Scramble
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No, you have to have 2 tables & 3 chairs for 2 people. :lookout:
How do you pack for overland/off road
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No, you have to have 2 tables & 3 chairs for 2 people. :lookout:
Haha. One table is for cooking and one is for just laying food out. But I see what you are saying. And I won’t argue. I’ll definitely learn a lot from this trip ! By the way that made me laugh.
Hopeless Diamond
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2 is 1, 1 is none.
It's not over landing if you don't bring everything you own. Then it's just car camping
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It's not over landing if you don't bring everything you own. Then it's just car camping
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Scramble
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LOL, we cook on an open fire pit with wood & put the plate on our lap. LOL No stoves, no fuel, no tables. LOL Chairs yes, usually a small light weight camping chair.
No fancy cooking either where you need all kinds of pots & pans, cooking utensils etc. That's more to carry & clean up. Burgers, dogs, sausages etc. Easy stuff to grill & make sandwiches, less mess.
Edit: I do bring a Coleman single burner stove for boiling water for morning coffee. It also comes in handy for a quick meal if it raining out.
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Scramble
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"Overlanding" is the new fancy word for car camping. LOL
habanero
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We do use our backpacking gear on the road trips and it does slim things down a bit. With our car camping 2+ week trips there will be everything from 30 degree nights and 115 degree days. Snow, rain, and sun too. Kinda ramps up what we take. Then there's the biking stuff. And the tools and recovery because moderate wheeling. Oh, and kid stuff. Definitely kid stuff.
Every year we try paring down from the year before, but still end up with a lot of things, sometimes different things, and do typically use a lot of it if not all.
Many of my mods have been inspired by these trips too.
Every year we try paring down from the year before, but still end up with a lot of things, sometimes different things, and do typically use a lot of it if not all.
Many of my mods have been inspired by these trips too.
Scramble
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And dont forget rain gear. Staying dry is so important to being comfortable especially if it gets cold.
That $50 big box store tent is not waterproof. Buy a really good tent, waterproof clothing. I like GoreTex pants & a jacket. Ponchos are for children. Waterproof boots, extra tarp or two. If you dont bring rain gear it will definitely rain on you! Set up tarps, start a fire & sip some whiskey because sitting in an over packed truck is no fun!
MN4runnerman
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Like a Waldorf Astoria or motel 6? True overlanders are diamond level at Hilton hotels.
habanero
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yes!
hounddogman
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I lived in Mammoth Lakes for about a year ( 97 or 98 ? ) and I think I saw more bears in that time than I have in the last 20 years in the Rocky Mountains . That is some serious bear country , you can't even leave a candy bar wrapper or a stick of gum in your car ! So your smart to take precautions .
T4R2014
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Ritz-Carlton. I should document my overlanding trips in the NYC metro area. Not like we have any good outdoors shit like out west. Plus all the potholes are just like washboard roads.
Embarked on my overland trip about an hour ago. Dealt with some heavy washboard roads aka the Grand Central parkway and decided to set up camp in Jackson Heights. I forgot to install a fridge and stove in my 4Runner so I just got some kebabs at a Paki restaurant.
Scramble
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Here's some pics from my road trip with camping stops along the way in 2002. Opps sorry I meant "Overlanding", LOL Guess I was doing it before it was cool.
This trip was for 2 weeks from NY to TN to GA & back to NY & I have less stuff than your 3 day trip. LOL :heh: Two humans & a dog.
Notice all of the waterproof cinch sacks. Stuff them anywhere & if you get into an accident they wont come & take your head off like a fridge or tote box.
This trip was for 2 weeks from NY to TN to GA & back to NY & I have less stuff than your 3 day trip. LOL :heh: Two humans & a dog.
Notice all of the waterproof cinch sacks. Stuff them anywhere & if you get into an accident they wont come & take your head off like a fridge or tote box.
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MN4runnerman
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There’s a different kind of “bear” prowling the streets of New York.....they seem to be attracted to men in 4runners.....
T4R2014
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You mean hairy bangladeshi girls in Queens? Yeah, they scare tf out of me.
theesotericone
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Fixed that for you. It's still cool.
Mark_BC
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Whether you go for 2 days or 2 weeks there is a certain minimum amount of stuff you need to bring regardless. The extra days only add more food / fuel. I keep trying to whittle it down and get more organized, I guess it's progressing. The roof rack really helps but you don't want to get too top heavy.
how does the stove platform slide in and out? is is attached in any way? i'm building mine and kind of stuck on how i want to finish the drawer with the stove
Scramble
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I'm just busting balls, have a fun & safe trip!
Unner
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We don't really deal with bears down here too much, there's black bears if you get up into the foothills of the Appalachians, but nothing like the number of bears there are up in the Montana area.
It isn't something I really had to worry about much on any of my trips, until this most recent one. For this trip since it was just me I made sure to keep the driver's side front seat totally clear just incase I had to get out quickly. I didn't keep any "open" food with me other than a loaf of bread and jar of peanut butter when I was in Bear Country. But I kept that and all my granola bars, and what not inside of a sealed ammo box to reduce the "fragrance". The cooler mostly had drinks in it when I was in bear territory. I didn't want to be cooking a steak out in Grizzly territory anyway so I kept my meals very basic and really tried to limit the food that I had that wasn't still sealed from the factory.
Unfortunately I didn't see a single bear in the time I spent up there, I was really hoping to see a grizzly, from a distance.
