Cool Nature Photos

[Alien]

Beautiful colours deserteagle. I was on my way home from the local town when I spotted that sunset. It didn't last very long so I was pleased to get the shot.

 

[ovrszd]

Living in Nevada, I get a lot of photos of smoky sunsets due to all the fires in California. Here's one I took one evening when camped on top of a knoll:

Very nice Van!! You build it?

 

[Underdog57]

Very cool photo deserteagle!!!!!!! :thumbsup:

 

[deserteagle71]

Very nice Van!! You build it?

Nope. Bought it new in 1976 from a converter by the name of Terravan. Drove that thing for 32-1/2 years, until the body literally started falling apart - thousands of miles of rough roads will do that! My current home away from home:

For one person...or two people that don't mind snuggling...a van like this is ideal for outback camping. With lockers front and rear it will go nearly anywhere I could take my Jeep Rubicon. Depending on where I'm going, the dirt bike

Or the Yamaha Kodiak are loaded in the back. When I get to a good camping spot the bike/quad go outside and I set up my "apartment" inside, out of the weather and away from the bugs.

I'm in my mid-70s now and I still love van camping - lets me spend time so far in the back country that sometimes it is a week before I see another person.

 

[cqaigy2]

That looks fantastic! For sure would be doing the same if my Wife and i lived "near" by. We used to sleep in the back of covered pickup and pull off someplace out in the sticks.

 

[ovrszd]

I loved those Van Conversions. They were designed with you in mind!!!! I'm glad you can still enjoy it.

As to your campsites. I have spent many, many, many days/nights in a tent in the high Rocky Mountains with my Jeep. The feeling is very good for my Soul. Not easily explained to someone that doesn't appreciate it. I had a suspicion you were that type man. The picture of the Van confirmed it!!! My hope and prayer for you is many more camping trips.

 

[dalola]

Great shots, deserteagle! The landscape out there is so foreign to us Appalachian foot-hills types! Beautiful in it's own way.

Wife & I have been using this RTT for about 12 years now, boondoggling around SE Ohio, WV, PA, VA, TN, & NC. I love tent camping, and being off the ground is really nice!

 

[oosik]

Too many years out on an army cot - on the dirt. Even during late moose season - sometime down to minus 15 to minus 20 below zero. Now with the new Ram Power Wagon - flatten out the back seat - air bed. No bugs, no dirt, no cold feet.

 

[deserteagle71]

Too many years out on an army cot - on the dirt. Even during late moose season - sometime down to minus 15 to minus 20 below zero. Now with the new Ram Power Wagon - flatten out the back seat - air bed. No bugs, no dirt, no cold feet.

When I had a 2500 (2004.5 model) I had no use for the rear seat so I removed it entirely and built a nice flat platform back there. Worked great for hauling stuff I wanted to keep inside and away from prying eyes - and as a bed if I put a mattress on it.

 

[Molalla1]

Nope. Bought it new in 1976 from a converter by the name of Terravan. Drove that thing for 32-1/2 years, until the body literally started falling apart - thousands of miles of rough roads will do that! My current home away from home:
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For one person...or two people that don't mind snuggling...a van like this is ideal for outback camping. With lockers front and rear it will go nearly anywhere I could take my Jeep Rubicon. Depending on where I'm going, the dirt bike
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Or the Yamaha Kodiak are loaded in the back. When I get to a good camping spot the bike/quad go outside and I set up my "apartment" inside, out of the weather and away from the bugs.
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I'm in my mid-70s now and I still love van camping - lets me spend time so far in the back country that sometimes it is a week before I see another person.
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NICE DE very nice!!! ya, me too :laughing: 77,