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What a much better use for Recession. Incredible photos and words. Invasive species, haha, how true. I'll have to remember that one.

Wow. Great photos. We just drove to the south of there, I was looking at some of those mountains and wondering what it was like.

Those meadows are amazing! I'm a dad who did at least one family backpack a year, who's younger son is about to turn 18 and will leave before long like his brother. You are absolutely doing a great thing getting out with your kids. I can't believe how fast it all goes and miss those trips.

That's a really great review, thanks for the link, and suggestion to read the comments!

Great photos, thanks. When were you up there? Curious how long ago snow looked like this. We spend a lot of time up Benchmark Rd, in our backyard. The Bob is such an amazing place, so huge. While the Chinese Wall is cool there's other parts of the Bob that don't have the notoriety and are just...

Yeah, that's what I think I'd read somebody else thought too. It's interesting that the reviewer had both together and the Mini didn't work as well. If anybody else has ever had that chance to compare, it'd be great to hear about. Always hard to tell with reviews if they're accurate, or maybe...

I'm curious, did she use the Mini, or the Explorer +? I'd read this review on REI, and made me wonder if they're right about the antenna: "I used the Mini for a month in the remote Brooks Range in Alaska and when compared to the Explorer+ (which one of my employees had and was using during the...

Although I agree with Nick that dealing with a trailer is a bit of a pain and I'd rather not, I have one I could stick our camper on like that. Did cross my mind that we might get a lot better gas mileage if we were only doing tamer roads and towed it with our Outback instead of the 350 Chevy...

Oh ok, I think I get it now. So those two plugs with three positive and three negative wire coming into each one, where the factory puts controller, already connects the three in each plug? I didn't think of that. That'd make sense, then it's all connected without doing anything. I thought they...

Thanks for the response Nick. I realized my camper's a little different than yours, I didn't get the water heater and therefore no propane going there. I wonder if that changes the wiring, unless I'm missing something. Here's what it looks like in battery compartment for mine, the two +/- wires...

Sorry I missed this earlier this year, I would've jumped in before. Life hasn't been in a spot to do any trips lately, so hadn't been on the forum. I just bought one of these early this year, coming to a lot of the same conclusions as you did Nick. I always thought a pop up VW camper sounded...

Haha, yeah dusty for sure. I think it took me about 5 hours to drive some 20 or so miles of that road. The smooth parts you have in the pics are a small part and unusual for most of it.

This should be pretty neat to see, look forward to some more of your pics Nick.

I knew the story but not the details, thanks. I'm old enough that I actually was at the second memorial for Abbey they talk about at the end of that story, outside Moab, below Arches. It was pretty cool to be out there on the sandstone, listening to guys like Dave Foreman and Doug Peacock talk...

Nice way to get a view. We have some great stuff here in Montana don't we. The Crazies (just north of him for those not from here) are another place I love. What an amazing house you have there. I hear you on the brush cleaning, we have a little Forest Service lease cabin next to the Bob...

Yeah, that trip does look like a blast. Too bad about the folks not giving him a ride. After driving that road though, I can't imagine a human doing it in the back of a pickup if that's the only room they had. With hurting knees it'd be even worse. Be less painful to walk where he did I'd think.

Yeah, mine's pretty simple too. Some Gorilla tape and ibuprofen, maybe Claritin. After taking a Wilderness First Responder class years ago, I decided there wasn't much else I really needed. Pressure for bleeding, tape for splint, clean water to clean wounds. Course I have a pocket knife...

Here's a couple of shots from the early 70's, I think first is Silver Stairs in The Needles, not sure on the second. Not very good quality here, but fun shots. We did a lot of camping in this old rig back then.

I'm another Xterra driver, I bought this one new 13 years ago. Never had in it the shop other than a recall and an airbag fuse issue. Heat is good. As for in snow, I've had it in as deep as you can go with 4 reinforced chains on. I tend to push it once in a while till I need a shovel, haha...

I've just been rereading Desert Solitaire, been a long time since I did. This pretty much sums my thoughts on it: “Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild...