MaineBumpkin
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My wife and I decided to plan a mult-week trip in 2022 from Maine to California with multiple stops along the way including MOAB, Telluride (black bear pass), Yosemite and the Rubicon Trail (for starters). Have done plenty of primitive camping in Maine during my life but for the past seven years we have exclusively ‘Glamped’ in our 35’ travel trailer. Now I’m going back to tent camping in unfamiliar areas so I’ll have tons of questions but just one tonight.
It seems the vast majority of people who camp from a Wrangler do so with the hardtop on but we would rather plan the trip with the soft top for more open air options. We plan to ground tent so a rooftop tent is not an issue but are there other advantages of the hardtop on long camping trips? I did see some places require all food be stored in a hard shell vehicle, will they really turn you away if you have the soft top? I’d be interested in hearing other people’s methods for securing food, trash, waste when going soft top in bear country.
It seems the vast majority of people who camp from a Wrangler do so with the hardtop on but we would rather plan the trip with the soft top for more open air options. We plan to ground tent so a rooftop tent is not an issue but are there other advantages of the hardtop on long camping trips? I did see some places require all food be stored in a hard shell vehicle, will they really turn you away if you have the soft top? I’d be interested in hearing other people’s methods for securing food, trash, waste when going soft top in bear country.