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Grand Mesa National Forest, Colorado
Lake Havasu Arizona a true oasis in the desert. Took these on my cellphone waiting to upload the rest of my pics from my dslr. I kept asking the locals if they were sure there was nothing that was going to try to eat me in the water. They didn’t seem too certain. Met a man with two dogs and a lot to say. Western Arizona is a wild place.
A quick snap of one of the local laundromats.
The day before yesterday, I drove to SE Idaho to go to some fossil beds and to see displays of fossils from the area (as well as some from nearby states because this was all one large wetlands region before concepts like states existed). I will post more about this stuff later.
The other part of this trip was to test out camping in my car to see if traveling around by myself and sleeping in relative comfort was possible for me.
Here is my bed setup! In the front passenger's seat is all of my food storage, including an electric cooler that is acting as my refrigerator. The floor behind the driver's seat is my "closet" (where I am storing my towel, toiletries, and duffel bag lol) and is accessible from inside the car in bed mode. Everything stashes away nicely. I even have solar panels and my Bluetti battery in there, three gallons of water (plus my 2L hydration bottle and 32oz hydroflask). A 1.5" memory foam pad serves as the matress, and there are blackout shades that fit perfectly into the windows for privacy, though I hadn't put them up for this photograph. It has turned out to be rather cozy.
Since childhood, I've really loved making small, enclosed spaces that I could crawl into and feel cocooned. My car feels like I made the best little blanket fort, which is kind of wild to me. I could probably enjoy staying like this—as long as I had access to a bathroom and shower—for quite a while!
Prioritizing lots of pillows (including an armchair pillow thing) was the way to go. I have reclined in my pod and read, edited, and watched movies before sleeping each night. It feels like being a little rolly poly, and the car is my exoskeleton. Or I am a turtle, and the inside of my shell is AWEOME. A cave bear with a SICK den. Even when I go back home, I might set it up sometimes just to have a fort.
Boondocking test 2 complete! We're ready for the camping season.
Road Trip Day 29- Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA
-Boondocking spot for the night just outside Joshua Tree National Park.
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