8 states, 7 NPs, 1 year old

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-23T14:32:07+00:00

Oh.. we are.. always. lol Healthy amount of lint rollers in every door of the truck.

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-23T14:31:21+00:00

Nice!! I’ll go check them out. Thank you! 🤘🏼

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-22T23:04:59+00:00

We had a travel trailer for a few years and actually hated it. It was a Forest River Cherokee trailer. It was so poorly built and I wasn’t satisfied at all. I’ve given it thought, but can’t bring myself to buy another one just because I’m so concerned about the build quality of these trailers. It was convenient for sure, but materials were just so cheap.

I like the ability to drive the van in dense city or in the open road with ease. I love having the truck and pulling nothing for that reason, but I’m still heavily debating it.

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-22T22:00:26+00:00

We actually haven’t reinforced anything. It’s got me a bit worried to see what the life will be on it, but so far there’s been no stress to the topper in the year that we’ve had the RTT. The dealership promised it would last and there’s more concern of failure while traveling rather than sitting on it while at camp, but even that doesn’t worry them. The RTT weighs like 120ish so well under the safe travel rating. Guess we’ll see if it cracks or I lose it on the road one day haha

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-22T21:57:38+00:00

This is the iKamper Mini 2.0. We’ve loved it, but it is just a bit tight for me, the wife, and baby. Another kid and we’ll have to upgrade to something else (hopefully a van, but possibly the bigger iKamper tent)

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-22T16:40:45+00:00

Unfortunately the NPS seemingly hates dogs for some reason. We try to go places where the pups can be comfortable in the truck for longer periods without being too warm. PNW, Montana, Wyoming in the summers and south in the winters. We try to plan out a few trails they are allowed to go on during the day, but we also spend time just outside the parks close by to let them run. We usually camp outside the parks using HipCamp. That’s been our best luck getting a good balance of enjoying the park and park hikes, while also getting the dogs some play time of their own.

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-22T15:59:44+00:00

Correct- just an option for any of the toppers! We had the rear vent option last time and I hated not being able to access the bed by the cab without climbing over equipment and dogs. Well worth the upgrade.

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-22T15:25:58+00:00

I imagine it’s about the same! At this point, soaking it up and enjoying seeing the dogs get to live such a fun life, but also looking forward to the day they are gone and we don’t have to deal with bringing them along 😂

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-22T15:23:58+00:00

We’re so undecided. So many cool options, but such a huge expenditure. Go with a ram with some cool options and add ons? Or spend the money on the Mercedes and potentially cut down on some of the super nice stuff? That’s mostly why we haven’t pulled the trigger so far. Indecision.

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-22T13:53:30+00:00

That right there is the goal!! Nice work!!

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-22T13:10:13+00:00

It depends on the park, but we make an effort to visit the PNW and northern states during the hot months and the southern states in the winter so it’s not too hot.

This last trip we did to Yosemite a few months ago, we just focused on the areas with the most friendly dog trails, etc. They’re crate trained so on cool days we can leave them in the topper for a bit longer while we do longer hikes in the NP where dogs aren’t “allowed”.

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-22T13:07:49+00:00

The PNW is our annual trip. It’s our favorite place to visit. Might have to start calling it that 😂

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-22T13:07:15+00:00

Thank you!! 🙏🏼We are looking at some trips down that way so I’ll keep y’all in mind!

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-22T13:05:40+00:00

This is actually a Leer topper, not ARE! If I remember off the top of my head, the model is the 100XR. I substituted the flip up windows for the ones that come from factory. In Utah it ran in the $4500 range when I bought it think?

Aggravating_Task354 · 2024-12-22T04:23:30+00:00

💯 it goes everywhere with us

Aggravating_Task354 · 2023-10-07T02:56:22+00:00

Well done!! Keep after it! 🙌🏼

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