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[Transient]

Regarding your PBJ sandwiches, I read an article just yesterday on how Vegan people are finally able to enjoy Plant-Based peanut butter.

Reading this hurt my head. Maybe it's because it's after 3am and I'm long overdue to get some sleep.

 

[HOCKEY MOOSE]

HELLO everyone camping season is getting closer and i cant wait to get out there and sleep under the stars with my TB

 

[PHXPHOTOG]

HELLO everyone camping season is getting closer and i cant wait to get out there and sleep under the stars with my TB View attachment 7948View attachment 7950

Nice rig. Truck and Trailer. My TT is a 2007 30 foot tail dragger. I need a new smaller one but that is not happening soon.

 

[Holt9190]

Hey gang!

Just got my 2021 Custom 4x4 last month and now we're looking at travel trailers. Mine has the 5.3 and I believe its the 6speed trans. So all the rigs were looking at are between 26' - 34' in length and 6000 - 8000 lbs empty and was just curious what weights everyone else is toting around with the 5.3 as well? We're on the Virginia Coast so we stay mostly in the flats as my son and I hit the NASCAR circuit pretty hard. Yet we do have a couple places up in the mountains we like to go to as well. Nothing crazy, prolly nothing over 3000' so hills shouldnt be a problem. What weights are you guys enjoying?

We have a Geo Pro 19FDS st 3700 lbs. It tows great

 

[erewind]

I have a 30 foot travel trailer the TB tows very well. Me and my wife have had it all over the western states. The last two years has been with the Trail Boss. But at least once a year I get together with an old friend and do a true overland trip. That means the RV stays home and me and him go wheeling for about 10 days. . We do it the way I grew up, pitch a tent or even better yet just throw a sleeping bag on the ground.

Bride Canyon, Moab, Utah
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Bride Canyon

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Campsite Potato Bottom B, White Rim Trail, Canyonlands National Park UT.

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Near Lake City, CO on the Alpine Loop.

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Sometimes its fancy sometimes its quick and easy. Hot dogs taste way better at 9000 ft, with a cocktail.

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The "high point" of this trip.

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This is outside Moab, UT. One of my favorite sunrises ever. We pulled into this dispersed campsite after dark. We threw our sleeping bags on the ground and when I woke up it seemed like we were on a differnt planet. It was incredible. Tailgate breakfast and we were on the trail.

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I'm loving everything this truck can do.

Steve

i can only dream of this for now, so inspiring!

 

[PHXPHOTOG]

I know it is too early for some of you guys to get out the camper but this is Arizona so I couldn't wait. My wife wanted to have a girls only weekend where she hosted 5 of her friends at a lake we frequent. The age range is 49 to 65 and only one of them had ever camped before. My wife is a very experienced camper. So my price for setting up their camp and everything they needed was to go up on Wednesday alone for what my wife jokes about are my "bonus days". She knows I will do anything for some peace and quite alone anytime in the desert. So I set up on Wednesday and ran some wet desert trails in the Trail Boss. Only one picture because I was out alone. On Friday the girls showed up and I was perfectly happy to leave them alone for 3 days. They had a great time. On Sunday I went back up with my 25 year old son. The girls left and he and I fished until Monday and came home. Six days total of camping in March. I love the desert.

Steve

 

[Boss]

That's awesome @PHXPHOTOG - Looks like a great time!

 

[PHXPHOTOG]

Camping, fishing, 4wheeling last week.
I went back out to the lake on Wednesday and set up camp. My wife and friends joined me Thursday night so I had all day Thursday for solo trail running. I took them out on trails Friday for a tailgate lunch in desert backcountry. My rock sliders took some hits. Then it was campsite fun until Sunday. Good friends, good food, campfires, and cocktails. I caught 2 small catfish and a bass. Living my Trail Boss life.
Steve

Note: Have over 5,000 miles on the BFG KM3s now. All kinds of terrain. I'm getting the performance I expected from them. That is good because it sure comes with a cost.

 

[PHXPHOTOG]

Can anyone guess or tell me what era or model this old thing might be? I'm guessing from the point on the hood maybe a 60s era Pontiac? There was no badges left on it. The fire that cooked it was last summer and may not have been the first. I found it a full mile back from pavement on a Jeep trail. No telling how many years it has been there. Must have been a hell-of-a-ride when it rolled.
I like finding interesting old things in the backcountry (not garbage). There is a story behind this crash I will never know.
Steve

 

[PistolsFiring]

Can anyone guess or tell me what era or model this old thing might be? I'm guessing from the point on the hood maybe a 60s era Pontiac? There was no badges left on it. The fire that cooked it was last summer and may not have been the first. I found it a full mile back from pavement on a Jeep trail. No telling how many years it has been there. Must have been a hell-of-a-ride when it rolled.
I like finding interesting old things in the backcountry (not garbage). There is a story behind this crash I will never know.
Steve
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I think you’re on to something. Late 60s Pontiac Lemans? Atleast similar grill shell as the 68-72

 

[mrcolieman]

Can anyone guess or tell me what era or model this old thing might be? I'm guessing from the point on the hood maybe a 60s era Pontiac? There was no badges left on it. The fire that cooked it was last summer and may not have been the first. I found it a full mile back from pavement on a Jeep trail. No telling how many years it has been there. Must have been a hell-of-a-ride when it rolled.
I like finding interesting old things in the backcountry (not garbage). There is a story behind this crash I will never know.
Steve
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That would be a 1968 Pontiac Catalina!

 

[PHXPHOTOG]

That would be a 1968 Pontiac Catalina!

A 1968 Catalina! In the wide shot you can see the trail in the upper left hand corner. There was no steep edges for them to fall off. I think they flew over that crest and lost it on the down hill side. WTF? Why? What were they doing in a Pontiac going to fast in the desert where a sedan shouldn't go. The only impressive part is that they got that far in the first place. Just having fun wondering what happened because I cant figure out how they even got there.

 

[mrcolieman]

A 1968 Catalina! In the wide shot you can see the trail in the upper left hand corner. There was no steep edges for them to fall off. I think they flew over that crest and lost it on the down hill side. WTF? Why? What were they doing in a Pontiac going to fast in the desert where a sedan shouldn't go. The only impressive part is that they got that far in the first place. Just having fun wondering what happened because I cant figure out how they even got there.

Pretty cool cars! If I'm not mistaken it was the Pontiac version of an Impala but with a 400 V8 and those unique down turned tail lights. I rebuilt the engine on a '68 convertible Catalina 30+ years ago... Great road sofa for slow cruising on a warm night.

Hopefully whoever wrecked this one came out unscathed and has a crazy/fun/wild story to tell... I too would love to hear it!
Trail Boss adventures!

 

[RET-G]

I know it is too early for some of you guys to get out the camper but this is Arizona so I couldn't wait. My wife wanted to have a girls only weekend where she hosted 5 of her friends at a lake we frequent. The age range is 49 to 65 and only one of them had ever camped before. My wife is a very experienced camper. So my price for setting up their camp and everything they needed was to go up on Wednesday alone for what my wife jokes about are my "bonus days". She knows I will do anything for some peace and quite alone anytime in the desert. So I set up on Wednesday and ran some wet desert trails in the Trail Boss. Only one picture because I was out alone. On Friday the girls showed up and I was perfectly happy to leave them alone for 3 days. They had a great time. On Sunday I went back up with my 25 year old son. The girls left and he and I fished until Monday and came home. Six days total of camping in March. I love the desert.

Steve

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Curious, where is that location? I moved to PV a little over a month ago and just this week started looking for a small trailer for me an my GF to use and camp. Out first trip will be over toward Payson to the rim, but in the future want to introduce her to some serious areas where there are few people or at least highly dispersed.
For me, I used to live in Moab with a Hummer and an Off-road popup so I'm used to dispersed areas on BLM lands, even after moving to ID before finally ending up here in AZ.

 

[PHXPHOTOG]

Curious, where is that location? I moved to PV a little over a month ago and just this week started looking for a small trailer for me an my GF to use and camp. Out first trip will be over toward Payson to the rim, but in the future want to introduce her to some serious areas where there are few people or at least highly dispersed.
For me, I used to live in Moab with a Hummer and an Off-road popup so I'm used to dispersed areas on BLM lands, even after moving to ID before finally ending up here in AZ.

This is Bartlett Lake on the Verde River just Northeast of Phoenix. We go there for quick get away weekends because there is no organized campground. It is all dispersed camping and you can put your rig right on the shore. It may be dispersed but it is NOT remote at all and the crowds are getting worse because of it's proximity to the city. It is best on weekdays.
There was an ugly incident last weekend. A group of more than 100 people showed up on Friday afternoon and took over a portion of shoreline not big enough for their large party. They literally over ran space other campers were in, some of which packed up and left.
When these groups show up they are not campers, they are picnickers coming for day use. They had about 20 pop up awnings set up. Underneath one of them I saw huge flames and black smoke. Then a large flaming fireball was thrown into the water eight feet from three children standing in the water. The fireball turned out to be the jerry can they were using to pour gasoline on a cooking pit they built. The kids were OK but the stupidity was infuriating. They continued to use gasoline to get the fire going. I could go on and on about the stupidity like watching them load 25 people onto a small pontoon boat until the outboard engine dipped so low it thankfully would not start. They all packed up and left between 10 and 11 PM. In the morning the ground of their entire area was covered in garbage they left behind. Including the bones and carcass of a pig they roasted. Incidents like this are getting more frequent at the lakes close to the city. I have to keep going to places farther away to find my peace. Like the backcountry near Moab. Unfortunately Moab is not an hour away from my house.
Your Prescott Valley loction is an ideal place for you to discover all this amazing state has to offer. The Rim is incredible. You will find remote camping all around you. Just don't get to close to Phoenix because it is going downhill. Most people I meet camping are good and there to have fun just like me. But incidents like the one above are getting more frequent.
Steve