Coming up on 7K

chrebet86@gmail.com · Sep 5, 2014

Been doing good. Im not around free wifi long enough to come write up a post here, just stop check out stuff in the area and move on.

Since my first posts when I was still gathering info, I did put a cap on my Tacoma and build a bed frame in the back.

it has been real comfortable so far.

I hit the road and left from NJ back on the 14th of July and im just about to hit 7000 miles. Im in Denver now and its been quite a zig zag to get here, went something like this.

Left NJ 7/14
Skyline Drive VA (camp)
Natural Bridge VA
Claytor Lake, VA(camp)
Cosby, TN ( boonie, great bar)
Memphis (hostel, Beale St was great)
Dallas(Friend)
Santa Fe (friend, hike mt. Atalya)
Abq(friend, frontier restaurant)
Tucson(friend, HOT)
San Diego( friend, OB good vibe)
Vegas 8/16-8/23rd(Hotel/Camp, pool tourny)
Hoover Dam
Flagstaff( cracker barrel)
Sedona AZ (oak creek canyon)
Phoenix(cousin)
Grand Canyon( dispersed)
Lees Ferry AZ (camp, kayak colorado)
Bryce Canyon/ Byway 12 (GREAT area)
Boulder Mountain UT (dispersed 4wd road)
Goblin Valley UT
Denver 9/1 (friend)

Im thinking about heading towards Jackson WY next, not sure though. Still want to get these into the mix.

Jackson WY area
Boise ID area
Portland OR area
Golden Gate CA area
Reno/Tahoe NV area
Sequoia NP
Yosemite NP
CA coast highway

End up back in SD eventually.

Some more pics of the truck.

chrebet86@gmail.com · Sep 5, 2014

The rig and supplies are:

'97 Tacoma 2.7 4cyl
4x4, 18 mpg

73" bed
2.5" foam mattress
10" clearance for underbed storage with slide out for easy access that doubles as a table/ workbench. Underneath is food, junk drawyer, tent, chair, tools.

I can bend my knees in bed without hitting the ceiling and can turn around in bed, Im 6'2" so its pretty decent.

On the side storage Ive got, a propane grill, propane space heater, 9x9 instant canopy when combined with my tarp and placed over the back of the truck makes a great additional room. I also have a coleman 1 burner for boiling water. Small cooler. Camp chairs.

Also rigged up some hanging storage out of one of those trunk cargo nets. Used a ratcheting bar and a extendable clothes bar to hang stuff, bungie cords between to hang "curtains."

All together its packed like a cube but everything is accessible in its own without having to dissasemble. On good nights I slide the bed out onto the tailgate and look at the stars.

The 4cyl with the gear weight and big tires (33") has to work on the long grades, had to drop down to 2nd in UT, but im getting used to it and 3rd gear gets me up just fine around most the country.