As some of you may remember, we've been trying out our iKamper Roof Top Tent and our first trip didn't go so well. Just not enough room for all the stuff we take in just the 4-runner. So to solve the problem and to let Cathie bring whatever she want's, we decided to buy a small off road trailer. We picked it up in Salt Lake City a couple of weeks ago and it was time for it's maiden voyage. It's mostly just to carry stuff and doesn't have any amenities like some if the high end trailers out there. But with the tent of top of the trail and not the car, it allows us to set up came and go exploring in the car.
So for the first test run we headed to Arizona and the Kofa Wildlife Refuge. This allows us to get off the pavement for some easy 4-WD and to see how the trailer behaves in rough terrain. It did just fine and followed along nicely. The roof top tent comes with a room addition of sorts that encloses the tent opening making a large area to get out of the elements.
After a good nights sleep we headed back into California and traversed the Bradshaw Trail, a old wagon freight road from the Colorado River to the Salton Sea. 70 miles in length on a mostly good dirt road. We set up camp at the mouth of Red Canyon and explored from there. Red Canyon is really beautiful and made the trip. Most of the rest of the scenery on the Trail was nothing to write home about. Anyway it was a successful trial run, with the exception of a flat tire on the 4-runner. Check out the YouTube video.
