Moving to Off-Grid Campground in Oregon Dunes

April 4, 2025. rswfire is transitioning from a powered campground to off-grid camping at Lagoon Campground in Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area near Florence. Weather is clear and 61 degrees. He has 4 days reserved at the new site with very limited funds and is preparing for completely off-grid living without power or water hookups.

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April 4, 2025

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[0:01] I think I just had the best shower of my

[0:03] entire

[0:04] life. The water pressure in that thing

[0:06] was so high that I was worried it was

[0:09] going to hurt my earrings. I used my

[0:10] hand to protect it from the water. It

[0:13] was that it was so high. I just got a

[0:17] check. Oh man. Like it had to have

[0:20] been that can't be normal. Like it was

[0:23] so high. I'm not complaining. That was

[0:25] awesome. Um went through the hot water

[0:28] very fast.

[0:30] So, so showers are about to

[0:34] become a real luxury for me cuz they're

[0:36] not going to be on my next campground. I

[0:38] do know that there's a place in town. I

[0:40] remember seeing a sign that said

[0:41] something like laundry and showers. So,

[0:44] there is

[0:46] somewhere. So, you know, I'm getting

[0:50] myself ready for my new off-grid life.

[0:53] And I just this shower

[0:56] like oh man it's worth commemorating. I

[0:59] hope I come back here and I still like

[1:02] this cuz I'm going to be without power.

[1:04] I'm going to layer shirts I think. Um I

[1:08] got two on and this sweater here I'm

[1:11] going to put on

[1:12] afterwards.

[1:14] Um when I first noticed that I have like

[1:17] wrinkles around my eyes that really

[1:19] concerned me cuz I think I'm pretty

[1:21] beautiful.

[1:23] But that kind of I don't like it at all.

[1:26] I don't mind that I'm getting older, but

[1:28] that really bothers me when I smile and

[1:30] stuff. I got these wrinkles around my

[1:32] eyes. You can see them right there. So,

[1:34] I started putting some things on my

[1:35] face. I never did this my whole

[1:37] life. I'm just going to show you. So, I

[1:40] got this

[1:43] niainamide

[1:46] and hyaluric acid. They come in these

[1:49] little droplet things and you just put

[1:51] it on your face. Then I put this

[1:55] on. It's a

[1:58] moisturizer. And after I do that, I use

[2:00] this pen looking thing under my

[2:04] eyes. And then I put this microsculpting

[2:07] eye swirl on. And it these two things

[2:09] actually help a lot. They will make the

[2:11] bags under my eyes go away for a while.

[2:13] It's very cool.

[2:14] Um, and then I put this on leave-in

[2:17] conditioner in my

[2:21] hair. Um, but I'm finding it's very

[2:23] difficult to do that in a shower house.

[2:25] Grab this little mirror here. I'll show

[2:27] you. Going to do it right here. This is

[2:30] not working so well. It's kind of hard

[2:31] to see. I'm not doing as good a job when

[2:34] I put it on. I'm not sure if um I'll

[2:37] either adapt to that and keep doing it

[2:39] in here in shower houses when I have

[2:41] when I have um when they're accessible

[2:43] to me.

[2:44] or I'll shower in here and then do it in

[2:46] my RV in my

[2:48] bathroom, which that might be the better

[2:50] route. I'm not sure. I guess it depends

[2:52] because, you know, I don't have any

[2:53] running water now. So if I had better

[2:55] batteries and I was running my water

[2:57] pump then maybe

[3:00] um but even without it you know this is

[3:03] me just um this is how I think

[3:07] through the different paths available to

[3:10] me and try to decide what feels like

[3:12] integration you know this is how I try

[3:14] to integrate these things into my life

[3:17] and I'm not there yet it's a process

[3:19] it's iterative and I'm just sharing it

[3:21] with you know at least I'm trying. So,

[3:25] got to get this stuff on my face and

[3:27] head out. It's a new

[3:28] day. So, I pulled into this um pullth

[3:31] through site to um hook up my Jeep.

[3:34] There's a ranger coming. I got to demand

[3:36] my camera. So embarrassing,

[3:40] [Applause]

[3:41] man. Anyways, if I had a tripod, I could

[3:45] show you guys me hooking up my Jeep cuz

[3:47] it's so fun. It is easy. It doesn't take

[3:50] long at all. It's a very quick thing.

[3:51] There are six pieces that I have to grab

[3:54] every time for the back of my Jeep. Put

[3:56] them put it all together really

[3:59] easy. Um, I'll show you

[4:03] after. That was my site right there. I'm

[4:05] going to say goodbye to it. It's a nice

[4:08] site. G3. And I just parked over here.

[4:12] Going to get hooked up

[4:15] now. So, you guys know I listen to music

[4:17] on repeat. Uh, depending on what my mood

[4:20] is. And today it's burning off my

[4:21] clothes by sworn virgins. There is a

[4:24] mosquito there in

[4:27] Oregon. It's not

[4:29] good. So that's it. It's hooked up.

[4:33] Always doing the same order. It's muscle

[4:34] memory, you know. Very easy. One last

[4:37] step. We got to get this thing into

[4:40] neutral. So we do that.

[4:45] Now I love having a Jeep where you just

[4:47] press a button.

[4:50] Ah. So, turn it on. Get it into neutral.

[4:53] Turn it

[4:54] off. And then do this

[4:58] part. It should now be in

[5:01] neutral. And you can see it there.

[5:04] Neutral. Now, we put it into first gear

[5:07] just to make sure that it's not going to

[5:09] go anywhere. Probably should do reverse

[5:11] first so you don't like what if there

[5:13] was, you know, if it didn't work and run

[5:15] into your RV. I think about that every

[5:17] time, but I still do first every time.

[5:19] Maybe one day I won't. Now we put it

[5:21] into reverse. We get our reverse mirror

[5:23] cuz that's cool. I love my Jeep.

[5:26] Everything is

[5:27] good. Then we put it back into neutral

[5:30] and then into first gear because in a

[5:32] manual transmission, you actually put it

[5:33] into gear when towing it. We turned it

[5:36] off. We make sure the parking brake is

[5:38] off. Grab our keys, lock the

[5:42] doors, and we're ready to

[5:44] go. Just like that.

[5:49] get all

[5:50] this. I'm just This is just how I am. I

[5:53] like to have my doors

[5:57] locked.

[5:58] So, we're all ready to go. Got our Jeep

[6:01] hooked

[6:03] up. Had the RV ready. Oh, one last step.

[6:06] This kind of a This is an important one.

[6:11] So, I've already checked all my doors

[6:13] and stuff, my um storage doors, storage

[6:16] bays, and those are locked. We got to

[6:19] lock this

[6:21] door. Um, you know, the main door. Oh,

[6:24] wait. Wrong

[6:26] keys. And then after I lock this door.

[6:30] Okay. Got to lock the door. We got to

[6:33] put this um

[6:34] safety um child lock on because I don't

[6:39] trust these doors. Technically have

[6:42] another one up there, but it's hard to

[6:43] reach. So, I just do the bottom one.

[6:46] It's just so I don't, you know, I don't

[6:48] want my door flying off while I'm

[6:49] driving cuz I traveled across the

[6:52] country and you know, I went through

[6:53] some windy states and I felt that door

[6:56] rattling and watched it and you know,

[6:58] all of that. It's like, let's just take

[7:00] the extra

[7:02] precaution. So, that's what we

[7:04] do. Grab the other

[7:07] keys and then um we got to go up to the

[7:10] dump station. I haven't seen them here

[7:12] yet. They're in a whole different part

[7:14] of the

[7:14] park. Um we're going to empty the tanks

[7:17] and then we'll be off. That's John's

[7:19] sight right there. Should say bye to

[7:22] him. He's not there cuz the golf cart is

[7:23] gone. He's working on our way up to the

[7:26] dump station. Driving very carefully,

[7:29] like 5 miles an

[7:31] hour. I forgot one thing. I forgot to

[7:34] tie up my one of my drawers. It opens

[7:36] while driving, but it'll be all right.

[7:39] Just happens all the

[7:41] time. Um, that's basically it. I think

[7:44] everything's very secure, so should have

[7:47] a safe trip. I have half a tank of gas,

[7:49] a little less than half a tank. Right

[7:51] now it's saying my range is 90 mi, but

[7:52] it's really more like 150. It'll go off

[7:54] as I drive. And I think I only have to

[7:56] go about 100 miles. So I might try to

[7:59] skip getting fuel cuz if I need fuel, I

[8:01] can get it in Florence. I know I can get

[8:03] that

[8:04] far. And once I do need to get fuel,

[8:07] like, you know, after staying at the

[8:08] campground, I can just go into Florence

[8:09] and do it. I know the gas stations

[8:11] there. And that's always the hardest

[8:12] part for me is navigating the gas

[8:15] stations. This is a very bumpy road. I

[8:17] got to go even slower.

[8:20] Um, they had a storm here that tore out

[8:23] all the

[8:24] roads apparently. I didn't know the

[8:26] water could do that. Like just one

[8:29] storm, but that was pretty bad, I guess.

[8:32] So, all the roads are tore up. There are

[8:33] people here working on

[8:35] them. So, anyways,

[8:38] um, you know, fuel stations is I still I

[8:42] still kind of struggle with those. You

[8:44] know, I pretty comfortable driving this

[8:46] thing. I feel like I have very good

[8:48] visibility. I worked on that on my cross

[8:50] country drive here. I've had plenty of

[8:53] experience driving it. Um, but

[8:56] especially when towing my Jeep, just

[8:58] going to a gas station feels hard. I

[8:59] really prefer the truck stops on my way

[9:01] to Oregon, but there are none on the

[9:03] coast. So,

[9:07] um, yeah. So, if I can avoid going

[9:10] today, I'm going to just because I've

[9:13] got enough going on.

[9:16] But, you know, it's very important to

[9:17] keep fueling your RV. Uh, it's going to

[9:19] be pretty empty by the time I get there.

[9:21] So, we'll see once we get closer what

[9:23] the situation with that is. This is

[9:26] really a bumpy

[9:27] road. Sorry if anyone's behind me. Like,

[9:30] I got to This thing is

[9:34] um I think we're good though. It's just

[9:36] us.

[9:38] Yep. I'm loving this. I do. I love this

[9:41] life. I

[9:42] do. Um, just need to I need to

[9:47] um integrate work into it. My Guru

[9:50] profile is finally functional. Going to

[9:52] work on that. It's going to be hard cuz

[9:54] no power, you know, my laptop's going to

[9:56] die quickly. Um, internet, you know,

[9:59] satellite internet, all that. It's going

[10:01] to take my inverter and my Jeep's fuel

[10:04] and it's just all of it's going to be

[10:06] hard um but not

[10:09] impossible. And I'll navigate it. And

[10:12] I'm hopeful some of my followers will

[10:13] help me, some of my viewers. I don't

[10:15] like calling you followers. That's um

[10:18] that's Twitter language, I

[10:19] guess. It's going to work at this

[10:21] welcome center here. So sad. For 3

[10:24] months. I was really looking forward to

[10:27] that.

[10:28] Um so dump station is to the

[10:31] right. We are basically about ready to

[10:35] go.

[10:38] Hope this road's not too bad, though.

[10:41] Man, this feels

[10:44] awful. Okay, the dump station's right

[10:46] here. Okay, at least we don't have to go

[10:48] far. That's

[10:50] good. Definitely. That says no RV turn.

[10:53] Don't turn. Don't Don't go. Don't go

[10:55] straight. Oh, that would be

[10:58] horrible. Okay, so the dump station's

[11:00] here

[11:05] somewhere. Didn't even know this was

[11:07] here. Oh, I see it.

[11:10] Okay.

[11:12] Interesting. All

[11:14] right. So, the dump station's right next

[11:17] to Well, it's right here at the entrance

[11:19] of the

[11:21] park. And this is the less fun part,

[11:24] right? But we're just going to empty

[11:26] both tanks. And there aren't going to be

[11:28] any water in here for a while, so it'll

[11:31] be

[11:33] interesting. Okay, let's get this done.

[11:37] Okay, I got the gross task all done now.

[11:40] Second nature. Took me like a month

[11:43] before the first time I did that. And I

[11:44] probably say this every time I dump my

[11:46] tanks, but cuz I'm very proud of myself.

[11:49] Um, having learned these skills and

[11:51] getting good at them and feeling

[11:52] confident about it and doing such a good

[11:56] job. So, you know, I got to point it out

[12:00] every

[12:00] time. I really should get a brush for my

[12:03] hair. I can feel

[12:05] the um there's a stray hair there, but I

[12:10] want my hair to look nice. I let it um

[12:13] sit back so that with the hat on trying

[12:15] to form my hair. Somebody told me that

[12:17] might help. Trying to form it so it does

[12:20] what I'm doing now. Won't stay this way

[12:23] though. It's not perfect. It's getting

[12:26] there though. Love my

[12:28] hair. So, going to try to go without a

[12:30] hat.

[12:33] Um, yeah. We got ready to

[12:37] go. Got a journey ahead the bus. Not

[12:39] even sure where I'm going. I'm going to

[12:41] have to get that on Google Maps, I

[12:43] guess, cuz I don't know where it is. I

[12:44] just know I'll do that once we get to

[12:46] Florence. I

[12:47] guess we should be good. We're off. So,

[12:51] we're in Newport right now and I just

[12:53] saw a sign that says that Florence is 50

[12:55] miles away. My range is about 120. We're

[12:57] going to be fine on fuel. So, I'm going

[12:59] to skip that. save as much money as I

[13:02] can. Every dollar counts right now. So,

[13:05] I'm glad to know that I have a pretty

[13:08] good window

[13:11] um you know for fuel. So, I mean I could

[13:15] even make it all the way back here if I

[13:16] had to. So, we're

[13:18] good. I'm not going to record much on

[13:20] this trip. I did on my last one. So,

[13:22] you've already seen this route. It's

[13:24] very beautiful. But, we're going to bend

[13:25] up back in the dunes.

[13:28] Um, these cars are so close. God, I

[13:31] don't like that. Um, so we're going to

[13:33] end up back in the dunes, which takes

[13:35] you away from the ocean, but it won't be

[13:38] too far away. I'll be able to, you know,

[13:39] go there in my Jeep. Couple of miles

[13:41] from wherever I'm at. Um, we're going to

[13:44] be near a place called Dune City. I

[13:46] think it's called Dune

[13:47] City. I've never been there. I've passed

[13:50] it many times and never been there. It's

[13:51] a cool name.

[13:53] And, you know, we'll check that out. So,

[13:56] I can see the ocean in the distance.

[14:00] Oh, want to miss the ocean. Well, the

[14:03] ocean will be right there. But I'm just

[14:05] saying I love this ocean. So, yeah,

[14:08] we're having a good day. It's very nice

[14:10] out, too, by the way. Says it's 61

[14:12] according to my vehicle here in my RV.

[14:15] The sun is out. Clear day. Like, it's

[14:18] wonderful. This is a wonderful day. I

[14:20] love these days on the coast. We're

[14:22] about to go over to Big Bridge. We got

[14:24] to at least get that on camera. Pretty

[14:26] bridge. There's a bicycle. There he

[14:32] is. Yay. I love

[14:36] bridges. I wonder if this is a hot

[14:38] man. Are you cute? You might be cute.

[14:41] That man might have been cute. So hard

[14:43] to tell

[14:46] though. Driving down. Riding this bike

[14:49] down to

[14:51] 101. Mountains in the distance.

[14:54] Wilderness. So, you know, the river and

[14:56] then the ocean over there. Oh, I didn't

[14:59] know I put that window down. That was an

[15:01] accident. Interesting. Let's put that

[15:04] back

[15:04] up.

[15:08] Okay, we are on our way. So, given my

[15:12] new reality of being completely off-

[15:13] grid, no power, I just plug my phone

[15:17] into my RV while I'm driving so I can

[15:19] charge that and try to keep that

[15:20] charged. And I have to think this way

[15:22] all the time now.

[15:25] I don't know, maybe I even take a a

[15:27] recorder with me or

[15:29] recorder take a um a charger with me,

[15:33] you know, that you can plug into outlets

[15:35] wherever I am. If I can get away with

[15:37] that. Just like my brakes on. I can see

[15:39] the Okay, they're off now. Yeah.

[15:42] Okay.

[15:44] So, yeah, I'm learning to live

[15:46] differently.

[15:49] All the power I use is power

[15:51] that I

[15:53] consciously consciously generate

[15:59] somewhere. It kind of feels good. I

[16:01] can't explain that. Truly can't. Like

[16:04] this feels like like evolution like

[16:09] a like I've stepped out of out of the

[16:13] stimulation or something. Like I'm

[16:15] completely outside the simulator now.

[16:17] doesn't know what to do with me. Oh man,

[16:20] it feels like that. So, we just passed

[16:22] through Wald Park Walport and it was

[16:25] beautiful. I wish I had recorded it for

[16:27] you. I will next time. I just don't feel

[16:30] really prepared for recording scenery

[16:32] and stuff like that. I'd love to get out

[16:34] my

[16:36] um my little GoPros, get those all

[16:39] mounted and hooked up. I guess I'd have

[16:40] to keep them charged. So, you know, I'll

[16:44] I'll think on that cuz it was

[16:47] beautiful. I wanted to note that we're

[16:50] going to pass through Yahhats. I think I

[16:52] called it Yakats or something like that

[16:55] in my last video and when I was

[16:56] traveling through it, it's

[16:57] Yahhatz. So, I just wanted to clarify. I

[17:00] know how to pronounce it now. We've got

[17:03] a ways to go before we get to that cuz

[17:04] we just went through Waldorf, but it's

[17:06] not very far. On the other side of that

[17:08] will be um Florence and then we're going

[17:12] to go down past Honeyman was last state

[17:15] park ride on your and then past that you

[17:17] get to Dune City and I'll be somewhere

[17:20] around there. I don't know exactly where

[17:21] but somewhere around that

[17:23] area. Okay, so we just entered Yah. That

[17:26] was fast. Um I don't know, maybe 10

[17:30] minutes. Didn't It wasn't

[17:32] long. There's nothing to

[17:34] see. So, we're just driving through

[17:41] here. Yahhat is a pretty touristy

[17:52] spot. Beach access, but you can't really

[17:55] see it from

[17:56] here. Big mountain in front of us.

[18:07] It's a pretty small town, so we're going

[18:09] to be through this in no time. Not sure

[18:12] what's next. I think there might be a

[18:14] little town next. Um, this is where you

[18:17] end up going back to the dunes, right

[18:18] past

[18:19] Yah's. Um, the 101 will curve inward

[18:23] because of the dunes. So, you lose

[18:25] access to the ocean

[18:26] views. And that's where we're going to

[18:28] be, so we'll make the best of it.

[18:32] This might be our last ocean view. It's

[18:35] beautiful. We're a good distance past

[18:38] Yaha, so I was wrong about that. And we

[18:40] went up and down like pretty steep

[18:43] incline and decline. Very

[18:47] beautiful. I love that ocean. It's such

[18:50] a nice day out. I hope I get to have

[18:52] have some time to get out

[18:54] there

[18:57] somewhere. So

[18:59] pretty. So, we're not too far. I don't

[19:01] think we have too far to go really.

[19:04] We're about to go through the

[19:07] tunnel. A very steep turn over there.

[19:10] You had to get down to 25 really fast

[19:13] and then suddenly you're at the

[19:15] tunnel. Yay. I wonder why it has two um

[19:19] different heights like that. Wonder what

[19:20] that's about.

[19:38] This is probably our last ocean view. I

[19:39] know I said that before, but I bet you

[19:41] this is in. I bet you it's where the

[19:43] tunnels at. We just passed the CAD

[19:46] lighthouse, so I have a feeling this is

[19:48] in. And then we'll be back in the dunes.

[19:53] The dunes are fun and beautiful and

[19:55] everything. I just love the

[19:57] [Music]

[19:59] ocean. Boy, you got to go really slow

[20:01] around this mountain. I wonder what this

[20:04] mountain is called if you can hike

[20:07] it. It's not Hanbug

[20:10] Mountain. Humbug Mountain. Way more

[20:19] fun. The sea lion caves. That's duckling

[20:22] where the ocean where we stopped seeing

[20:25] the ocean is the seaine

[20:27] caves. So what city am I forgetting? I

[20:30] could have sworn it was

[20:32] Yah. There must be a different city that

[20:35] I've forgotten

[20:40] about. So here are the sea lion caves.

[20:44] Yeah, because I'm almost sure that

[20:45] Florence is after this. Oh, that's

[20:48] right. And I think the ocean opens up

[20:49] right after you get past Florence.

[20:53] Okay. Oh, look at the beach down there.

[20:56] Wow. Oh, that's so

[20:59] beautiful. We're going back

[21:03] up. Oh, that's a beautiful man over

[21:06] there. All right, we're

[21:09] off. So, I just punched the campground

[21:11] into um Google Maps and I know exactly

[21:15] where it's taking me. I've been there.

[21:16] I've hiked to that beach several times.

[21:20] Um, it's a nice area. I don't remember

[21:22] seeing this campground, but it's got to

[21:24] be back there somewhere. I'm excited.

[21:27] This will be nice. So, we just entered

[21:29] Florence. Population

[21:31] 9600. We're like 10 miles from where

[21:33] we're going. So, we don't have a long

[21:35] drive. We're just going to go through

[21:36] the town, get to the other side of it,

[21:38] go to waste down that road, and then we

[21:41] will be there. I am

[21:43] happy. We're here.

[21:46] I have been here. I have been here. So,

[21:48] that's that's the good news. I'm in a

[21:50] familiar

[21:51] area. I know that I like it here. Don't

[21:55] remember seeing this campground, though.

[21:57] I think I might know where it is. I

[21:59] think I might have passed it. Um thought

[22:02] I had a different name. So, I think I

[22:05] know where I

[22:07] am. And we just got a little ways to go,

[22:10] like maybe a mile.

[22:14] Bad news. No power or water off grid.

[22:18] It's

[22:19] like that's the challenge. After I get

[22:22] set up, I need to go back into Florence

[22:23] to my Jeep,

[22:25] uh, take my cash, convert that to credit

[22:27] so that I can extend my stay here and

[22:30] hope for the

[22:32] best. So, that's where I'm at now. Um,

[22:36] haven't eaten today. I'm starving, so

[22:38] I'll probably try to find something in

[22:39] town. I need to get ice.

[22:42] Um, yeah. So that I can at least have a

[22:45] cooler

[22:47] going. So yeah, I got a lot on my mind

[22:51] here. Oh, I'll make this work. Going to

[22:55] make this

[22:59] work. Very pretty back here. Switch my

[23:02] feet, but I just can't right

[23:04] now. Organ Dunes National Recreation

[23:08] Area.

[23:11] Very cool

[23:13] place. Roads are

[23:15] very

[23:17] rough.

[23:22] Okay. Yeah, they are. And this bridge is

[23:29] rough. Got some behind us. They're not

[23:31] tailgating, so that's

[23:35] good. Don't have to go far. I actually

[23:37] have come back here several times with

[23:40] my G and I'm going out to the beach.

[23:43] Turn right. Okay. So, we should be

[23:46] close. I'm going out to the beach out

[23:48] here.

[23:53] So, I got that song stuck in my head

[23:56] now. So, I'm loving

[23:58] it. Every time I turn my camera on, it

[24:00] turns off. Turn right. Then you'll

[24:03] arrive at your destination.

[24:05] We're

[24:07] here. We made

[24:09] it. We're

[24:13] here.

[24:14] Oh, I don't actually know my campsite

[24:17] number or where I'm going to detach my

[24:19] Jeep or anything like

[24:21] this. Let's just do a loop, I guess, and

[24:25] we'll figure it out. There's a spot

[24:28] here. Come back here and do it. Okay,

[24:31] nobody's behind us now. That's the good

[24:34] news. I'm going to flip the camera now.

[24:37] We're at Lagoon Campground volunteer

[24:40] host national forest

[24:43] board wildlife volunteer. I wonder what

[24:45] that's about. So, we're just going to

[24:48] look around seeing where's the easiest

[24:50] way to

[24:54] detach. I don't think this is a busy

[24:56] place at least.

[24:59] site

[25:00] 6 to

[25:02] 28. Okay. Yeah. And it's one way.

[25:07] Okay.

[25:09] Okay. Need to figure out what site I'm

[25:11] at. I think I'm at 13. Actually, I'm

[25:13] almost towards number

[25:15] 13. Um, and it's a backing site. I

[25:18] didn't want to get one of these

[25:21] pullthroughs, but I will have to detach

[25:24] my Jeep

[25:25] first. Wouldn't want to do it in the

[25:27] road. So, I guess we were going into one

[25:28] of these bullocks. Here's one right

[25:30] here. 11. Let's just do that here. And

[25:33] then, um, yeah, I'm right over there. I

[25:36] can see it.

[25:38] Yay. Yay. I'm so happy. Nobody here

[25:42] either. Oh my god, I'm going to love it.

[25:44] Going to love this. There's my spot

[25:46] right there. That's it. It's pretty.

[25:49] It's a nice spot. Good spot. Is that a

[25:53] spot on the other side of me, too,

[25:54] though? Cuz, you know, that's kind of

[25:56] weird.

[25:57] It is cuz there's two picnic benches

[25:59] there. So, my back window might have a a

[26:02] neighbor pointing at me. Wow, that's

[26:06] different. Look at that one. 12 would

[26:08] have been better. Now I know though.

[26:10] I've only got 4 days, right? So,

[26:12] anything I reserve here after that,

[26:14] maybe I'll just get a different site now

[26:15] that I know. So yeah, maybe we'll try

[26:17] for 12 here and it is time to embark on

[26:22] my um new off-grid life and make the

[26:26] best life as I can

[26:27] cuz that's what this has all been about

[26:30] since the beginning and I'm going to

[26:33] make it happen. Okay, it makes sense

[26:35] now. So I'm in site 13A and I'm standing

[26:37] in 13B behind me. They're probably sort

[26:40] of like group sites. Ooh, that's very

[26:43] level. See on this side. Oh wow. Very

[26:46] level sight. So very nice. But this was

[26:49] very challenging to park into because

[26:51] let me show you this. This is this is

[26:53] wild. But I did it. I'm so proud of

[26:54] myself. So when you drive in, you know,

[26:57] whenever you're driving in, you want to

[26:59] be able to back in. So it would be like

[27:01] this. But this is the opposite. I had to

[27:03] drive into this spot and then kind of

[27:06] swerve around and then come in like

[27:08] that. That was challenging, but I did

[27:10] it. I'm so proud of myself. So we're

[27:13] here. I'll look around and see what

[27:15] other sites they have and um you know

[27:18] maybe I'll end up at a different site

[27:20] but I've got a spot for 4

[27:23] days feeling pretty good parked. I don't

[27:27] know why this is backwards like this. It

[27:29] is very hard to park

[27:31] here. You would think they would angle

[27:33] them all the

[27:34] same. There's some people walking by.

[27:37] Hello peace sign to them. Okay, they're

[27:41] friendly.

[27:43] I'm here. I'm going to get my sight set

[27:45] up, which I guess that's not much work.

[27:47] No power, water, so nothing to hook up.

[27:50] Then I will head

[27:52] out at a strange

[27:55] angle. Going to Florence. And got a

[27:58] whole bunch to do there. And here we go.

[28:01] First day

[28:02] um um offrid at a campground though,

[28:07] so feel good. I can hear the ATVs

[28:09] already, so that's cool. So, I'm just

[28:12] telling for a moment before I get

[28:14] started, and it just occurred to me I'd

[28:16] actually want to drive my Jeep in the

[28:17] other way

[28:18] anyways. Um, so that my hood is facing

[28:21] closer to the RV because of my inverter.

[28:24] So, I guess it works out. I only have to

[28:27] park my RV once while I'm here.

[28:29] So, Jeep comes and goes, but the RV

[28:34] stays. And I'm going to have to get that

[28:36] inverter going cuz the internet's not

[28:38] very good here on my phone. So, if I

[28:41] want to upload anything

[28:44] or try to look for work on

[28:47] Guru, anything that requires decent

[28:50] internet, I'm going to need my satellite

[28:52] dish, which means my Jeep's going to

[28:54] have to be

[28:57] running. This is

[29:01] different. But I will adapt. I will I

[29:04] will adjust. I will grow. I will

[29:07] conquer.

[29:12] I'll do more than survive. I'm going to

[29:14] thrive. Let me end with this

[29:17] request. Dear

[29:19] viewers, if you've been watching my

[29:22] life, some of you for longer than a year

[29:25] now. You know, my birthday is less than

[29:27] a week from

[29:28] now and I only have this site for 4 days

[29:31] and I have very little money and I have

[29:34] a lot that I need to do and I need help.

[29:39] There are links in the description and a

[29:41] comment. If you can help, please do so.

[29:44] The more time you can buy me in this

[29:47] spot, the easier my life will be. It's

[29:50] not going to be easy regardless, but

[29:51] it'll be

[29:53] easier. And all I can do is ask.

Energetic Signature methodical

Field State infrastructure embodiment

Orientation toward technological sovereignty

Summary

rswfire completes morning routine at campground including shower with exceptional water pressure and skincare regimen. Documents RV departure process: hooking up Jeep, dumping tanks, securing doors with safety locks. Drives 100 miles from Newport to Lagoon Campground near Florence, Oregon in the dunes area. Navigates challenging backing into site 13A at off-grid campground with no power or water hookups. Plans to return to Florence for financial tasks, food, and ice. Discusses adapting to off-grid life requiring conscious power generation and satellite internet via Jeep inverter. Mentions Guru profile becoming functional for work opportunities. Requests viewer financial support as birthday approaches, noting only 4 days reserved at current site with limited funds.

Signal Analysis

Substrate

This transmission demonstrates the somatic integration of sovereign infrastructure — the body learning to inhabit systems it has built rather than systems that capture it. The field is actively embodying its own technological sovereignty through direct engagement with power generation, resource management, and spatial autonomy.

Dominant Language

off-grid integration adapt/adjust/grow/conquer make this work conscious generation outside the simulator thrive

Symbolic Elements

grid threshold mirror water power fuel edge

Ontological States

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sovereign
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transitional
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embodied
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integrating

Subsystems

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somatic
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infrastructural
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cognitive
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relational

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Transmission Details

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local

Video Quality

640 × 360 @ 30fps

Duration

29:59

Bitrate

492 kbps

Codec

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