Finding an EPIC campsite and sleeping in the back of the Bronco - Alabama Hills [pics and video]

[Russ.Cere]

I have been to Bama a few times, big sis lives there. Just for my own clarity this is Alabama? The state that is south of Tennessee, west of Georgia 22nd state of the union, Alabama? Going to use big sisters house as staging ground for the next trip with the kids!

Edit...ok watched the video

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[Pale Horse Adventures]

I have been to Bama a few times, big sis lives there. Just for my own clarity this is Alabama? The state that is south of Tennessee, west of Georgia 22nd state of the union, Alabama? Going to use big sisters house as staging ground for the next trip with the kids!

Edit...ok watched the video

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[cashe3]

Don’t worry, when I saw the title I thought he was going somewhere around Muscle Shoals

I have been to Bama a few times, big sis lives there. Just for my own clarity this is Alabama? The state that is south of Tennessee, west of Georgia 22nd state of the union, Alabama? Going to use big sisters house as staging ground for the next trip with the kids!

Edit...ok watched the video

 

[ironmike]

The hills were named after the CSS Alabama in 1863. The name is pretty incongruous because nothing in the area looks anything like Alabama. There has been talk over the decades of returning them to the old Paiute Indian name (which I don't know) but there is nothing definite yet.

Has nothing to do with the state of Alabama, but rather more to do with the Civil War. There was a battle (of words) going on across the Eastern Sierra/Owens Valley during that time to name things after Confederate vs Union events, places, and wartime artifacts.

BTW, renaming anything there will literally take an act of Congress. The bureaucracy of place names is one of the most arcane and glacial of anything in all of the US Gov’t.

 

[805BaseSquatch]

I really like sleeping in the Bronco. It's great for cold and/or windy weather (as opposed to tent camping).

The DeepSleep is inflatable memory foam, and is really comfortable. I am 6' 3'', and while there's not tons of extra head/foot room, I do fit in it fine (even with my wife and two dogs in there too).

I'll be doing a product review on the DeepSleep probably sometime next week (btw I'm not affliliated with them).

Thanks for watching!

Awesome thanks for the info. Looking forward to your review

 

[phubar]

Misleading title! Was all packed up and ready to go on a “short” drive from FL until I put Alabama Hills in Google maps
Gorgeous pics tho OP!

 

[Pale Horse Adventures]

Misleading title! Was all packed up and ready to go on a “short” drive from FL until I put Alabama Hills in Google maps
Gorgeous pics tho OP!

Haha, sorry about that. I wasn't going for "clickbait", I promise! Just come on out to California!

 

[J2D]

Was feeling burned out after Christmas, so packed up the Bronco and drove to the Eastern Sierras to Alabama Hills. If you've seen any truck commercial (or the movie Tremors!) in the last 2 years, you will recognize the area ! Found what I believe to be the best designated dispersed camp site in the area, and spent two nights just relaxing and unwinding. Love that my Bronco can take me to the spots away from all the Teslas and Priuses. Video above; hope you enjoy it!

In search of camp...

Found it!

The dogs approve

Setting up the DeepSleep

View from bed in the morning...

Broncos looks good in the morning light...

Our dogs absolultely love going on adventures in the Bronco!

We don't have any terrain like that in Alabama....wonder how it got that name?

 

[Pale Horse Adventures]

Awesome thanks for the info. Looking forward to your review

No problem! Just published the video and started a thread in the camping gear forum.

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[Pale Horse Adventures]

We don't have any terrain like that in Alabama....wonder how it got that name?

From Wikipedia:

" The Alabama Hills were named for the CSS Alabama, a Confederate warship deployed during the American Civil War. When news of the ship's exploits reached prospectors in California sympathetic to the Confederates, they named many mining claims after the ship, and the name came to be applied to the entire range. "

 

[J2D]

From Wikipedia:

" The Alabama Hills were named for the CSS Alabama, a Confederate warship deployed during the American Civil War. When news of the ship's exploits reached prospectors in California sympathetic to the Confederates, they named many mining claims after the ship, and the name came to be applied to the entire range. "

The more you know!

 

[Ford Motor Company]

Was feeling burned out after Christmas, so packed up the Bronco and drove to the Eastern Sierras to Alabama Hills. If you've seen any truck commercial (or the movie Tremors!) in the last 2 years, you will recognize the area ! Found what I believe to be the best designated dispersed camp site in the area, and spent two nights just relaxing and unwinding. Love that my Bronco can take me to the spots away from all the Teslas and Priuses. Video above; hope you enjoy it!

In search of camp...

Found it!

The dogs approve

Setting up the DeepSleep

View from bed in the morning...

Broncos looks good in the morning light...

Our dogs absolultely love going on adventures in the Bronco!

Looks like your trip was a great time. I can't think of a better way to unwind after the holidays!

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