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VENDORS

The following vendors have been used to purchase the truck and accessories.

GPS, Books And Maps:

Camping and Hiking:

  • Food:
    • Often canned or dried soup, tortillas and stuff like that from the grocery store is plenty good enough!
    • Best dried style food out there we have found thus far, Enertia Trail Foods!  The Pastas and Mac & Cheese are A+!
    • MRE (Meal Ready To Eat) - good for camping (not great)!
  • Gear
    • Sierra Designs - We have an Omega Convertible and an Alpha Convertible (both 3/4 Season) tent that we bought from Campmor (an excellent vendor for all camping equipment). Both hold up well to weather and do not leak! Also, in the mix is a Light Year backpacking tent, comfortable but with the mesh can let some dust in.
    • PoleCat - Walking Sticks that double as shooting supports and monopods!
    • Coleman - Stoves, tents, heaters and more from this now classic vendor. These tents are good for most trips in So. Cal. but in bad weather, look toward something with more quality.
    • Cabela's - Everything, sometimes costly but nearly always great quality.
    • Cheaper Than Dirt - All sorts of stuff, some good . . some not so.
    • Sportsman's Guide - Much like Cheaper Than Dirt.
    • Zodi Tent Heater - Worked good but a single propane canister will not work all night. See the Hunter Mtn pictures to see it in action.
    • How to poo in the woods! Dumb question? Not really. Leaving waste all over the forest and desert is making a mess of things. It is giving ammunition to those who'd like us off off public lands! Pack it out!

      Each of these items are available at Sportsman's Guide and will run you about 50 bucks total.
      • Get a Cheap Seat!
      • Get Some WAG Bags (do not get the PETT toilet unless you want to - just the bags that go in it)!
      • For privacy get a Changing Room. 
      • If you are worried about lugging filled WAG Bags around, then get a 1 gallon (or larger depending on your ummm, well your . . . output) paint pale with lid from home Depot. When you get to a trash can, chuck it all! Easy!

    • How to shower in the woods:
      • Use the  Changing Room you bought for an out house.
      • A folding Cedar Shower Deck makes a great floor.
      • Get a Zodi Shower - well, we did and it didn't last, so we do not recommend one rally but the idea is the same. Better to buy a big pot and heat it on the stove, then a cheap Coleman pump to pump the water or get a solar shower.
      • Do not use your soap from home! Use camp suds, available at Wal Mart and sporting goods stores.
      • In your truck you'll need to carry more water! This means you'll need to toss out a lot of other stuff. Using MREs will negate the need for larger food to be carried as well as allow for jettisoning the cooking gear.
 

 

 

 

 
 

 

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