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Day 7 My last full day at Death Valley and I was tired! I had a friend from work stopping through the park, and I was determined to have just a chill day. After walking the dog down the main bike path, the wind had really died down and it was sunny, making it the best weather day of the trip. I...

Day 6 The winds had picked up with the storm moving out and we were getting pretty heavy gusts. The temperature was warm, in the high 60s and I decided to take a chill morning. I’m glad I did because as the winds got really strong I decided to put all the guy lines on my tent to really make...

Day 5 Coyotes were howling at night - they must have been close to the campsite which had me up a fair bit in the night. We got a lot of rain! The valley itself was getting dumped on and the park had issued a winter weather warning. Not wanting to go to high elevation - and after a long day...

Continuing down to the Valley floor - the trail began to weave through canyons. And then turning into the valley floor where I saw a lot more Burros Before arriving at Ballarat mid afternoon on Christmas Day - I wasn’t too impressed by the town - it felt a bit like a made tourist trap...

Around noon I had reached Barker Ranch - it is famous for where the Manson Family was holed up and later arrested. Unfortunately, it had burned down in 2009 so it was mainly rubble. I figured this was as good a time as any to grab lunch. With day light ticking - I decided to keep...

I took the dog for a walk around the backcountry roads before meeting the Polish back at Geologists for Christmas Eve dinner. Not a bad view! I left the cabin probably about 7:30 to drive the short drive to Stella - the valley had some sporty obstacles and occasionally lost traction so I...

And then I started to enter Butte Valley and see the Striped Butte from the back side, with my destination the Geologist Cabin on the other side of the valley. Getting close to Geologist Cabin I saw that the flag was up - someone was at home. I met a father and son from Poland which I would...

Day Three We woke up around 5:30 ready for the day - = Due to the weather forecast my original plans were pretty much scrapped. I know I really wanted to do Butte Valley, and I decided to do it from the east as I was already over here. From there I would re access based upon the weather. I...

Hello! I am fairly new here. I actually ended up buying my rig from the classifieds of this forum and looked at @turbodb's excellently documented trips to provide guidance in planning my trip. Follow along on instagram at @SearchSeekExplore Death Valley Trip: For Christmas, my family lives in...

What are people getting mileage wise on the Colorado diesels when they're fully loaded with gear? I know the Tacomas can become very low teens when things like RTT, awning, etc. are all loaded on.

Great info! I’ve looked a bit at 2nd gens but after owning two 15+ year old Jeeps as my previous vehicles, I sort of want something drama less for a few years which is leaning me towards new (with a nice warranty). Good to hear on the Tacoma, definitely my leading choice, I think for an...

Really appreciate your detailed account of your rig, and all your adventures. I've spent the last few days in my free time reading through your adventures here and on your website. Really inspiring and lots of trips that I want to do, I'm in SF so everything you are doing is very much in...