2023-01-31, 09:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 2023-01-31, 09:24 PM by Beardilocks.)
Well! That’s a lot to respond to all of a sudden! Luckily I have internet, a beer, and nothing but time. Lol.
I'd be interested in hearing what your daily routine is like – food, camping, ins & outs of the Park for supplies, showers, etc. Maybe something you can touch on after your adventures conclude?
The adventure is never over! Kidding. Everything ends eventually, just as life. I’m not sure I mentioned it in this particular thread but I’m a full time traveler at this point in my life. I hit a wall about 6-7yrs ago where everything went sideways and I decided to rent my house and take a trip. The trip never stopped and I sold the house after two years hating to be a landlord to shite tenants. So…. Here I am. I recently built the Land Cruiser after 4 years traveling in my original 1st Gen Tacoma.
Daily routine at this time in DV is… always different! Lol. If it’s cold & windy and I’m not due anywhere I’ll hang out in my truck until lunch. Some days I’m up before the sun and off to start a hike in the twilight. For food, I’m a bit of a foodie and struggle more out here with motivation to feed a single person than with equipment or ingredients. It’s hard as hell to cook for one. Unless you like eating the same thing for 3 days straight. But I do what I can. I do have a small fridge and that helps immensely. I resupply in Parhump when necessary. Cheaper diesel and decent food prices. I have 38gal of diesel on board and that tends to last about 2wks or so unless I’m being very lazy. Fresh food tends to last about the same but I figure I’d be good for about 6-8wks on dried goods if it came to it. I refuse to buy any foodstuffs at Furnace Ranch unless I’m desperate (6packs are pushing $30 these days) but will indulge in SPW occasionally. Partly due to their kindness when I was broken down there for 3wks a few years ago.
I camp generally dispersed. My favorite haunts are Hanaupah (terrible 3G there fir me on Verizon), southern Greenwater (good cell), Harry Wade (great cell), all for multiple night visits to catch up & post. Also great cell anywhere in the southern end of the park (Harry Wade and south). The rest of the park hasn’t been explored much this year due to continued road closures and snow at elevation. Camping is restricted a bit due to the new permit situations at some of my old haunts.
I have an outdoor shower on my truck which I use when I can. This winter in DV had been mostly too cold but definitely way too damn windy. I shower occasionally in Pahrump (options suck there), Stovepipe when I’m nearby ($4), and I’m not in the least bit ashamed to say that I’ll walk right into the pool in FC and grab a shower when I can. $14 is completely stupid for a shower.
I also get my mail in FC general delivery for whatever I need.
I think you touched on it early in this thread, but I’d also be interested in finding out about your cameras. As well as the logistics of how you’re uploading your large and clear images with whatever data sources you’re using.
98% of what you see on this thread is from my iPhone. I’m a retired professional photographer and you just can’t beat the quality to weight ratio on these hikes. Any night photography is on my Nikon D810. I process in Photoshop or Lightroom mostly. In Lightroom I can export a smaller size image (~1000px long side) which makes uploading easier on data (and poor cell reception) and also on my storage capacity. I host images on my Wordpress account and paste links in on the forum. I also have a WeBoost cell booster on my truck. It helps… a bit. It’s not magic like they try to advertise. It’s useless on the 3G in the main valley. But gets me an extra 1-2bars 4G when I can scrape a single bar.
More in another post before this one fails and I have to retype everything. Lol.
I'd be interested in hearing what your daily routine is like – food, camping, ins & outs of the Park for supplies, showers, etc. Maybe something you can touch on after your adventures conclude?
The adventure is never over! Kidding. Everything ends eventually, just as life. I’m not sure I mentioned it in this particular thread but I’m a full time traveler at this point in my life. I hit a wall about 6-7yrs ago where everything went sideways and I decided to rent my house and take a trip. The trip never stopped and I sold the house after two years hating to be a landlord to shite tenants. So…. Here I am. I recently built the Land Cruiser after 4 years traveling in my original 1st Gen Tacoma.
Daily routine at this time in DV is… always different! Lol. If it’s cold & windy and I’m not due anywhere I’ll hang out in my truck until lunch. Some days I’m up before the sun and off to start a hike in the twilight. For food, I’m a bit of a foodie and struggle more out here with motivation to feed a single person than with equipment or ingredients. It’s hard as hell to cook for one. Unless you like eating the same thing for 3 days straight. But I do what I can. I do have a small fridge and that helps immensely. I resupply in Parhump when necessary. Cheaper diesel and decent food prices. I have 38gal of diesel on board and that tends to last about 2wks or so unless I’m being very lazy. Fresh food tends to last about the same but I figure I’d be good for about 6-8wks on dried goods if it came to it. I refuse to buy any foodstuffs at Furnace Ranch unless I’m desperate (6packs are pushing $30 these days) but will indulge in SPW occasionally. Partly due to their kindness when I was broken down there for 3wks a few years ago.
I camp generally dispersed. My favorite haunts are Hanaupah (terrible 3G there fir me on Verizon), southern Greenwater (good cell), Harry Wade (great cell), all for multiple night visits to catch up & post. Also great cell anywhere in the southern end of the park (Harry Wade and south). The rest of the park hasn’t been explored much this year due to continued road closures and snow at elevation. Camping is restricted a bit due to the new permit situations at some of my old haunts.
I have an outdoor shower on my truck which I use when I can. This winter in DV had been mostly too cold but definitely way too damn windy. I shower occasionally in Pahrump (options suck there), Stovepipe when I’m nearby ($4), and I’m not in the least bit ashamed to say that I’ll walk right into the pool in FC and grab a shower when I can. $14 is completely stupid for a shower.
I also get my mail in FC general delivery for whatever I need.
I think you touched on it early in this thread, but I’d also be interested in finding out about your cameras. As well as the logistics of how you’re uploading your large and clear images with whatever data sources you’re using.
98% of what you see on this thread is from my iPhone. I’m a retired professional photographer and you just can’t beat the quality to weight ratio on these hikes. Any night photography is on my Nikon D810. I process in Photoshop or Lightroom mostly. In Lightroom I can export a smaller size image (~1000px long side) which makes uploading easier on data (and poor cell reception) and also on my storage capacity. I host images on my Wordpress account and paste links in on the forum. I also have a WeBoost cell booster on my truck. It helps… a bit. It’s not magic like they try to advertise. It’s useless on the 3G in the main valley. But gets me an extra 1-2bars 4G when I can scrape a single bar.
More in another post before this one fails and I have to retype everything. Lol.
Check out my travel blog: www.pocketsfullofdust.com