2011 Adventures & Trips in pictures: Lots of BIG pictures!

[DirtyLarry]

It seems the 2011 Adventure season is all but a memory now. 2011 brought two major upgrades to my old rig which made the 5,000+ miles of playtime much more enjoyable. The first upgrade being a NV4500 5 speed manual trans with Overdrive and the second being a new 2011 custom built Phoenix camper. Over the past 7 months the camper racked up 21 sleeping nights on the trail in temperatures from over 120 degrees down to the teens in the Colorado high country.

Phoenix Camper’s maiden voyage – Deweese reservoir, Westcliffe, CO May 2010

First night in the camper. Just an over night trip






Utah Trip – Late June/Early July

Dewey Bridge at the beginning of the Top of the World trail




Top of the World


Buddy's rig








Cactus Salad. Very appropriate side dish for this trip




First night we met up with another friend from Phoenix where we camped outside of Moab a few miles in preparation for our trip to the White Rim trail over the next few days





Nothing like camping in a mosquito infested flood plane

[DirtyLarry]

Beginning of the White Rim Trail








Washer Woman


















Trailboss Bill frying chicken!

[DirtyLarry]

Valley of the Gods







Almost home. Only 8 more hour to get there


The only carnage from the entire trip


North Fork Reservoir - Chaffee County, CO Mid-July





Beautiful sunset!

[DirtyLarry]

Hermit Lake – Near Westcliffe, CO August









Nature’s own leveling blocks


Summit of Hermit Pass


Returned to North Fork Reservoir a few weeks later with the wife and in-laws.

Wife having fun with the camera and playing on the kayak.










Father in-law sacked out after a day of fishing

[DirtyLarry]

Rainbow Lake – Near Westcliffe, CO September.

This lake is dang near dry! The story goes that firefighters sucked the water out to fight the Duckett fire this summer.




Haha, Zoomad75 stuck in the mud at the shoreline! I offered to wrap the winch cable around his neck but he didn't see the humor in that for some reason.


I finally caught a couple decent fish though! Took all dang summer it seems.


Deweese Reservoir again for a quick over nighter with my neighbor and his buddy. Late September

Check out my neighbors buddy’s old camping rig. He bought it new in 1971.

[DirtyLarry]

Last trip of the season. Taylor Park area. Chaffee County, CO – October 6th though the 8th



Airing down the tires at St. Elmo as we prepare to cross Tin Cup Pass in the snow


Summit of Tin Cup Pass, Continental Divide 12,154 ft. Dig the shorts and flip flops? Hehe, it was 75 degrees when we left Canon City




Camp at Mirror Lake. It was a chilly night but warm inside the Phoenix






Mirror Lake Friday morning


Tin Cup, CO


Leaving Mirror Lake headed to the Taylor Park General Store then onto Spring Creek Reservoir


Spring Creek Reservoir Friday afternoon






Spring Creek Saturday morning








Airing up the tires to go home.


That’s all Folks. Hope you enjoyed the pictures of 2011 as much as I enjoyed driving all over hell taking them!

[j.kirn]

Simply beautiful scenery thanks for posting pics

[NuBomb]

Thanks for sharing.

[snj8198]

That is just too cool Larry. Congrats on a fun summer.

[jason65]

WOW! What fantastic adventures you've been on. Thanks for the pics.
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[jrdv]

Larry,
Great trip pics as usual! That one of Zoomad is a good one.
The signature is impressive considering how old you are!
That snow is getting to close for comfort. I'm not quite ready for it!

John

[67_SS396]

Truly awesome pics of some grear scenery. I can't wait to make a trip to moab. A bunch of guys from our group went this last weekd and I wish I could've joined them.
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[DirtyLarry]

Thanks guys! The camper makes it a lot more fun to get out for several days at a time. Can’t wait until next year!

Originally Posted by jrdv

Larry,
Great trip pics as usual! That one of Zoomad is a good one.
The signature is impressive considering how old you are!
That snow is getting to close for comfort. I'm not quite ready for it!

John

John,

We’ll see how funny Rob thinks that picture is when he finds this thread! That is almost as good as the time he did a backasswards barrel roll in the snow as he was pulling a tree out of the trail when it snapped in half sending him flying arsehole over apple carts. As far as the siggy….I started collecting early... The ’68 I’ve had since I was 15 years old and I inhearted the ’63 Corvair last year when my dad passed away. The rest I picked up along the way. I'm not ready for snow either! To heck with winter!

[rjsdad]

Beautiful guy! Love the scenery and that camper. Very cool!

Jeff

[jrdv]

[/QUOTE] As far as the siggy….I started collecting early... [/QUOTE]

I meant the one in the snow!
Us old guys can't usually keep a stream going long enough for cursive writing.

[Kurt L]

very beautiful country out there hope to see it one day before i leave this earth. thanks for sharing almost like being there.

[OLDCHEV4X4]

That’s all Folks. Hope you enjoyed the pictures of 2011 as much as I enjoyed driving all over hell taking them! <-------Quote

Thats not hell.....thats heaven. Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy your trip coverage threads. I wish we could do that on the east coast, but we cant do anything in PA without a permit.

[vectorit]

Gorgeous scenery, and looks like you all had a lot of fun at the same time.
I would love to see that part of the country like you did someday.

[Zoomad75]

Cool pics. It was fun getting to ride along for once. As far as the photo of me stuck in the mud, I knew I was not going to live it down when you came back to help and had to shoot me stuck first. Then to offer the winch line to rescue me...I knew I was screwed.

It's all in fun anyway. I'm here to entertain! At least I didn't loose my teva in the process of extracting my foot from the grip the mud had on it. That and the fact you turned on the water heater so I could rinse the crap off my leg and not freeze in the process. That's camping in luxury in my book.

Honestly and in all seriousness I'm proud as hell of what you've put together and been able to do with it. The whole rig is one tight package that works without any wasted efforts. Every space is utilized and every part has it's purpose. The run we made with it lacked squeaks, rattles or any ill-handling traits. If somebody didn't know riding you'd think it's been run and dialed in years ago, not having just installed a 5-speed and the camper months ago. New 2012 Silverado's don't pull or handle like yours does. It's a jaw dropper weather you are passing somebody on the road at 80 never pulling out of 5th or rumbling down an embankment to the shore of a high mountain lake shocking the hell out of some old dude on shore. It's like a 4x4 version of a sleeper hot rod. Sure it's clean and in great shape, but it will crawl like a goat and go places where Full size trucks don't normally go with a kick-arse camper on it's back to boot! It's an inspiration to a me and to many. Way to go dude!

We need to start planning ahead for our holiday snow run too!

[special-K]

Its great to see you put together such a well designed rig and actually get a chance to get out there and use it. The thing about 4wds that attracts me is they make an everyday vehicle into something with added purpose. The factory builds them and a person takes it from there to adapt it to a more useful purpose,whether it be backcountry exploration,wilderness rescue,ranch hand,construction vehicle,pipeline welder,surf fishing,and on.
I look forward to next year,as am sure you do too. Now go wash that thing so you don't leave mud on the mall parking lot!

[CG]

My K20 will be retired this weekend and put in the back of the barn for who knows how long. But whenever I bump in to your threads it sure gets me to thinking how cool would it be to do what you do with your truck and friends.

Thanks for all the cool adventure photo's. Its fun to live vicariously!

[duallyjams]

I followed your threads on the upgrade on your rig and now to see it in action all I can say isWOW

[jkeeney]

awesome rides and pics!

[odog]

Wow, Thats some awesome scenery. It makes me want to get off my butt and get my 69 chev and my old bronco out and do some trail riding here in Idaho. Thanks for the pics and the motivation to get mine going again.

Erik

[turp mcspray]

Awesome pics! That looks like such a great time! I gotta get my blazer done. I'm really missing the woods now!!!!