Camp site photos

[joetiger]

[Rorke]

Thanks for the great shots everyone.
Here is a favorite from Meat Cove, Nova Scotia.

[fxr]

Alabama Hills. This was our favourite spot - but now it's blocked off for restoration. The new permit system has really cut down on the number of sites available as well.

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1984 1.9l EJ22 Westy Wolfsburg Edition
Vespa GTS 300

[syncroserge]

I think you posted that pic years ago and I replied that I would try to find my pic from the same spot from 1990.

Still haven't found that pic but it is a very cool place

[Sodo]

Columbia National Wildlife Refuge in the near distance, Central Washington Scablands.
This spot is just outside the (no camping) refuge.
Off-season, Mar22, 2024 there was almost nobody else around.

Those vertical rock columns that you see in the distance.....
The thick, rich topsoil that you DON'T see was scoured away by ice-age floods going 60mph, ~17,000 years ago.
The flood was was miles wide and hundreds of feet deep.
Those rock columns are about 20-30 feet high so imagine rushing water several hundred feet higher, leaving what they call "scabland".
The rich soil that departed filled the Willamette Valley in Oregon,
300 miles away.

We camped here to attend the "Othello Sand Hill Crane Festival"
which sounds real old-farty..... doesn't it?
There were lots of bluehairs.....

But the wildlife and local geology lectures were great.... we'd go again!
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'90 Westy EJ25, NEW oil rings (!) 2Peloquins, 3knobs, SyncroShop pressure-oiled pinion-bearing & GT mainshaft, filtered, cooled gearbox.
'87 Tintop w 47k 53k, '12 SmallCar EJ25, cooled filtered original gearbox
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[1988M5]

Does this count, it’s urban camping.

BK
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2002 Winnebago Vista. VW VR6 24V Eurovan front clip powered class C 21' RV.
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[syncroserge]

Old crappy 35mm pictures but some of our favorite places... 4000 miles apart..

August '89, Havre St-Pierre, Quebec. As far as the road went then with our brand new syncro westy...stolen a year later

Summer '95 Rennell Sound, Haida Gwaii and summer '98 North Beach, Haida Gwaii

[dodger tom]

[SamboSamba22]

Indian Cove Campgrounds inside Joshua Tree National Park. We camped a couple nights and explored the park after Buses By the Bridge last month. Ended up doing just shy of 3500 miles in 11 days. A great time!
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[old vanagon]

Cape Hatterass Sept 2024

[Mikesarge]

Pyramid Lake -

Ana River-

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1980 911 SC 3.1

[67rustavenger]

I'll play.
Pics from some recent camping trips in central Oregon.
Warm Springs Indian Creek Campground,

Maupin RendezVW 2025,

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[Kdj]

This just in. Senator Mike Lee's proposal to sell off public lands pictured here, has been temporarily withdrawn from the Senate's Big Beautiful Bill. But we must all stay aware of what is going on with our public lands.

Now back to your regularly scheduled campsite viewing.

[Crooked Designer]

Great news..

This is Fall Lake near Ely, MN in.. .the spring.

Unfortunately there were wild fires raging just south of us, so the air quality sucked.

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[ProbablyNotIan]

Indian Creek. Right near the Idaho/Wyoming border.

[Shonandb]

Last Weekend near Parksville on Vancouver Island

Last year at Manning Park with a token Vanagon camper passing by.

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[Red Ryder]

Ocean City State Park, WA
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[SCM]

This was our first camping trip of the year in 2025 and in 2024. I'm surprised we've been able to nab it both times since the area does get a bit of use.

Somewhere west of Whitehall Montana.

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[coqcitywesty]

In an attempt to bring this thread back in focus

Bryce Canyon NP, Utah - North Campground
No, the rocks on the left are not spray-painted landscape materials - they are real, lol

Valley of Fire SP, Nevada - Site #3
VOF exceed our expectations - just stunning! Campsites on this side get sun in the AM and shade in the later afternoon, which was just perfect for cooling down and sleeping.

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1991 Westfalia EJ251, 1972 Volvo 1800 ES

[deadaheadub]

Goosenecks State Park in SE Utah

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