Truck Camping - Alone in the Desert

[@beclairful]

Looks like so much fun you two! Happiest of Holidays! 🎄🎉🥳❤️🏈

[@DestinationDesert]

@beclairful Thank you! Happy Holidays to you as well!

[@Rventureland]

Nice setup. Camper looks very heavy.

[@DestinationDesert]

@Rventureland Thanks! It's actually not too bad at 2500lbs. I think it's the bubble windows that make it look bulky. Kinda a weird look. Thanks for watching!

[@dannythervguy]

Nice and peaceful relaxing. I love truck camper camping. Just came across your channel and loved it, and subscribed.

[@DestinationDesert]

@dannythervguy Thanks Danny! We really appreciate the kind words. I'm actually camping and sitting next to a fire as we speak. Thanks for watching!!

[@LiveWellWhileLiving]

Great video! Love the scenery

[@DestinationDesert]

It is pretty beautiful out there.

[@TonyBetz-z7h]

I love the Arizona desert, especially Tucson. I have family there. I like Soro cactus And jumping Choya barrel cactus I just love that area we would go to Tucson a lot when my grandmother was still alive and I was a little kid. I just love Arizona planning on moving there when I retire as a firefighter in California Lemoore, California to be exact Central valley of California I am retiring in January 2025. And I can’t wait. I’m gonna live full-time in my truck camper selling the house and everything in it including the dog and cat just kidding. They’re coming with me. I am so excited cannot wait for January my wife died a couple years ago cancer got her 😢I cannot live in my house any longer now that she’s gone, me and my Little Molly girl, the dog and CAT that’s her name CAT oh, by the way I loved your video. I watch a lot of these to get ideas, but I have a camper with slide out one on each side and one in the back it makes so much of a different than a truck camper with no slide outs or any camper with no slide outsI’m gonna do it right cause I live in it until I die in it most likely😂 happy Thanksgiving, everybody👍

[@DestinationDesert]

@TonyBetz-z7h Hi Tony, so sorry to hear about your wife...that's got to be hard! We have been to Tucson a few times but never camped there. We really want to check it out soon. I'm sure when you retire here soon you'll create some great memories with molly. Here is to great adventures ahead! God bless!

[@beclairful]

I’m so sorry for your loss😢🙏🏻. Your plans sound exciting!! Good for you! I wish I had the guts to sell my house and do that! I admire all the folks that live in their RV’s. I love camping, I have a camping lot I own not too far from home. Super fun. All the best to you! 👍🏻🏈❤️

[@kristinebrown6493]

Your camper home away from home is so cute the video is excellent love the tour.

[@DestinationDesert]

Thanks for the kind words. We really love it.

[@MessyRides]

Love the update brother! Let me know when you have a weekend free to collab and ride!

[@DestinationDesert]

How's the Ktm treating ya?

[@MessyRides]

@ I need to work out the float in the carb otherwise it’s been great! Had Rob Barnum do my rear shock so that back end is feeling mint!

[@Joe-fj9kw5bg1v]

cloves give a numbing sensation sounds good.

[@DestinationDesert]

@@Joe-fj9kw5bg1v It's tasty stuff!

[@CITAP1]

I do a little different with my shore power cord in my S&S. I have an inverter in the same position as you keep your battery box below the stove. What I do is, instead of routing the shore power cord in through a panel with a hole through the bed access door opening, I have a have a short 12 gauge extension cord that I plug into the inverter and route it up into the sink cabinet then between the oven and propane tanks to where the shore power cord is at it's access door. I plug the extension into the shore power cord, then plug the other end into the inverter and it powers all the 120 volt in the TC. I have enough solar and battery to run the fridge, all the laptops and batteries needing to be charged. I also have two exterior outlets to power outside stuff. I don't have enough to run the AC so I leave that off. 600 watt inverter, 700 watts solar, 400 AH LIFEPO. Otherwise, looks like you guys found a nice spot. Maybe see y'all at the Roadrunner Truck Camper Rally in February. Take care.

[@DestinationDesert]

@CITAP1 That sounds like a great set up! I'm not very good at electrical stuff, it always confuses me. Which doesn't take much sometimes.🤣. So far we love this thing. Take care yourself and God bless.

[@CITAP1]

​@DestinationDesert I noticed the comment about using your cargo straps to hold down the TC. I keep a set of those, a little heavier type, and have used them as hold downs in emergency when I've had turnbuckles pull through the mount holes and disappear. I can get 2 strap wraps through the eyes on the hooks, and I believe it actually has a higher load rating than a turnbuckle. You want your hold down setup strong, but not so strong it pulls out the TC hold down point when you hit a bad bump in the road. The straps also have elasticity so they'll stretch a bit. Who knows, cargo straps might be a better system than chains and turnbuckles. PS: Stainless Steel is your friend.

[@DestinationDesert]

@CITAP1 Thanks for the tips! It's all a learning experience for me since this is our first TC. My parents had a few TC so I've been picking my dad's brain. All advice is good and I'll take

[@KamperKen638]

Where can I get a fire pit like the one you are using?

[@DestinationDesert]

@KamperKen638 We got it of of Amazon. It's actually a pellet fire pit but it works great for small pieces of wood!

[@DestinationDesert]

@KamperKen638 It's a INNO STAGE

[@Unvaccinated100Percent]

That camper is barely hanging on

[@DestinationDesert]

@Unvaccinated100Percent I know it! We have been waiting for our frame tie downs. Actually got them installed last week and heading out today for 2 days. I was a nervous wreck with those sloppy tie downs! Thanks for watching!

[@Joe-fj9kw5bg1v]

Guys used as a third person

[@LiveWellWhileLiving]

That would be nice! Must mean I did a good job moving the camera around a 100 times!😊