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Sign in to chatA forest road spur in the Sawtooths with a creek fifty feet away and no one within a mile. Pack out everything, stay on existing sites, and it stays that way. Being vague on purpose but happy to share the general area.
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Sign in or create an accountI did the math after two years and my rooftop tent works out to about $80 a night. It is faster to set up and terrible if you want to leave camp for the day. Regret is mild but real.
A jetboil in the vestibule for the first cup, dry socks stored in the sleeping bag, and a beanie I only wear to sleep. None of it is expensive and all of it changed how I feel at 6am. What is your trick?
Short drive, familiar food, a headlamp that is theirs, and a job to do at camp. We stopped trying to hike and started letting the kid run the campsite. Trips got dramatically better.
A 10 inch skillet has cooked more good meals than any titanium pot I own. Car camping is the one place where heavy is allowed. Post your best cast-iron camp dinner.
Generators at 10pm and music through a Bluetooth speaker three sites over. I have started choosing weekdays and it fixed most of it. Is there a polite way to say something that ever works?
Awning, a two-burner on a slide, and a plywood drawer system I built in a weekend. The biggest upgrade was not the rig, it was a good chair and a real pillow. What would you change?
