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I did sleep in the back of the 91 last year on our validation run prior to the desert trip. Other than unloading the majority of gear I brought with me so I had enough room to stretch out, it was more comfy than sleeping in a tent on the ground. But the idea don't work when I'm out for more than a night or have a passenger. The entire truck needs to be unloaded to allow for space to sleep. I'll have safe heat in the camper, standing room and a soft bed. It should be awesome. |
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grrrr...i hate this new computer....:sumo:
me and the boy "un-wrapped" the camper today. lost my storage so we built a frame over it, some plywood over the top, double tarped it and what not. worked cause it came thru our winter sitting outside with shining colors. we will need it in a couple weeks Attachment 1777935 but until then....been stuck inside the house off work for 2 weeks with pneumonia, going bat poop stir crazy, and our spring finally arrived today, said the hay with it, grabbed my 85 yr old dawg (human yrs...) and headed for Mt McGuire. stopped at my bosses house, he has this nice little '68 shorty with a 406 sb, soon to be going LS Attachment 1777936 heading up the valley, there's McGuire there by Slesse Attachment 1777938Attachment 1777937 just an awesome day to be up the valley.. Attachment 1777943 |
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turn off to McGuire
Attachment 1777946Attachment 1777945 road was just wet and a little mucky, no challenge for the crew, lots of hi-water with snow run-off, had to drive thru a couple creeks Attachment 1777947Attachment 1777948 stopped for dawg at one of the creeks we drove thru Attachment 1777949 |
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one of the creeks we drove thru, again not anything, was barely hub deep, or dawg shoulder deep....:lol:
Attachment 1777950 and the trail to McGuire. i have no probs with guns...but c'mon, really? Attachment 1777951 like i said, run off is coming up, this snow creek cut the trail, had to work our way over it. Attachment 1777952Attachment 1777953 another nameless run-off creek we need to get over as well Attachment 1777954 |
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old dawg (12 and a bit..) has to break quite a bit now....his back legs are starting to go. not like i minded anyways, wit this frikkin' pneumonia it's like trying to breath thru a straw, i could only go so far for i had to stop....my wife called me an idiot for going out....bah, what do women know...:metal:
Attachment 1777957 nice little swamp area for dawg to drink up... Attachment 1777958Attachment 1777959 or should i say swim up... Attachment 1777960 thank jebus, an easy part of the trail.....only one...catch our breath... Attachment 1777961 |
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a little further on we came to another swamp, very picturesque place
and a good money shot... Attachment 1777963Attachment 1777964 and of course dawg in this swamp as well Attachment 1777965 after a swim in the swamp "I feeel good!" Attachment 1777966Attachment 1777967 |
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unfortunately this swamp was as far as we could go. well as far as i could go, dawg was quite content swimming thru it, but i ain't swimming today, 'specially with this sickness, could'nt find a way around, hi run-off thing again...
Attachment 1777970 we did take a run into Slesse on the way down... Attachment 1777973Attachment 1777971 and a poser in front of Slesse... Attachment 1777974 one more stop at the river for dawg Attachment 1777978 |
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our last stop at the river today.....
Attachment 1777987 'bout a 25 mph current, Diesel, don't go to far out... Attachment 1777988 old fart listens real good....not :lol: Attachment 1777992 another run off creek, water is mighty cold, clean, and tastes great... Attachment 1777993 |
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Great pics and story as always. Hope you feel better soon.
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took the kids new quad out yesterday....fills up the trailer quite a bit more than his old Polaris...
Attachment 1784317 went up the valley to the old Centennial Trail, which has now become part of the Trans Canada Trail (also known as the Great Trail) a 15 000 mile trail from the Pacific ocean on one side of Canada to the Atlantic ocean on the other side of Canada with a side trek up to the Arctic ocean...much like the Pacific Crest trail in the USA, just a lot longer (which also ends about 30 mins from my house).. https://www.postholer.com/google-map...-Crest-Trail/1 https://thegreattrail.ca/explore-the-map/ everything is running high right now with the snow meltdown.. Attachment 1784318Attachment 1784320Attachment 1784321 some other people out with SXS's and atv's enjoying the fine weather Attachment 1784319 |
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nice day to be out tooling around the bush...
Attachment 1784328Attachment 1784329Attachment 1784330 a nice spot to park, off the beaten path, right beside a little swamp lake for dawg too cool off in... Attachment 1784331Attachment 1784332 |
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...speaking of....( the water is actually well over his head, he's standing on another log...)
Attachment 1784333 and no diesel, that log is a little too big for you to drag in.... Attachment 1784334 the Trans Canada trail used to be multi-use pretty much everywhere around our place, but that seems to have changed now....which i think is pretty stupid, atv's are what keep the trails open, ain't enough hikers ever walking them to keep them from reverting back to nature.....beyond here is foot or bicycle only now....i'd just keep on riding up it if my son was'nt with me...do'nt want to start him on the road to bad habits in the woods though... Attachment 1784335Attachment 1784336Attachment 1784337 |
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but as it turned out, this was pretty much the end of riding for me today....:waah: wife's quad...
Attachment 1784338 run into an old buddy of mine (worked with him in the early '90's!) camped by Williams peak, which came in handy for me... Attachment 1784339 left my atv with him and had wife double me back to the truck so i could bring it in closer to where my buddy was camped..... Attachment 1784340 because i got a flat. i hit a rock real hard and the tire went flat pretty much instantly, could'nt see anything at first, so i figured i knocked it off the bead. at first i took some starter fluid and tried to re-set the bead. Attachment 1784341 after messing around with it some, this gash reared it's ugly head....and right in the middle of the sidewall....:waah:.....so much for this tire. jammed a couple plugs in it, lasted 'bout 20 mins under riding, split kept getting bigger.....held air long enough to get it on and off the trailer....my day is done-bummer...another 3-400 hundred for tires now....crewcab paint job keeps getting further away...... Attachment 1784342 |
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son was a little upset, he's really enjoying himself and having a blast on his new quad...
Attachment 1784344Attachment 1784345 who am i to stand in the way of his fun, told him to keep riding...him and wife went on a 45 min ride....i just sat at the truck and drank a few beers...but i still have old dawg for company :lol: Attachment 1784346 |
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Cool pics dieseldawg !
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Always great to see, thanx for taking the time to share!
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thanks Gov and bilfman!
got some new mud lites for my quad. there a 25, the stock size were 23's. picked up about 10-12 mph on the top end....blowing the sidewall out of my old tire was not all i managed though, it also bent one tie rod almost in half....new tie rods are here tomorrow, just in time for some Coquihalla riding this weekend...:metal: Attachment 1789239Attachment 1789240 had a 4 yr old brand new superwinch i mounted on the kid's new quad....he can't wait to yank something out of his way...:lol: Attachment 1789241Attachment 1789242 |
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our long weekend was two weeks ago. we managed to get out every day of it...
me and my son hiked into a nameless lake between Custer ridge and Mt Lockwood... 49.080925, -121.307653 there was snow here and there still, and it is one heck of a climb in... Attachment 1789243Attachment 1789244Attachment 1789245Attachment 1789246Attachment 1789247 |
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a tuff climb
Attachment 1789248 but some nice views... Attachment 1789249 dawg and this funky little bridge did not get along....dawg did not like walking on the expanded screen, walked to the side of it, and almost slid off just before i took these pics....and here he's doing it again... Attachment 1789250Attachment 1789251Attachment 1789252 |
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ya, it was a wanker of a climb in...
lots and lots of rocks...and some ice... Attachment 1789253Attachment 1789254Attachment 1789255Attachment 1789256Attachment 1789257 |
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more....
Attachment 1789258Attachment 1789259 then we came across this whopper of a rock....would not want to have been in the way of this puppy.... Attachment 1789260Attachment 1789261 looks like this tree was in the way ... Attachment 1789262 |
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we caught up with the outflow creek and just followed it up...more rocks...
Attachment 1789263Attachment 1789264Attachment 1789265Attachment 1789266 and here we are... Attachment 1789267 |
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lots of slides around here..imagining somewhere around here is where that big-un boulder came from...
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but not too cold for my fish dawg.....
Attachment 1789276Attachment 1789277 and after a nice cold swim, a nice cool down romp in the snow.... i feeeel good, na na na na na na na.... Attachment 1789278Attachment 1789279 |
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decided to head up the Fraser canyon to Hell's Gate and ride the tramway.
stopped at the wetlands park so dawg could do his thing... Attachment 1789280Attachment 1789281 they got a floating bridge out to a island in the lake Attachment 1789282Attachment 1789283Attachment 1789284 |
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