Mostly Day trips, a few 4 day weekend trips Once to Moab when I owned the jeep others just local...
Are you a day tripper, Weekender, Weeker, Full Timer?
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We started out day hiking at our local national forest. We have now branched out visiting other national forest which require a over night stay. So we have started camping and overlanding on hopefully at least once a month
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Do to work we are mostly weekenders - but we do go out for longer trips when we can get the time off to do so. Actually when Kathy can get the time off as I am currently unemployed but working hard at down sizing and working towards moving to a smaller out of California spot.
We are also 50% of the time towing our trailer out to boon docking areas the other 50% we truck camp and get further off the beaten paths.
We are also 50% of the time towing our trailer out to boon docking areas the other 50% we truck camp and get further off the beaten paths.
Day tripper and weekender. Camping is a big hobby of mine and I enjoy 4wd vehicles so it was a matter of time until I just combined the two.
Pathfinder I
long Weekender with the occasional week or more. lots of day hikes and sitting on a log by the beach.
Off-Road Ranger I
Mostly a day tripper, as we have lots of critters that require twice daily love and attention. But we occasionally get away for a few day trip.
Advocate III
Due to the lack of off roading in my area, my fiance and I are weekend warriors. If we make the drive out to somewhere with decent campable trails, we're not going to want to make the drive back the same day!
Right now my wife and I are mostly day trippers taking time to go places that are not that far away and using back road routes to get there. We are in the middle/end part of building a new house so are get away time and funds have been limited. We have said that we want to make better use of our vehicles this fall and explore some more.
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Being active duty military, in a country that doesn't embrace off-roading in any sort of sense of the word and having 18 month olds twins to top it off....I mostly live vicariously through you all.
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That is one fine basecamp, now I know how to spot you when we are out and about. !!
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Previous to my retirement I had accumulated 25 days of vacation per year. So we found ourselves going out in the spring or fall for at least a 3 week tour. In addition to that we'd go local more than a few times a year for long weekends, usually late fall through early spring.
Retirement has changed the game. We now explore for long distance for 6 to 8 weeks at a time and go local/regionally more than a few times a year, however we still plan/have planned all of our long tours during the off-season, ie, Mid Sept, through middle May. Traveling way ^ north will change that schedule 180 degrees and we plan to begin going north by 2020.
2018 has been a no gamer so far. I do have an 4 night Expo run coming up with the TLCA in July locally. We may or may not take the grandkids to upstate NY or Vermont in August. However, we are planning a tour to arrive in N. California for Christmas, then after New Years weedle our way south and take in all the great deserts of California. Make way over to Grand Staircase, Moab, Painted Desert, and last, but certainly not least, Big Bend. Health problems suck. Especially when your entire life you have done everything right. My wife snapped her neck nearly 30 years ago, going over the top of her road bicycle. I was directly behind her, I'll never forget it. The doctors told us that she'd be having trouble when near her mid 50's. Trouble? =s pain...... Surgery last Feb was partially successful. ( for any medical folks, C2 bi-lateral ganglionectomy ) She still has C3 pain. RFA's are in order next month and the pain will be relieved as the RFA procedure administered annually has done just that for several years. Forgive me, I carry on.
I've made good use of our time at home and been working on my rig with anal retentive PMs and buttoning up all the Cruzer's oil leaks. I've also devoted some time to organizing, lightening, and compacting our gear. Today I'm ordering a chainsaw carry case.
2019 will kick major butt. 2020? through trip, Canadien Rockies, north then left to Alaska
Retirement has changed the game. We now explore for long distance for 6 to 8 weeks at a time and go local/regionally more than a few times a year, however we still plan/have planned all of our long tours during the off-season, ie, Mid Sept, through middle May. Traveling way ^ north will change that schedule 180 degrees and we plan to begin going north by 2020.
2018 has been a no gamer so far. I do have an 4 night Expo run coming up with the TLCA in July locally. We may or may not take the grandkids to upstate NY or Vermont in August. However, we are planning a tour to arrive in N. California for Christmas, then after New Years weedle our way south and take in all the great deserts of California. Make way over to Grand Staircase, Moab, Painted Desert, and last, but certainly not least, Big Bend. Health problems suck. Especially when your entire life you have done everything right. My wife snapped her neck nearly 30 years ago, going over the top of her road bicycle. I was directly behind her, I'll never forget it. The doctors told us that she'd be having trouble when near her mid 50's. Trouble? =s pain...... Surgery last Feb was partially successful. ( for any medical folks, C2 bi-lateral ganglionectomy ) She still has C3 pain. RFA's are in order next month and the pain will be relieved as the RFA procedure administered annually has done just that for several years. Forgive me, I carry on.
I've made good use of our time at home and been working on my rig with anal retentive PMs and buttoning up all the Cruzer's oil leaks. I've also devoted some time to organizing, lightening, and compacting our gear. Today I'm ordering a chainsaw carry case.
2019 will kick major butt. 2020? through trip, Canadien Rockies, north then left to Alaska
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As often as possible we day explore, then plan weekend trips here and there but every once in a while we plan a big trip and go all out, our most recent one was 10 days spanning 2,000 miles.
As often as possible we day explore, then plan weekend trips here and there but every once in a while we plan a big trip and go all out, our most recent one was 10 days spanning 2,000 miles.
Here in Georgia I work around the weather. Since I have two loves, the mountains and the lake I split my weekends between the two based on temperatures. From May to September I spend any free weekend at the lake wakeboarding and riding jet skis. Between mid-September and early May is when I go on overland trips to the North Georgia mountains and surrounding areas. I typically try to leave work early on Friday and come back late Sunday afternoon/evening but once a month I am required to work a Saturday so in that case I will take the prior Monday off, giving myself a nice long weekend that week.
I only have two buddies that overland with me right now and one just sold his Tacoma after it was having some transmission issues. I am no stranger to solo trips and even though my family and friends think I am nuts for doing so, they are great chances to escape life and keep things really simple for a couple days.
I only have two buddies that overland with me right now and one just sold his Tacoma after it was having some transmission issues. I am no stranger to solo trips and even though my family and friends think I am nuts for doing so, they are great chances to escape life and keep things really simple for a couple days.
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[QUOTE="What are you? How often do you hit the trail?[/QUOTE]
My wife and I average about 50 nights year. Sometimes it's just for the weekend. Other times its spring break, Thanksgiving break or several long weeks in the summertime. We get away with this because she is a teacher and I work for a company that thinks we should work so that we can go play.
My wife and I average about 50 nights year. Sometimes it's just for the weekend. Other times its spring break, Thanksgiving break or several long weeks in the summertime. We get away with this because she is a teacher and I work for a company that thinks we should work so that we can go play.
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Trying to work hard this summer and hopefully beyond to incorporate more time away from work and spend as much of that as possible with the family outside and camping. So we’ll see where this will take us and try and enjoy the trip(s).
Enthusiast II
Weekends mostly, with a few week plus long trips. Would love to get out for longer trips but I have to pay the bills.
I retired in 2017 and my wife in 2018. So far this year we've been on two trips totalling about 55 days. We have one more planned for after Labor Day which will be in the 3-4 week range so we're making up for lost time :). At this point, we're thinking the northern Rockies up to Alaska in 2020.
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