post up your camping pics

[Zoomad75]

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20

Okay, thanks

Back decades ago when I was trying to go everywhere I could in my K/20, I never found much problem with the long wheelbase. It was usually the width that was a problem, plus I had a shell that stuck up above the cab about a foot that would catch tree limbs or worse, a tree trunk if you were off camber which is often the case. I probably should have bought a SWB K/10 with cab high shell considering what I was trying to do with it,

I just noticed that there was a Suburban with you, and how you had to add overhanging racks for spare tire and gas cans.

It's like anything else. An advantage in one area is a disadvantage in another. I don't have as much space as Larry's K10 does inside. All of us with the campers really had to watch in the trees and the off camber stuff. On this trip I didn't drag the rear bumper at all, but last year in Moab I drug it alot. It depends on the terrain I guess.

[dieseldawg142]

we're so busy at work right now i was only able to get a week off. and 1 day for loading and 1 day for unpacking left us 5 days, so we stayed close and went to Brook lake, 'bout 120 miles away.
it's a beautiful little lake but it's cool there, it's at the 5100 ft mark. at night it was dropping down to the high 30's. days were nice at around the mid 60's.
two things about Brook, it's windy, and the skeeters are outrageous, unless the windy wind is blownin'.
heading out


came across this blackie


Brook is a little ways out and doesn't see hardly anyone. suprisingly the road was great...prob thank the logging companies for that

[dieseldawg142]

after a steady climb for about 15 miles, Brook lake



machines are coated in dust and dirt...

[dieseldawg142]

there was this hole where we were staying. we hauled a bunch of water up from the lake to try make our own mud pit, but by the time we got the water up from the lake, a 1/4 mile away, it would just keep on soaking into the ground


the way down to the lake

[dieseldawg142]

tons of good riding around there


wife got wet feet....of course it was my fault, especially when i asked here why she did'nt lift her feet when it came over the floorboards...

[dieseldawg142]

we came across this one nasty stretch, which led to an interesting conversation wit my almost 16 yr old son.
i figured a vid of blasting threw it would look cool. so i gave my son the camera.
then i remembered my son was born in '04, and my cam is an old '05 Canon.
"you know how to video with my cam?"
"yeah dad"
"ok. you got it on video?"
"yeah dad"
"you sure it's on video?"
"i'm not an idiot dad, i know what i'm doing"
"ok"
so i churn my way threw, even getting hung up on a big root, thinking, ya this should look good.
ask my son to show me the playback, whoops, had the cam on the av button (cam settings).......
got a little filthy in there


on a brighter note, new/used fridge works like a hot dam


first time the new dogs ever been camping, so we figured we'd keep them in at night, cause they were wondering all over during the day
laid out blankets on the floor for them

[dieseldawg142]

the next day we rode up Thynne mountain, about 6700 ft.


some shots on the way up

[dieseldawg142]

up Thynne

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lots of little unnamed lakes up there from the melting snow


the camping dawgs decided they don't like the floor the next night and piled in on my son, he sleeps where the table folds down

[dieseldawg142]

took the dogs on a 8 mile hike threw the woods


"hey poppa, look what i found, free bones"


a little searching and come across some kind of kill


really nice area and nice sunsets

[dieseldawg142]

Rumble figures if Moe can sleep with mom and dad in the overhead, so can he


no, you can't come up here Rumble


went to get some firewood and left the dogs in the camper so they would'nt follow us. when we got back....


Rumble! get down from there right now....i mean it.....right now....


another beauty sunset

[dieseldawg142]

seeing how it was a 1/4 mile to the lake over this goat path, we strapped the boat to the kids arctic cat and he towed it down to the water


this guy and these loons were hanging around

[dieseldawg142]

normally there is a island in the middle of the lake. right now the water is a little low....we rowed thru this grass. the water was about 4" deep


think we either scared or ticked off mr. loon, and hawk man kept on circling us

[dieseldawg142]

i think hawk guy was watching us cause Brook lake is full of rainbows. hardly anyone bothers going up there to fish. in about 4 hrs my son and me caught about 20 rainbows. like every 5-10 minutes we had a fish on. as Brook is a small lake, so are the trout. the majority of them were 6-8 inchers, but we did catch a few tens, couple of twelves and a 13 inch my son caught. we catch and release all, but kept the 13 my son caught, as he has never had fresh out of the lake rainbow trout

[dieseldawg142]

an old cabin on the island on Brook


hauling the boat up after a good day fishin'


dawgs were always alert for any wildlife. the second night a spike buck ran almost threw our campsite. surprised me and the wife as much as the buck. happened so fast did'nt get a chance to grab the cam. but this guy kept sneaking up to our camp when the dogs weren't looking

[dieseldawg142]

woke up to this nice sight


unfortunately our 5 days are up

[dieseldawg142]

heading down


and back to the grind


know what i'm doing tomorrow....

[4u2nv]

Thanx for the pics , felt like I was right there.
That rainbow would be some tasty .

[dieseldawg142]

fresh lake trout, ya!
got to try my new fillet knife out, wifey fried it up in a pan wit some butter and onions- nuthin' better!

[CG]

I havent been camping in forever, and probably wont be anytime soon haha! I really enjoy reading your threads with your adventures. Great to see someone really getting out there with the family.

[dieseldawg142]

thanks CG!
enjoying it with my son while i can, couple more yrs then off to college

[Zoomad75]

Right on Dawg!

[Zoomad75]

Here's some more from the desert trip. I'll post up a link to CK5 where I've got the full write up. All pics are remote linked so you don't have to be a paying member to see the images. But reposting it again is a chore I don't have time for right now, but it's there to read if you want to.

Somewhere along Fix It Pass:


Waiting for Larry after he hung is rear axle on a rock, again. We need to shave that 14b.


Larry's ride in it's native habitat.


Our buddy Ian's CUCV. Beastly 8.1L/5-speed on one tons.


Eating lunch in the shadow of the westbound lanes of I-70 in Eagle Canyon.


The Eagle Canyon Arch.


Camp night #2




Reds Canyon.


Oasis in the desert on Poison Spring Canyon.


Lunchtime stop.


This is about as close as anybody could get to feel like they are wheeling inside the Grand Canyon and climbing out. Stunning views on every turn.




Another lunch spot..Living on the edge.


Desert Trip 2020 Report

[Zoomad75]

Shots from camp on the desert trip.

[dieseldawg142]

sweet rigs and incredible scenery, really digging that arch.
i guess this was wit the 5.3 still? that eight-one will be fun...

last day of 3 i was able to snake-super busy at work right now.
went for a quad ride
Mt McGuire/Spencer peak area


took the mutts for a run to burn up some energy, as their young and stupid, they need to be tied up still...