A Little Sailboat, a Desert Tiny Home & A Big Beautiful World! (Sailing Brick House/RV Life #105)
23 October 2026 · 23 min · 4K views · Sea of Cortez
What this video covers
Rebecca Childress transitions from full-time sailing on the vessel Brick House, Osprey, RVing & a Tiny Home! to a land-based lifestyle in Arizona while maintaining an interest in small-boat cruising.Watch After spending time boondocking in Quartzsite, Arizona, and attending the Escapee Escapade in Tucson, she searches for a permanent home base, eventually purchasing land in the Cochise Stronghold area.0:39 She prepares the property by laying 14 tons of rock to create a foundation for a storage container and a future home.22:13 Throughout her travels, she visits Tennessee, Yellowstone National Park, and Grand Teton National Park, utilizing an Oru kayak for lake exploration.13:57 Despite her land-based projects, she continues to inspect sailboats in the 30-to-35-foot range, specifically evaluating a 32-foot Duck for potential purchase.18:33 She eventually returns to the Sea of Cortez to resume sailing, balancing her new desert property with her long-standing plans to explore the region by boat.22:49
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