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RE: The smell continues
Thanks for all the input. You all are great!!!!
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campersuzid
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10/20/09 05:17am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: The smell continues
Count your blessings. We have resealed toilet twice and try to thoroughly clean out our black tank about every third dumping. We didn't "know" our bathroom sink didn't drain into the gray tank until another forum member told us and Winnebago confirmed. Following forum member's suggestion, we travel with drain plug down and with an inch or more water in the "sealed" sink and in toilet.
FYI - We have a foot paddle flush toilet and can see the screws holding the toilet in place look rusty.
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campersuzid
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10/17/09 05:48am |
Class C Motorhomes
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The smell continues
Hubby asked me to make of list of what I don't like about our 2004 Winnebago/Itasca Spirit. It's a long list but at the top is the continuing problem of sewer smell in the coach while driving down the road. (Members provided several suggestions earlier but nothing is working.) After five months on the road we are heading home and are try to think of a solution, short of something really extreme. Maybe installing a new toilet and re-routing the bathroom sink so it doesn't drain into the black tank? Can you do this?
Is this re-routing "fix" feasible?
Any other ideas?
What other Class C manufacturers employee this stupid design (in case I find a trunk full of money and can get a new rig)?
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campersuzid
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10/17/09 05:27am |
Class C Motorhomes
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RE: boondocking fla.
FYI: National forests restricts boondocking during hunting seasons but otherwise it's all open.
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campersuzid
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10/12/09 03:33pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Public land in TX
How about the Angelina, Davy Crockett, Sabine, and Sam Houston national forests? And don't forget about Caddo and LBJ national grasslands. FYI: Sam Houston NF has a total modern campground called Cagle with full hook-ups. For more details visit www.forestcamping.com. There is a map of *all* the nfs so you'll have an idea were each is located. COE has Sam Rayburn, near Jasper, TX, and Toledo Bend near Burkeville, TX. Good camping.
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campersuzid
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10/12/09 03:29pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Boondocking Opportunities on Washington and Oregon Coasts
Take a look at Oregon Dunes Recreation Area in Siuslaw National Forest I would suggest Sandbeach campground - you'll be a sand dune away from the Ocean.
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campersuzid
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05/25/09 01:04pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: what's the new national forests problem??
We've been working with the Forest Service for more than 15 years and I can relate to 4onthroad's frustrations. Unfortunately, it isn't so much the bureaucracy as human nature - you do what you can do with what you've got and let the rest slide. Did you check the "Current Conditions" link on the right side of their website? Not the best solution but something. Personally, I'd give the local law enforcement office a call to see what roads are open. FYI: Utah's national forest are way more responsive than the forests in some of the nearby states.
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campersuzid
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05/25/09 12:53pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Grizzlies while boondocking near Yellowstone?
Inside the Park or in a national forest surrounding the park, grizzly bear sightings are a rare and special event. Some of the national forests suggest not camping in soft sided rigs but as long as you practice "Bear Awareness" you shouldn't have a problem. If I remember correctly the stats say are you'll are more like to have a moose encounter than grizzly bear. However, they do have black bears in the area and you'll probably see them more than grizzly.
For an outstanding boondocking camping take a look at the Targhee NF's Cave Falls campground. It is sandwiched between Yellowstone and Teton and I can't say enough about it - IMHO, as a former tent camper now RVer, it is fabulous.
There are a bunch of great campgrounds all around Yellowstone NP. I think you could spend the whole summer going from one to the next. May I strongly suggest driving the Beartooth Highway. I've been told they are going to start "improving" it this year but they could only upgrade the roadway, not the views - breathtaking!!!
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campersuzid
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05/25/09 12:35pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Boondocking spots in California
Please go to www.forestcamping.com, pick your forest, and browse. There are a number of possibilities but most will be busy on weekends :-(
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campersuzid
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05/17/09 08:25am |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: extra water for dry camping
Oh my, we are so basic - a three gallon jug and a funnel is what we use for refilling out fresh water tank. I hold the funnel in place while my honey pours. Primitive but since we camp most often in national forest campgrounds and they general have handpumps, we keep it basic.
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campersuzid
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05/17/09 08:21am |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: NEED Boondocking places near Estes Park,CO
Have you given any thought to finding someplace in the Roosevelt National Forest? You probably will want to get a forest or "travel" map and go for it. I remember seeing several dispersed camps between Jacks Gulch and Tom Bennett campgrounds so assume there must be some around the east side of the Park, too. Good Luck and happy camping.
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campersuzid
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03/09/09 05:50pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Las Vegas
You may want to consider the Spring Mountain Recreation Area northwest of Vegas. It is an oasis (or island) of green trees and mountains. Check out Fletcher View campground (http://www.forestcamping.com/dow/intermtn/toiy.htm) which is open year round or contact the Toiyabe National Forest folks for suggested dispersed campsites.
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campersuzid
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03/07/09 07:11am |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Boondocking on Grand Canyon Rim in mid-april?
Give the Kaibab National Forest folks a call. Ten-X campground is a really sweet little Forest Service campground just south of the Grand Canyon NP's southern entrance. It usually doesn't open until May 1 but if weather is warm, the forest service may open it earlier. However, there are dozens of dispersed campsites in this area. Again, talk with Kaibab folks for best information and maybe a forest map. Also, don't forget to bring your own water. Water is hauled into most locations around the Park so stock up before heading in.
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campersuzid
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03/07/09 07:02am |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Planning trip to east coast from Montana
Finding campgrounds in the Boston area could be challenge. Try to hit Finger Lakes National Forest during the blueberry picking season - yummy and good wine sampling area . My husband thinks the White and Green Mountain National Forests (NH & VT) have the best fall color but I like autumn in George Washington & Jefferson National Forests (both in VA). A really great guidebook to the attractions in DC is "Going Places with Children" (I assume they still publish). There will be so much to see and do on this trip. Take you time and enjoy it all and please check out national forest campgrounds at www.forestcamping.com. (I'm planning our 2009 travels which will be as far east as Louisville, KY and we're spending the majority of our stays in national forest campgrounds using hubby's "Greezer Pass". You have one, right?)
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campersuzid
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03/03/09 11:11am |
Family Camping
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RE: Boondocking in Northern Ariz in early April -- forests??
How about the Sedona, AZ area? Manzanita campground is open year round, Pine Flat campground is just about year round (best drinking water in Arizona is at this campground) and Bootlegger and Cave Springs campground could open early in April (depending on weather). For specifics take a look at http://www.forestcamping.com/dow/southwst/coco.htm.
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campersuzid
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03/01/09 05:57pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Boondocking in Northern Arkansas/Western Kentucky
Either the Ouachita or Ozark National Forests in Arkansas and Land Between the Lakes (LBL) on the Kentucky/Tennessee border sound like places you'd enjoy. I think Bard Springs campground in the Ouachita NF (near Athens, AK) and Sam's Throne or Gunner Pool campgrounds in the Ozark NF are personal favorites (right after Blanchard Springs and Lake Wedington campgrounds. There are several in the LBL. For more information and campground details go to www.forestcamping.com. Enjoy.
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campersuzid
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03/01/09 05:47pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: BOONDOCKING NEAR LASVEGAS
May want to look at Spring Mountain Recreation Area in Toiyabe National Forest. Their phone number is (702) 515-5400.
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campersuzid
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03/01/09 10:17am |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: NF Campground, Hoback
Texas Roadrunner - We surveyed Hoback campground about 8 years ago and found the average parking apron length to be 12' X 46' which means some parking aprons could be as short as 35' and some as long as 60'. Don't know for sure but you should able to find something. For more details go to http://www.forestcamping.com/dow/intermtn/tetcmp.htm#hoback
Option you might want to look at Granite Creek campground - more campsites and a hot springs nearby.
If Baker's Hole campground is full, I would suggest Beaver Creek campground. It's located on the east end of Earthquake Lake, or Rainbow Point campground on Grayling Arm of Hebgen Reservoir. You'll more information about all these campgrounds at www.forestcamping.com.
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campersuzid
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02/28/09 06:12pm |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Canjilon Lakes Campground, New Mexico?
Things to do from Canjilon Lakes:
1) Monastery of Christ in the Desert - On Forest Rt. 151, off US Rt. 84. Very interesting but don't try when road is wet - the native soil is similar to goose fat .
(2) Ghost Ranch Living Museum - on US Rt. 84 about 12 miles north of Abiquiu, NM.
(3) Ghost Ranch Conservation Center (Paleontology and Archaeological museums) - south of the Ghost Ranch Living Museum on US Rt. 84.
(4) Drive US Rt. 84 between Abiquiu and Cebolla, NM and take in the magnificent views of the "Red Rocks" canyons.
I think its also a good location for beginner canoeing.
For more info go to http://www.forestcamping.com/dow/southwst/car.htm
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campersuzid
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02/05/09 06:51am |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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RE: Late April boondocking New Mexico in NF
You'll be in the Magdalena District of the Cibola NF and I think all the "developed" campgrounds in that District were closed but not sure. Give them a call at 505-854-2381 to see. Of course you can dispersed camp anywhere on the forest so you have that option. As to snow - flip a coin . It was near 80 degrees yesterday and now they are calling for the white stuff in southeast Arizona this weekend but April is pretty late. Hope this helps.
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campersuzid
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02/05/09 06:40am |
Public Lands, Boondocking and Dry Camping
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