Hello! Log in or Register   |  Help  |  Donate  |  Buy Shirts See all banner ads | Advertise on TheSamba.com  
TheSamba.com
 
Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread
Page: Previous  1, 2, 3 ... 65, 66, 67
Jump to:
Forum Index -> Vanagon Share: Facebook Twitter
Reply to topic
Print View
Quick sort: Show newest posts on top | Show oldest posts on top View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
digthemlows
Samba Member


Joined: December 11, 2015
Posts: 36
Location: Sacramento, CA
digthemlows is offline 

PostPosted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 2:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread Reply with quote

One more. This is our favorite BLM camping in El Dorado National Forest in Northern California


Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
deaddrift
Samba Member


Joined: June 01, 2020
Posts: 43
Location: Portland OR
deaddrift is offline 

PostPosted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 3:14 pm    Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread Reply with quote

My wife and I bought our van in Florida in 1998. It stayed stock for ten years.


This is SE Oregon. July 2020. It was hot. And spectacular.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

In winter '99 we spent several months driving around the country, deciding where to move to. We ended up in Portland OR, and enjoyed our Westy for a bunch of years out here.

In 2008, we sold it (needing a new head and a transaxle rebuild) for a great price, to a friend, who absolutely pimped it out. Subaru power, solar array, bumper package, suspension upgrade, TF49 fridge (ice cream in the desert is a thing!) etc etc etc.



Here, I would really need the 4x4 and rear locker, had it rained recently... but it's SE Oregon. In July. I think we're safe.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Two months ago, we bought this camper back from him (also at a great price!) So we are the second AND the fourth owners of this van. Originally be-monikered Stanley; now Diego.

Enjoy these shots of our Vanagain.
_________________
Nat

'91 syncro Westfalia, 2nd and 4th owner

Ò,ó
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Gallery Classifieds Feedback
bsrad
Samba Member


Joined: April 17, 2012
Posts: 254
Location: Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
bsrad is offline 

PostPosted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:48 pm    Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread Reply with quote

deaddrift wrote:
My wife and I bought our van in Florida in 1998. It stayed stock for ten years.


This is SE Oregon. July 2020. It was hot. And spectacular.

In winter '99 we spent several months driving around the country, deciding where to move to. We ended up in Portland OR, and enjoyed our Westy for a bunch of years out here.

In 2008, we sold it (needing a new head and a transaxle rebuild) for a great price, to a friend, who absolutely pimped it out. Subaru power, solar array, bumper package, suspension upgrade, TF49 fridge (ice cream in the desert is a thing!) etc etc etc.

Here, I would really need the 4x4 and rear locker, had it rained recently... but it's SE Oregon. In July. I think we're safe.

Two months ago, we bought this camper back from him (also at a great price!) So we are the second AND the fourth owners of this van. Originally be-monikered Stanley; now Diego.

Enjoy these shots of our Vanagain.


That’s a great story deaddrift. Thanks for sharing. We’ve been to that playa and it has to be one of my favorite places in SE Oregon.
_________________
Bill

-----------

1987 Syncro Westy
1967 OG Single Cab
1976 FJ40
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
kamzcab86
Samba Moderator


Joined: July 26, 2008
Posts: 7892
Location: Arizona
kamzcab86 is offline 

PostPosted: Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:18 pm    Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread Reply with quote

West Dolores River, CO
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


Big Bear Creek,Telluride, CO
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


Clear Creek, south of Leadville, CO
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


Blanca Peak, CO
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


Sleeping with cattle somewhere in NM (ended up not raining)
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
~Kamz Anxious
1986 Cabriolet: www.Cabby-Info.com
Blue Vanagon 1990 Vanagon Westfalia: Old Blue's Blog
2016 Golf GTI S
"Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance." - 孔子
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Visit poster's website Gallery Classifieds Feedback
Timwhy
Samba Member


Joined: January 01, 2009
Posts: 3995
Location: Maine
Timwhy is offline 

PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 1:47 am    Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread Reply with quote

Annual trip to Cobscook Bay, Maine

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
'15 Audi A3 Quattro
'09 VW Tiguan (dead)
'87 VW Westy
'91 Tin Top
'90 Cabby
What the Westy wants the Westy GETS


http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_search.php?search_author=Timwhy&show_results=summary

http://www.youtube.com/user/TIMWHY2?feature=mhee
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Facebook Gallery Classifieds Feedback
dhaavers
Samba Member


Joined: March 19, 2010
Posts: 7733
Location: NE MN (tinyurl.com/dhaaverslocation)
dhaavers is offline 

PostPosted: Thu Aug 20, 2020 7:45 am    Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread Reply with quote

kamzcab86 wrote:

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Kam -

Tell us about the "non-Wasserstopper" top covers, please...probably something you sewed yourself...??? Smile

- Dabe
_________________
86 White Wolfsburg Westy Weekender
"The WonderVan"

<EDITED TO PROTECT INNOCENT PIXELS>
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
Sodo
Samba Member


Joined: July 06, 2007
Posts: 9517
Location: Western WA
Sodo is offline 

PostPosted: Wed Oct 13, 2021 10:50 am    Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread Reply with quote

Moab, Utah, now.
Camped on a 600 ft cliff above the Green River.
20 miles from pavement.
Haven’t moved the van in 2 nights, probably one more night here.


Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Morning

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Sunset

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Sat out a storm. It wasn’t as exciting as we hoped.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

A little bit of hail.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Changed the oil at camp.
Support staff offers sustenance.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Now the 3rd sunset, Van hasn’t moved.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

5th night (van hasn't moved)
_________________


'90 Westy EJ25, 2Peloquins, 3knobs, pressure-oiled GT mainshaft, filtered, cooled gearbox
'87 Tintop w 47k 53k, '12 SmallCar EJ25, cooled filtered gearbox
....KTMs, GasGas, SPOT mtb


Last edited by Sodo on Thu Dec 16, 2021 7:10 pm; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
MsTaboo
Samba Member


Joined: June 02, 2006
Posts: 4065
Location: East Kootenay, British Columbia
MsTaboo is offline 

PostPosted: Sun Oct 31, 2021 5:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread Reply with quote

Yesterday above the Kootenay River.
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


Couple years ago. On the cliffs above the lake.
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

Week ago.
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
Currently:
'90 Syncro Westy 3 knob w/Zetec

The information age has morphed into the age of disinformation and willful ignorance. Agnotology!
Help the fight against Truth Decay.
Defend democracy, support Ukraine.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
VJP5
Samba Member


Joined: May 22, 2021
Posts: 52
Location: San Diego, CA
VJP5 is offline 

PostPosted: Mon Nov 01, 2021 1:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread Reply with quote

Mt Laguna, on the way to Joshua Tree
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


Joshua Tree (Cottonwood)
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


Nightime campfire/Guitar time
Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg Tin-Top - "Elmo"
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Classifieds Feedback
happy2CU
Samba Member


Joined: October 06, 2018
Posts: 52
Location: france
happy2CU is offline 

PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2022 10:28 pm    Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread Reply with quote

A beach somewhere south.... of France Smile

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.


And one of Lucy.

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Classifieds Feedback
Vanlife Geek
Samba Member


Joined: September 19, 2014
Posts: 285
Location: CO
Vanlife Geek is offline 

PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2022 11:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread Reply with quote

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
Vanlife Geek
Current:
1986 Syncro Westy
Previous:
1983 Westy
1981 Westy
1972 Bug (Last year you could buy a new one for under $2,000)
1965/66 Bug (2 bugs from a junk yard combined to make 1 functional bug)
1959 Bug (Pre Gas Gauge Era)
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Visit poster's website Gallery Classifieds Feedback
Red Ryder
Samba Member


Joined: June 26, 2021
Posts: 942
Location: Northern California
Red Ryder is offline 

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2022 8:55 am    Post subject: Re: Vanagons in the Wilderness Thread Reply with quote

Northern California coast in December 2021…

Image may have been reduced in size. Click image to view fullscreen.

_________________
“Most everyone’s mad here. You may have noticed I am not quite all there myself.” — Cheshire Cat, Adventures of Alice in Wonderland

“Scarlett” — 1990 Vanagon Carat Wolfsburg Edition
Tornado Red
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message Gallery Classifieds Feedback
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Forum Index -> Vanagon All times are Mountain Standard Time/Pacific Daylight Savings Time
Page: Previous  1, 2, 3 ... 65, 66, 67
Jump to:
Page 67 of 67

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum

About | Help! | Advertise | Donate | Premium Membership | Privacy/Terms of Use | Contact Us | Site Map
Copyright © 1996-2023, Everett Barnes. All Rights Reserved.
Not affiliated with or sponsored by Volkswagen of America | Forum powered by phpBB
Links to eBay or other vendor sites may be affiliate links where the site receives compensation.