NIGHT 042 / Another night out at Evangola State Park, NY — Really enjoying how simple it is to pull apart our new kitchen drawer for use on picnic tables when available.
NIGHT 043 / Quick ovenight at Rock Point Provincial Park, ON
NIGHT 044 / Reall great Farm Hipcamp near Brantford, ON
Night #6 - Fremont-Winema NF
I was in awe of this area when I passed through last fall and decided to head down this way for memorial day weekend. Theres a large ridge overlooking Summer Lake that is all NF land. I headed up that way and found an decent spot, 100yd walk to the edge of the ridge to overlook the valley. Cold! 34deg overnight. Smokey, not thrilled.
Night #7 - Diamond Craters, OR
Headed east, through Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge, then towards Steens Mountain. The loop at Steens is still shut down, but I found some BLM land just north. Got a spot up on top of a hill overlooking the whole Diamond Craters area. Windy! Got a great picture of the dog and the truck… “GFC, its the shit”?
Night #8 - Umatilla NF
Kind of a rough day. Some great dirt roads through central Oregon, snaked through Malheur NF into John Day. My destination was one of the few campsites on the North Fork John Day River, which surprise surprise was absolutely packed on Memorial Day weekend. So, I decided to continue on to the next days route. Unfortunately, the route I had mapped followed a very rough USFS road, and I got caught behind a 2wd 4Runner, while SxS’s filled with families tried passing us downhill.
After an hour+ of crawling up this goat path, made it into the national forest, drove around for another 45min until I found this clearing. Long day on the road, but we made it
Build that yourself?
I did build it myself with limit tools and even more limited carpentry skills. It’s not the prettiest build up close, but it gets the job done. Here’s a couple more pictures from the inside and one from the side…. I decided to go with a slide out extension so I didn’t have to do any drilling to the gfc for the wood stove and so I could sleep downstairs when it’s super windy or hangout with a little extra room when it’s raining/snowing.
Looks awesome. Folds and stows in your bed?
Thanks, yeah it slides in and tailgate still closes up. I can take take it out of my truck by removing 4 screws.
Rolled into camp after dark hoping for a decent view this morning and the view from the GFC didn’t disappoint at sunrise.
#13 Sue-Meg SP
#14 Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
#15 Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
#16 Humboldt County
Day 6 Virgin River Canyon Campground, AZ
Day 7 “Grand Canyon North,” AZ
A couple more nights before I dipped back into civilization for a weekend GTG with friends I didn’t get a pic setup with me night because I was tied up with a trail repair and landed in camp after dark
Winter Rim in Fremont is an awesome area. I try to get down there to ride sleds a few times a winter. Gets really cool when there is an inversion.
Great picture. Its a really cool area and I was totally alone up there, even on memorial day weekend. I had a tough time finding a decent spot, happy with where I landed but it took a couple of tries
Stopped in twin falls ID to rest for a few hours while our way to Spokane WA. Here’s to night 6 in the GFC
