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Similarly to the map for BLM dispersed camping, I found this map for USFS camping. It does have a lot more available in Eastern States. https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/a695e1dbdeab4e8ba5c6ad4fd06a0ba0#zoom_to_selection=true

Open windows can help. It's a beautiful place!

I am researching for boondocking sites in Eastern States, and happened upon this MAP VIEW on BLM's website. I hadn't seen this before and I find it informative and useful, so I just thought I would share it here. It's telling -- nothing is available for dispersed camping with BLM east of the Texas panhandle, with the few exceptions being far northern reaches of Minnesota and a couple in Wisconsin. https://webmaps.blm.gov/program_apps/BLM_Natl_Recreation_Opportunities/

Years ago I traveled that coastline (by bicycle) and there is so much to see there -- Cape Flattery Lighthouse, Fort Stevens SP, Nehalem Bay SP, plenty of trails and cultural sights. Thanks for sharing, it brings back great memories!

I enjoy waking in the middle of the night and sliding the window open to gaze at the stars!

That's fantastic! Wish I could be there -- but I see my friend @J Yoo will be there!

Can you give coordinates of that location? I'm not finding (via google maps). Is it a boondocking site?

From the north -- I forgot about the bridge at Deception Pass State Park ... otherwise I only know of the ferries from Mukilteo (north of Seattle) and Fort Casey (from Port Townsend on the Olympic peninsula). I had the great fortune of spending six months on Whidbey Island and it was glorious.

Trying to migrate this question back to the "We Saw an Ollie" thread, so I will ask again: does anyone know the owner and/or hull number for "Our Escape Pod" ?

By the way… how was the ferry ride with your Oliver in tow? I’ve ridden it when traveling by bicycle…

It was me! …. Hull 1060 So far, I think I’ve seen 4 or 5 Olivers this summer (4 months on the road so far, but 3 of those months were in Wyoming)… and Bill is the only owner I’ve had the chance to actually meet! Does anyone know who owns “Our Escape Pod” and their hull number?

Greetings to the Oliver I saw parked at the Ridley’s parking lot in Pinedale! I think you are from Louisiana — but there’s no mistaking your Oliver! “Our Escape Pod”!

Another difference I see between my 2022 and this 2026 is the orientation of the propane cooktop — mine is rotated 90 degrees and off to the far right side, giving me a decent work surface between the sink and the cooktop. I think I would be miserable with the limited working surface. Maybe that change happened in a previous model?

Is that a bike rack on the back of your Oliver?

I just visited South Pass City a few days ago!

Two years later and another friend recommended C.J. Box -- I listened to "Open Season" (#1 in the Pickett series) and I couldn't put it down! Thanks to @mossemi and @topgun2 for the mentions here. It was great fun especially given my time spent in Wyoming this summer -- I recognized (and had visited) most of the places mentioned!

If you sign into your account you can find the information. If you have more than one device, you choose the one that you want to start Standby Mode, etc. It's pretty easy.

Greetings to the Oliver that passed me on August 13th around 3:20pm -- you were heading south on Rte 28 in Wyoming -- over the South Pass (just a bit north of Hudson WY I think) -- I flashed my lights. I think I saw Red and Blue color on the Oliver front decal?

I received two emails from SL on 8/13. One is titled "Action Requested: Switch to Standby Mode" and the other is titled "Terms of Service Update".

An excellent read.

Maybe to be more specific .... I have painters tape on the control panels of the Microwave, SeaLevel2 control panel, and the Norcold fridge; I close up the usb ports, and then I put a jacket on the floor near front dinette seat (to cover the bright light at the CO2 monitor) and I have thought about taping paper over the Solar Charge Controller! I haven't had the flashing blue lights occur. :)

Not feeling very confident to do any rewiring, I live with blue painters tape on a lot of the little lights inside my Oliver. Maybe one day I will find someone to help me do this project for reducing the glow.

I've greatly enjoyed time at Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site SP and campground. The state park is a real gem, with hiking trails, petroglyphs and pictographs, a beautiful creek (fishing permitted with license), flora and fauna -- a green oasis along the western slope of the beautiful Big Horn Mountains. Archaeological digs have revealed over 10,000 years of human occupation at this site -- a rare find in North America. There are dry camping sites, electrical sites, reservable sites and some that are strictly FF. If you decide to come here, be sure that you are: (1) looking at the correct campground, as there are others called 'Medicine Lodge' that are part of the Forest -- and those might be fine, but this one is within walking distance to most of the park's public areas; (2) carefully studying the route and the road conditions before you venture away from wifi/cell reception, because google and apple maps will suggest a road that is a washboard dirt road -- and there is even a sign that suggests it's the way to Hyattville -- but there is a better path. You can read about the park here: https://wyoparks.wyo.gov/index.php/places-to-go/medicine-lodge I used the "Lower Campground" -- sites 1 through 9, but there are very nice sites scattered throughout the park, all of them along sections of Medicine Lodge Creek. Lower Campground, site #7 is in the middle -- other sites are around the perimeter. Some of the petroglyphs view of Medicine Lodge Creek in the park If you're coming from the west, take 31 from Manderson. If you're coming from the east (south) take Lower Nowood Road (NOT the Ten Sleep Hyattville Road) and STAY on Lower Nowood Road until you reach the junction with 31 (Do NOT follow the green highway sign that points to the unpaved washboard road to Hyattville). Go east on 31 from Lower Nowood and turn on Cold Springs Road, then to County Road 52 (unpaved) following signs to the park.

Robert Earl Keen, a Texan singer-songwriter from Kerrville, is leading this fundraising effort. Tickets went on sale today at noon and they are already sold out. Perhaps they will schedule another show? If I were in Texas, I would want to be there. https://www.tixr.com/groups/whitewaterrocks/events/rek-and-friends-applause-for-the-cause-151115

Connor Battlefield SP is a beautiful little park that is fully surrounded within an oxbow of the Tongue River. It is a lovely green oasis with decent sites featuring grilles and tables (no hookups), and the park has restrooms and other amenities. It's First Come First Served (FF) but each day there were a few sites open. I recommend site #4 because it's tucked in a corner with a broad expanse of grass up to the river's edge. There are lots of shady Cottonwood trees. A little gem! If you are looking for a meal on the town, the Tongue River Brewery offers an incredible pizza! https://wyoparks.wyo.gov/index.php/places-to-go/connor-battlefield