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Who’s behind Boondockers
Pres enjoys the challenge of driving back country trails. Janice combs through guidebooks and keeps tabs of us on the map while exploring back roads. She also enjoys writing and taking photos to post and share with you.
Both of us love to discover the history as well as the flora and fauna of each area we explore. Our favorite part of camping is simply relaxing outside beside a campfire to savor our wild surroundings.
Gear Reviews
Luci solar inflatable lantern review
Our truck camping friends David and Nancy gifted us an odd wrinkled-looking gizmo that turned out to be an amazing and very practical camping lantern ... Read More about Luci solar inflatable lantern review
Portable BBQ grill review
Enhance your camp cooking with the simple art of grilling on this handy, portable Smokey Joe BBQ by Weber. Note there is no ash catcher. I like the ... Read More about Portable BBQ grill review
Ghost towns and gold mines
Ghost town at Inyo Mine
Ghost towns from the booms and busts of gold, silver, and assorted mineral mines are scattered all through Death Valley National Park. Lonely ruins ... Read More about Ghost town at Inyo Mine
Jail Canyon – miner’s cabin and gold mine in Death Valley
Jail Canyon is a worthy day trip as well as an interesting place to camp in the Panamint Range of Death Valley. The ghost town of Ballarat lies within ... Read More about Jail Canyon – miner’s cabin and gold mine in Death Valley
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How to plan and pack your campouts with our easy organizer system
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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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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