Fire Mountain

Our first target outing for the Tin Pickle was a friend's gathering in the Mendocino County hills of Northern California. For that, we only needed to have the trailer road worthy. The interior was basically gutted of sleeping furniture, but we had new axles and functional running lights.

Set up for the weekend

With an airbed on the floor and curtains on some of the windows, we had a cozy haven as a retreat from the exuberance that was available outside. Bart and I cooked outside on a portable barbecue and had a cooler for a fridge. We had a 5 gallon Igloo for water storage, plus a table and chairs and a rug outside. The Tin Pickle worked just fine as an aluminum tent.


 

Our first campsite in the Tin Pickle

Heidi had saved one of the most level spots in the meadow for us. Even so, we could only level the Pickle by laying a 2x6 on a rock and straddling the fulcrum point with the two downhill wheels. After we set up our outdoor living room, the creative leveling apparatus hardly showed. It did put the bottom step a bit high off the ground, though.

Fortunately, the rock was just right to level the trailer.

Eel River Valley, with Pickle

At sunset on the first evening, Heidi took me on her ATV up to a high point on her land. The view is southward, up the wild Eel River valley.
As a first outing in our Tin Pickle, it was perhaps a bit off the beaten track, but it was a lovely trip.

Heidi and Damian

Thank you, Heidi and Damian for hosting a great weekend!