Just got back from a 4 day R&R trip into the woods. Gotta say it was definitely needed and well worth it! Closest cell reception was 10 miles away, so no distractions there.
The last 5 or 6 weekends have been super busy for me. Jeep trips here, there, everywhere. I have been taking fridays and mondays off for these trips. The trips, for fun, are more stressful than every day to day life in some cases.
I booked a site at a campground where I have gone since I was a kid. IT's not like a KOA where it's a giant parking lot. There's woods between the sites and the sites are private. I had one of the more private sites and was pretty much on my own road. Quite nice.
So, Saturday morning, I loaded up the $200 duct-tape special popup camper, hooked it to the Focus and headed into the woods!
Have to say, the popup was the best $200 I spent. Even with the batteries, dorm fridge, new tires and $40 worth of Gorilla tape, I am still in it under $500. It didn't leak during the rain storm, deployed and packed up in an hour each time. Quite a bit nicer than a tent. Yet ... even with my refrigerator, I didn't feel like I was glamping. I was reminded of that when I'd have to get up and go outside to use the bathroom haha!
I met up with some old camping friends that we met when I was probably 14. It was nice to reconnect with them. We would have a fire each night, then I'd either head back to my site, or stay at my site after everyone was done and just drink a few cold beers and watch the fire until 2:30.
At which point, I'd walk up to the shower building (yes ... it had running showers and bathrooms) about 1/4 mile away - at night - and shower. It was a great experience. The first trip back from the shower I saw some coyotes running around. Didn't see any bears though.
Went for a hike by myself one day. Then explored the little towns around. Mostly overpriced junk, but still kind of neat to explore.
Was definitely a good time and well worth it! Some people buy $500,000 buses. I had just as good (or better) of a time as they did with my cheap camper and used compact car.
The last 5 or 6 weekends have been super busy for me. Jeep trips here, there, everywhere. I have been taking fridays and mondays off for these trips. The trips, for fun, are more stressful than every day to day life in some cases.
I booked a site at a campground where I have gone since I was a kid. IT's not like a KOA where it's a giant parking lot. There's woods between the sites and the sites are private. I had one of the more private sites and was pretty much on my own road. Quite nice.
So, Saturday morning, I loaded up the $200 duct-tape special popup camper, hooked it to the Focus and headed into the woods!
Have to say, the popup was the best $200 I spent. Even with the batteries, dorm fridge, new tires and $40 worth of Gorilla tape, I am still in it under $500. It didn't leak during the rain storm, deployed and packed up in an hour each time. Quite a bit nicer than a tent. Yet ... even with my refrigerator, I didn't feel like I was glamping. I was reminded of that when I'd have to get up and go outside to use the bathroom haha!
I met up with some old camping friends that we met when I was probably 14. It was nice to reconnect with them. We would have a fire each night, then I'd either head back to my site, or stay at my site after everyone was done and just drink a few cold beers and watch the fire until 2:30.
At which point, I'd walk up to the shower building (yes ... it had running showers and bathrooms) about 1/4 mile away - at night - and shower. It was a great experience. The first trip back from the shower I saw some coyotes running around. Didn't see any bears though.
Went for a hike by myself one day. Then explored the little towns around. Mostly overpriced junk, but still kind of neat to explore.
Was definitely a good time and well worth it! Some people buy $500,000 buses. I had just as good (or better) of a time as they did with my cheap camper and used compact car.
