If you have never heard of dispersed camping, let me back up and explain. More available places to camp and more remote areas outside of high usage campgrounds! And it is free! And wow, what a world of possibilities dispersed camping opens up. This road trip was my first time to try out dispersed camping - which is essentially camping on designated public lands outside of established campgrounds.
#BOONDOCKING OREGON FULL#
Warmth / Privacy: Took full vehicle window shades (which fit in each window).Entertainment: Took a portable speaker, USB chargeable via the power bank, to play music and listen to podcasts!.All are USB chargeable via the power bank. Lights: Took mini-lanterns, string lights, and my backpacking headlamp.Power Source: Took a rechargeable power bank to run and re-charge electric devices, lights, and my phone.Also, took my normal backpacking sleeping bag and inflatable pillow. Or I could go with a double bed foam mattress pad in the future. Air Mattress: Took both my backpacking air pads to make a bed in the back cargo area.Water: Took a 5 gallon water jug and filled it up before leaving home, so didn't need to worry about that.Used my backpacking stove to cook at night.
Food: Took all my normal backpacking foods with me (non-refrigerated).My DIY SUV Road Trip and Sleeping Set Up: For all the full trip and hiking details, check out my Central Oregon trip report. Overall my plans worked out perfectly! And I identified a few new ideas and improvements for next time.and yes, definitely a next time! Check out my SUV set up in the pictures and notes below. My intent for this Central Oregon trip was to simply give it a try and see what worked, what didn't work, and how I could improve for future trips. By searching through such resources on social media and the internet I picked up a few tips and tricks for my first DIY car sleeping experience. Plenty of people convert their vehicles into full fledged car camping machines - just Google "car camping conversion" to see what I mean. But I had never actually slept in my vehicle overnight. Since that van rental experience I've been pondering if and how I could simply live out of my own SUV for short road trips (instead of a van for now).Īs many road trips as I take, I have already perfected most of the logistics to easily live out of my vehicle. And, yes, I too was enamored with the adventure vehicle trend. In that trip report I talked about the popularity of "van-life" these days. In November 2020 I rented a VW Westfalia van and headed out on a five day Oregon Coast Van-cation over the Thanksgiving holiday.
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