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Normal to Nomad

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.

Copyright: © Normal to Nomad

Latest Episodes:

#33 | We're Back - Catch up and things to come! Dec 29, 2023

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.

#32 | Periods, Hormones and Sex Apr 17, 2022

This one has been a long time coming. We dig into the details of hormones, periods and sex in the ole scamp.

#31 | FOOD - Evolution of Our Nomadic Health and Diet Mar 17, 2022

normal2nomad.com/podcast/food

#30 | Our Relationship Feb 24, 2022

No notes for this one.

#29 | Minimalism / Have we become maximalists?! Feb 17, 2022

Fjall Raven Pants

Berkey Water Filter

Swiss Army Knife

Biolite Headlamps

Insulated Water Bottle

Nalgene Water Bottle

Thule Backpacks

Fjall Raven Backpacks

Doterra Deodorant

Fjall Raven Merino

#28 How We Make Money, Past, Present & Future Feb 10, 2022

No notes here.

#27 | Mortgage Free House Plans Feb 03, 2022

Not a ton of show notes for this one either.

#26 | Off Grid Raw Land Realities Jan 27, 2022

Not a lot of notes for this one.

#25 | How to Buy Land / Do We Miss Moving? Jan 17, 2022

https://normal2nomad.com/podcast/how-to-buy-land

#24 | Big Announcement! Apr 12, 2021

https://normal2nomad.com/podcast/big-announcement

#23 | Winter Entertainment Feb 02, 2021

https://normal2nomad.com/podcast/winter-entertainment

#22 | Winter camping considerations. Jan 24, 2021

normal2nomda.com/podcast/winter-camping-considerations

#21 | Q&A - Answering all your burning questions! Nov 12, 2020

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..

#20 | We have a plan! E&B Update Sep 30, 2020

https://normal2nomad.com/podcast/we-have-a-plan

#19 | Barron and Brian Galyon Snow Storm Chat Sep 10, 2020

www.normal2nomad.com/podcast/barron-brian-snow-storm-chat

#18 | Barron Solocast Part Two Aug 28, 2020

https://normal2nomad.com/podcast/barron-solocast-qa-2

#17 | Barron Solocast Part One Aug 28, 2020

https://normal2nomad.com/podcast/barron-solocast-qa-1

#16 | Watts are the Way Jun 01, 2020

https://normal2nomad.com/podcast/watts-are-the-way

#15 | Simple Solutions May 06, 2020

https://normal2nomad.com/podcast

#14 | Quarantine Entertainment Mar 24, 2020

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#13 | Technology We Use Mar 02, 2020

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#12 | Lindsey - Solo Female Nomad & Alaska Native Jan 30, 2020

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#11 | Winter Update Dec 03, 2019

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#10 | Our Clothing Nov 20, 2019

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#9 | Reality of the Nomadic Lifestyle Oct 15, 2019

Show Notes:

Our 6g Water Jugs

Goal Zero Solar Setup

Honda 1000w Generator

Dometic Fridges

Immersion Blender

WeBoost Cell Booster

Digital Mail Service

Slim Potatohead - A Frame RVer

Matador Ear Plugs

#8 | Elsa's Appalachian Trail Recap Sep 27, 2019

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

Sawyer Mini Water Filter

MSR Pocket Rocket Stove

Fjal Raven Pants

Peak Design Camera Clip

#7 | Nomad Rigs Sep 06, 2019

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

#6 | Conversation with Andrew Crowe Aug 25, 2019

Show Notes:

Andrew’s Instagram

Andrew’s Website

How we use evaporative cooling in our cooler

Engle Coolers / Fridges

Patagonia Provisions

Hydraulic Ram Pump

#5 | Mindfulness Practices Aug 10, 2019

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

Small Moleskin Journal

Waking up - Meditation app by Sam Harris

#4 | How We Make Money Aug 01, 2019

Show Notes:

Treehouse - My favorite site for learning digital skills.

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

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

#3 | Food Is Fuel Jul 16, 2019

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

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.

#2 | Human Interaction Jul 16, 2019

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

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

Kurz in a Nutshell

#1 | Our Story Jul 16, 2019

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.

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