Do you love to camp but dread all the prep work to go? You know….research where you’ll camp, know what gear to bring, plan the menu, grocery shop, find grandma’s pancake recipe… Camping just got sooo much easier with our powerful combo of camping checklists, resource guides, and custom printables for everything you need to plan, pack and record your…
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How to plan and pack your campouts with our easy organizer system
Handy tips for 4×4 camping in Death Valley
our shortlist of important tips to know before off-roading in Death Valley Carry TWO spare tires. Expect to have a flat tire when exploring 4×4 roads in canyons with old mining equipment and debris. Having a 2nd spare ensures that you can get out of the backcountry. There is no towing service nearby and it is quite expensive. Joining an…
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Rattlesnake savvy – what you need to know
It is inevitable while traveling in the California desert, Sierras and Pacific coast range, that you will come across a rattlesnake. I live in rattlesnake country and it is still unnerving to have a close encounter. Rattlers tend to mind their own business and are an important part of rodent control. It is good to educate yourself as to where…
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Where to find and camp in colorful wildflowers
Wildflowers inspire me with their tenacious perseverance. Despite their fragile appearance, these flowers are tough! Wildflowers adapt themselves to periods of drought by banking seeds when rain is scarce. This year in California and the western states there has been an abundance of rain and snow which can trigger SUPER blooms! In February we already spied color in the Mojave…
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Trona Pinnacles
If you think the surreal sculptured spires of the Trona Pinnacles look like something right out of Star Trek – you’d be right because this “otherworldly” landscape is the actual site where numerous sci-fi movies were filmed. The Star Trek V Final Frontier movie used this intriguing spot as well as Planet of the Apes, Lost in Space, and Battlestar…
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Is boondocking for all who love to camp?
Condensing recreational camping into 5 descriptive classes for a better definition of your favorite ways to camp. How to define boondocking and dispersed camping. Camping is a word that evokes the smell of a campfire while eating smores and playing like a wild child with mother nature. Types of camping can be anything from backpacking in the remote wilderness to…
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Scorpion queen
One of my most personal encounters with a scorpion was of all places at the checkout counter of a mini-mart/ gas station in Panamint Springs, California. Panamint Springs Resort is a remote oasis along the way into Death Valley’s western border. We fueled up our 4×4 truck there and I went in to pay for the exorbitantly priced gas. This…
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