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I hope you are going to be bringing me a care package

 

I do both. solo backpack, and solo wheeling trips. Given a choice I much rather hike/backpack. I bought the Tacoma, so I could access trail heads that were deep into wild lands.

Once each year for sure, and if I'm lucky I get to do a second group backpack with about 10 very close friends into wilderness areas. I used to do one trip each month (mostly solo or with a friend or two), but when my first kid was born in 2010, that ended. Now it's mostly family camping / and multifamily adventure trips and they don't happen as often. It's especially hard having two small children, but we've turned a few corners at home, and it's getting easier now. THANK GOD.

 

Nice! Well I'll have to check that area out for when I get home and have time to do some solo stuff. Thanks!
Yeah my parents stopped doing backpacking trips until my sister and I were older but we were always into camping, at least, which is probably why we got back into backpacking as a family. I'll bet that as long as you keep up the family camping you'll eventually get into pack trips, as well.

 

Headed out the door for 2 weeks on the road/trail. First stop Flagstaff for Overland Expo, then a week in Moab exploring! White Rim trail then whatever strikes our fancy. First trip with the new addition (9 mo old baby girl) god i thought i packed a lot of shit before!!

Will report back with pics and story... wish us luck

 

Awesome!! Definitely looking forward to a trip report. I'm headed down to southern Utah June 7-23. Gonna hit Moab, Zion, Bryce and Lake Powell. Cannot wait!

 

Good luck, and have fun! Congrats on the baby!

 

Good luck. My wife told me it would be a few years before I can take our soon to be born daughter on any camping/wheeling excursions.

 

My truck and my baby girl were both 2 months old when we went for an 8-day deep back-country trip to GSE. About the only issue we had was that her tummy had had about enough dirt by about the sixth day -- she threw up (rather hard to keep bottles as clean as necessary when exploring dusty areas).
So long as you're prepared, camping with an infant isn't too difficult......but it sure does require a shit-ton of extra gear.

 

Finished up my pour spout for my scepters. Parts were under $15.

 

Thanks Amigos! We hit the road last night at 10:30. I drove straight through to Kingman, AZ (about 12 hrs) and the lil one slept the entire way!! What a champ. With record temps expected from Bakersfield through Needles (108 degrees in Barstow!) we knew we had to push on through or it would be miserable.

Now wifey is taking over and we're heading on to Flagstaff.

My little road warriors!


Ready to roll again. Kingman, AZ

 

Cute kid. Can tell she's already got dad wrapped around her finger.

 

Awesome! Keep us posted of your travels

 

Did this same thing! Pours like a champ!

 

Sweet! I haven't tried mine yet, waiting a couple days for the glue to set. Good to know it flows well

 

Nice I will be in Southern Utah 6/21-6/28

 

How's the wind noise and wind drag with the RTT on cab roof?

 

Mounted the tepui awning on the frontrunner rack

 

Nice! do you have shots of the mounting brackets?? I am thinking about buying one of those racks to replace my OEM/Yakima setup

 

Brandon I'll take one when I get home this afternoon. Jump on my build so I don't have to clog up the Overland thread

 

Cute looking baby!