Gladiator Expedition Rigs

[chorky]

Thanks, I'm already back in Missouri. I noticed quite a few campgrounds east of Yellowstone also required hard sided campers. Even the large Grant Campground in Yellowstone had a black bear visit looking for food while I was there.

You have to be careful in Yellowstone with the animals. They look tame but are not. While I was there a woman got gored in the chest by a Bison, and had to be helicoptered to a local hospital.

I entered Yellowstone from Bear Tooth, which was incredible. I'll post some pictures soon. Cooke City is a cool little town!

I find it hilarious (not in a good way) how many people every year continually try to pet the bison or sit next to a bear or have a midnight snack in their tent even though ever year dozens of injuries happen from these exact situations. You think people would learn….

Beartooths are awesome!! I want to go back and spend a good couple weeks there.

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[Mules]

These pictures really don't capture how beautiful Bear Tooth Highway is. If you have an opportunity to enter Yellowstone from the Northeast into Lamar Valley don't miss this drive. Lamar is also where you'll see hundreds of Buffalo, and I even saw an endangered grey wolf.

 

[Mules]

After Lamar valley, it was off to Rossevelt and Mammoth parts of Yellowstone, before setting camp at Canyons.

 

[Mules]

I loved the 40-50 degree mornings in Yellowstone. Each morning I made coffee and cooked breakfast, on my electric pan/griddle, inside the camper. Usually I just ate an apple and snack during the day while exploring. Then at night started a small fire to grill some burgers or brats. It worked out great.

One last hike to Artists Point at the Canyon area, to look at the waterfalls, then off to see all the geysers and mud pots for the day.

 

[Mules]

Well, you can't go to Yellowstone without seeing some of the hot spots. I ended the day camping at Grant campground along the shoreline of Yellowstone Lake.

 

[smlobx]

Nice report!
How were the crowds at Yellowstone?

 

[portalgun]

fun photos of an amazing trip! I still love how your camper fills up the space in the c pillar and acts as the hard top. That would be the only design I would ever use on mine, all the other campers look too bulky like the Gladiator is giving them a piggy back ride while yours looks like a designed part of the vehicle.

Have a great rest of your trip!!

 

[Mules]

Nice report!
How were the crowds at Yellowstone?

Not bad at all. Only packed parking lot was at Grand Prismatic. A couple backups when Buffalo crossed the road, but overall, just fine.

 

[Mules]

fun photos of an amazing trip! I still love how your camper fills up the space in the c pillar and acts as the hard top. That would be the only design I would ever use on mine, all the other campers look too bulky like the Gladiator is giving them a piggy back ride while yours looks like a designed part of the vehicle.

Have a great rest of your trip!!

Thanks, after building this, and using it, I can't imagine not having access to the cab. If it's raining or muddy, I enter through the back seat of the jeep, take my boots off on my Jeep rubber mats, then climb into the back.

 

[Mules]

After Grant campground, I checked in at the Old Faithful Inn and spent the rest of the day checking out the sites and spending the night in the "Old Section". I love log cabins, and this is the worlds largest.

I was walking past "Bee Hive" geyser and a ranger ran by me saying it was about to blow. It had been 5 days since Bee Hive blew, so I got a close up show of one of the tallest geysers in Yellowstone. Great end of my trip to Yellowstone!

 

[Mules]

Old Faithful Inn was the last desination of a very fun trip. Home called, and I started the 20hr. trip.

One last peak at Grand Teton, then filled up with gas in Jackson Wyoming, and headed home down Highway 80.

The picture is the smaller elk arch in Jackson.

I'll be back...

 

[Mules]

I saw my first portable A/C while in camping in Badlands. Have any of you purchased or tried a 12 volt AC unit yet?

 

[smlobx]

I saw my first portable A/C while in camping in Badlands. Have any of you purchased or tried a 12 volt AC unit yet?

I saw those when they first came out and if I remember correctly there were mixed reviews. There were issues with their battery and how long they actually lasted plus the amount of space they could effectively cool. Keep in mind that you/we have just fabric sidewalls,,
Do your own research.

 

[Mules]

I saw those when they first came out and if I remember correctly there were mixed reviews. There were issues with their battery and how long they actually lasted plus the amount of space they could effectively cool. Keep in mind that you/we have just fabric sidewalls,,
Do your own research.

A 12 volt AC isn't for me. Too much space and power consumption to be of use in my small offgrid camper. Of course I don't like camping in excessive heat anyway.

Luckily I can run my truck's AC for 10 minutes to cool the camper, before I go to bed. Since I can use the truck's Heat and AC in extreme conditions, I'm good.

I haven't let my truck idle all night yet, just to run the AC or Heat, as it seems inefficient.

I wonder how much fuel I would burn to do this?

 

[Mules]

Well I Googled my question and it looks like my engine at idle will use about 1/3 gallon per hour. Looks pretty reasonable to me to run my truck in idle for AC in the camper. I still wouldn't run it all night, but just to cool it off in the evenings.

The back seat HVAC even blows directly into the camper.

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