This was a successful adventure we had some trying times and lots of laughs. Learned a lot about free camping in the green mountains that was my goal and learned a lot of other stuff not on the to do list. How my rig and equipment held up to the rain, wind and chill of October in the Vermont Green mountains. It’s this kind of stuff that you can’t learn sitting at home, you really need to be out there and learn from experience.
Free camping in the green mountains is real, accessible and quite pleasant. Their term is “dispersed camping“ it has a 8 person, 3 vehicle, and 14 day limit. per site. The sites are designated sites all of the dozens that we found had fire rings and were easily distinguishable from pull off’s, parking lots and turn arounds. Almost all of the sites were heavily wooded (not good for solar) and well disbursed, you might hear your neighbors but you will not see them in most cases. Cellular reception was spotty at best, we actually experience that AT&T was better than Verizon in most cases. the site were between 1500 and 2800 ft in elevation. Important note, about 50% of the designated sites do require 4WD or at least good ground clearance to enter and exit safely. I wasn’t taking any chances with my little Honda civic but I didn’t have to there were plenty of available sites.
In the future I can see this as one of the cooler places to be in the north east for the hot summer months.
Plus, it's going to need stiffer tires. Tread is good, but they really aren't the right type.
