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Marc the XP v2 concept looks like another winner! Best wishes. Thom & Cari

Hi DD : ) What we decided to try out is the HeatMate 5200 Portable Alcohol heater/stove combo. So far we've only fired it up once in the van on a chilly morning. ~10 minutes and the van was warm and i had a kettle full of boiling water : ) Since most of our time camping is either on the beach...

You are correct on the "Chaos" !! When our kids were at home (now both enjoying the USAF) we would do something i coined as "spy hopping". We would drive around the Ft Stevens campground in our lemo-tinted volvo XC wagon and look at all the different rigs in the sites. All the foot and bicycle...

YO DUDE, you are not supposed to drive by my house without at least stopping buy for a cup of tea or soda!! I live just down the road from Ft Stevens. Next time through we will meet up at the park. Just drop me a note/PM. Happy Trails. one nite on my drive home, the Peter Iredale Wreck on the...

Greetings all. Last year about this time my wife and i were doing prelim research on what would replace our Tacoma+Trailer combo for light overland camping. We seriously toyed with the idea of having Mark create one of his fantastic campers for us though in the end the tug of a Van won out. We...

This is a favorite spot we visit nearly once a month from spring to fall on the Lewis River just outside of Battle Ground. Google "Sunset Falls Campground". It is paved-primitive camping (pit toilet only, bring your own water). Very beautiful area and fun for families too. If it is 80...

my wife and i installed both a license plate mounted backup camera on our tow rig (07 TACO TRD 4x4 AccessCab) and a remote/wireless backup camera on a 17' trailer. What we found is both cameras were negatively affected by simple things such as angle of sun, rain, fog, and temperature. These...

my wife and i are in the process of a van build. we recently sold our tacoma & trailer so my thoughts shared in this post relate to that first combo and what we are carrying over into the van build. water: the off road capable traler had full amenities, including a shower BUT... we used it year...

Anyone use Garmin Topo U.S. 24 k software? Greetings Craig. My wife and i've been using the 24K topo West 2dvd set and it has all the detail i've needed. Now i can not compare to other software out there, but i've been in situations here in oregon where the 24K _trail_ ended and we kept on...

i find it sadly interesting that the majority of US designers are not brave enough to incorporate some of the out-of-the-box ideas that apparently are taken for granted overseas.

In my home town of Warrenton on the northern most tip of Oregon Land... lots of beach and dunes to drive on and enjoy the view (when the sun shines!). Cari and I have been doing some simple mods to our new van. Sending a New Year Cheer from the WET! Coast of Oregon.

looking good Marc!

enjoyable read! thx for sharing the pix and words.

Here's a pic to make you socal guys jealous... : ) two can play that game... on a recent outing in Washington State up a _jeep_ trail: have a great holiday!

more KUDOS to Marc and the XPCamper!

i just read through all the posts and decided to put my 2 bits into the convo : ) My wife and i live in black bear country on the oregon coast. It's not to bad in our actual town, but they are around and i've looked them in the chest a time or two (HA! but never in the eyes!). I do carry bear...

being an Ex-Berkeley Boy... I never really saw _us_ as resolving anything peacefully! There were times in the 60's & 70's that it was anything but peaceful in some of the demostrations i witnessed. I remember running accross campus to my dad's office to get away from tear gas canisters. And...