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Dude...I love these old photos. Makes me wonder though...are these folks camping or just the way things were for some in the dirty 30's

hey guys...most interesting read. I have to say I'm about done with wipes due to the previous couple of years. Our wash station for us and camp dishes consists of a 30L portable tank. We always filter the water if we're in the wild...otherwise it's tap water straight in. Boy...does it get nasty...

To start with...my wife is a clean Freak. If I dare skip a day and not have a full on shower I'm in for an ear full. So how do you all do it? We're currently on day 75...or there abouts...and it been a while since we've been below 10,000ft. So washing can be pretty darn cold if you miss the...

Bummer...well if I ever had hundreds of dollars of food in my fridge and it crapped out I'd find me a camp toot sweet and have a feast that couldn't be beat ;-) We have an off brand and we're on day 75...I think...without any other power than solar. Last year it was 5 months straight solar. Our...

ya...get a cover and make sure the fridge always has lots of ventilation. We're bike riders also so many times we are away from camp all day.

We are currently on the first eastern step of the Tibetan Plateau (Zhagana)...a truly amazing place. This morning's breakfast was Yak butter pancakes with tree honey...washed down with Tibetan milk...yummmm

We've been on the road for over 2 months now and my fly selection is running low. Used my vicegrips and tied up my first fly in quite a while. Tail...Tibetan Vulture Wing...Crow Dubbing...our Sichuan Cat Hackle...a dead grouse I found along the road

hi...we bought the same AlpiCool fridge (C30) a couple of years ago. Ended up buying their insulated cover last year which has helped considerably. If you have a cover as well I'd suggest cutting the mesh they've sewn over the vented areas...does nothing but restrict airflow. Our vehicle is...

We've made it to the Eastern edge of the Tibetan Plateau...last few days have reminded me why we live like this. I think we're somewhere around day 70

Moving up onto one of the plateaus adjacent to the Tibetan Plateau...currently at 2300m (7544ft.)...heading west through Gannan County, Gansu Province, China. We are definitely taking a step back in time...most of the harvesting is done by hand and some of the little villages we pass through are...

Well this was a new one...picked up a mitfull of surveyors line which closed my emergency brake arm just enough to start makin' a racket. Thought my bearing had packed it in. Anyways ...all's well that ends well.

Our camps consist of somewhat long term stays...probably average a week. Supplies run low and we usually jump on our bikes to the nearest town or village to restock. Yesterday in terrible weather we hiked out to the road and bussed in to the local town 20km away. Was a first...always seen busses...

heyyyy...this has been good and thanks for all the personal experiences. We've been hit by foul weather and my electricity making has taken a bit of a nose dive. This has reminded me of why I wire my panels in series...basically you are adding your voltage together while the amperage remains the...

Hey thanks for the kind words.... Question for ya...100w panel seems kinda small to support a fridge...who's fridge are you using and what size? We can get hit by bad weather while it's hot and a total of 300w of panels just gets me through. And that's with careful management. How do you manage...

I guess I didn't address Tundracamper's question. Our solar system is separate from the vehicle and our camps are seldom a one day affair...typically more like a week at a time. This makes the solar system efficiency way more critical. The converter receptacle is always buried and one of my...

Hi guys...thanks for the feedback and my internet seems good this morning :-) Ya...when I say "killed" I mean drained my battery pass the point where my controller would kick in and start charging. That's when I bought an insulated cover and a plug in AC charger. The cover has made a big...

Seems I lost some of my text... So the small increments for temp was reducing the sys. load (something I learned when I killed my battery). We are currently just over a month on this trip and haven't plugged in nor do we plan to. Hot cloudy days and shade are my biggest hurdles...

Thought I'd pass along what I've learnt about one of our most important items for our trips. So...we have a lot of gadgets that need charging besides our fridge. And it's been a learning exercise over the last couple of years. Anyways...forget the learning curve...this is what we currently...

Sorry to hear about your cat...never easy losing a pet you loved. We have lost ours many times and immediately I think she's been taken by one of many birds of prey, wildcats or large snakes that are constantly around during our adventures. But amazingly she endures!

Some of our best trail experiences have been when we leave camp behind and head out on foot. Yesterday we came across an amazing couple living high in the mountains in northern Sichuan Province, China. The stonework around their house was hundreds of years old and they were descendants from the...