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Car Living & Meditation
Maintaining a meditation practice can be challenging when living in your car. Learn more about how to make it work for you.

Mary @ themidlifemile
Apr 105 min read


Hygiene and the Highway
Anyone who has ever taken the leap and given up the sticks and bricks life for a life on the road can tell you...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Apr 25 min read


Here to There and Back Again
Living a quiet and meditative lifestyle full time in a car or SUV can be challenging. Connection with others is key!

Mary @ themidlifemile
Mar 264 min read


I Have Got to Tell You...
Since I’ve last written (and I know it’s been a minute), life as a nomad, as you might have suspected, has been pretty much an unexpected...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Jun 4, 20244 min read


And Then They're Gonna Kill Ya...
Flying Eagle Wildlife Management Area “You carrying?” Cal had driven his pickup truck right over the open field of the campground and...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Mar 26, 20244 min read


Flotation Device
Biolab Road, Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge Have you ever allowed your body to free float in a pool of water, suspended between...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Mar 12, 20244 min read


Dung Intended
There is a such a huge influx these days of people who seek the freedom of travel and life on the road and as I myself career around from...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Feb 10, 20245 min read


Car Camping
While I do have stories to tell, I thought this week I’d take a moment to share some travel tips I’ve learned on my (relatively short)...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Apr 9, 20234 min read


Small Victories
One of the things that precipitated my move away from a more traditional lifestyle was a bout of deeply disconcerting juju that happened...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Mar 8, 20235 min read


Ocala Auto Repair
Oh, yes – the mechanics of it all. The best of plans undertaken by the best of planners can still leave a lot of space for mishaps,...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Feb 28, 20234 min read


Redundancy is Critical
Redundancy is Critical in Key Situations Life on the road can be a bit of a balancing act. Without a traditional home to, well, go home...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Feb 12, 20236 min read


Sleeping in a RAV4 - The Build
Please note that to comment on the Midlife Mile Blog (which I hope you will do!), you must be a site member first. You can download the...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Jan 25, 20231 min read


Water Log
Remember that scene in the film Cast Away where Tom Hanks is waving a blazing palm frond in the air yelling “I HAVE CREATED FIIIIIRE”?...

Mary @ themidlifemile
Jan 9, 20233 min read


Why the Nomadic Lifestyle?
As you can guess, the answer to this question isn’t universal. Some people hit the road to avoid spending money on traditional housing...

Mary @ Midlife Mile
Jan 3, 20233 min read


Safety First or Surviving the Buffalo Blizzard
December 23, 2022: As I sit here nice and toasty in my daughter’s Buffalo apartment listening to the blizzardy winds blowing between the...

Mary @ Midlife Mile
Dec 26, 20224 min read


Spare Me
Retrofitting the RAV4 spare tire compartment for storage

Mary @ Midlife Mile
Dec 13, 20222 min read
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