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Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:41 pm

VAVWFAN wrote: nothing exotic; just my backyard

You could have said you where camped in Shenandoah National Park. We wouldn't have known the difference. :lol: Nice backyard ya got there.

Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:07 am

To be honest, I was going to go to Shenandoah Nat Park, because the weather last weekend was fantastic for camping. But, I just put an engine in with wrong tin, and didn't want to take it up the mountains, so the "puddle" in the back yard (actually it's a neighbor's property) had to suffice. I need to get a 71 front tin piece because I've "mickey-Moused" the Bug tin I currently have.

Fortunately I have great neighbors, and it was only three extension cords away for power hook-up......

Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:53 pm

VAVWFAN wrote:
Fortunately I have great neighbors, and it was only three extension cords away for power hook-up......

Phoey... camping and electricity don't go together! :lol:

Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:17 pm

ccpalmer wrote: VAVWFAN wrote:
Fortunately I have great neighbors, and it was only three extension cords away for power hook-up......

Phoey... camping and electricity don't go together! :lol:

X2. Especially "Wilderness Camping"! :lol:

Tue Jul 19, 2011 8:33 pm

I wont disagree, but was a spur of the moment, shakedown trip; ole lady hadn't been camping in 20+ years, and the only way to try out the bus with her in it was to have a fan... (there was no compromise on her part with this)

So, in the long run, she loved it, compared to tent camping; and we were able to figure out what we needed for a real trip when I get engine tin right......

I also figured out it would be better to leave her home, or have ear plugs, cuz even with the waterfall running, her snooring wasn't helped at all by the wilderness.....

Hopefully now youll understand the method to my madness.

Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:21 pm

Spent the last two weekends in Big Meadows, Jennie Lakes Wilderness, Sequoia/Kings Canyon NP.

Me in camp.

Near Buck Rock Fire Lookout.

At the lookout.

The bus did very well on the dirt roads and even on the very rough jeep trail I turned down by accident :oops: Glad that the bus has a short turning radius. :lol:

Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:17 am

davis911s wrote: jdedini wrote:

I LOVE this picture! LOVE THIS PIC.,WHERE IS IT AT?? :shock:

Mon Jul 25, 2011 11:47 am

GL305 wrote: davis911s wrote: jdedini wrote:

I LOVE this picture! LOVE THIS PIC.,WHERE IS IT AT?? :shock:

IIRC that is in California. The Redwood forest some where. We lived in S.F. back in '69-'72 and I remember the folks taking a trip and driving though it.That's no stump, that sucker is alive. I believe we drove through it in a '69 Galaxy.

Mon Jul 25, 2011 12:27 pm

babysnakes wrote: GL305 wrote: davis911s wrote: jdedini wrote:

I LOVE this picture! LOVE THIS PIC.,WHERE IS IT AT?? :shock:

IIRC that is in California. The Redwood forest some where. We lived in S.F. back in '69-'72 and I remember the folks taking a trip and driving though it.That's no stump, that sucker is alive. I believe we drove through it in a '69 Galaxy. WOW!!!! THATS AWESOME,THANKS FOR THE 411. :D

Mon Jul 25, 2011 5:40 pm

from exploring the cascades this weekend. pictures camping near Clear Lake.

Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:18 pm

Pictures from this weekend's camping trip. Western Mass.

DAR State Forest, Goshen Mass

Mohawk State Forest, Charlemont Mass

Broke Down. Main brake line from the master cylinder to the rear T blew out. Had to wait 2 hours to get the 7foot line and replace it. Bleed the brakes on the side of the road

my brother is only smiling because he wasn't under the bus swearing up a storm

Sat Jul 30, 2011 6:33 pm

SteelersBus wrote:

Didn't know my backyard was considered wilderness haha.

Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:18 pm

sweet back yard

Sat Jul 30, 2011 8:37 pm

at the top of rio rancho road in big sur

Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:51 am

On an outdoor excursion we are surprised by a Sikorsky aircrane flying in to 'snorkel' water from our swimming hole... good times. 8)

Sun Jul 31, 2011 1:39 pm

^^^There's something you don't see every day.^^^

Sun Jul 31, 2011 6:02 pm

Wow no snorkeling going on by my campsite but I took a few night photos..

Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:09 pm

Cobscook Bay State Park in Maine.

Deer Island, New Brunswick - very cool as it was at the southern tip of the island located in the Bay of Fundy and you needed to take a ferry to get there. The water in the pic is apparently the largest tidal whirlpool in North America. We could see seals and porpoises from the beach - supposed to be whales as well but we didn't see any.

My wife and son in those pics.

Mon Aug 08, 2011 5:46 pm

My first mountain trip in the bus. He did great. 23mph all the way to the top....30mph on the way back down.

And my trusty co-pilot.

Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:55 pm

Name that constellation!

Rollin over to Baker lake.

Daybreak