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Another option in Everett if Tacoma doesn't work out.

Keep in mind we normally drive slowly, but here's our gas mileage chart. 13mpg was the worst, like when we rushed home from Las Vegas to Puget Sound in a day, a rare at/above speed limit trip. That trip had a headwind -- which our truck doesn't like (and neither do I when bike riding). We often...

We get about 14-16 at highway speeds, but since we normally drive slower (55-60) have averaged 18 mpg.

Our tailgate is 40 lbs, and located behind the rear axle. So we were glad to remove it.

I agree glass panels are way more robust. We still have our suitcase glass panel which is producing at least 90%. But it's 22 lbs and bulky. I really like the flex panel which fits perfectly against the window inside our camper, and weighs 5 lb. It takes just a minute to set it up. I prefer a...

Thanks for another well-written adventure report! Lots of heat, fish, great scenery and good times.

Update: our 100W flex panel from Rich Solar, 1.5 years old, is putting out only 25W in beautiful July sunshine at 1pm. They say it's "underproducing" and offered us 30% discount for a new one since its out of warranty. But... eh... just a one year warranty. The Renogy is a similar price with a...

This is very interesting. Just today while driving many miles home, and passing a popup camper on a flatbed truck, I was thinking why not bolt a camper to the truck without any flatbed. You'd need the camper floor built stronger, but save the weight of the flatbed. I suppose you can't use your...

Here’s another site with smoke predictions for the next two days: Smoke Forecast - FireSmoke.ca

Our 3rd-genTacoma has been ok (so far! 75,000 mi with some pretty rough roads but lots of pavement miles getting there) with just black Sumosprings, and E-rated tires. It was an off-road version though, so maybe the shocks were more beefy. We are definitely overweight, and all the camper weight...

Another fan of the iPhone "Measure" app in its Level mode. We put the side of the phone under the camper overhang over the truck bed. Quickly measure left side front, back; back side left and right; right side back and front. It takes longer to type this in than to measure! Usually we shoot for...

I've not heard of that before. It must be to avoid the power surge when you turn on the pump. Speaking of that, we blew out numerous fuses with our compressor. And that's a pain when you need to air up. Then I read that you should not turn on the compressor when attached to your tire, but when...

You could fit cardboard boxes or stiff bags in the big bins, or other containers you might prefer. For example, in our food storage we have a bag for breakfast, and another for dinner.

I like that tire calculator website too. We went with narrow, taller tires after much wringing of hands and calculations. So far I can’t feel a difference. We use KO2 from Goodrich. The narrow ones were less expensive and lighter and an inch more diameter. They kinda look funny compared to the...

We are also living with our Iota DLS and our new lithium battery. We're finding we rarely use it, but it will charge at very low amperage, taking 30+ hours to fully charge the 100ah battery. So sometimes we'll charge it using shore power before a trip if it's not sunny enough for our solar system.

Such a deal!!! I don't know how to spend a million though.

Climb high, 3pins! You know how to take advantage of the adiabatic temperature change. But up there the trees are more scarce, thus a loss of shade. We're also getting very warm weather in the Pacific Northwet in the next week.

Wonderful!

Interesting story and thanks for posting. I suppose another walkaround before leaving camp is to run your thumb between the cab and truck bed, eh? I'm gonna go check ours right now!

Thanks for virtually taking us on your hike!

Yes, the low temp cutoff worked. Yes, pretty happy with the SOK in most respects. The battery is amazing compared to our previous AGM battery. With our 100AH battery, we can last 3, maybe 4 days with no sun or driving. With our 100W flex solar panel or driving, it's usually above 85% state of...

I don't know if you can straighten out the frame where the tree hit it, but that might straighten out the cabover section. Maybe if you cut that section, the cabover would drop back down the 2". Just conjecture!

Our lithium battery (SOK) has a heater which we've only needed once. It was below freezing for about a week, and down to 17F at night. But it didn't seem to work. It's energized by the charger, not the battery itself, so our 100W solar panel wasn't enough to heat it. But it also didn't heat...

I got snowed on yesterday in the North Cascades. Summer is coming!

IOS 18, perhaps arriving this fall, will have satellite texting for iPhone 14 and up. I wonder if it will be expensive, compared to the InReach device we are now using. Send messages via satellite in iOS 18 - but only with these iPhones