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boondocking
 n.— «Time was, not many years ago, when a motorist, bound for boondocking in the wilds of Baja California, said good-buy [sic] to his wife, hugged all the children and plopped a bedroll in the back seat of a war surplus command car.» —“Mexican Joy Ride by Camper Unit” by Bill Dredge Los Angeles Times Jan. 14, 1962. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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