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As Roderick Nash pointed out in his book Wilderness and the American Mind many years ago, we are loving it to death. Happened to the Appalachian Trail. When I did a trip on part of the trail back around 1970, there was lots of solitude as you ran into very few people on the trail. When I...

I have an ATC Ocelot on a 2013 Ford F-150 with a 3.7 liter engine. Wasn’t thinking camper when I bought it. I was thinking firewood, manure for garden, lumber, etc. However, it works fine with the Ocelot, has enough power. I get about 16 mpg with camper on for trips. We’re probably at...

Beautiful gorge, river and bridge. What a visit, especially if you whitewater.

You might want to check the youtube channel The Fast Lane Truck. They just bought a hybrid F150 to test.

The US has contracted with Pfizer for one hundred million doses. As one has to take two doses to become vaccinated, that means Pfizer vaccine is good for fifty million people max. As the federal government passed on ordering more doses from Pfizer, Pfizer has already been contracted by other...

October, Dunton Road, Colorado, looking towards Lizard Head Wilderness

This morning my wife and I were camping in the Chiricahuas. We pulled into the national monument to get ready for a hike. She headed to the bathrooms and I went to get stuff out of the camper. The deadbolt lock failed. The key turned left and right, full 180 degrees of movement but it did...

https://flagstaff.craigslist.org/cto/d/flagstaff-f250-outfitter-and-drz400s/7234137656.html F250 with Caribou Lite. Not mine. 2000 F250 4x4 with 2017 Caribou Lite and Suzuki Motorcycle $39,000 Flagstaff, AZ

We went with the two-way Dometic built in for our Ocelot and have regretted it, but I think we got a lemon. We are looking at remodeling the interior and replacing with an Arb type portable chest that would sit on floor under the front window of the camper. We have a side dinette and the floor...

Ghost of Tom Joad by The Boss. Prefer this album and Nebraska to all his others. Been listening to him since the beginning.

Don’t blame the homeless though they are not entirely blameless. I live in Flagstaff and we have a problem with homeless but we also have a bigger problem with tourist trash. In winter, if we get snow, hordes of people come up from the valley (Phoenix metro) to take their kids sledding. They...

I have a 2013 F150 Supercab with an ATC Ocelot camper on it. Just got back from a trip to the San Juans in Colorado and averaged 15.7 mpg (interstate, two lane roads and dirt forest service roads in the mountains). I bought my truck years before I even thought of buying a camper. While my...

Since you’re coming from the northwest, I’d second the Great Basin NP idea, great park, isolated, and not heavily visited. The caverns are interesting. On the way to Bryce, some nice camping/boondocking at Big Flats which is west of Beaver, Utah on 153. Bullion Falls (75 feet) outside of...

Camp fire ban reinstated in Coconino National Forest this week. Back in June campfires were also banned. Back then there was a large Forest Service banner on FSR 535 which is above the switchbacks on 89A near Sedona. The road is normally crowded with campers. The banner stated that there...

From recent trip to Fish Lake National Forest. Camp is at Big Flat off FSR 153. First photo is the campsite, the second is the view from the campsite. Area is designated "courtesy area" which means "limit noise, speed and dust".

I have an ATC Ocelot on a 2013 F150. I would second Missing Link’s comment about having the small rear window to see more of what is behind you. i have two roof vents. Non-powered vent over bed for circulation at night in cold seasons. If I had to do it again, I’d probably skip the sink.

If you’re looking to avoid Flagstaff, head into Utah from Death Valley (you’ll pass through Las Vegas). If you leave DV by the southern routes, you can stop at China Ranch in Tecopa for a date milkshake and some dates. You can cut through Zion hit Kanab, then the north rim of the Grand Canyon...

I am in flag and may be interested but not till Friday when I am headed west. how old is it? How much use?

Okay, i take the stupid award here. Last summer, the day before i left for a camping trip to New Mexico, I popped the top, cleaned the inside, and stocked up the camper. Next morning, i get up at five, make coffee, load the dog and take off down interstate 40. I stop at Two Guns to walk the...

Have you thought of a work platform? I have one that I use for entering/exiting my camper. It also serves as place to sit to put shoes on and off and as a table by the chair. I have used it to stand on to clean the soft sides. Lot of companies made/sell them. Note that there is a ladder...

I agree with DanoT sell it. Get what you want. As enjoyable as having a camper can make life, being out from under debt for something you have regrets about improves life more, at least in my experience. Sell it and don’t look back.

The warning sign on the east side of Sonora Pass (rte 108) which warns of 25% grades ahead. The truck image on the sign is almost vertical. Sorry, didn’t stop to take picture.

If you are going to the Valley of the Gods, you might check out John’s Canyon which is just west of VotG. It is accessible by road off the road to Gooseheck State Park. I will probably be in Johns in late October. Camped there in March when the VotG was a quagmire due to rains. Also, camping...

I struggled with finding something and then one trip just used the folding work platform that I had been using as a step to get in and out of the camper. Now it does triple duty: step into camper, bench for putting on shoes, and table between chairs. It is big enough and stable enough that my...

I have an ATC Ocelot on a F150 Supercab with 6.5 bed. No complaints. It works well when i solo (with two 75 lb dogs), when my wife and dogs comes with me and even when my teenage son and dogs comes with me. I figure that if I had more space, I’d just end up taking more junk that I don’t...