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Sodo
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Weekend trip to "Ancient Lakes" in central Washington (about 3 miles N of the Gorge Amphitheater). Not a lot of other campers around, it was nice. It rained like heck and the next day the MTB trails (in the the valley below) were perfect.
Next night in the Met-How valley near Robinson Creek trail.
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SyncroPedro
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| Posted: Mon May 23, 2016 9:33 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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From a recent camping/biking trip. Nice little spot with views and trails at your door.
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yellowjacket
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| Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 10:32 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Recent thread about information on the Owyhee motivated me into posting a few photos from a trip in May of 2013.
Honeycomb WSA
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Birch Creek Ranch
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chachi
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| Posted: Sun May 29, 2016 8:20 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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south lake, suislaw national forest, or.
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Vanhalla
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| Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 11:00 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Farfrumwork
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| Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2016 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Somewhere between Gordon Gultch and Sugarloaf mnt last weekend (north of Nederland, CO) in dispersed camping
natural leveling blocks 
'Haul that tote!' 
great views 50ft up the hill from camp.
Fun getting there, and gave some other backwoods campers a show climbing a steep muddy section of fire road.
Off to WY this weekend, through some backwoods routes. Should be good fun exploring!
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Farfrumwork
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 11:04 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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So as promised - Wyoming adventuring for fathers day!
We started up the Poudre canyon, outside of Ft Collins CO. Near the top is CR10 that heads due north into WY. It descends and soon you are here
obstacle #1 (this guys didn't move a muscle as we slowly passed)
Then we were in WY (horses on road and WIND -  )
Soon we were off dirt roads and onto trails
Our destination was the snowy range, which is super scenic and beautiful, but mother nature had other plans
seeing as we couldn't make it to the open high country fields of the snowy range (photo from previous trip)
we turned down a less than frequently traveled trail.
And started moving trees 
A few trees later, the dried beetle kill jousted my washer tank.... I was glad it wasn't coolant! When I replace the tank I'll add a small steel (or AL) cover for the tank.
Some mud (had to use sand ladders to get free)
We made camp
This mans priorities - A beautiful woman and a 4x4 van in the wilderness 
Oh - we saw this on the way out (in the metropolis of Albany WY)
holy hell that thing was big and BURLEY. He had some nice WY pin-striping though, so he's using it!
Van was amazing as usual - what a little beastie!
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lemonspeed
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 2:37 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Overland_Van at Tunnel Mountain - Banff National Park
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wes.outside
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| Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2016 8:29 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Near Lily Lake in the Beartooths...
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desertrefugee
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| Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2016 9:13 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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From North to South - Arizona is a big state.
Mogollon Rim near Happy Jack - and the best camp cook in the west:
San Pedro Valley - proudly showing off newest sticker (from Kartchner Caverns):
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Red Beard
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 7:20 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Sweet secluded sneaky spot by creek, new favorite straight-after-work-on-Friday camp |
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Farfrumwork
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| Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 2:14 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Fraser CO - dispersed camping and biking last weekend.
that mud hole is deeper than it looks
A really nice site, right in the middle of many bike trails/loops
And we ran into a 4x4 low top, pop top Sprinter in town.
(  Heresy alert - I want one! )
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Elfwizard1975
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 8:09 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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A few shots from our 2800 mile loop from WA to south Dakota and back. In 9 days.
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Yep, our last stop. Pretty there. |
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danbar
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| Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 11:31 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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So it turns out that my girlfriend owns 40 acres of wilderness that more or less takes 4wd to get into. She hasn't been there in 5 years because her A3 isn't up to the task. We fixed that problem this weekend with the syncro. I took lots of van porn pics in two days. More from this weekend here: https://www.facebook.com/dan.barnett.568/media_set...nref=story
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Sodo
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| Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 10:36 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Entiat Mtns in the Cascade range, Central Washington state, Wenatchee National Forest. Sugarloaf peak, elev. 5810 ft.
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Mountain1.8t
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| Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 9:23 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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On our PNW roadtrip last week, we drove on the beach at Pacific City...
Then up to the Hoh Rainforest...
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Farfrumwork
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 2:29 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Made a quick overnight to West Mag, outside of Nederland CO for some biking and mnt air.
One of my favorite spots up there, right at the start of the 'School Bus' mnt bike trail which passes an old school bus at a mining camp, and two abandoned mines.
sweet view too
Westy life engrained in my kids
A bit of a steep, loose, and loopy climb to get up there with some 3-wheeled action - no issues for the syncro though
Beautiful days!
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childofthewind
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 3:27 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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North fork of the John Day River, Oregon
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Kkinsch
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 6:04 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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After some hiccups a perfect spot was found along Rock Creek
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rfoubi
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| Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2016 9:20 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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In the Valhallas. (Kootenays, BC)
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