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kennyw
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Location: Salt Lake City
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 Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 9:08 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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From my trip to the Sawtooth National Recreation Area over the 4th of July.
It was great to get out of the heat of Salt Lake City and do some mountain biking on Fisher Creek and other cool trails.
One of the best things about a Westy... even primitive camp site can easily become home for the night.
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tarandusVDub
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Location: Between Here and There
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| Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 2:27 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Bug out camping trip with our daughter and two mutts to the North Fork Flathead backcountry, and then Flathead Lake. Met a 96 year old ranger at Kintla that drives his 84 Wolfy, towing a bug, to the park from Colorado every year to help run the campground. Been doing it since 1988. Can't lift the top anymore, and a nice Vanagon dude bought him a set of pop top shocks and mailed them to him. Nice. Met several folks that came over to talk about the van throughout the trip, and met a great couple in a beautiful Assuan Brown '82 diesel Westy from Edmonton. Very successful trip!
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Sodo
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Location: Western WA
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| Posted: Thu Jul 21, 2016 2:26 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Gravel bar on the South Fork Eel river, Avenue of the Giants, northern California, NOW!
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Sodo
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| Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 11:16 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Northern California. A sunny AM then comes the daytime fog rolling in. False Klamath cove on Hwy 101, about 14mi south of Crescent City.
At 9AM there were several RVs that had overnighted here, dangit. With chairs out etc, seemingly un-molested. We shoulda camped here!
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Sodo
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| Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 6:53 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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| I was heading north for work and I'm pretty sure I passed your Van SODO. You remember being passed by two state troopers yesterday? |
Haha Benj yes I do, you guys musta been late for work!
We stopped at Oregon caves National monument then kinda shot thru Oregon like crap thru a goose, and camped at the quietest, "most pleasant" I-5 rest area (Gee Creek rest area) near Battle Ground, WA.
Got up in the morning and drove to Mount St Helens National Monument, Washington Cascades.
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seafinch
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| Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 4:38 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Took our van up Santaquin Canyon (Utah). First local adventure for her.
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owokie
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| Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:52 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Colorado mine ruins. Most substantial I've ever seen.
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You got it. Creede, CO. Really cool spot. The drive from Lake City to Creede is also one of my favorite in recent memory. |
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addiction
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Location: Northern California
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| Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2016 9:31 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Slimvest
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2016 12:11 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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On the way to Mt. St. Helens, WA.
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4x4BNB
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| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 8:41 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Nice bumper...looks similar to mine...
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BenjaminCA
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| Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 10:06 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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A quick bon-fire on the Samoa Dunes in Humboldt County. I actually pulled the Toyota over a hill at the end of the evening. To his credit, he didn't air down. Great test of the light bar too.
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Merian
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 12:15 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Farfrumwork
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 1:02 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Post mtn bike ride in Fraser CO.... ahhhhh
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0to60in6min
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2016 1:12 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Vancouver Island
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ragnarhairybreeks
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 8:45 am Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Vancouver island last weekend
Evening
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owokie
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| Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 12:09 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Vancouver island last weekend
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That's gorgeous! Did a quick overnighter last night without the kids, complete with high country SUPing. I think I claim first ascent for 2wd van for this particular lake. Had to give a couple of the uphills right after the hairpins a few goes. Could've really used a granny...
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photogdave
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 2:34 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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From some recent adventures in the BC mountains:
Getting to some trail heads for hiking near Squamish. Syncros only!
On the remains of an old mining town that was flooded and is now a lake bed:
...and getting stuck there: 
A nice secluded spot to watch the recent meteor shower:
Most of the trail up looked like this:
We passed a Nissan 4x4 pickup coming down. He had turned around because it "looked to sketchy" but we made it up okay. Need the locker and low gear though. Maybe he didn't have lockers.
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thummmper
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Location: Meadow Valley, California Republic
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 3:51 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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compared to orange county, this is wilderness in the low sierras
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2dogs1van
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2016 8:37 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Camping north of the Arctic Circle off the haul road, Alaska and the Dempster Hwy, Yukon. |
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seans67
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| Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2016 11:26 pm Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread |
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Here's a couple from our recent trip around our beautiful state of Alaska.
The Alaska Range on the Richardson Hwy south of Delta Junction'
Along the McCarthy River just across from the town of McCarthy with the Root Glacier and Kennicott Mine in the background. Had another Syncro for a nieghboor, couple form Anchorage. Was another Vanagon from California in the parking lot.
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