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I'd be interested to know how heavy it is. Alan

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Beautiful spot and a nice looking rig. Welcome! Alan

Frank, Had the solar plug installed on the roof but it is still in the sometime category. As for dishes, I put the two buckets on the ground and put our old cooler on top to make a table and then I put a basin (that carries the non-refrigerated produce elsewhen) on the cooler/bucket table. I...

Longhorn, I've never seen any mention of a ban on dispersing water on the ground in NP CGs. Many CA State Park CGs ban it but they usually have showers. We do use the eco soap and wash our hair over a bucket to minimize the water on the ground. Perhaps I've missed something. Adrian, The...

It took a while to process this all and used Google blogs for the first time but here is the TR of our recent excursion in our Hawk. We usually go to the desert in the early spring / late winter, but with so little rain it seemed like there wouldn't be any flowers so we reset and took our...

Congrats! But such a long time to wait. Alan

I remember so many businesses had moon launch tie-ins. Not sure if we've had anything like it since. Great movie about an obscure aspect of the trip is "The Dish". Alan

Saw a pop-up at Yellowstone using what looked like a six foot ladder with the steps perpendicular to the door - awkward. The owners came round just as we were finishing set-up and chatted for a bit and cast envious eyes on our 30 year old steel folding step stool. I mentioned the Cosco two step...

Inspirational trip report. Alan

We got tired of wet dish and hand towels hanging of various parts of the camper so I rigged this small laundry line over the sink area. Two small hooks screwed into the lift beams and a bit of laundry line. We used to string the rear bungee across and hang the evening's towels back there at...

We left Glacier and spent the night at Maryhill SP on the Washington side of the Columbia. From there we went to Diamond Lake via Sisters (quilt shop there is a magnet for the wife). Our route was disturbed by a closure of I90 that day and a rash decision to ignore the detour and make our own...

Bozeman has the Museum of the Rockies. Chock full of dinosaur fossils and a very nice exhibit on geckos right now. Butte Lake in the NE corner of Lassen NP has an 800 foot cinder cone to climb and is a less visited part of the park. Glacier should have the Going to the Sun Road open by then...

Took a 3 week trip to the Sierras and the Rockies (trip report will take some time). Fourth night out we stopped at Aspen Grove CG just east of the Tioga Pass. I noticed the fridge items were all wet. Seems the ice had melted. The button revealed only 1 LED lit for the batteries. We had just...

Love your TRs / sketches. Alan

Can you get the dog and the lady to lose some weight? :D As you pointed out, there is a difference of opinion on this matter as some believe it is OK to go over on GVWR and others such as myself are more wary. You sound as though you fall into the latter camp. Last year I found that in the Bay...

Outstanding! Where are you going first? Alan

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Ah, so many of us here on the West coast living like Egyptian crocodiles: in de-Nile. I wonder if property values in this area will show any effect from this information so chillingly presented. I doubt it. I take some comfort that the San Andreas fault is 8 - 10 miles from my house and not...

While much of the emphasis on this site is aimed at four wheeling out into the wilderness and boondocking, plenty of us spend most or all of our nights in more developed campgrounds which may be an issue for someone who has lost her confidence in camping. Having a certain amount of amenities can...

I think the thickness depends on a couple of things: obviously the space from the bed base to the lift panels and helper arm when the top is down and also how "springy" the bed is. A springy bed will collapse more allowing the top to come down without undue strain. If, like we do, you want to...

Like a lot of FWC owners, we have not been thrilled with the foam mattress on our Hawk. While an improvement over sleeping on the ground, there seemed to be room for improvement. I had an idea to improve the situation when I considered that our old sofa-bed mattress was sitting under the...

Your reports are so inspiring. More please. Alan

Congratulations! Sounds like you got one with the works, even if not everything quite works yet. Welcome and we await your trip reports. Alan

At least the cooler looked undamaged so I'm hoping the beer is still safe. Alan