by campskunk | Sep 3, 2018 | Campskunk
We just finished a week and a half up in the Bighorn Mountains at 9,000 feet, part of our plan to work our way east in preparation for our trek across the top of the country from the Rockies to the Maritimes to come down the east coast this fall. We had been up...
by campskunk | Aug 10, 2018 | Campskunk
After over two weeks up on the Beartooth Plateau getting snowed on, I needed to find a new spot to camp. Montana is very generous in its dispersed camping rules, allowing you 16 days in any one spot, and then you have to relocate at least five miles away. I decided...
by campskunk | Jul 27, 2018 | Campskunk
THIS is what I have labored long and hard for – extended boondocking capability in a beautiful setting. We first discovered this pullout along the Beartooth Highway, the 1930s road constructed as the northeast entrance to Yellowstone back in 2013, and spent a...
by campskunk | Jun 30, 2018 | Campskunk
Well, we found our first nice place to camp after leaving the Roadtreking Montana Gathering, and it wasn’t that far away. We went back over the continental divide on Highway 2 to Columbia Falls, MT, the nearest decent sized town, to shop, do laundry,...
by campskunk | Jun 9, 2018 | Campskunk
I am up on the south Oregon coast after a two-year absence (we went to Europe last year with the van) and I was curious to see what would happen because of an earlier report of my friend and fellow boondocker Ginny Evans being harassed by the local constabulary for...
by campskunk | Jun 5, 2018 | Campskunk, People & Places
We’re back in one of our regular stops on the northern California coast – Cher-Ae Heights Casino in Trinidad, California. Casinos often offer free or inexpensive camping to RVers as an inducement to come on in and lose all your money, as I have written...
by campskunk | May 25, 2018 | Campskunk
I am finishing up six weeks, off and on, at Kirk Creek Campground in California’s Los Padres National Forest. This premiere campground is famous worldwide for its beautiful location overlooking the ocean at Big Sur and is open year-round, with online reservation...
by campskunk | May 18, 2018 | Campskunk, DIY & Gadgets
Sometimes bigger IS better – a friend of mine has a 36 foot Foretravel Class A motorhome, and takes great pride in showing me his leveling system. It’s a button on the dash. Press the button, and giant hydropneumatic jacks at the four corners of the coach...
