This is a new thread to document where you boondocked recently in your RV. It doesn't have to be today, it can be last week or last month. Please post a pic or two. This should be a great thread. I'm looking forward to seeing your posts in the future. Thanks.

I boondock pretty much anywhere and everywhere. I've been on the road for a month and another three weeks or so yet, to enjoy. On may to Edmonton this coming weekend...and I read snow in the forecast!This is Steelhead Prov Park, Savona, BC..open and no fees yet.I was in Manning Park and just past the east gate a spot that is one of my fave's. Usually you could put a D/P in here, but this time the frost had just come out of the ground and I was in four wheel to get thru it.There is a great pull-off on #97, the Monte Creek area.This involved a wee bit of stealth work for the night. In Peachland, the Okanagan.Nicola Lake pull off, just east/north of Merritt, BC.Along the Old Hedly Road from Princeton, BC.And my spot right now...Thursday morning in Vernon...Gary Haupt

Well, I can't tell you exactly where we last boondocked, but it was last summer in the Eastern Sierra between Lee Vining and Bridgeport. Here is our campsite, off a long, rough dirt road at 9000 feet -- we set up the tarp to protect our generator from the rain -- there were occasional thunderstorms -- and that is why the awning is tilted (to shed the rain):This is a view of the campsite from a nearby meadow -- the trailer is hidden in the trees, and DW is sitting in our afternoon "cocktail area" in the meadow:This is the view from the campsite -- that's Mono Lake out in the distance -- at night, lightning would flicker over the mountains and valleys to the east:We were there for a week, and almost every evening a "lenticular cloud" would form over the Tioga Pass area to the south, catching the sunset:I should add that this nameless place is a classic boondocking site -- absolutely silent. We saw no one for a week. So quiet that the noise of the blood pounding in our ears was very audible. So quiet that when pine needles would fall on the roof of the trailer, the tiny impact of each one was distinct and clear.

Fair enough...This was our boondocking site last week at Las Cienegas National Conservation Area (SE Arizona). Pretty amazing place. Didn't see a single soul the entire time we were thereThe grassland views are stunningAnd this is our site today just south of Cottonwood, AZ:And the view out of our front windshield

Beautiful shots, Gary, Dan, and Nina.

Nina's got a big advantage over my photos -- she actually knows what she is doing. Check out her blog sometime -- truly amazing.

So where did you boondock today? | Good Sam Community

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wanderingbob
Explorer II
May 20, 2014
No pictures but , I just spent two nites beside the lake in the park in the center of Wewahitchka. Florida .
My spell check is trying to spell the town name ; kitchenware '.
garyhaupt
Explorer
May 17, 2014
Am just home after 3 months wandering. Some of that was a *gasp* hotel..Louisiana and Mississippi...two weeks.

Anyway...my camp on The Slabs in Ca.

On Stuart Lake, BC..Fort St James.

Same place..sunset

I have no idea where, but in Ca..by a Carl Jr's..on edit..it 's in Williams. Right off I-5. Parked in the lot beside the grass. Was perfect.

I paid for one campsite..in Brookings, Oregon..one of the nicest anyplace on the west coast.

Gary Haupt
Mello_Mike
Explorer
May 15, 2014
Last weekend in the Sitgreaves National Forest near Heber, AZ.
Mello_Mike
Explorer
May 15, 2014
I'm going to resurrect this thread in the hope that we can post photos of our most recent boondocking escapades. It doesn't necessary have to be where you boondocked today. It can be last week. Please try and stay on topic.
garyhaupt
Explorer
Jul 03, 2013
They are antennas..not cables. One for CB the other VHS. If you look closely at the furthest, you can see the angle and as it clears the cab.

Gary Haupt
pnichols
Explorer II
Jul 03, 2013
Gary,

Why the cables coming down from your cabover to the cab fenders?? What effects were you experiencing before installing these?

A long time ago I had special RV shock absorber assemblies mounted similar to what you have on a 1969 Chinook chassis-mount Class C we owned - but have never seen them on a modern Class C.
JiminDenver
Explorer II
Jul 03, 2013
We are outside of Jefferson again. We took a spot we are surprised was open with the holiday but we hit it just right as the spots around us filled after we got here.
The sun broke the tree line at 6 am and I Started seeing 14 amp right off. Once we hit float I'll point the panel to the south and leave it. Its so nice not worrying. About the battery.
We expect sunny mornings and rainy afternoons. Fine by me. The more rain the better.
We will see just how quiet this place is on the loudest holiday of the year. Pics when we get home.
garyhaupt
Explorer
Jun 30, 2013
And last night...Saturday...in Kamloops.

Gary Haupt
garyhaupt
Explorer
Jun 28, 2013
Rolled into the Okanagan this afternoon and parked here for my daily lunch/nap/reading time....this is Peachland.

Then motored over to town proper...

Right across the street is a pub...*cough cough*

Boondocking..another way to say...."roughing it."

Gary Haupt
Handbasket
Explorer
Jun 22, 2013
I spent Wednesday night here drycamping at the roadside, at the entrance to the rhododendron gardens on Roan Mtn on the NC/TN line:

These are the natural gardens, taken a few years ago at nearer the bloom peak:

There's acres and acres of these 10'-15' tall shrubs, along with hiking trails and views. The Appalachian Trail crosses Roan Mtn.

Jim, "Boycott shampoo! Demand real poo!"

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