Boondocking near Four Corners

profdant139 wrote:
Yep, lots of room. This is near Goosenecks, about an hour away from the Four Corners Monument, and that's my trailer. Nobody else within a mile of us:

Great photo! And right near Goosenecks is free BLM boondocking in Valley of the Gods:

Love the Images - You guys set the bar!

garyhaupt wrote:
Or Canyon de Chelly in the tribal camp ground.

Or Valley of the Gods...depending on what you are driving.

Or..https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B000'04.9%22N+109%C2%B001'58.7%22W/@37.001366,-109.0335307,158m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m13!1m6!3m5!1s0x873a25d2c9c70acd:0xc9945bd27b66993a!2sFour+Corners+Monument!8m2!3d36.9990815!4d-109.0452213!3m5!1s0x0:0x0!7e2!8m2!3d37.001366!4d-109.0329738


Gary Haupt

Gary ... with respect to Valley of the Gods, would you explain what you mean by "...depending on what you are driving".

We have thought about going through there a couple of times, by haven't tried it yet. (As you know, we have a 24 foot 2WD Class C with good ground clearance and a 158 inch wheelbase.)

Phil, if you can get to the Racetrack near Death Valley (which I think you have, if I recall correctly?), Valley of the Gods is a piece of cake, except after rainstorms.

Just take it slow going over the water bars and drainage ditches.

The area on top of the Moki Dugway, though, is much trickier. Folks have done that towing a fifth wheel, but I would not. You might be able to do that in your rig. I did it in an SUV, with no problems, but I was not towing my trailer.

profdant139 wrote:
Phil, if you can get to the Racetrack near Death Valley (which I think you have, if I recall correctly?), Valley of the Gods is a piece of cake, except after rainstorms.

I've driven both, and agree.

profdant139 wrote:
The area on top of the Moki Dugway, though, is much trickier. Folks have done that towing a fifth wheel, but I would not. You might be able to do that in your rig. I did it in an SUV, with no problems, but I was not towing my trailer.

We towed down it completely by mistake. We were southbound and didn't realize where we were until it was too late to turn around and go all the way around.

Mark, I hope you took a video of that!!

profdant139 wrote:
Mark, I hope you took a video of that!!

Just some dash video at 2:20 in our Valley of the Gods video, way back in Ep. 2 before we got better at producing videos:

https://youtu.be/-uY-FV9bMg8?t=140 (link starts the video at the 2:20 mark)

You can see the trailer in the shadows on the rock in the first few seconds.

profdant139 wrote:
Phil, if you can get to the Racetrack near Death Valley (which I think you have, if I recall correctly?), Valley of the Gods is a piece of cake, except after rainstorms.

Just take it slow going over the water bars and drainage ditches.

The area on top of the Moki Dugway, though, is much trickier. Folks have done that towing a fifth wheel, but I would not. You might be able to do that in your rig. I did it in an SUV, with no problems, but I was not towing my trailer.

Dan ... we've never dared try the Racetrack. I only carry one spare, and I'd probably blow more than one tire on the way. (haha)

We back out trying some places that we probably could make it to if we had another motorhome along for backup, but so far none of our RV'ing friends will go along with us to these kind of great boondocking places.

Our most challenging Class C route has been the Monument Valley "Not Recommended for RVs" loop. That was a go-slow, side-tipping, water-bar type short trip but still carefully doable and a lot of fun. Camping is not allowed on that loop, however.

No worries, I don't give my honey holes away either. I give general areas as well. General areas close by the 4 corners region was food enough for me. Just didn't know if there were public lands that were fair game. Didn't want to camp 30 miles away when there are places that are free and close.

chinook, if you have a minute, check out Mark's video link a couple of posts above -- Valley of the Gods looks mighty fine!