FT and Boondocking - what RV length?

2gypsies wrote:
We've boondocked often with our 40' motorhome up to 20 miles off pavement. Of course, it has to be a good gravel road - no boulder hopping. :) If in doubt, disconnect the car and scout it out.

We've also dry camped in national parks and national forests without issue. It can be done. Again...not EVERY park but then a 30' won't fit in EVERY park either. We've been in Yellowstone, Glacier, Grand Teton, Rocky Mtn., Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon, Big Bend, etc. and hundreds of forest service campgrounds - in the West.

It all depends how remote and rustic a place you want to go for boondocking. Otherwise, you can definitely do it with a big rig.

Good post!!

Similar with us. We started out tenting then moved to a 25' TT and loved camping up in the Sierra's. When we were both finally retired in 2012 we had planned ahead and knew we wanted to travel extensively and the 25' was not going to do it...at least for us.

We also understood that we weren't going to go to all the places we use to go because of the size of the rig we decided on for our travels which has been around 9 months a year. However....we still are able to up in the Sierra's, different places than in the past, stay in many national parks, national forest cg's, state parks and the list goes on.

OP....some are going to offer to stay small so you can visit more off the grid places or some of the places I just mentioned in the above paragraph. Sure there are places we cannot go with our rig but.....you adjust!!

Living in a rig for extended period of time, especially full time, we chose to be comfortable.

For those that go weekends or a few times during the year smaller probaly works just fine....it did for us.

Safe travels.