No-fluff guides to living, camping, and getting by in the Arizona high desert — written from doing it, not Googling it.
Off-grid life out here runs on a handful of skills: hauling your own water, sizing solar to a bad week, keeping propane in the tank, knowing where you can camp, growing food in a short cold season, and being ready when fire season or the backroads test you. These guides cover the parts that actually matter.
Water, power, internet, and supplies for your first year at 6,000 feet.
Read the guide →Build a water-hauling and storage setup that runs like real plumbing for a few hundred bucks.
Read the guide →Turn a roof and a tank into gallons you never had to haul.
Read the guide →Size a system backwards from what you use — no engineering degree required.
Read the guide →The workhorse fuel that keeps off-grid life running when solar comes up short.
Read the guide →Find legal free camping — and survive the cold nights and afternoon storms.
Read the guide →Short season, cold nights, hungry critters. Here's what really grows.
Read the guide →Recovery gear, tire repair, water, and off-grid comms for when the pavement ends.
Read the guide →Defensible space, ember-proofing, and an evacuation plan you've already made.
Read the guide →The checklist that separates a great parcel from an expensive mistake.
Read the guide →Satellite, cellular, and fixed wireless compared — you can work from out here now.
Read the guide →Composting toilets, septic, greywater, and the county rules that decide which you can use.
Read the guide →Stock deep, keep heat and critters out, and resupply without losing a day.
Read the guide →Get water, heat, and power through winter at 6,000 feet without a crisis.
Read the guide →The right size, the right fuel, and clean enough to charge your batteries.
Read the guide →Water, propane, groceries, gas cans, lumber, a forgotten part from town — Concho Dash runs errands and deliveries straight out to off-grid parcels in the area. No app, no membership. Text what you need.
See what Concho Dash hauls → Text or call · 480-201-7275