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After several years of spending more than a few winter nights each season in the Mammoth RV Park (Mammoth Lakes, CA) I was told that I could no longer stay in a tent site because my camper was a "cabover". The RV side of the park is just a big parking lot, considerably more expensive and I do...

I just finished The Big Burn by Timothy Egan. I saw it mentioned earlier. Highly recommend. I also read Salmon. While not truly in the wander the west theme I am now reading Cod by the same author (Mark Kurlansky) and his book Salt was an astounding framework for a lesson in world history. In...

And they to theirs and so on - which is why I have so little hope.

A couple of years ago I was coming out from a backpacking trip on the 4th of July. There is private property right up to the trailhead and there was a group of trailers and a half dozen or so kids running around a bonfire - not a "camp"fire - flame lengths were 10 - 15 feet, fire was maybe 10...

I thought I should let you know that you are making me cry.

"Everyone around the illegal campfire can be cited" I was dispersed camping with a group. I was the one with the permit and fire restrictions were in effect. Someone insisted on building a fire. I packed up, wished them good luck and left.

Humboldt-Toiyabe went to stage on July 1 as well. The verbiage is the same as what Ski posted but in the words of Simon and Garfunkle - a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. I've had words with people who believed if there was rock fire ring it was a "developed site". Or the...

Oso - the dog in my avatar - was known for alerting to rodents in the engine compartment. He would sit and stare at a front wheel until somebody did something. There were a few false alarms but more often than not the owner of the vehicle would pop the hood, a chase would ensue and Oso would...

I ran out one winter morning while making oatmeal. I guess it had been sitting on E for longer than I thought.

That'd be nice.

When purchasing a new electronic device and figuring out how to pair it with a 4 year old vehicle elicits about the same anxiety and frustration as a dental procedure. Siri actually told me to put down the phone and take a nap. My response to her is not fit for print.

I had a 4W Kestrel shell on a T-100 that was serviced at Carson City Toyota for 12 years - lift and all - with no problem. They will not put my Tacoma/Bobcat on a lift. I don't go there anymore. Tires Plus, Gardnerville puts my truck on the alignment rack. And to kind of respond to Stan's "I...

Even if they banned campfires they would still need to actually enforce it. Fires have been banned in some of the extreme dry years but you wouldn't have known it. I remember some fire bugs in #2 tearing up brush and creating - I am not kidding - 10 foot flames. Then their generator ran off...

I have not taken an online course but I do know that you have to do it in person if you want or need a certificate.

I'll bet many have heard the story of the hunter who sprayed himself with elk urine and was attacked by a white tail deer while his dutiful wife kept filming.

It is not just tourons I tried to find the story of the girl who's mother put honey on her head to get a bear to lick it but it may, like all legends, not be entirely true. But along the way I did find another story. https://thisistrue.com/bear-country/ (women feeds bears for ten years...

Yup. I have been flabbergasted more than once when trying to explain the process of ecological succession to someone who is actually being paid for their botanical expertise. The boundaries for where a particular tree will grow is the same as the boundary of suitable conditions so how, exactly...

No photo, been a lot of years - on the "road" between the turn off to Florence Lake and Vermillion Resort at Lake Edison the dirt tread went to both sides of a clump of trees. Someone had put up signs that said "Divided Highway" and then "End Divided Highway".

White Tacoma, double cab short bed with an AT camper parked on the first bend of the Little Walker Road 2/7 (I think - or 2/8? - retired, rarely know what day it is except mail doesn't come on Sunday) I had been skiing pretty hard for several hours and I saw the truck from a distance - "oh...

Another plug for Mahogany Meats. I always have some of their turkey jerky on hand, sometimes order their bacon and their sandwiches (Rodeo is a roast beef and bacon club) are beautiful enough to make me cry after a week long backpacking trip.

I understand. I also, after 50 years of camping and 30 years of living in bear habitat have come to the understanding that they want easy pickings.* I use a bear canister when backpacking because I don't have a vehicle but I would think that a cooler left outside, even a lockable one, could be...

Are you taking about putting the food outside while you are asleep? I don't think that would be necessary but (most) campgrounds in heavy bear areas have food storage boxes in each site.

Highland Lakes campground. We were awakened at 5 am - the camper rocking and rolling. Looked out, bear had a paw through the wing window in the cab of the truck and was trying to get something done. I yelled, bear ran off, came back - this went on for an hour or so. At some point in time I shut...

Sorry for blowing your cover. But they are the best on the market.

Wild Ideas by any chance?