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Congrats and welcome. Do post about spots on Vancouver Island. It is on our short list of places to explore. BTW, you won't be stealing ideas so much as complimenting and honoring the contributors. Alan

Thanks for the answers. I'll have to come up with a "dead truck battery" solution before heading out to more remote areas in the Spring. So far we were in pretty well traveled areas where a dead battery would be a bummer but not serious especially when food, water and shelter are sitting in the...

Recently we discovered that we had house herpes - termites. Arranged for the fumigation this last Mon - Wed with the idea of taking off and going to the beach for the the two nights we had to be out of the house. Fumigators arrived and we were all ready to go. Hopped in the truck, turned the key...

I am uninterested in bacon cooking events. I am, however, very interested in bacon tasting events. Alan

I picked a 3/4 ton for my Hawk because we wanted a lot of options and that put the wet weight pretty close to or over the legal load capacity of 1/2 ton pickups. If I had gotten a shell model then I would have gotten a 1/2 ton. A lot has to do with the conflict between your comfort level...

Totally impressed with the Camry designer's choices. Totally unimpressed with the driver's choices. Leaning negative on the driver's girlfriend's choice. Alan

Really liked the pictures. Really liked the trip report. Alan

Congratulations. You are in for a whole heap of fun.

After our first 2 week trip in our new Hawk / GMC Sierra 2500 combo, I agree with so much of your list. Spoke with a Lance camper couple and mentioned we were still trying to figure out how to organize things after 3 days. He said he's been trying to work out better organization for 17 years...

What a great weekend trip! Envious of that bobcat sighting. We were at the NR a few years ago and you are absolutely right that it is a much better experience than fighting the crowds at SR Alan

Epilogue: Took the camper off the truck and tried out my dolly. Worked pretty well though I saw some flexing as we rolled it I want to shore up. Going to add a shelf below for storage too. Next big test is to remount the camper on the truck. Hoping to use the dolly to make it easier...

Day 12 Friday Sept 13: Got up early and walked through the campground along the lakeside. Saw a great horned owl and a family of otters enjoying an early breakfast. We too had breakfast then headed back to CA via Klamouth Falls. Stopped to take a couple of pics of Mt. Shasta to add to the...

Still more: Day 10 Wednesday Sept 11: Up early as it was a rough night with a crying baby and a poor woman who couldn't stop coughing - they packed up and left probably for medical attention. Plan called for spending the night in the Columbia Gorge with a side trip to the west side of Mt. St...

Day 8 Monday Sept 9: No tea/coffee this morning as longer hike planned. Drove to the Visitor's Center at the base of the mountain and found the trail head to the Skyline Trail. A couple of deer guarded this one. Uphill. We walked uphill. But boy was it worth it. We saw a fox that ducked out of...

Thanks for the ID. It was only about 3 feet long so obviously a small one.

and some more: Day 5 Friday Sept 6: Sprinkled during the night - no biggie. Packed up without breakfast - getting pretty good at it by now. Drove the few miles to Ruby Beach and had a great time walking along checking out the tidepools. Not as much diversity as we've seen in Pacific Grove, but...

To continue: Day 3 Wednesday Sept 4: Rose early and while the wife ran around the lake, I tried to figure out a different way to pack the camper so the food boxes were closer to the door for lunchtime needs. This try didn't work out so well and things kept falling over all day. (I had been...

First Days: As mentioned above, we picked up our camper at FWC on Friday afternoon and carefully drove it home. Gentle driving up to Woodland (~ 110 miles) netted me just over 18.1 mpg on the dash computer. With the camper (Dry weight: 1195 lbs) we got 14.3 mpg. Better than I expected. Friday...

Got back Saturday night from our 13 day maiden voyage in our new Hawk. Picked up the Hawk Friday afternoon and headed out Labor Day morning after two semi-frantic days getting things ready. From the South Bay, camped on the California, Oregon and Washington Coasts and into Olympic National Park...

Ordered our FWC Hawk in early July and used the time since to put new tires (Firestone Destination ATs), and a backup camera (wireless) on the truck. Then just waited... and waited. Decided to turn my distress into productive effort yesterday and built this dollie for the camper I have yet to...

Frank, Been thinking about those South African Ammo Box "steps" or something similar. Storage seems to be at a premium in pop-ups so double duty steps looks like a good way to go. Alan

I've been lurking on the site off and on for a while as I soaked up information. I've followed all kinds of friendly "battles" regarding equipment and even choice of cooking fuel. The wife and I have weighed the various arguments and after much gnashing of teeth and "on the other hand"-ing we...