Truck Camping Photo Thread

nice spots! did you have tolerable temps??

 

thanks mate

 

It was very cold at night but not as cold as it is this week. I ran out of propane on the first night so the next day I had to get a fill up in Bishop. BTW that red horse on the 395 is an outdoor supply place open 7 days/week and does propane fills as does the ACE hardware.

 

yep...looking pretty chilly right now
heading out next week & aiming for much farther south & east for better temps
good to know about propane fill locations in bishop...what size bottle do you run? i assume you heat the tent?

 

Yes it was used to heat the tent. Slept the last night in the back of the truck. It's manageable but still cold. Sleeping in the back of the truck is usually for one night stops.
I use a 4.5lb/1gal tank like this one.

 

Subadubdub

 

Merry Christmas!

 

Looks close to Bishop, what is this hot spring?

 

Anybody know if there’s snow on the ground in Bishop or Lone Pine?

More specifically, Sharps Meadow / Buttermilk and Alabama Hills?

USDA FS map says there’s a few inches but I’d like to hear a boots on the ground report...

 

Can you provide a link to that “pull out kitchen?”

 

https://pullkitchen.com/

 

And we're off, exploring the 27 mile long Nadeau Trail... over the course of several days!

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We Arrive to the Sound of the Desert
Retracing Panamint Valley's Nadeau Trail #1​

I love this place.​

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We Arrive to the Sound of the Desert - Nadeau #1


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Quick new year’s trip to a remote portion of the mojave...temps were reasonable at about 35 overnight with clear skies...

 

Anza Borrego SP, Ca

 

...Given my propensity for camping on the edge of a cliff overlooking a view, I wasn't about to pass this up....

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A Most Scenic Destination and Unexpected Residents - Nadeau #3







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A couple from our last trip to the San Diego Badlands

 

...I don't know whether it's an "oh, duh!" moment, or "can you believe it?" situation, but less than two weeks after returning from our Death Valley trip along the Nadeau Trail, we were headed back for more... And oh, the views!...

Full story
Mines of the Funeral Mountains - Loose Ends #1​

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More photos, and the story:
Mines of the Funeral Mountains - Loose Ends #1​

 

...After gawking for several minutes at the brilliant green of patinaed copper in the early morning sun, we retreated from the summit - back to the Tacoma waiting below. Once there, we didn't have far to go - as retraced our path down Echo Canyon - before we reached the narrow dry fall that we'd encountered the evening before.

No longer trying to find camp before dark, we had a few more moments to savor this interesting couple hundred feet of road, and I took full advantage....

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Into the Narrows - Loose Ends #2​

 

As the sun broke the horizon, we were already cleaning up after breakfast and stowing the tent for the day - one I'd been anticipating for some time: my first exploration of Hidden Valley.

Can you tell that I'm excited?!

Our First Time to Hunter Mountain and Hidden Valley - Loose Ends #3​

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Our First Time to Hunter Mountain and Hidden Valley - Loose Ends #3​

 

Lake Powell back in September