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Annual family men's fishing weekend at Nancy Lake in NW Wisconsin. Blue Bell, the rusty old 87 K20, pulled the 1953 Lone Star boat and my nephews and I slept in the 60s vintage Hetrick tent. That's my Dad's posterior in the pic as he helped me set it up. He did away with sleeping in tents years ago and he and my brother were in his camper trailer.
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Just got back Saturday night after a 10 day / 1,717 mile trip around AZ and UT. We left home on the 15th and started off at the Overland Expo in Flagstaff, AZ then headed up to Utah’s Canyonlands for the rest of the time. Once the rest of the pics and videos get uploaded and I get some time I’ll post up a trip report. The Canyonlands Doll House trail was awesome!
A few shots until the rest are uploaded…. Our little city within the Overland Expo from Friday the 16th through Sunday the 18th. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3689/...7b992bd5_c.jpg Monday we headed North to Utah for the rest of the week... https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5520/...96fcc2fb_c.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5079/...9674810c_c.jpg https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2908/...1eb99b8e_c.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5577/...ba0fcf98_c.jpg https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2902/...ee71362a_b.jpg 4 other rigs joined for the 4 day off-road journey in and out of the Doll House. The Doll House is remote! https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3706/...be2433c7_c.jpg |
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Been tracking your entire run on Spot since you left. Just zooming in on the sat map
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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5079/...9674810c_c.jpg i like this one looking out your window & seeing this, what an awesome way to start the day! looks like you had stellar weather DirtyLarry |
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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5520/...96fcc2fb_c.jpg
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5079/...9674810c_c.jpg https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2908/...1eb99b8e_c.jpg https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5577/...ba0fcf98_c.jpg https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2902/...ee71362a_b.jpg https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3706/...be2433c7_c.jpg[/QUOTE] awesome veiw,if i woke up and saw that......I must be lost! |
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couple of shots from last weekend
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Dirty Larry - I notice everyone in you group has popups, is that because the trails are not suitable for small towed travel trailers? We are thinking of getting a vintage canned ham to tow behind the 59 when its done. A lot of my hunting buddies have them with axle mods to get more ground clearance.
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Interestingly enough we started our week at the Overland Expo which is like the Sturgis of the overland / backcountry adventure crowd. They had every imaginable off-road camper from 6 digit Earthroamers to any size and shape of roof top tent on display not to mention every imaginable decent off-road camp trailer. There were some outstanding trailers that leave you salivating but the bitter taste of pulling our homemade trailer quickly curbs any envy of those nice little trailers. I’ve also noticed over on Expedition Portal the retention rate of off-road camp trailers is pretty short. People go crazy over them then after a few trips in the wild they learn trailers suck on technical trails and up for sale they go. About 6 years ago I seriously considered a Jayco Baja or the Fleetwood version off-road popup trailers and so glad I did not pull the trigger on one of those. Here is the trailer we built and pulled for two desert trips. Good riddance! I did like sitting on top of the trailer in the camp chair at night though. Less likely to have a bitting critter encounter during beerthirty! https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2479/...435dfa89_b.jpg |
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Thanks for the insight. Most likely trailer will be for when the wife is with me hitting campgrounds. I'm still fine with a tent and cot, or even under the stars if its not raining.
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by the way DirtyLarry, how did that new stove/sink combo work? inquiring minds want to know:)
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have the second week of july for holidays, but after reading DirtytLarry's desert trip, couldn't wait. kids teachers are on strike, so i skipped out of work friday & made a long weekend of it. no quads this time, just a quickie to make sure everything ok for our vacation in july.
heading up to American Creek area. been a few yrs, creek is usually 15-20 ft wide, but snow meltdown sure brought them up Attachment 1269346Attachment 1269347 road has really gotten overgrown Attachment 1269349Attachment 1269351 getting narrower.... Attachment 1269353 |
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we be pruning now...
Attachment 1269355 hmmm..., hole was a little deeper than i remember Attachment 1269356 a nice spot to be:) it's good to be out in the bush again, drinkin'wood & burnin' beer.... Attachment 1269357Attachment 1269359 reeeal good.... Attachment 1269362 |
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bummer...heading home, but 2 more weeks! (yay!)
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got back from what may be our only vacation this yr. day before we left boss told me we got a big job that will tie us up for a month or so. that bites.
we stayed fairly local, went to a corner of the coquihalla hiway area. took the wife's envoy so we could also go for a day trip down to Tulameen. made a slight detour to let the dogs out & have a bite Attachment 1276873Attachment 1276874 Attachment 1276875Attachment 1276876 dawg just started doing this weird thing, rock licking. doesn't actually lick them, he drapes his tongue on them & moves his head around https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz83VRdsQGs |
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back on the coquihalla.
Attachment 1276877 they have signs that say "high mountain road, weather changes suddenly".... it sure does, one minute bright sun, the next, rain Attachment 1276878 'bout halfway up the "smasher" the rain stopped. 10% grade for 9 or 10 miles. if you have a heavier vehicle, your cooling system has to be top notch Attachment 1276879 there's the sudden weather change again. breaking up at the top Attachment 1276880Attachment 1276881 |
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turned off the "coke" again
Attachment 1276882 turned on this road, 'bout 10 miles of single lane to our turn off. sent the wife ahead to make sure it was clear, no hope of turning 40 feet of truck & trailer around on this road Attachment 1276884 so far so good, only see her tracks Attachment 1276885 yay! almost there & still only seeing her tracks Attachment 1276887Attachment 1276888 |
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got to our turn-off, Pike mt. 'bout 10 miles of more 8-10% grade with a real crappy surface. there goes the beer & pop
Attachment 1276889Attachment 1276890 was messing around & tried some different angles. it's a little shaky, my go-pro is me holding my 10 yr old canon out the window. climbing pike mt. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kupZwyXRgjE a constant climb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSdAIiJoEqo still climbing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdaKnW3tb0A made it to the top! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CC1rpIkHvcU |
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there's 8 or 9 lakes at the top of pike mt, but here's the one we want
Attachment 1276891 here's an awesome spot to camp....only i ran out of 3 foot stick & still didn't hit bottom, not really the place to get almost 15k of rv buried Attachment 1276892Attachment 1276893 found this nice spot....but half the road drops away 2ft at the top. tilt-o-meter will definitely be out of safe range Attachment 1276894Attachment 1276896 |
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found another "awesome " road around the lake
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come across all kinds of stuff out in the bush, thought it was just a rock....
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took the wife's truck to Tulameen. couple hr drive. bout the only thing changed is the store has debit & ice-cream now. beautiful country
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took the boys out for a boat ride
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