Truck Camping Photo Thread

More Montana Mobil Makecamp Miscellany

Boulder Mts. north of Butte, meadow at 7500 ft.
I feel a little more edginess while camping in grizzly country:

 

More Montana Mobile Makecamp Miscellany

Pryor Mountains, southern foothills overlooking the Bighorn Basin and the Rockies beyond;
very mild night with a low of only 60F and a blazing firmament;
numerous shooting stars including a couple of 3-4 second horizontal doozies:

 

Wandering Wyoming Wonderlands

along Bighorn Lake, northern WY

wild winds whipped up whitecaps on the water, and gave me a static charge:

 

Bighorn Bivouacking

north end of the Bighorn Mountains, WY;
alpine meadow at 9200 ft.:





the Elk Fire raging to the northeast:











found an old herdsman's (herdsperson's ) hut:

 

Probably my last trip up for the season- took my dog and father in law up near Crisp Point lighthouse on Lake Superior. Miles and miles of trail and forest service roads out there. It’s over an hour drive on sandy seasonal roads just to get to the head of the trail I like to follow down to the lake to make camp. That trail is a few miles long and mostly packed sand that winds over some rocky stuff then goes up and down over old dunes that are now forested with pines up until about 50 yards from the shoreline. Lots of exposed old tree roots make a fun drive and help in the deeper sand.

We camped just behind the dune immediately adjacent to the water. Great spot sheltered from the wind for a couple of nights. Hoped to see the aurora but we either weren’t in a good viewing location or we went inside the tent too early. Will still settle for the leaves changing colors and the way the night sky looks out there any day over almost anything else.

 

Here ill give U some Northern Lights from other night.. At my house.

 

Bonus Bighorn Bivouacking

northern Bighorn Mts.
alpine meadow at 9500 ft.:


"The hills are alive...... with the sound of TacoGlenn"








the Elk Fire still raging to the east:






next morning it was becoming smokier; as I was heading out I found myself in a recently expanded closure zone, then 15 minutes later encountered a couple of Forest Service gals on their atv saying the fire was expanding west:


what are the odds of t-boning a bug with your antenna?, apparently it can happen:

 

A Crazy Mountains Campout

Crazy Mountains, Montana;
overnight quickie and exploration along the Big Timber Creek:

 

On Furnace Bay of Lake Superior in Michigans Upper Peninsula.

 

Just a peek of snowliage on Burke Mtn

 

More Montana Mobile Makecamp Miscellany

Boulder Mts., MT;
semi-open woodlands at 6700 ft.:


a proscribed burn was occurring southwest of me, favorable winds kept the noxious plume south of me:











much less smoke the following morning:




Second site along Continental Divide, Boulder Mts., MT
alpine meadow at 7600 ft.;
first snow of the season:


intermittent flurries all day:



later it got cold quick, I had to gulp down my last two cans of beer as they were turning to slush;
eventually got down to 15F overnight:

 

22° in the morning

 

Forest Road Recon and Truck Camping

Bitterroot Mountains near the Montana/Idaho line

Exploring a seldom used forest road, encountered this; almost employed my Silky handsaw, but further reconnoiter ahead discovered many more down trees- some enormous; so this road's a bust:



exploration of another forest road yielded this nice little pull-off for the night along a beaver meadow at 4600 ft.
I counted one lodge and three dams:













the beavers were active at night, I caught one swimming upstream with my spotlight, and I could hear the occasional splash of material hitting the water; mild night with a low of 30F:

 

Hopefully this is the right thread for my camping pictures, I have gathered most of my camping trip pictures here so far. I love fall camping, less bugs less crowd. Going to try winter camping this season and see how the setup works.

 

A Cascades Quickie

east of Mount Rainier:

 

A Hood Canal Quickie

overnighter along the eastern Olympic Peninsula:











next morning; Mt. Rainier left, Mt. Adams right, over a befogged Hood Canal:

 

Just returned to Ohio from a trip out to Texas to visit some friends. I took a circuitous route via Carlsbad Caverns NP, Guadalupe Mountains NP and Big Bend NP. There's nothing quite like waking up in the desert.

First night in Mark Twain NF Missouri. Unfortunately the only fire I had this trip.



SE New Mexico. Not ideal but mostly very quiet and there was a toilet.



I did Carlsbad Caverns, then some hiking and then found a lovely site on BLM land that I ended up staying at for two nights.



Climbed the highest peak in Texas, Guadalupe Peak in Guadalupe Mountains NP



Made it to Big Bend and was delighted with my campsite that required travelling an hour down a series of dirt roads, with nobody else for miles. Hiked a few trails and climbed up to Emory Peak, then went to a different site. Saw amazing sunrises and sunsets and more stars that I thought possible, hiked a bunch of great trails and had a blast exploring unpaved roads. I wished I had another week to hang around there.

Stopped by Terlingua on the way out, pretty wild place.



Last night before getting to my friends in Eastern TX was in the middle of nowhere at the end of a long rest stop, surrounded by grazing land overlooking a valley. Semi-discreet, nobody bothered me and it was a beautiful backdrop.


I only took one night to get back, and stayed at a campground in a state park in Tennessee. I would prefer to avoid campgrounds but there isn't always a ton of public land on the route. The last few hours of that night and most of the next day were driving through torrential down pour. I arrived and left in the dark and it wasn't picturesque so no pictures of that.

 

Here's my first outing from a few years ago in my '98. This was October in Minnesota and the wife, dogs, and I kept cozy!