Thoughts on the Tiger Adventure Vehicle

So the last two posts were more about the trip we had renting the Tiger for 4 days in Colorado. This post will be more of a review and overview of the camper. I’ll undoubtedly leave a detail off, so if you are wondering about something not covered leave a question down in the comments and I’ll respond and update the post if I can answer the question. First off, if you are not familiar with this vehicle we’ve got a video tour of the exterior and interior to show some of the main features.

I’ll start with a summary and say we loved using this truck. How did we end up renting this thing anyway? We have made a list of potential long term (full time?) adventure trucks we might use when we don’t go to work any more. Tomorrow maybe? Friday would work as well. And when I say adventure trucks, I’d classify those as truck campers with a bit more capability than your run of the mill truck camper. More solar power, battery power, water, and the like, and still able to tackle the tough terrain and get off the grid and away from the crowds. It’s a subjective term. Anyway, the Tiger was the first truck on the list that we found we were able to rent and really try out, so this fall we pulled the trigger.

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Diamond View

The weather looked like a classic fall weekend. I didn’t think we’d get another backpack trip in this year, but with the weather report the writing was on the wall. We’d head to the mountains for a hike. The video and story from the weekend follow. Give them a look, and we hope you enjoy following along!

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Rock Creek Weekend

Ever been to Rock Creek? I think it’s right next to Deer Creek, right? We originally planned to be up in the high Cascades, but as the weekend approached and inches of rain or snow with wind looked likely we shifted plans to the east and headed to the Ochocos and found a quiet spot to spend the weekend next to Rock Creek. By the time we arrived on Friday night it was getting dark, the moon, Jupiter and Saturn were all scrolling across the sky.

The next morning it started raining just about breakfast time. It’s hard to complain, as we’re in severe drought so we sat back and enjoyed our coffee and listened to the rain on the roof. It quit about noon which gave us plenty of time to venture out on a hike.

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