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that rig is way funny. ditto on the _paved_ statement. i've often dreamed of a rig this this one if i lived in a place i could call it home: cheers, thom

When cari and i went out the first season with the TACO we were set up fairly well with a truck tent and truck air-bed (set up once in camp), it made for a cozy place that was dry in the ARB shell and a room off the back of the truck to play cards, chat, dress and potty. All in all we were happy...

I was doing some research on the Thermette and Kelly Kettle for boiling water in camp with found-fuel (twigs etc) and wondered if there was something available that could be used in camp with wood utilizing similar chimney style tech for keeping wood fire sheltered and able to cook food in wet...

great shot of the XPCamper Marc!

Oh, I thought this was going to be about the vans. :rolleyes: Stars are good! Thanks for the heads up on the comet. Way funny, i too clicked cuz i thought it might be about 'the vans'... BUT must say that astronomy was a fav study in college. Since moving to the PNW i've had to continue...

Nice link BSS, thx for sharing it. The DP area is beautiful, cari and i enjoy heading over the pass on our annual visit to her folks in Reno. When she and i were first married we lived near my folks in Sacramento. Come the holidays we would flip a coin with the families and see which house we...

more KUDOS! looking good.

Greetings~! Just checked in the kitchen on the unit we use purchased at our local Costco... "Food Saver V3825" that came out earlier this year. Very nice machine. We have many of the accessory items such as the sealing-continers/jars and such. We use it several times a week around the house...

FANTASTIC Images Marc!!!

the first time cari and i saw something like this idea was at the Salem Oregon Gold Prospecting show a few years back. A guy and his wife had a nice big-foot camper on about a 16ft flat bed with the box under the overhead as you described. Had all their prospecting and camping gear well...

cari and i say you all have way to much fun at the outings. suprised you ever break camp to come back to the real world!

Foxwing video link Wow, watching those videos really sold me on the idea. Pondering the price/value...a simple FIAMMA awning (traditional rv style) run about $700 so $550 on Amazon for what you get looks reasonable. Post Script note... ,( Further digging into the FW design and i have the...

ramblin as i read post for this newbie for the first time. w7tgl : ) Mostly 2 meter on the local net and patch into the i5 repeter network and have talked to peeps from Canada down to the southern border of Cali. Talked to my home-town-gang on the Oregon Coast from the top of the Mount Saint...

Cari and I've used the YETI in black bear country in our PNW area without any issues. We try to keep a clean camp and leave nothing out to temp the locals. I'm confident that the YETI could withstand a bear's curiosity. Half the time i need to re-group and concentrate on getting the thing open...

my wife an i have sort of the opposite experience with the 4" memory foam toppers... we ROAST! though as mentioned the temps in the pacific nw are fairly mild, with nights in the summer rarely dipping below 50. They are also quite the heavy items! We had one on our queen mattress inside our...

We actually prepare a bunch of meals at home and vacuum seal them, then freeze them... That is how my wife and i prepare the majority of our meals before a trip also. Though i do ponder 'what ifs' such as; if we go on an extended journey is this mode of meal preparation sustainable/duplicatable...

just ramblin as i pass through as a newbie to WTW. My wife and i have used a 70qt YETI for the past three seasons in the pacific northwest. I think the hottest day we experienced down at a river was in the high 70's so we are fortunate. The YETI packed with about 8 blue-ice blocks (1" x 6" x...

french press for us. though we do bring along the folgers bags and also starbucks for a quick brew. We also have several cups of teeccino. it is a great non-caffinated coffee alternative high in potassium, prebiotics and other good stuff. brews just like coffee & tastes great...

Seems like a nice little unit. Cari and i might have the same unit. We bought ours last seaon at Costco and it has worked well for us. Mostly used the cooktop, but did have a handful of goodies in the oven including pizza, brownies, beer-bread and such. We may try out the fox-hill idea next...

I cook in the camper. . .and having a sealed cook top helps with the clean up. That is when the hands free faucet comes in handy as well. Specially when doing dishes. Thanks for the reply Marc. Looks like we'll include the stove with all the positive replys from other WTW campers. We usually...

THX for the insights : ) I'm not at all biased on the "Big Three" automakers and still in the research mode. One thing i know we will just have to pay-the-price for is an automatic trany no matter which truck we get. My wife and i are spoiled with auto transmission use. So far we've not had...

in an _rv_ setting i would say he is hinting at: 1) become a snowbird or 2) wanting to join the airstream camp : )

THX for the links! especially liked the blog :)

that unit looks interesting. . .and maybe i wouldn't be considering an f550 since i could leave cari's cast iron D.O.Beast at home! ;-)

My wife and i shopped for a truck in 2006/2007 and finally purchased a Tacoma 4x4 v6 in late 2007. We frankly didn't even consider a full sized truck more due to past great history with Toyota's than any other reason. We niavely thought that the smaller imports like the TACO would get resonable...