#10: Trailer Tales from California’s Desert Parks

Dear Bob and Sue: A National Parks Podcast

Matt and Karen Smith

Society & Culture, Nature, Personal Journals, Places & Travel, Science

5.0 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2020

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Teardrop trailers sure look cute and romantic, but what’s it like actually sleeping in one? Today we’re sharing what we learned as we camped in a teardrop trailer in three parks in southern California. Find out what additional equipment you may need to bring with you, the best situations to use a teardrop, and whether we liked it in the end. We also talk about the best seasons for visiting different parks in our mail bag section. In this episode we discuss: Picking up the trailer Why winter may not be the best season for teardrop camping The camping sites and hikes we enjoyed in the Mojave Preserve, Joshua Tree, and Death Valley NPs Finding romance on Valentine’s Day in the national parks The importance of researching what season is best in what park Links: To see photos from our travels, visit our Instagram account, or TikTok account Join the conversation on Facebook Our books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You took me out to the garage, had me close my eyes,
0:03.2	and then all of a sudden you said,
0:05.0	okay, you can open your eyes now.
0:08.1	And there she was.
0:10.2	It was a toilet for Valentine's Day.
0:14.0	Yeah, you're welcome.
0:16.2	Because nothing says, I love you like a toilet. This is the Dear Bob and Sioux Podcast,
0:35.0	Our Stories of Adventures and Misadventures
0:38.0	as we travel to all the U.S. National Parks and other public lands.
0:41.0	I'm Karen Smith. And I'm Matt Smith.
0:43.0	And I'm Matt Smith.
0:44.0	We're the authors of the Dear Bob and Sue series of books.
0:47.0	Today's episode is about our experience renting a tear drop trailer and camping in it in a few parks in Southern California.
0:55.0	The show is a little bit of a comparison to our previous episode about RV camping.
1:00.0	We wanted to find out if tearardrop trailer camping is for us and hopefully it will give you an idea of whether it's for you as well.
1:08.0	We found that our enjoyment of the Teardrop was dependent on a handful of factors.
1:13.0	But we'll dive into that in more detail in the episode.
1:16.0	And to kick things off, we talk about a few items we always carry in our backpacks.
1:20.0	And at the end of the episode, we'll answer a question from a listener in our mailbag segment.
1:25.0	So being the neat freak that you are, did you notice that this past week I got out all my
1:36.4	backpacks and emptied them out and scrub them down and sorted through all the stuff?
1:41.5	Did you see the piles?
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