Truck Camping Photo Thread

Ok, so one of the reason I’ve been going out lil early (for Alaska) was Research & Development. I got some New stuff over winter, Batt. Box & Heater. Wanted to know how long they would work together Fuel & Power consumption. Also make sure didn’t forget anything. I have known for while that I was going to the second largest island in the U.S. Kodiak! uugghh the things us up North have to do to go Camping.

 

Day #2 & last pic. Looks like yard sale WX got decent so letting everything air out.

 

Do you do anything to protect against bears while camping in your Softopper?

 

Air Horn.



Ha & in that one pic from day 1 on my table you can see my Holster. I did have air horn to

 

Day #3 slept in truck in town Day #4-5 Knew there was a storm coming because the Ferry got canceled. So had to stay extra two day’s. Picked Surfer Beach, got set up lil after 9 & by 11ish it was pounding rain & followed by Wind. The Airport had Almoist 2” of rain & 51mph gust. Camping turned more into Resilience.

 

Was totally waiting for Jonny Utah & Bodhi to show up. Was gnarliest weather I’ve camped in. That was all dry around me when setup.

 

Black sand, or just really dark brown?

 

Poorly Graded SAND (SP); loose; grayish brown; wet; mostly fine to coarse grained sand; trace fine subrounded gravel; few fines; weak cementation.

 

. More of a “Magnetic Grey Metallic” the tracks were a Fox that scarred the Pee outta mee that second night. I walked away from awning out of the light & he was just sitting there watching. Threw my beer at him & he scampered off.

 

More Mobile Makecamp Miscellany

overnight quickie along the Snake River in southeast WA; didn't see any snakes:


Rainier in the special jubilee edition can, eat your heart out fellow Rainier swillers!

 

& when i was getting on Ferry the Girl checking in people walked behind my truck & said “You Guy’s.. must be going hunting” i said it’s just me. she jus shook her head.

 

Good place to store the Deepsleep sleeping pad.

 

Mmmm. Rainier.

 

Love me an Arizona sunset

 

That was before my “Master Plan” while back had vision. & when in Kodiak my stuff all wet & didn’t want pad on it so put small bungee on Softopper bars & problem solved

 

It never occurred to me when I was doing "Softopper, Exped, bivy sack" to strap it all to the ceiling when not in use. Wish I'd thought of that.

 

That’s the great thing about this Fourm. Almost year before i bought my truck i read & looked & research’d what others had done. What worked & didn’t, other setups so when my time came i was ready. I’m still learning & enjoy sharing my own things.
& yes i carried RainDog up this hill.

 

One of the reasons why I switched to drinking whiskey. It takes up way less room by volume than beer…

1 case of beer = 1 bottle whiskey

 

Forest Road Recon and Truck Camping

Blue Mountains, southeastern WA;
tried a shortcut through the mountains via Forest Service roads;

stop for the first day- raw, 39F, and in the clouds:



eventually cleared:









bag o' bread breakfast:



resumed heading west, only got about a couple miles past my campsite to be stymied by snow:



had to double back for 33 miles;....oh well, as we say in the truck camping game- "C'est la vie!"