Where did you last boondock?

[garyhaupt]

There was a thread running, but perhaps with the camping season in full swing, those that often post are off doing instead of talking.

Just to see if there is any interest....?



Gary Haupt

[profdant139]

Dave, after that trek across Europe, I am amazed that you folks still had the energy to hit the road!!

I have never heard birds breathing -- that must be some deep silence! But the other day, we were surfing in Huntington Beach. There was a quiet interlude between waves -- no wind at all. Someone sneezed behind me. I said, "Bless you!," and turned around, and there was a dolphin, about 30 feet away. But a dolphin's breath is a lot louder than a loon's, I would guess.

[crosscheck]

Spent the Thanksgiving weekend hiking in Glacier NP and Mt. Revelstoke NP. Out of the 3 days, had only one day of sun for good pictures.



This is our last night boondocking(Oct. 13) on Revelstoke Lake.






No one around for miles and bush road to the site is pretty narrow.
Only room for one TC. It was so quiet, you could hear the Loons breath. No need for A/C here.

Dave

[Salvo]

Great boondocking everyone. I love it!

Viewing the mud photos brings back memories of an experience in Baja this past spring. There had been heavy rain the previous day. We were on a dirt road leading to a great boondocking beach when the road turned very muddy and fully covered in water. It was an oh-chit moment. No place to turn around. I did not dare to stop. Muddy water was spraying over the hood while the MH was fishtailing through the water filled dirt road. The MH was a muddy mess. A few days later the boarder patrol wouldn't let me back into the US. I spent a couple hours chipping mud off. Later back home I got an additional 4 full buckets of mud off. A portion of my backyard is now called Baja.

Here's my front window view while staying at the Gorge this summer. Windsurfing right out the door! That's Mt Hood back there.



This one isn't current, but I like it. It's close to Yuma.



Sal

[Camorhino]

That's a nice sized privvy.......;-) I miss my smaller trailers all! My smallest one is 26' now, and when traveling by my self, it is what I take. When everyone else goes, the world expands to 38'. Funny how my dogs need so much more room. 🙂

[profdant139]

I do get that question from time to time! And I always say "it used to be a 5th wheel, before the plastic surgery."

[Veebyes]

Just have to ask....what happened to the rest of your trailer? I'm sure you get asked that one often.

[profdant139]

Here is our Halloween campsite in Sequoia National Forest, south of Grant Grove:



And this is the view of the Great Western Divide, to our south:

[garyhaupt]

Decided to take off for the long weekend, we were off to Prince Rupert on Saturday night then off to the Exstew River Rec site.

Our overnight spot in Prince Rupert is the up side of the Wal-Mart lot.



Our morning view...




Off to the Exstew River for Sunday night..clear skies and temp dropped to minus 3.










The pix will be up on my Blog Tuesday morning if you want to see more.



Gary Haupt

[profdant139]

I'll agree with Camo -- in the evening, the air is usually a little dusty and the light is sort of red. The mornings are clearer in that area. Nina, you have to provide us with a definitive answer!

[garyhaupt]

pnichols wrote:
Gary,

I'll bite. How'd you know that wasn't sunset?

(After all, with Eastern Sierra mountains in the back ... doesn't that mean those mountains in the back were kindof West of the campsite ... where the sun sets?)

I'd bet a coffee and some frybread it's a sunrise. It has that 'cold' look to it. Usually that first light is clean. Sunset is warmer and has a softer look.

Now watch me get told.....hahahahaha.....oh well, there's an app for that.



Gary Haupt

[Camorhino]

I'm going with the mountains aren't angular enough to be the Sierra's to the west, so they must be the White's or to the east. The angle of the shadows with the sun lower on the horizon now, I'm going with 0715 in the morning, maybe 0720 at the earliest......;) just kidding.

[pnichols]

Gary,

I'll bite. How'd you know that wasn't sunset?

(After all, with Eastern Sierra mountains in the back ... doesn't that mean those mountains in the back were kindof West of the campsite ... where the sun sets?)

[garyhaupt]

nina_70 wrote:
Here's our spot:

My fave time of the day...day break.


Gary Haupt

[nina_70]

Just catching up on all the boondocking shots. Fabulous!

We just finished 3 weeks of boondocking in the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountains. Love this place! We had a few nights of crazy cold and freeze (11 degrees) in Mammoth Lakes, but otherwise pretty good weather. Our last week was spent in Lone Pine in the Alabama Hills...an old-time favorite of ours. Here's our spot: