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Wife wanted to do an over night trip after work to possum kingdom SP so that was a good opportunity to practice setting up after dark in preparation for some of the longer trips we have planned. Top 3 final thoughts: -I'm definitely glad that camp can be as simple as putting the truck in park...

We use a 5 gallon bucket with insulating liner and sealing twist top

I built a 4 ft tall sleeper box for our 5x8 trailer and choose to use the tow vehicle for supplies and gear. The trailer has beds made, suitcases and interior 110v lighting (easier to run on main power or inverters for 12 and 18 volt batteries) to remain as light as possible. It's a low ceiling...

Yep, we do the same. Easy camp meal.

First trip with the new adventure wagon completed. This little camper was nice. The 8x5x4 box fits into our utility trailer and provides a nice warm place to get out of the wind. It also pulls at highway speeds very easily. A few more tweaks and I think it'll be ready for a longer road trip.

Christmas in Giddings After getting back into cell service, the info came in of both sides of the family having members in quarantine. So, I took the day to unpack and remove as many pounds of sand as I could and dry out the damp tent and laundry. Afterwards, I repacked and watched movies...

PINS to Giddings Day 5, the puppy and I decided to start our last beach day off right by taking out both the Fuji xp140 and the old Nikon D50 with 300mm lens. I got a bunch of new pics for my phone and desktop backgrounds. Eventually the other members of the group woke up and decided to...

PINS trip Day 4, started off a bit chilly but a nice sunrise put a good start to the day. Caught a variety of fish and my wife found some interesting shells. Unfortunately, this would be our only full day. While cooking supper the weather radio confirmed there was still a hazardous weather...

1,084 mile road trip from DFW to the south jetty on PINS and back. Day 3, Giddings to PINS south jetty. Our puppy, who is 10 weeks old and still not able to sleep through the night without a potty break, was our 5 AM alarm. We were running a bit slow so didn't actually get rolling until 7 am...

1,084 mile road trip from DFW to the south jetty on PINS and back. Day 1, DFW to Giddings, Tx was pretty crummy driving with wet roads and occasional sprinkle. We were on the home stretch for the day when we ran up to a fresh accident just as the first responders arrived. Got turned around and...

Except now it'll be, "I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that. I saw how many cookies you took and your cholesterol has exceeded maximum limits by 3.8%....have a fresh bowl of ice".

Anybody been down PINS lately? Planning an up to 3 night trip in a few days and wondering what the driving conditions are like.

Plastic bowls, cheap stainless utensils and a roll of aluminum foil for plates and a million other uses.

Me too, I already lost it somewhere in the truck. Lol It comes in handy with repairs on tarps, sheet plastic like in my fender well, stapling notes to the message board/branch, rifle targets, etc. I've also been known to bring it into the office when the standard stapler isn't strong enough. I...

I've spent more time fixing things other than my vehicles so my tool kit is a scaled down version of what's at home. It all fits in a small tool bag

"Flushable" is a marketing term for it making it through a toilet fixture. Most aren't sewer or septic tank friendly and cause thousands of sewer system overflows and millions in damages every year. They are surprisingly durable which is unfortunate for the infrastructure.

Tool bag and air compressor inventory

Ram 1500 back seat delete I know this gets brought up occasionally, yes, do it if you don't have kids. It easily doubles your available space and discourages annoying people from wanting a free ride some place. Removing the bench seat is pretty straight forward, undo 4x bolts of some less...

Truck bed canvas cover with kayak rack addition. After a winter beach trip to Matagorda, TX to put a check mark in the box for "Drove Matagorda beach", test out some thoughts before a big trip to PINS, decided to make first the truck bed cover by welding 3x 3/4 EMT conduit to angle iron that...

Utility trailer/tent I already had a truck bed tent that works great but my wife wanted to be able to set up camp and drive around. So we got a 5x8 utility trailer. I added 2x8 boards to act like the truck bed sides and cut the rear gate in half and have made a few minor adjustments. Note, it...