Dave (the OP) ... a nice post and great photos!!
We've beening RVing for around 40 years - mostly in the Western U.S. - and I thoroughly get what you're hinting at regarding "things not being the same" anymore when trying to get away from it all on trips. There's just too many people out and about in too many vehicles using too much Internet telling them where to go.
We specifically try to get way out there in our small Class C MH - usually because we're rockhounds looking for rocks. Our worst yet was 25 miles each way traveling to/from a remote spot in the Oregon outback on extreme wash-board traveling 7-10 MPH. But was it ever spectacular camping out there under the stars with a shower, air conditioning, a furnace, cold drinks, a BBQ grill, and queen beds!
