Summer desert camping

OK… To quote a guy I know from the Internet. Nope nope, nopitty nope nope!!

My shoulder neck and chest muscles are kind of squirming just from looking at the pictures.
 
EastHumboldt said:
OK… To quote a guy I know from the Internet. Nope nope, nopitty nope nope!!

My shoulder neck and chest muscles are kind of squirming just from looking at the pictures.
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Billogna said:
BIG 'OL STEAMING PILE OF NOPE!!
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Right?! 😵

Okay, so I think I'm squared away.

Enclosed tent is on its way, I'll be carrying at least 3 liters of water & topping that up at every gas stop.
Don't camp in low spots & sleep with boots in the tent. Check everything in the vestibule or outside before I put it on or pick it up.
Helmet inside tent, for certain!

Anyone have a rough idea of nighttime temperatures? I'm banking on over 100⁰ every day & riding mostly early mornings & late evenings with (hopefully) an indoor rest stop between 12ish & 4ish, when possible.
 
Nighttime temps will depend on your altitude quite a bit. I think you said August and September? In northern Nevada Nighttime temps can drop into the 50s and sometimes lower in late August and September. If we get a cold front, it might even get in the 30s. that’s great basin desert. In the Sonoran desert, much lower altitude, much warmer nighttime temps. Probably a blanket and a good woman. Ha ha, what I actually said was woobie, Although, if you can wrangle a woman, that’s handy.!
 
My thoughts were that you probably want to bail out of the trip but since you made it public, you kinda have to go forward with your plans, lol. Wish you luck..... I don't want anything to do with them big ugly spiders.
 
COJoe said:
My thoughts were that you probably want to bail out of the trip but since you made it public, you kinda have to go forward with your plans, lol. Wish you luck..... I don't want anything to do with them big ugly spiders.
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I've considered delaying it a bit, but it's a super convenient time for me to leave the business. Kids are just back at school & nobody is taking vacations & leaving their dogs with us. Much later & I'm getting into the fall break silly season & after that, I'm hunting!

I'm honestly super excited about seeing as much as I can. I just enjoy riding around & seeing new places!
 
I’m a lifetime western guy who’s dealt with August archery hunts during high 90 degree temperatures on an annual basis for 45 years. The last 3 months I’ve been all over the southern U.S. (including TN just recently) and dealing with 90 degrees and humidity up to 90%. All I can say is that at least in the west, when you sweat it evaporates and cools you down. Down south I sweat, get wet from sweat, drink just as much water as back home but my doesn’t cool itself down nearly as efficiently as it does when the humidity is sub 30%. My lord this southern heat is a bitch! Point is if you can handle the TN heat and humidity you can handle the AZ heat.
 
Tilzbow said:
I’m a lifetime western guy who’s dealt with August archery hunts during high 90 degree temperatures on an annual basis for 45 years. The last 3 months I’ve been all over the southern U.S. (including TN just recently) and dealing with 90 degrees and humidity up to 90%. All I can say is that at least in the west, when you sweat it evaporates and cools you down. Down south I sweat, get wet from sweat, drink just as much water as back home but my doesn’t cool itself down nearly as efficiently as it does when the humidity is sub 30%. My lord this southern heat is a bitch! Point is if you can handle the TN heat and humidity you can handle the AZ heat.
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Someone mentioned earlier that our 90 is your 110 & I can believe that! You can't beat the feeling of sweating, while you're trying to dry yourself off after getting a cool shower.
It's like trying to brush your teeth & eat an Oreo at the same time! 😄

The nearest I've come was an oddball, single 90⁰ day in Western Wyoming one September. Absolutely bone dry. I'm not sure how it'll feel straddling a 200⁰ bike, on 150⁰ blacktop with 110⁰ air temperature though.

Probably a lot like a cookie!
 
robtattoo said:
Just to reiterate, by the way, I'm not doing any extended camping or hiking, this is purely a motorcycle road trip through the southwest with the possibility of maybe 2 or 3 nights camping.
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Leave super early. Lots of cold fluids and electrolyte replacement. Stop early.

Treat rehydration like a job.
 
Don't worry... its a "Dry Heat".

Hilleberg Akto has a setup to use the bathtub mesh inner "tent", that is what I have used to keep the critters out, stay cool at night and enjoy the stars during hot summer camping.
 
I just about shivered out of my chair with that last photo. I'm not going back up to quote it. I don't like spiders. For some reason those little fuzzy jumping ones don't bother me though.
 
The fuzzy little jumping spiders don’t bother me either and I’ll even pick them up. Don’t know what the difference is, but they’re actually kind of cute. Prolly be a different story if they were the size of a tarantula or banana spider.
 
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