Your Favorite Boondocking Pics

I was up in mid Michigan generally around the Standish area last week scouting out dispersed camping areas and to my dismay I found old beds, couches, refrigerators and so many tires just thrown around the state forest lands. It made me sick because I so enjoy finding nice quiet and natural spaces to camp. It is trully a shame. This junk would be from locals I am sure.

I think this is for a different thread but it has been my experience that it's usually the locals that are the ones dumping the garbage, tearing down signs, etc. How many rural places have you been where all the street signs are full of shotgun holes? You can be pretty sure it wasn't someone just passing through.

It's the local kids. Their parents are the ones dumping the refrigerators and other garbage while the kids party in the places we hold so close to our hearts. They just don't appreciate it -- They don't even KNOW they should appreciate it.

I'm not saying we're not to blame for SOME of the******we find but I really think most of the blame falls elsewhere. (At least when it comes to boondocking locations off the beaten path)

-T

Oh no . . . here I go off topic . . . I too live in Idaho. We boondock a lot and find garbage too. What we do is pick it up before we leave, using gloves when we have to. Most places are pretty clean though, so it's not always this way, but common enough to warrant the complaint and an entire article in the Idaho Statesman by Pete Zimowski.

RFOneWatt wrote:
@Wheelrider -- Are you posting on the wrong thread because I don't see your point in replying to this one, aside from posting a bunch of great pictures?

That is unless you're inviting us to boondock in your back yard?

-T

-T,
You are more than welcome to boondock in my back yard provided you take the things you haul in back out with ya....

Seriously, I'm just so tired of rolling up to one of my favorite camping spots & finding it full of broken glass & garbage. It's happening more & more each year.

I debated whether or not to put this in the other thread, but being new here I didn't know if that would be ok.

And Thank You for the compliments on my images!

@Wheelrider -- Are you posting on the wrong thread because I don't see your point in replying to this one, aside from posting a bunch of great pictures?

That is unless you're inviting us to boondock in your back yard?

-T

Yesterday I replied to a thread about blue totes & dumping your grey tanks on the ground.
I did get a little off topic & brought up the amount of garbage & other******that is now showing up in a lot of the places I camp....

This is for all the people who seem to think this is ok.

I live in a small town, in S.E Idaho & this is literally my back yard so to speak. All these pictures were taken within a few miles of my house & I just want to show some of what it looks like before people destroy it with their grey water, broken glass, & other garbage.











I don't think these guys like it too much either!







I honestly hope the next time you think about dumping your tanks or leaving your******in the forest, that you will remember this.....

I Don't Dump My Garbage In Your Backyard, So Why Are You Doing It In Mine?

Good to hear you're coming to your senses on that generator :W Oh yes, the V-10 really makes a difference, plus we upgraded the differential to a 4.3, when you're towing with a full tank of water heading to a boondocking site, you need that torque. We too have pine beetles here in Idaho. They've hit some areas in the Sawtooths. The Forest Service has cut a lot of the infected trees down and placed pheranome traps on the good trees. The pheranome mimicks in infested or occupied tree so the beetles move on. To where I don't know. But it seems to work.

Thanks Okie / ReneeG :)

That picture was taken somewhere around the Snowy Range. I was wondering what was wrong with all of those trees. The whole area was hit pretty bad. Here in Michigan we have a problem with the ash borer. They've already taken out three trees in my backyard. :(

As for the generator it looks like I'll be purchasing a gas generator. When I called the manufacturer about jet kits, etc. for the propane generators he said there is no way it will ever work at high altitudes and to purchase the gas version. 'Tis OK since you can never have too many generators and the one I have works great below 4000ft and was quite inexpensive. I'll probably end up with two of those Honda 2000's w/ the parallel kit. From what I've read people seem to have the least amount of problems with the Honda.

ReneeG - I found out why you have the V10. If you plan on pulling anything heavy around those mountains you need to have that V10 or a diesel. My old 2k7 5.4 V8 did OK but I was certainly pushing it to its limits, no doubt about that. I like a little more wiggle room.

-T

RFOneWatt - your pictures are wonderful! I did notice that the pines behind you in one of the first pictures has pine beetles. Isn't it sad how the little pests have killed so many of our beautiful trees! You said you were somewhere in Wyoming, do you remember the general area? Off of I-80 or I-25? Big Horns or Snowy Range? Just curious.
We have our generator set for high altitude. DH had it done when we bought it. Now it will run anywhere! If you plan another trip to a high altitude, have it tuned for the upper elevations.
Happy Trails, Okie