Would You Camp at a Place Like This??

ppine wrote:
Wilderness areas by definition have no roads. You cannot access them with a vehicle.

How urban do you have to be in your outlook to prefer having other RV neighbors around? I like no neighbors. That is when I feel the most safe. Headed to Death Valley. Boondocking with no RV, no Tent, no nothin.

I didn't mean Wilderness Areas per the "official" public lands definition (i.e. no motorized vehicles allowed) ... what I had in mind were areas "out in the wild" with passable roads just barely good enough to slowly and carefully travel on in our small, pretty-good-ground-clearance, slide-less, E450 Class C.

We have already been to - and stayed overnight in - many areas like this in our rig in the Western U.S., but prefer as we get older to have another RV along with us if possible for overall personnel safety and vehicle breakdown backup ... in addition to the satellite communication based medical help capability we bring with us.

The more remote areas of Central Oregon are an example. As another example - we have boondock camped off a 4X4 road in Death Valley with our Class C and it was a wonderful experience. Boondocking on the Far Side of Beyond - out of the wind, keeping cool or warm as needed, with a shower, with long-range Internet access, with a large propane fire pit, and a microwave for popcorn and an oven for pizza ... is a priceless experience.

I've backpacked plenty in the High Sierras and that doesn't do it for me anymore. In fact from a daydreaming viewpoint - I'd like to camp with our RV in places similar to where we camped at on our backpack trips ... even if it sometimes cost me $$ per night to do so.

Here's a spot along the Salmon river that is an example of what I have in mind (we're in the Class C and friends are in the small TT):