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I have a Big Kahuna. A plastic dog food storage container with a 12V pump inside and a on-demand shower handle on a hose outside. Pour in cold water, heat a pot of hot water on the stove, dump in the hot, take shower. Works, hasn't failed, 6 years later.

Nice story and photos.

In general, beware of any tent that uses fiberglass poles.

My Exped products all started to leak within a few outings' worth of use. To be fair, so have all the other air-dependent mats I've had from REI and Therma rest.

A friend has a couple of the the Front Runner ones. The thin plastic latches are the thing that'd keep me from buying them.

Why not just make a hole for the hose in one of the ones that are easy to buy?

Cool video, nicely shot. May I ask: What device was used for the hand held, on the ground shots? It didn't have the ugly GoPro fisheye look, for which I'm thankful.

The best type of ground tent in the wind is a four season tent that doesn't have screen material anywhere near the ground. Solid sides up to 18" to 2' largely solves the dust blowing in along the ground problem. The super vented 3- or 2-season tents whose walls are composed mostly of screen...

Wouldn't one be able to connect the starting battery with heavy cable directly to a matching size and type house battery, thereby creating, effectively, one large battery that has double the capacity of either battery alone?

In case anyone is interested, the European-made 20L Jerrycans seem to have dropped in price at Deutsch Optik...competition, perhaps. Now cost less than when I got mine about 5 years ago. The least leaky gas cans I've ever used. https://deutscheoptik.com/20-Liter-Jerry-Can-SINGLE-CAN.html

Very nice...a place that used to be. Wonder why the trees die?

By recent email, Engel Australia says 5 hours per month, minimum. Many keep them running 24/7/365 for decades.

You could easily kill all your time in Death Valley and the Mojave Preserve, but with that amount of time, you could easily fit in a short trip to southern Utah or northern Arizona. From southern Death Valley/Mojave Preserve area, look at the possibilities of the 5-ish hour drive up I-15 to St...

Most of the entire country east of the Rockies is privately owned. I guess the crooked speculators and grifters that took most of the homestead act lands weren't that interested in burning deserts and steep mountainsides.

When I got my Fluke 179 about 10 years ago, Fluke offered some cheaper models (under $200), but I stretched my budget a bit, and bought the lowest model that had the lifetime warranty. The 179 came with a connectable thermistor for temp readings, BTW.

The flashight and headlamp manufacturers have been seriously negligent in not providing warm, tungsten-incandescent colored LED lighting. It has existed for at least 10 years and is used every day in film and TV lighting. I'm tired of the ugly, cold blue LEDs.

Nice trip report...pictures are different...most pleasant...I've never seen that camera angle on Eureka Dunes before.

Headlamp is most important if hands are needed, but they are annoying. I use it on top of my boonie-type hats all the time. I always carry 4 4-AA LED lanterns, but rarely use more than one. I'll place the LED lantern on top of the vehicle when hiking away at night as sort of a homing beacon...

Most trips, I never open the tool bag, spare parts case, first aid kit, air compressor, or recovery gear case.

Here's the PDF list I print before packing each car camping trip. I've never taken everything on it, but everything I've ever taken is on it. It started as a list of cases---the heavier, durable gear has been Pelicanized for a few years. Clothes go in normal duffle bags and sleeping bags in...