Season 3 RECAP + Analysis of maximum RV length for National Parks + Our camping stats

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  • čas přidán 6. 09. 2024

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  • @AdventurousWay
    @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety +3

    We cover lots of things in this video. Here is a list with the timestamps with Campendium links to boondocking locations mentioned:
    00:00 Season 3 recap
    01:43 Rocky Mountain National Park
    02:17 Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
    02:50 Curecanti National Recreation Area
    03:47 Million Dollar Highway
    03:59 Mesa Verde National Park
    04:29 Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
    05:43 Boondocking near Leadville, CO - highest altitude we ever camped at www.campendium.com/county-road-48
    06:12 Amazing boondocking spot near Twin Lakes, CO www.campendium.com/twin-lakes-view
    07:34 Boondocking spot near Mancos, CO www.campendium.com/madden-peak-road
    08:45 Getting truck service on the road
    10:48 Colorado National Monument
    12:04 Boondocking spot near Colorado National Monument www.campendium.com/mcdonald-creek-cultural-area
    12:15 Harper's corner road boondocking spot near Dinosaur NM www.campendium.com/harpers-corner-road
    12:56 Dinosaur National Monument
    13:22 Side trip to visit Outdoors RV in Oregon
    14:29 Golden Spike National Historical Park in Utah
    15:37 Visiting Battle Born Batteries in Nevada and filming a factory tour
    16:39 Yucca House National Monument back in Colorado
    18:08 Start of Season 4
    18:17 Reflection on Season 3 and Colorado
    19:21 Camping stats (boondocked 69%; full hookups only 3% of the nights, etc.)
    20:43 Average nightly camping cost
    21:53 Towing/driving stats
    23:03 Hiking/Cycling/Rafting stats
    23:24 What's the maximum RV length to fit in the National Park campgrounds
    35:53 Largest RV that could fit in a campground in Colorado

  • @jayfoster5756
    @jayfoster5756 Před 4 lety +4

    I love that you include - Here is all that we cover in this video with timestamps and relevant links:
    I wish more youtubers would do this - THANK YOU!

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety

      It's a bit tedious to write it all up, but I'm glad you find them useful. I will try to keep doing them for future videos too.

  • @aponoypi
    @aponoypi Před 4 lety +3

    you answered my question a rig 30 feet and below. very good analysis and easy to understand..

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety +1

      I'm glad!

    • @aponoypi
      @aponoypi Před 4 lety

      @@AdventurousWay my wife also agreed we look at some models in Fairfield

  • @lynnecreamer9171
    @lynnecreamer9171 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow! This is awesome. We are part-timers, but we bought a 270RLS last year and a Ford 250 Platinum in April! Going on a 3 week trek on the 5th to North and South Dakota, and Colorado. Keep up the good work.

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety

      Sounds like an awesome trip! Have fun!

    • @longuecarbine
      @longuecarbine Před 4 lety

      If you go to NE North Dakota be sure and go to Devils Lake. It is a really nice state park. We also enjoyed Lewis and Clarke state park near Williston. We spent a week at the Black Hills in SD but there is so much in the area to see we could have easily spent two weeks.

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety

      Thanks for the recommendations! Added to our map.

  • @marketshare5273
    @marketshare5273 Před 4 lety +1

    Great video, love the breakdown and percentages on size of acceptable Riggs. 👊👍😎

  • @JCMercyGrace
    @JCMercyGrace Před 3 lety

    We watched all of season 3 this evening. I'm so glad that you love Colorado. I've lived here most of my life. While we're just starting our RV lives, I'll always love Colorado, and we'll return here often!

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 3 lety

      Wow! All of season 3 in one sitting! We feel honored!

  • @bobmakow55
    @bobmakow55 Před 3 lety +1

    Dianna would you consider sharing a copy of your spreadsheet on the analysis of lengths of campsites. And is that the campsite length including length of vehicle? Great video

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 3 lety +2

      No, unfortunately I don't want to spend the time to clean up the spreadsheet to make it legible to others as it was a long time ago that I did it. The campsite length is the length that is provided by the website. It typically refers to the size of the RV/trailer and usually, in our experience, has enough space to then either put the tow vehicle perpendicularly or next to the RV.

  • @Melidontcare
    @Melidontcare Před 2 lety

    Really like your videos and life share. If we ever go back to a trailer, the Outdoor RV will be top of our list.. your very thorough insight being a huge influence. That factory video was full
    of information that I like to hear.. I want to know about every aspect of a build. Who knows we may buy one to travel smaller one summer.. cheers to you both !

  • @Melidontcare
    @Melidontcare Před 2 lety

    Thank you for the videos !

  • @jacktyler7599
    @jacktyler7599 Před 4 lety

    Diana, that was THE best analysis of NP campground RV spaces I've seen or heard. Super job! Like you, Patricia and I ended up choosing a 24' 10" Lance trailer because the rumor mill said we'd want to be no longer than 25'. With a chuckle, I can now confirm that the rumors were 81% correct! (Or at least for Colorado).

  • @longuecarbine
    @longuecarbine Před 4 lety

    Excellent information. My wife and I enjoy your videos. We did a off-road tow like your Twin Lakes tow last summer. Wheels spinning in 4X4 and rocks flying. I don't think I'd do it again. I did a similar analysis when we purchased our 250RKS, 31ft overall. Here in BC most of the Provincial Parks campgrounds sites are really nice and fairly private. They seemed to have been designed for car/tent camping, so fairly small. We are limited to where we can stay to approximately 15% of the sites on Vancouver Island. I found that the only way you can find out camp size is to check the BCPP website during the reservable season. Once this ends in September I could not check the campsite size on the website. However I did contact the individual park and they staff told me which sites were large enough for our trailer.

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety +1

      I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes crunching the numbers :) Way to go for you to make an educated decision on what size rig to get for your particular area.

  • @JHA6100
    @JHA6100 Před 4 lety

    Lovely recap of Season 3 and love the campground lot size statistics. Thank you D & M!!

  • @Zymurgest
    @Zymurgest Před 4 lety +1

    Good job mates! Glad to see you using your 4X4 to get your Outdoors RV TT to disperse camp! We're planning on doing the same, which is why I'm watching you guys so much. Only I'll be brewing beer with the water from each of the units as The Boondocking Brewer ;^) Stay safe, and happy travels to both of you

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety +1

      I saw your comments on the website too. That's an awesome idea to try brewing beer with water from different places. I wonder which National Park water will give the best tasting beer ;)

    • @Zymurgest
      @Zymurgest Před 4 lety

      @@AdventurousWay It should all taste good, it's just the relevant ionic concentration that determines the flavor. Like Burton makes the best pale ales due to the hardness of the water which allows for hoppier tasting beers while using less hops than you would for say a softer water (less Calcium mostly), so I'll need to test the water first! Safe, and happy travels!

  • @deegeejohnson999
    @deegeejohnson999 Před 4 lety

    Thanks, Diana, for all the manual number crunching you did. I can’t imagine what it took to look at each individual campground space. Kudos to you! It will definitely come into play when we pick out our 5th wheel. (Currently looking at an ORV 26ft)

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety

      It was a bit tedious, but I love numbers so it was fun for me :)

  • @davidarmstrong2503
    @davidarmstrong2503 Před 2 lety

    Amazing Thank You

  • @KeriKalmbach
    @KeriKalmbach Před 4 lety +1

    I'm pretty sure we dared you to get to that spot in Twin Lakes and you just couldn't resist 😂

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety

      You 100% did! We have video evidence of it! I'm glad you did though, as the views were stunning! Not sure I'd be brave enough to do it again though.

    • @hessicarabbit
      @hessicarabbit Před 4 lety

      @@AdventurousWay LOL, I'd be afraid of Diana if you drove up there again, too! ;D

    • @Zymurgest
      @Zymurgest Před 4 lety

      @@AdventurousWay Well, you *did* say that you had cell service, while your friends unfortunately did not. Just this one video should show people who want to be full timers that an offroad TT is an absolute must (along with a 4X4 TV) to enjoy the better dispersed camping spots. Stay safe, and happy travels!

  • @E_House
    @E_House Před 4 lety

    I'd agree that in general you need to be under 30 feet to fit in most NP/NF campgrounds. And if you can manage to be 25 feet, like y'all, you'd be even better off b/c there's many NP/NF campgrounds that have smaller limits. We're 28 feet but we're a family so there's no way we could go smaller and stay sane camping for a more than a weekend at a time. :D
    The one thing that's frustrating about reserving campsites sight unseen is knowing where our tow vehicle will fit... bumper to bumper, we're like 45 feet (which I think should be similar to you) but obviously we rarely stay in huge sites b/c they just don't usually exist in forested NP or SP or NF campgrounds. So the trick is which sites can both our trailer and somehow our tow vehicle fit in, even if it's parked perpendicular to the trailer. Kinda like what you said about Black Canyon of the Gunnison's campground...where do you put your truck when your trailer takes up the whole 25 feet site?

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety +1

      At Black Canyon of the Gunnison the road had sort of a turnout in front of our campsite so we were able to (just barely) to park the truck perpendicular to the trailer. In some campgrounds we have seen there is additional parking for guests/second vehicles. That's where we would put the truck if didn't fit in our site, but so far we haven't had to do it.

  • @reneenorman3516
    @reneenorman3516 Před 4 lety

    Love the statistics!!! Thanks for the info.

  • @swtexan6502
    @swtexan6502 Před 4 lety

    I've been looking at one of the Outdoors RV Back Country with the on board generator for that very purpose! Safe Travels, Guys!

    • @E_House
      @E_House Před 4 lety +1

      The thing I don't like about their new on board generators is that they take up a whole side of the previously open pass through storage. That's the side we put the heavy hitch stuff when not in use and the big tub with all the dumping stuff. Where would we put all that? Plus, you no longer can reach stuff from either side. We put a custom box attached to our rear bumper that holds our generator and locks it since we don't have a truck.

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety +2

      We don't have a generator, so I can't comment about that. However, I will say that the front storage bay on the Back Country models where the generator can be installed would also make for a great installation location for lithium batteries and an inverter - just saying :)
      But yes, we wanted to keep our front storage bay clear for hitch, etc as well as long things like our skis / snowboard that stretch across the trailer.

    • @E_House
      @E_House Před 4 lety

      @@AdventurousWay yes, exactly...our lithium batteries and inverter are installed on the other side (passenger side) so you can see why we'd need the other side free for the aforementioned stuff. :) And yes, having a long passthrough for long items is nice.

  • @williamquestmagic
    @williamquestmagic Před 4 lety

    Thank you for this GREAT video on spots and lengths of RV's that are best for the the Park System. bill in Florida

  • @rshutterbug47
    @rshutterbug47 Před 4 lety

    Thats CRAZY , Now I Know I Can Get A Train Car & Put Tires & A Hitch on It & Camp Somewhere, But The Only Problem Now is Finding A Road To It That I Can Pull That MONSTER THERE & Then Aford The Fuel To Get it. There , But it's Good To Know if I Want to I Can Ha ha 😁😉😃🙃

  • @harley9218
    @harley9218 Před 4 lety

    Very well done. As are all your videos.

  • @RockSteady2727
    @RockSteady2727 Před 4 lety

    Love your channel. Give us an update on your Trailors performance to date. Stay safe.

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety +2

      The trailer is doing really well! We're coming up to 2 years of living in it full-time and we're still very happy with it! We've recently done a big remodel project in the RV and will be sharing updates in the near future.

    • @RockSteady2727
      @RockSteady2727 Před 4 lety

      @@AdventurousWay Thanks. We're looking for a trailer and really liked yours. Stay safe my friends.

  • @torpedohost
    @torpedohost Před rokem

    im looking for some rv that is 31 32 would you be able to park those obviously sticking out a foot or two from the 30 limit parks

  • @kennnguyen6792
    @kennnguyen6792 Před 2 lety

    Still not clear on the rig and spot. What if I have a 30’ trailer and a 15’ car. Is that 45’ and I’ll need a 45 feet spot? Or the 30’ spot is enough? Sorry. Very confusing

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 2 lety

      Most places list the size of the camping unit that fits in the space. Ie. if you have a 30' travel trailer and a 15' truck then you would need 30' spot and either your truck will also fit in the space (sometimes perpendicularly to the camping unit), or there will be additional parking somewhere for tow vehicles. But this is not universal, so you really need to read carefully what the sizes mean at any particular campground. In the analysis in the video the lengths described are the travel trailer lengths that would fit in each space.

  • @MangoMike316
    @MangoMike316 Před 2 lety

    👍👍👍

  • @gregreinert642
    @gregreinert642 Před 3 lety

    Great info on Colorado, much appreciated. I jJust found you guys on YT while searching for info regard trailer sizes for national parks. One question though, I have seen others say tgat the length must include the length of the trailer plus tow vehicle. In my case a half ton pickup. So is it to total lenth or just the length of the trailer?

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 3 lety

      In these particular National Park campgrounds in Colorado on which the analysis was done, the lengths were of the maximum size of the trailer allowable in the site as that is what recreation.gov website provided. When we stayed the NPS campgrounds in Colorado, there was enough space to put the truck perpendicularly, or side by side next to the trailer. Also, sometimes campgrounds may have overflow parking lot for the tow vehicle. BUT different campgrounds/websites might have a different definition of the length, so that's definitely something to double check.

  • @oldpeople1970
    @oldpeople1970 Před 4 lety +1

    What is your toll vehicle and what do you like,or dislikes

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety +1

      We tow with a Ford F-150 and shared how we like it in a blog post: www.adventurousway.com/blog/why-we-love-our-ford-f-150

  • @luminousveiws
    @luminousveiws Před 4 lety

    I once saw a similar length analysis, for all National Parks. Wish I could recall where...

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety

      Yup, there are a few analysis like that floating around, all measuring slightly different things.

    • @Zymurgest
      @Zymurgest Před 4 lety

      Sounds like the RVIA statistical calculator where you put in your rig's size, and it will tell you how many places your particular setup will fit. For the best bang for the buck, keep your rig around 25 feet overall, and you'll probably never have any problems at all. Of course, YMMV! Stay safe, and happy travels!

  • @TheNurseArtist
    @TheNurseArtist Před 4 lety

    First off, you guys are wonderful. Thank you for inspiring our own journey to owning an Outdoors RV. It all started with you last year. Do you or anyone have any thoughts on the insulation efficiency of all the windows in the 26KVS as well as the tip to tip measurement. Keep being great. ~Nicknsandra

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 4 lety

      For the tip to tip measurement you can check Outdoors RV website and find the specification list for the model. It lists tip to tip length: outdoorsrvmfg.com/timber-ridge-26kvs/

    • @Zymurgest
      @Zymurgest Před 4 lety

      AFAIK, the windows are double pane in all the Outdoors RV products. Even the skylights are double pane. What's better though is the rimless type of free standing glass which is slightly (like 15% from what I've heard) more insulated giving you more barrier from the elements. You can get the better windows from the Titanium line, which have nicer looking, and performing aesthetics. The newer ones now come with Ground Control autoleveling, which automatically levels your trailer in just a very few minutes (a feature that speeds up setting up camp tremendously IMHO) instead of the usual and customary 20-40 minutes (depending on how level your site actually is) as with most other TT's. Stay safe, and happy travels!

  • @willjohnston8216
    @willjohnston8216 Před 3 lety

    Hey, you guys are great, but I think you should have broke out the site measurement into a different video. Also, I'm just about to buy a 27' and that was a big factor in consideration, because I read that is the max length in most campgrounds. Would be good if you could have broken that length out, unless I missed it.

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 3 lety +1

      I agree, we should have broken out that topic in a separate video. At thte time of filming we didn't think it would take so long to explain it and we didn't think so many people would care about that portion of the video. But we will know for next time. (In this video we start talking about RV lengths at National Park campgrounds at 23:24 minute mark).

    • @willjohnston8216
      @willjohnston8216 Před 3 lety

      So, you don't have a stat on 27' length? That's okay. I'm curious how often when you went off road, you really needed the extra clearance and 4x4? I'm buying a new Minnie Winnie 26T and it has extra suspension, ok clearance and a lot of horsepower, but it's not 4x4 and it's not high clearance. I'm hoping I can get it into some back country spots. I've done a lot of Utah, Colorado, and Montana with a van and pop-up.

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 3 lety

      Oh, I see, you meant breaking out the 27' length, not the video topic :D No, I don't have 27' stats broken out separately. How often we benefited from the clearance - that's really hard to tell. We chose to go to certain places BECAUSE we knew we had the clearance. If we didn't have as much clearance we still would have found plenty of beautiful boondocking spots. Because of the clearance we just had more options to go deeper in the woods / further away from the main road and get to a more secluded spot.

  • @bobbyb.6644
    @bobbyb.6644 Před 3 lety

    Assume your paid somehow for the infomercials? Nice gig ?

    • @AdventurousWay
      @AdventurousWay  Před 3 lety +2

      None of the videos on our channel to date have been sponsored. We’re just trying to share content that we hope other people may find useful.

  • @aponoypi
    @aponoypi Před 4 lety

    for the RV length do you just measure the length of the trailer without the truck? thank you

  • @DiegoGomez-px6lh
    @DiegoGomez-px6lh Před 4 lety

    I’d love to take some time off to do this but I need to work to pay the bills 😔

  • @shahonur9432
    @shahonur9432 Před 2 lety

    the video image is too poor, you need to fix it more