Forum: Overland Travel & Camping

just wondering what kind of tents people have tried and used..good and bad weather use...i have a cheep one thats 9'x12' ..its been a great tent except when the weather gets bad...

Hey guys. Well I'm getting antsy to get out and do some camping with the weather warming up. I haven't had much time to get out lately and explore so I'm turning to you guys for input on locations. I'm thinking east would be the direction to go to get away from any snow/elevation/cold as much as possible. With that said, I don't know of any good places to camp that fits that description this time of year. Preferably with some trees and scenery and not too far from Reno(i.e. 100 miles or so ideally). Any ideas are welcomed!

So I'm looking into getting a food dehydrator from cabelas and was wondering what kinda things you guys like to make to take on the trail for snacks and meal type stuff

Anyone here been gold panning this summer? Got a favorite place you'd like to share? Or mabey not. ;) This summer I went gold panning for the first time. My brother has a sluice, pans and buckets, so we took my mom gold panning when she visited. She hadn't been gold panning since she lived in Marysville back in her 20's. We went to the Middle Fork Feather River outside of Quincy. A short hike and a cool river rewarded us for our effort. What a great way to spend a day. Since it was my first time gold panning it took me a bit to learn the proper technique. I quicky caught on and it was definetly lots of fun. We didin't strike it rich (I'm still working for an hourly wage) but we did find gold. Only a few tiny flakes, but none the less it was gold.

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Next August at least one friend (yes, I do have some!) and I will be flying to Alaska to do some hiking. We are looking at about 50 miles round trip spread out over about 6 days. We will be by the Denali Wilderness Area, but we will not be in the park. Anyone familiar with this area? Also any tips as to the best way to get our guns with us? I know I can have them in checked luggage, but I have heard horror stories of guns disappearing. Any tips would be great.....

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The lady friend and I are planing on heading out to Dog Valley campground for a couple days to do some hiking and rockhounding at Crystal Mine. Has anyone here camped there? Dug at Crystal Mine? I just wanted to get some first hand knowledge of the area. Thanks Mike

I have my Cabover Camper that has a single door fridge. I have a couple questions about operation of it. It can run on LP Gas, 12V, or 120V. So When we are at camp we put it on the Gas control and it works great but takes time to get cold. When driving I had it on 12V power which its connected to the battery in the camper which is charged by the Alternator from the truck while we are driving. It does not seem to be cold after driving 6-8 hours, well not as cold as using the gas function. It this normal? Plus the 120V function does not seem to cool the fridge down that fast when we are at camp and have power at the site either. Is there something wrong with the fridge? Or do these fridges not cool that well on battery and 120 power?

Saline Springs - Death valley, anyone been..... Gps coordinates.... Mileage, Suggestions? Thinking about makin a 3-4 day weekend out of it........

Anyone besides me and Rarecj8 going? I'm headed out this Wens, is anyone else is going out early to help build? Dysmonia is our camp name and we're at 4:30&E. Our sculpture is called "The nest of recollection" and it's on the playa in between the man and Opulent temple, Which is normally 2:00 & A. There will be plenty of PBR so stop by!

Anyone running a camper shell? What kind? And what setups for sleeping. Post pics if you've got them.

Heading out for a nearby camp trip. Just checking if anyone's been there. Centerville Flat Campground is nearby Grover Hot Springs. Sounds good because it says free and fire pits.

We at Off Road Innovations are revamping our store little at a time. ORI of Reno, NV is working on becoming your overland 4x4 expedition store. We will continue to offer all services of a standard 4x4 store, but carry Overland supplies. We also offer full installation of everything we sell as well as products you may bring in. Recovery Duel battery management systems Water and fuel cans Roof racks with various rack attachments First Aid Supplies Roof Top tents Adventure Trailers Guidebooks

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Wondering if anyone would be interested in doing some after work hikes. Nothing crazy, just a few miles in and out a couple nights in the evening. I mostly hike around the Timberline Drive area (Whites creek, galena creek areas)

Just went up there and did some camping this weekend. Real pretty area outside of Bridgeport. Camped at Robinson creek and fished out of upper twin.

Not too far from Reno, 2 hour drive max. Preferably in the trees. We're pulling a small travel trailer, so no 4x4 roads. Any ideas?

Hi Reno 4x4ers I am posting an “event” a couple months ahead of it’s time. For planning and such, A river rafting excursion! I have been rowing river rafts since I was about 6/7 years old and been going on trips on my own since I was old enough to carry my own raft to the river. The area we will be headed to, is just outside of Grants Pass, OR. This section of river provides: White Water River Rafting, lodging, tent and RV camping, hiking, Fishing, etc.---- fishing is awesome there!! Some of you may even know about the area?? The drive is approx. 7 hours away, depending on driving conditions, and the route to take is a trucking route, and sometimes you just can’t get around them!!! Right now we’re thinking about the weekend after the 4th of July (11th-18th) as the start of the trip and we will be staying for a week (weekend to weekend). But it’s only a few hours away so anyone can come and stay as long as they would like to. The river it’s self, in this area, goes...

Well I had this camping trip planned for a few months as a little vacation for the girlfriend and I. Read a lot about Gold Lake on here and decided to give it a try. We were up there from the 7th to the 10th, when Reno was getting some of the worst rain storms but somehow we lucked out and had 4 days of perfect weather! Thanks for all the pointers and directions from the guys that have been there and posted on here about it! Great little secret only an hour out of town. We got what in my opinion is the best campground, and also one that someone had shown in the pictures in the main Gold Lake thread. I wanna say it was site 15? Pretty much the next to last one before the road turns left before the cabin with the private property signs. The pebbles made for an awesome camping spot seeing as most of the sites were really muddy still. The road in was rougher than expected, and very muddy at points after all the rain that they had had in the week or so before. And some of the...

I'm looking for a tent trailer, but don't really know anything about them. What are the "good" manufacturers and which should I avoid? Also, if anyone knows where a good priced one is, I would greatly appreciate it!