Post Pics Of Your Tacoma In The Mountains

Older pics, but worth the post...

 

Just a few..

 

Misty mountains.

 

Not mountains exactly but....

 

Tested out the setup this weekend

 

First time taking the truck OffRoad, was a blast.

 

Summer in the Pacific Northwest is hard to beat. So, I wouldn't blame you for wondering why - with a week of sun and 75°F in store before Memorial Day - we were headed for the inclimate weather of the Oregon-Idaho border and Hells Canyon.

So let's start there.

Read the first part of the story and see all the photos - Cold Day in Hell('s Canyon)

see the whole trip report: [part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4]




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...This reroute - it turned out - had a few highlights in store for us. With plenty of recent rain and snow melt, there were some reasonably sized puddles on the road - a temptation that few truck owners would be able to pass up.

And I'm not one of them.

Read the full story and see all the pics: Hells Canyon Part 2 - Zumwalt Prairie to Hat Point

Hells Canyon Part 2 - Zumwalt Prairie to Hat Point

see the whole trip report: [part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4]
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PNW

 

Moab! Shafer Road and Hells Revenge. Amazing times and spectacular scenery.

 

As we ticked away the miles, there were two things going through our minds: first - how beautiful it was down here at bottom of the canyon. A bit further north, the sun was now out again, the temperatures were in the 80°F's, and the many-greens-of-spring were all around us. Second - where was this horrible road that we'd been warned - and become so excited - about?!

It's all covered in the full story, complete with photos: Hells Canyon Part 3 - Dug Bar, "Gold Mines," and Horses

read about it in: Hells Canyon Part 3 - Dug Bar, "Gold Mines," and Horses

see the whole trip report: [part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4]​

 

Part 4: The Last Full Day

...It was at that point that we were waylaid by the fishery folks who were back at the tent we'd investigated the night before - there to count how many fish they'd caught in their Archimedes-screw trap during the night. We chatted each other up for a few minutes - us curious about their operation; they curious how we even found this place - before setting off downstream.

Hike along with us to the confluence of the Snake and Imnaha Rivers in
Hells Canyon Part 4 - Eureka Bar and a Miscalculation​

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Hells Canyon Part 4 - Eureka Bar and a Miscalculation​

see the whole trip report: [part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4]

and of course, many more trips at adventuretaco.com

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Craig Mountain Part 1 - Lost!
May 25, 2019.

An astute reader may recall that we'd headed east a few days before Memorial Day - not just to explore Hells Canyon, but to meet up with Mike @Digiratus, Monte @Blackdawg, and Devin @MissBlackdawg. At least, those were the folks we knew; we were also rendezvousing with @BabyTaco Gage and his wife, and a couple of their friends - long overdue if you ask me.

From our current location at Hells Canyon Dam, it was some 5 hours north to Lewiston, ID, where we'd all planned to meet for lunch, so we were up early - for sunrise if it'd been sunny and we'd been able to see the horizon - to eat a quick breakfast and do our best to dry off the tent from the torrential downpour the night before.

Read the whole story, and see all the pics: Craig Mountain Part 1 - Lost!

Craig Mountain Part 1 - Lost!​

 

From last summer. To Sunlight Basin in Wyoming.

IMG_5879 by mike digirat, on Flickr
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It wasn't long - as is typical for us - before we stopped to take in the views. Running along a ridge, we'd already forked off of Corral Creek road - which was gated and locked - and were now following another road that might connect, if only there wasn't a locked gate somewhere along the way. Regardless, the views were some of the best we'd seen from Craig Mountain, a recent wildfire having cleared any tress that would have blocked the horizon.

Read the full story and see all the pics: Craig Mountain Part 2 - Groundhog Day

catch up on the full story: part 1 | part 2​

 

Just an abandoned fur trapper's cabin near Hartsel, Colorado

 

From last summer. Somewhere deep in the Bearthooth mountains in southwestern Montana.

IMG_6042 by mike digirat, on Flickr
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Running springs, ca