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Thanks, Smoke, for helping to convict these cretins. We would love to hear your stories. They are the "entitled".

We were at Grand Tetons for fall foliage. I saw black skies and golden aspens in front of the mountains. We pulled in to a large empty parking lot. I had two bodies with two lenses, wide and telephoto with tripod happily shooting away thinking wow, this is soooooo cool. Definitely not like at...

We like that area, also. Kinda remote but lots of places to explore. We wandered around some USFS roads above Eagleville and Cedarville.

Still on board for this. It looks like a few from the PNW will be there also. We should be in that area around that time as we were planning to xplore around the Bears Ears area and also Cedar Mesa and around southern parts of Lake Powel. Thanks for the idea and planning. Potluck ideas?

Which waterfall is the one you posted? Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. We enjoy traveling through the Eastern part of our state as we encounter fewer people. And there some amazing places to explore. I grew up eating morels and hooligans. Our favorite place to pick is now a mall. ,☹️☹️

We will be there in that general area in late October so are interested. Sorry we missed the California meet-up.

We have dual sinks so use a Tupperware bottom for our utensils on one side and laundry/dishwashing items in the other. There are two wooden tops that fit on the top of the sinks. We eat simple foods so rarely wash dishes in sinks. Works for us. After awhile (we have had our unit 3.5 years plus)...

Okay, thanks. Probably something similar out there somewhere.

Dash Point State Park may be too far but it is one of the few options. I would add a clicki but don't see that option.

We have camped several times at the one campground that is open in the off season at Bryce in the tent section. We are 23.5' long including Ranch Hand bumper. Never any problems. No generators, thankfully. And, the folks who tent are usually nicer.

I second the series of books by Laurent Martres. He just issued a new edition of the volume on Utah. They are also available as a download from Amazon Kindle store for your tablet. He states the time of day and season, whether access is easy or difficult and rates their scenic quotient...

Thanks to all who enlightened me about our federal/public lands. Our own backyard, the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest has some budget restraints: the following info was copy/pasted from our local mountain biking advocacy group Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition which we support but applies to...

Nice job and a clean look. May I ask where you got the zippered storage bags? I am assuming they are Velcro-backed and you added Velcro to the wall. I would like to do something like that in our bathroom. Space is always at a premium. Thanks and happy trails.

Where do I start? Central Oregon Cascades waterfalls: the area east of Roseburg and Cottage a Grove on either side of 138. Late spring for photography as flows won't be excessive to avoid blown highlights Weeks and weeks Plenty of campgrounds and dispersed camping. Susan Creek is a BLM site...

Thank-you for your replies. Nevada is our Utah substitute as it is less crowded and has spectacular scenery not to mention rock hounding and ghost towns galore. I would enjoy this as a meet up next fall. We try to make Nevada more than a drive through on our way to Utah, Arizona, etc. We avoid...

Has anyone been to our newest national monument? We would like to explore it to see the rock art and photo possibilities. Not so much the City, an art installation. There isn't a whole lot of info, can't even find a decent map. There is a website so garnered some info there. I just wanted some...

Edgewood: my Avast program blocked me, also. Infection warning it said. I have a couple of books and apps for hot springs plus go to this site It lists all the hot springs for each state. I am glad Idaho is fairly close and Nevada just a state away from Idaho.

Wow, Whazoo! You packed in a lot of camping adventures over the Thanksgiving holidays! My eyes were feasting on that gorgeous red rock your camera captured so well. Alstrom Point and Lees Ferry Overlook? Gotta put them on my trip for this October. Thanks for the sun and the Southwest to...

Okay, I post my photos and blog according to how I catalog my photos on the hard drives: 2015/01 WA: 3 days 2015/02 WA/OR: 9 days 2015/04 WA/OR/NV/UT 22 days 2015/05-06 WA/OR: 17 days 2015/08: Blues Fest 4 days 2015/09 WA/OR: 20 days 2015/11 WA: 4 days Total: 79 days.

We lost a big fir, probably 3'+ at the base. It fell across the far edge of our pond. Saturated soils, compounded by shallow soils due to an underlayer of what we call hardpan and below that, a layer of Chuckanut sandstone. It could also be due to neighbors logging the heck of the surrounding...

allanb: you can either download many of the western Benchmark maps on PDF Maps (Avenza) or as a standalone app from iTunes (Oregon, California and New Mexico). I believe Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, etc. and a few others are available through PDF Maps. Just one of...

allanb: Bellingham has grown too much for us having been born here. Anaxortes used to be a sleepy little fishing town. The population increased with the arrival of military and refinery retirees. Great neighbors but Anacortes has changed. When we travel, we head east or west on 20 depending on...

Riverrunner: we used pdf maps throughout the Coast Range of Oregon as well as the areas north and south of 138 east of Roseburg and Cottage Grove looking for waterfalls. Just using the GPS and National Forest Ranger District Maps I downloaded ($5 each) saved us many backtracking miles. We were...

So many places to see. You will have 3 months but you will be busy. How about the San Rafael Swell (The Wedge Overlook is fabulous and check out all the rock art panels) and Grand Staircase? I also second the Valleys: Cathedral Valley, Valley of Fire, Goblin Valley and Valley of the Gods. Butler...

Just saw this. We attended the Fall 2014 rally and met some super folks. Too close to LA for us. We like to stay away from large metropolitan vicinities. Maybe fall 2016? April plans are GSENM and vicinity-really explore this area as the two times previously we just drove several trails. Have fun!