The beauty of having a trailer (irregardless of brand) is the freedom that it gives you. You can go to an RV park and have all the hookups and amenities. But you can also go and find a spot that has no hookups (dry camping) since you are self-contained. The only thing we can’t do while dry camping is run the air conditioner and the microwave. However everything else, stove, hot water heater, forced air heater, etc. can work just fine. Dry camping can put you in some very beautiful locales, normally prettier than the RV parks.

We live very close to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. These are dry camping spots so, no hookups. When we go, we like to take a take-and-bake pizza for the first night. Very convenient. The last time we were there we had a bear come by within 15 feet of our spot.

Another place that is relatively close that we enjoy going to is Red Rock state park. Here is a photo from a stay there.

While we were there we had a sudden downpour, no surprise in the desert. It started running down the hill and directly under our trailer. I went out and dug a trough around the trailer to stop it from eroding underneath us. Naturally, I got soaked.

I know people where their version of dry camping is to just drive out somewhere (normally the desert) and just find a place to park way out in the ‘boonies’. Some of them were part of the “1st Annual Joshua Tree SoCal ‘Gettogether'” in November of 2002. This was all coordinated at the Airstream Forums. This forum is a wonderful source of information, support and camraderie. I highly suggest you check it out.

Just remember there is a lot of help out there and many people that like to help.