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Continental Divide in the background... Winfield Mining Camp, Rocky Mountain high...

Traveling, camping and exploring in bear country can be very challenging, living near to and exploring in Sequoia/King Canyon N. P. there are lots of bear encounter stories I hear, it's true that the bears have learned to recognize coolers, and even if you store them inside the vehicle, if they...

Pre-trip/Post trip inspection and maintenance, always... always !

Posting Rig photos on this thread...

"In search of water"... do you mean, to camp next to a stream or lake? Nice area up there...

Yup... all the issues, mishaps, problems, mistakes and so on while out camping and/or trail exploring... just add to the adventure! A recent trip to Colorado, to escape the wildfire smoke in California and being stuck at home during COVID, we stopped to fuel up in a small mountain town and...

How did it go... did you find a spot? I stopped by the BLM field office just outside of Saguache, Co and picked up a few Vehicle Use Maps for those areas, these maps clearly show the areas to disperse camp along the Forest Service roads...

Escape the first Heatwave of the season... headed for the Coast :sunglasses:

Escape the first Heatwave of the season... headed for the Coast :sunglasses: California Central Coast

Hey there... My Uncle recently moved to the Dickson TN area, from California to escape the drought, wildfires, cost of living, etc., ... I'll be headin out there around September to checkup on him/visit, what can we expect that time of year in that country? About the end of August we'll head...

Hey There, Yeah, you just never know with kids... Just make sure you utilize frequent opportunities to stop at rest areas and 'points of interest' , to help with bathroom breaks and a chance for them to run around and release all that energy. Electronic gadgets are fine, but find games to play...

Morro Strand Beach with Morro Rock in the background, Central California coast...

Cool... The Deck storage system can be fairly cumbersome, for an eight ft truck bed...:neutral: Check out on YouTube... there are several videos on DYI builds for truck camper shells setups, some are fairly simple and some pretty deluxe. For family camping I would checkout the NF campgrounds...

Hey there, Been truck camping for many years... now they call it 'overlanding' It all depends on your budget, the capabilities of your rig, and the type of trips you want to take... Keep it simple in the beginning, and as you start to venture out on some trips you will soon get an idea of the...

It all depends on the trip planned and those that are joining me on the trip... On solo trips I use a ground tent, and when the circumstances are not favorable for a ground tent (weather and campsite conditions) I use the truck camper shell for shelter. When my wife and family members are on the...

Central Nevada down Hwy 50, 'The Loneliest Highway', headin to Colorado ...

There are campgrounds outside the parks, Forest Service campgrounds will be your best bet off the beatin path, popular campgrounds will be booked solid... Sounds like your rig can deal with FS roads, the other apps I mentioned will show actual places to camp

What is your setup... there are mucho dispersed camping areas around Yellowstone and the Tetons NP, in the NF areas, try apps like IOverlander, Campendium, OnXOff Road, etc.

There will never be 'the right time' ... just waiting for 'the right time' If you are looking for the right time to go, it may never happen, and then you missed your chance. You just gotta get out there and do it ! ! ! Good luck and safe travels, happy trails.