Where did you last boondock?

We planned on camping outside Grand Canyon National Park and visiting the park last week, but the government shutdown changed part of our plans. We boondocked in the Kaibab National Forest a up a very good gravel road 5 miles, and explored the national forest and made it to the Grand Canyon in several different locations. The photos are of our campsite and view, and the link is to a short video of our explorations of the area...

Looking NW


Looking SE


Exploring The Kaibab National Forest is our short video of the trip

I figured I would try to revive this thread -- anyway, here is our latest spot, northeast of Yosemite and southwest of Bridgeport, at 9000 feet -- the peak in the background is at 12,000 feet.

I am not sure how this shot will display on the forum -- I designed it to be a really wide shot, to convey the sense of isolation and silence. A very small trailer in a very big countryside:

We did a last minute overnighter out to a favorite spot,Oranage Bridge, just about 25Ks from town. Hot doggies and marshamallows....








But...you know...some people just have no consideration..or common sense. This is wild country with no shortage of black and grizzly bears. These folks are from a construction camp in town...the next 10 years are boom tiimes..oh good...










I reported them to the Conservation Fink Line when I got home.



Gary Haupt

This past July I spent 2 nights SE of Mono Lake, at Sagehen Meadow. It's just a sandy two-track for 1/8 mile or so off of a sandy road, then park just about anywhere. No one else around during my stay. However the one afternoon I did hear a couple of dirt bikes go by on the road. Downright peaceful. There were some big-cat tracks nearby, so I kept looking around behind myself.

Some of the above talk reminds me of certain physics, the facts of which probably go something like this: Given the same weight on the rear wheels between two different truck chassis, the one with duallies in the rear has better flotation on soft surfaces than the one with single tires in the rear - due to greater rubber surface area carrying the same weight.

What this means in practice - I don't know - as I'd never try to travel any road like Bear Camp Road in snowy times of the year in an RV. However, I have read several times in these forums that Class C motorhome owners with DRW drive in the rear have traveled CAREFULLY AND SLOWLY on roads in the winter with no real problems.

Just for fun, watch this video all the way through to see what's really possible with an RV in extreme mud on the way to ... or coming from ... boondock camping:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&client=mv-google&hl=en&v=eqL2qZ3YsMg&rl=yes&feature=related&nomobile=1

profdant139 wrote:
Meatwagon, I like your solution to that big step up to the back of the camper -- just sink the wheels of the truck deep into the mud, and it is really easy to get into the camper. Very clever!!

Was it difficult to get out of that campsite?

Took a couple hrs. I had to dig out behind the tires to get some branches under them for traction, unhook and move the trailer, but once I was able to get it to start moving back and fourth there was plenty of mud fly'n and no stopping that duramax.:E

Francesca Knowles wrote:

profdant139 wrote:
Meatwagon, I like your solution to that big step up to the back of the camper -- just sink the wheels of the truck deep into the mud, and it is really easy to get into the camper. Very clever!!

Was it difficult to get out of that campsite?

Took the words right out of my...keyboard! :B

'Oh.I'm so glad I have a winch,
So glad I have a winch,
Hi ho the Derry oh...,
So glad I have a winch.


Gary Haupt

profdant139 wrote:
Meatwagon, I like your solution to that big step up to the back of the camper -- just sink the wheels of the truck deep into the mud, and it is really easy to get into the camper. Very clever!!

Was it difficult to get out of that campsite?

Took the words right out of my...keyboard! :B

Meatwagon, I like your solution to that big step up to the back of the camper -- just sink the wheels of the truck deep into the mud, and it is really easy to get into the camper. Very clever!!

Was it difficult to get out of that campsite?

Stayed in the Kiabab nat. forest near Flafstaff,Az.


It got a little wet up there:B