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Wifi only iPads do not have GPS. iPads that can access a cellular network do have GPS. But you do not need to have cellular network service to use your iPads GPS. If your iPad has GPS, it will work without cell service. You WILL need to download or cache a map of the area you're in though...

My wife and I are both teachers with large blocks of time off. Without fail, as we approached the end of a long summer road trip, we would both want nothing more than to sleep in our own bed and be off the road. I'm not sure I could ever fully commit to vanlife, and it's not just the desire to...

Yes, a Bosch flooded starting batt and a Optima deep cycle batt. Not really sure what info is out there about having a flooded batt and an AGM in the same setup. I did read time and again that having two batteries of similar age was important, IE, you don't want to have a five year old batt and...

Having done a dual battery in my LX, it was probably overkill and possibly unnecessary for our power needs, but I'm still glad we have it. We camp (or try to) with very small kids and having car starting redundancy feels a little more safe and secure. If you have space for a second batt. in your...

Other than the possibility that people will mistake you for a landscaper/gardener instead of an overlander, I see no issues with a full vehicle length roof rack.

Bodie will be tough to get to unless you bring a snowmobile. There's numerous hot springs in the Mammoth and Bridgeport area that are great. There's also an easy trail that takes you around Mono Lake...

more Xmas! your truck with xmas lights in the background, or foreground, or a reflection...whatever

I winched myself out once. Got stuck badly in some nasty mud in the Panamint valley. No trees or vehicles around to pull off so I dug a bollard around a clump of vegetation, and popped right out. Here's my trip report of the self rescue if anyone's interested...

To what extent do you take that trailer off road? Does it handle fire roads well? We're thinking about getting a small pop up like that, just wondering where we could realistically take it...thanks

That's Mono lake and Eastern Sierra... Next challenge, your truck in Death Valley...

Early season snow near Bridgeport CA... Next challenge: An aerial shot of your truck, like taken from a drone, or a dirigible...

mas flex...

more flex...

This game really isn't that complicated, you post the pic, then name a new challenge... So what's the new challenge?

Let's keep it dirty...

Personally if just a day trip, I'd pick one park or the other, Anza or Jtree. In Jtree check out Berdoo cny. into the park and exit north via Old Dale Rd.....all on Google maps. In Anza check out Sandstone cny. , Diablo Drop off... All this info is available online and in 4x4 guidebooks...

I've been through Dedeckera/Steele half a dozen times and I've always considered Dedeckera canyon, and the stair steps there in, to be the start, or end, of the Steele Pass trail as a whole. Check out the Piper Mtn. trail as an alternate access, or exit, point to the Eureka Valley, its remote...

Laurel Lakes near Mammoth, beautiful lake, beautiful trail....same challenge.

I might be mistaken but I thought some winches were not compatible with synthetic lines because the winch drum got too hot, which could damage a synthetic line.

I'm curious what route or trail you have in mind that takes you west-east over the Sierra...