Truck Camping

Truck cap camping is perfect for me

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Truck cap camping is perfect for the type of camping I prefer to do on the back roads 🏞 where I like to travel and camp.

I like to camp in quiet isolated areas where I can listen to music,🎶🎚 shoot guns 🔫 and fireworks🎆, have a big fire, burn whatever I want 🔥 without bothering others. Yet such sites are not always accessible with more than a truck.🚚

Maybe when I get older I’ll want something more like an truck camper but I have my doubts as I’m not big into fancy soft things.🛋 I prefer things that are easier to clean off the mud on and spending my time actually outdoors in the elements.🏕

Big Red

I am increasingly looking forward to getting out of town this weekend

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I am increasingly looking forward to getting out of town this weekend. 🏕

The forecast looks iffy for Friday, so I am not sure if I will head north or west until Friday mid-day, but I have all day off so I could certainly leave Thursday either before or after work. It’s been a long time since I’ve spent a night in the woods by a fire, and sometimes the best way to get back to a normal sleeping routine. I am not sure if I will be totally off-the-grid without cell service, but regardless a night in the woods is far better then any night at home. It should be nice enough Saturday that I can lay back in the hammock with  a good book, maybe go for a hike, and be relaxed. And with the rain later this week, the fire risk should be a lt lower.

Smoke

Thinking of Nicer Weather

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I am looking forward to winter finally coming out to it’s logical conclusion, and nights back out in the wilderness. Every day, the snow melts a little bit more, and while many of the mud-season roads may remain closed for another month and a half, I am hoping to be back in the wilderness for a night or two, maybe in two or three weeks.

Spring is coming

Fire

Flags

56 nights in the woods

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November 2019 – 1 night

  • One night on East Branch Sacandaga River

December 2019 – 2 nights

  • One night at Moscow Hill Assembly Area
  • One night at Cole Hill State Forest (hot tenting NYE)

 

April 2020 – 2 nights

  • Two nights on the East Branch Sacandaga River

May – 8 nights

  • Two nights on the East Branch Sacandaga River
  • Three nights at Mason Lake, Memorial Day Weekend
  • Three nights on Hardwood Hill after Memorial Day

June – 15 nights

  • 3 nights on Hardwood Hill
  • 3 nights at Mason Lake
  • 3 nights at Mason Lake
  • 1 night Hardwood Hill
  • 3 nights at Horseshoe Lake
  • 2 nights at Jones Pond

July – 13 nights

  • 3 nights on Forest Road 71 Green Mountain National Forest
  • 2 nights near Somerset Airfield Green Mountain National Forest
  • 3 nights on Piseco Powley Road near Potholers
  • 3 nights at Spectulator Tree Farm, Old Route 8B
  • 2 nights Piseco Powley Road

August – 10 nights

  • 8 nights – Finger Lakes National Forest (summer vacation)
  • 1 night at Cole Hill State Forest (hammock camping in the back country)
  • 1 night at Burnt Rossman State Forest near Duck Pond

September – 7 nights

  • One night on upper Forest Road 71 Green Mountain National Forest, Thursday Labor Day Weekend
  • 3 nights Forest Road 71 Green Mountain National Forest near Shep Meadow Labor Day Weekend
  • 3 nights at Mason Lake

October – 1 night

  • One night Cherry Ridge Camping Area in Brookfield

November – 3 nights

  • Stoney Pond State Forest during second week of November