Climbing - My Brother, check out his podcast and blog as well.
Westfalia Van Tour
Urabus - Best place to buy and service VW vans.
Site to look at all types of Fiberglass Trailers
Happier Camper
Show Notes:
Andrew’s Instagram
Andrew’s Website
Uhaul Campers
How we use evaporative cooling in our cooler
Engle Coolers / Fridges
Rob Greenfield
Sepp Holzer
Ruth Stout
Bill Mollison
Permaculture
Patagonia Provisions
Hydraulic Ram Pump
Tesla Turbine
Pelton Wheel
Trompe
Show Notes:
Ali - One of our best friends helped us appreciate yoga.
Bear app - simple, clean app for writing and journaling.
Journals Post - My journaling kit and deep dive into journaling practice.
Firefly - Our favorite cacao company.
Finding Direction Post - Figuring out where to channel energy.
Gibbon Slack Lines
Video on flow
Small Moleskin Journal
Waking up - Meditation app by Sam Harris
Show Notes:
Treehouse - My favorite site for learning digital skills.
Google Adwords
Wordpress - Good, free blog development tool
Elsa’s old Youtube Channel
Golf Ball Stop Motion
White Walker Face Paint
Arachnophobia Face Paint
60’s Face Paint
Mermaid Face Paint
Dust City Designs - Awesome company that makes the wood stickers
How Peter McKinnon grew his Youtube Channel
BioLite - Coolest company ever
Our first BioLite video
BioLite Off-grid lighting video
Cubic Mini install video
Matador - Awesome travel gear
WeBoost - how it works video
Firefly Cacao
Grayl Water Filters
The Famous Frother
Donate to our journey link
Normal to Nomad Patreon link
1000 True Fans Article
1000 True Fans Video
Wait But Why Blog - Awesome long form, thoughtful posts
Tim Urban Ted Talk
80/20 Rule - Pareto’s Principle
Show Notes:
Food is Fuel Blog Post
BioLite CampStove
Michael Pollen Docs on food
Link to good Greens Powder
Link to good Protein Powder
Small Nalgene - I like this for its portability
Big Nalgene - Don’t have to fill as often
Hydro flask - Great reusable coffee mug
Firefly Cacao
FreshCap Mushroom Powders
Easy Homemade Salad Dressing - 2 parts olive oil, one part tahini, 1 part balsamic, a little salt
Spring Rolls - Rice Wraps, carrots, cucumber, avocado, bean sprouts, rice noodles.
Peanut butter, garlic sriracha, coconut aminos.
Amys Coconut Curry - add similar ingredients: sweet potatoes, green beans, mushrooms, and quinoa or rice.
Show Notes:
Excellent Interview
Derek Sivers on Tim Ferriss
Animals
Rhacodactylus Leachianus
Caiman Lizard
Awesome Strategy Game
Tropico Game - Just released a mobile version of the game
Movies
True Romance
Mr. Robot
Books
The Stranger in the Woods - The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
Rework - My favorite book on business
Let My People Go Surfing - The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind
Orange Is the New Black - My Year in a Women’s Prison
Youtube Channels
7 Plums - Chinese Wild Crafting Youtube Channel
Jenna Marbles Youtube Channel
Joe Robinet Bushcraft - Outdoor Survivalist
Henny tha Bizness
Sailing La Vagabond
Welyn - Awesome Rust Player
Cold Fusion
School of life
Kurz in a Nutshell
Fiberglass Trailers
Why we chose to live in a Scamp video
One of the best sites to find used fiberglass trailers
Propane Heater
The Mr. Bummer we had
A heater similar to the simple solution we eventually went with
Water Jugs
Our 6 gallon water jugs
Solar
Goal Zero Yeti 400 AGM
Goal Zero Yeti 400 Lithium (I would spend the extra money and buy this one)
Goal Zero Yeti 1000 Lithium
Goal Zero Boulder 100 Panel
Goal Zero Open Box - This is where we buy the majority of our Goal Zero stuff. These open box items are normally available at a pretty extreme discount.
iPad Mini
iPad Mini gear and workflow post - Some of the apps and tools I use to maximize the utility of my 7 year old iPad mini.
Car Stuff
Towing with the Mini Cooper video
Upgraded to the Forester video
Some Videos
Emptying out the Scamp video
RTR highlights video
How We Internet
All the Data blog post - Talks about our cell booster, data plan and how we internet from the forest.
Biolite - The best company ever.
