Thanks again all, for the input. I guess the problem is that I'm torn between being all adventurey (look at us, 4WDing up a big hill on snow to camp!) and wanting/needing to have some more space/comfort for our planned 1-2 years on sabbatical.
Perhaps a better option is a dually with the one-slide camper and just sticking to reasonable Forest Service roads for boondocking. Realistically, that probably all we could do even with a pimped-out SRW and camper with the minimum level of things we need.
Then when we settle down, we can kick it expedition style with a pop-up on an SRW and really go crazy. :)
