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For our first summit of the day, we departed the well groomed trail and began a bushwack up the mountain..... I believe there was about 300 feet of elevation gain from the trail to that summit.....lots of snow along that unmarked route..... Eventually we got our first summit of the...

We drove through Saguaro National Park, then into Tucson, Arizona to load up with supplies and grab the all important hot shower. Then it was onto the interstate, continued driving south, eventually ending up in the Coronado National Forest where we set up our next long term camp.....the...

Clouds began to roll in later that afternoon and a substantial rain was in the forecast......so we needed to find a campsite along our new planned route to hole up for a few days.....we ended up camping in the Ironwood Forest National Monument..... Due to the amount of rain in the upcoming...

PNWY.....it sure did. That fire took most everything in that camper except for some books and my cherished 2004 Road Atlas.....sure am thankful for that..... Riversdad.....that place was a zoo. I've been there before and maybe I just don't remember how bad it was then, therefore I returned...

That night I realized that I hadn't brought my passport along so I quickly deleted Mexico from our travel itinerary.....so here we were camped at the base of Signal Peak (4,877') , the mountain where Tanner had his near fatal fall 4 years prior..... At this point I knew for sure that we were...

Now I'd been thinking lately that I needed to switch gears.....do something that was a bit less challenging. So we drove further south with plans to attend the Rubber Tramp Rendezvous in Quartzsite, Arizona..... I had high hopes for this event.....the name (to me anyhow) implied that it would...

We always took one last walk of the day when the sun was setting..... .....and sometimes we'd roam around in the desert just to check out those dark skies..... And sometimes I'd lay my book to my side, and I'd stick my head up through the skylight and watch as life passed us...

Ace / Sierra Valley.....I just don't enjoy bouncing around in the Jeep. It's fine for getting me to places, but it's not fine for just cruising.....I don't even think the dogs like it either..... JD.....we're all back to good health now and thanks.....I just love the skies and the mountains...

I lived in the NL for nearly 5 years straight. I lived in the BigFoot quite a bit too. As Simple stated, the double pane windows are a real bonus (I have them). I've done considerable time in cold weather. I actually have never used my water system as I keep my camper winterized full time. I...

Go with the Northern Lite. I bought a NL10-2 in 2018. It's been & still is a great product. In 2005 I bought a BigFoot 9.4. I had that for 13 years. It's basically the same thing as the NL. In between those 2 campers, I bought an Arctic Fox (I almost bought a Lance). The Arctic Fox is about the...

One of the most difficult challenges for me, especially when traveling, is to sit still when I know that there's so much out there to explore..... We spent so much time while camped here sitting in a chair, reading a book, watching YouTube, and staring out into space..... Each day was...

halseyt.....many more to come..... After two weeks of cold camping, I'd had enough of the challenges that come with that.....we were ready to shed the coat, the gloves and the hat, and find some warmer temperatures.....so we drove further south..... Trapper sports a hat from my 2015 trip to...

The Camp..... Well, I actually just have realized that I don't have all that much to say about The Camp..... We camped here for 4 glorious days in complete solitude.....not one other single camper was seen anywhere along the road. That first evening after having climbed Spirit Mountain, was...

We continued to climb upwards.....passing by numerous rock walls that must have been no less than several hundred feet high..... The climbing.....it was outstanding.....and about as challenging as anything that I'm capable of these days..... Near the summit, we hiked across a beautiful...

ITTOG.....it's good to be back on the road again..... Ace.....Trapper typically lies down as soon as we reach a summit.....just recently I posted a picture of her with Tanner on a summit (I don't recall the mountains' name).....but she's always with us..... Riversdad.....the three of us are...

The views from up there were nice..... .....on the descent we took the time to explore a bit & check out several of the caves that are so common in Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area..... Such a great first week on the road.....I finished my first book and what a fantastic book...

ITTOG.....they definitely have their place but it's definitely rare for me to use them..... mekcanix.....climbing mountains can become an addiction.....be careful..... Solitude.....if there was one word to describe our visit to Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area, Solitude would...

At some point, we backtracked, picked up the trail which followed the meanders of the now dry creek.....the surrounding rocks above us were littered with caves.....they were everywhere..... And of course there were plenty of interesting rock formations to see..... Eventually the trail...

ITTOG.....yep, the new hip is good. All injuries were above the waist..... Riversdad.....the last time that I actually took a fall was December, 2020 and that also occured when I was coming down a mountain in southeast Utah. That's actually when the whole hip thing started for me. Like I told...

After a good bit of slipping and sliding and second guessing myself, we finally got our summit..... But the hardest part of climbing a mountain is not the going up.....it's definitely the going down..... I was unable to recreate our route up as I looked for a route down.....mysteriously...