The Bend Fort Rock Ranger District on the Deschutes National Forest used to be two districts. From 1921 to 1945 the Ft. Rock District was headquartered in Cabin Lake north of the town of Ft. Rock.
We spent a weekend exploring the old Ft. Rock side of the Deschutes, along with some adjacent BLM land. A few highlights were Oregon’s largest juniper tree and Derrick Cave.
So the last two posts were more about the trip we had renting the Tiger for 4 days in Colorado. This post will be more of a review and overview of the camper. I’ll undoubtedly leave a detail off, so if you are wondering about something not covered leave a question down in the comments and I’ll respond and update the post if I can answer the question. First off, if you are not familiar with this vehicle we’ve got a video tour of the exterior and interior to show some of the main features.
I’ll start with a summary and say we loved using this truck. How did we end up renting this thing anyway? We have made a list of potential long term (full time?) adventure trucks we might use when we don’t go to work any more. Tomorrow maybe? Friday would work as well. And when I say adventure trucks, I’d classify those as truck campers with a bit more capability than your run of the mill truck camper. More solar power, battery power, water, and the like, and still able to tackle the tough terrain and get off the grid and away from the crowds. It’s a subjective term. Anyway, the Tiger was the first truck on the list that we found we were able to rent and really try out, so this fall we pulled the trigger.
We woke up to snow, camped in the East Troublesome Fire, near Stillwater Pass, but it was just a dusting. We finished up the loop and aired up when we hit the pavement. Today we’d be headed south in search of more aspen, through Leadville and hoping to find a camp south of there.
We planned to see about picking up some drive by pie in Grandby we heard about, and we pulled into town right at opening time. The proprietor had a slice of blueberry ready to go for us, and easily talked me into a butterscotch cookie to go along with the pie. If you are near Grandby, make sure to stop for pie!
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