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Wandering the Southern Oregon Coast, 2021

Post author:Occidental
Post published:2021-11-17
Post category:Coast Exploring Fishing
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With Veterans Day falling on a Thursday we decided to make a long weekend of it and escape to a location that was too far for a regular weekend. With cold weather and some snow on the east side of the Cascades we narrowed down our choices and headed to the South Coast. The quickest way to get to the Brookings vicinity is actually through California, down Hwy 199, the Redwood Highway, so we took off and headed there for an overnight along the Smith River. Things have been brown and dry in Central Oregon for a while so it was nice to wake up to blooming shrubs and lots of green the morning of Veterans Day.

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To Ft. Rock and Back

Post author:Occidental
Post published:2021-11-03
Post category:Exploring Truck Camping
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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.

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Thoughts on the Tiger Adventure Vehicle

Post author:Occidental
Post published:2021-10-25
Post category:Colorado Truck Camping
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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.

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