Upper Vista camp above Wynoochee Lake, WA. We can't get up there anymore. The fire road has become so over grown it is not passable now.
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Upper Vista camp above Wynoochee Lake, WA. We can't get up there anymore. The fire road has become so over grown it is not passable now.
[edit1 to add 3,200 ft above the lake]
2005
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Went canoeing with a friend yesterday. Our campout turned into a day trip because the river was almost up to the campsite.
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Upriver
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Water about to reach canoe again
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Looking out from under the willow trees
By the looks of that river bank, I wouldn't want to be camping on that beach if a storm was coming! Looks like a good relaxing trip, I don't have a canoe, often thought about getting one of those stand up paddle boards though...
Thanks for sharing!
I've thought about one too! Wish they weren't so dang expensive! If I didn't like it, would be an expensive learning experience.
There's some guy on eBay that sells plans to build a SUP and I've thought about purchasing them and trying my hand at building one....Quote:
Originally Posted by shooter74743
Chris,
If you do get the plans, let me know how it goes. My problem would be to have enough room to let things cure if it's a fiberglass or wood design and you are working with epoxies
Here's what I was looking at, quite a bit cheaper to build one. Just need the space and time lolQuote:
Originally Posted by shooter74743
Build A Hollow Wooden Stand Up Paddleboard Wood Sup Surfboard Plans Blueprints | eBay
Costs ROUGHLY $200 to build. If I had the room and patience I would go for it, but I lack in either department...so if I get one I will go ahead and pick up one from Academy or the sorts. I'll spend roughly $200 more, but save the frustrations. Would most likely require me to get more tools like a planer & in the end cost me more.
I can't say that I'm not interested though as the nicer boards can easily run a grand. Would make a cool winter project in a heated shop...
Well for a few hundred more I'd save my self some frustration and buy one too.
Trimmy,Quote:
Originally Posted by Trimmy72
I grew up outside of Columbus Ohio. We spent a lot of time there as kids. My parents still go all the time. I live in California now so I only get to go with thin every couple years. If you ever have some free time you should go check out the bucket from the " Big Musky". It was the bucket from the biggest land drag ever built. I was fortunate enough to see it when it was still a machine but the bucket is pretty impressive as well. Happy camping.
I was camping at a primitive campsite in a state park the last couple of days. The campsite is isolated, a four mile hike in or one mile boat ride, plus a .25 mile hike.
Canoe afte unloading
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Fire pit: someone left a gentlemanly gift.
Okay, corny joke. The whiskey is a Jack Danilels product called Gentleman Jack and it was sitting at the campsite when we arrived.
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my tent
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Monday's lunch: Thuringer-style sausage and smoked cheese
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Preparing a coal bed to grill the steaks
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Now that looks like fun,,,, we are going to make a small trip out into the Everglades in November,,,, a little too hot right now for fun.
Honestly, it was a little too hot here (not Florida hot, though). I think it hit 92F yesterday and it was fairly humid. We fished yesterday evening and then swam off the floating docks before heading back to camp and cook dinner.
Ill try to get and post pics of the steaks. My buddy took those pics. We both e had two one pound steaks apiece.
For the first time EVER i am taking two weeks vacation back to back, first week is mine alone and I have considered doing some sort of camping. Thinking it would be cool to take the boat, tent, and a few items like a firestarter and axe and just enjoy some time out in the woods & fishing. Second week I will be visiting the panhandle of Florida with my wife...looking forward to white sand beaches & the sweet song of the ocean.
Glad I saw this thread. Camping is one of my favourite pastimes and I usually go once or twice a year.
Earlier this year I took my son on a 4 day hike/camp with friends in the Drakensberg mountain range. Average approx 2600m asl, with one or two of the high points above 3200m.
In November a group of us normally go and ride a MTB race in an area called Magoebaskloof (a forestry area in the Wolkberg mountain range), camp for the weekend, drink beer and barbecue.
Here's a picture from 2 years ago.
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That looks like a MASSIVE canoe! What is it with you guys? Massive cities, massive buildings, massive pickup trucks, massive canoes...Quote:
Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings
That's a nice looking spot, looks a lot like Deep Creek :-)
Hopefully I'm off to The Grampians in a few weeks time to camp and climb. It'll be my first time there. Looking back on this thread reminds me of how much I miss camping!
I wonder what the guy (climbing buddy) I'm going with will think when I pull out my straight razor, shaving cream and strop to shave, followed by a nice cup of freshly brewed coffee made in my little mocca pot drank from a china tea cup before setting in to write a letter with me dip pen? 'pparantly he doesn't even bathe when camping.... Heathen!
Thug, nice photo. I would really like to see Table Mountain and the Drakensberg mountains some day.
Carl, the canoe is 17 feet long. It's a general purpose, flat-water canoe. You really need a bigger canoe for hauling the amount of gear we carry. On a small, swift river it's a little too slow to respond.
I've been planning to bring my shaving gear camping. Perhaps this year's the year.
Thanks. The Drakensberg is a truly majestic and unspoilt area.Quote:
Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings
I did a trail run in the Drakensberg in May - 38km with approx 1800 ascent. Its was a circular route from Mnweni Cultural Centre up the Mnweni Pass, onto the escarpment and then down Rockeries Pass back to the Cultural Centre
The first picture is just starting the climb and the last is from where we are about to descend.
What has this to do with camping? We camped at the Cultural Centre. :D
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Camping on a nearby river.
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A small catfish. I didn't even know it was on the line.
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I'd like to contribute, as we just got back Sunday from 4 days at the lake, but our camping is done in a 36' Rv my wife considers no room service roughing it! But we do like getting out there as much as possible, as a matter of fact this year were doing the snowbird thing, going south for the winter and find us a nice place out on the gulf to camp!! Tc
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Forgot pics ice or it didn't happen
I'm so happy this thread came back to life. :tu
That looks superb TC!Quote:
Originally Posted by tcrideshd
What do you tow that with?
Probably a Harley.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thug
I was going to suggest that it was a little to big for his ElectraGlide/RoadKing. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Utopian
Ya I still working on getting the suspension on the wife's trike to haul it till then I use my retirement gift from the company a GMC HD 2500
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The red one just can't seem to pull it up a grade. Tc
I've got to get my RV from California and bring it here to Texas. I sure miss camping out in it.
This picture was from a Trip to Dillon Beach in Northern California fishing for Surf Perch.
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That's a good eating size. :tu
It has "HD" in the name, so you're still OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by tcrideshd
Sticker on the back glass was on it in Texas too, look close at the door on the Rv ts got a sticker too! Can't get the stickers to stay on the wife so I,m trying to get it tattooed on her! So far it looks like I'll have to slip her a Micky, she ain't buying it. Tc
Here's my home on the go.
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I just got back from 5 fabulous days camping and fishing in northern Wisconsin. No pictures because the only camera I had was my phone and that was turned off.:)
Mister clean, that's a cool little camper! Does it have a small slide out on it?Quote:
Originally Posted by MisterClean
And ron I might be able to pull that one with my bike! Tc
No slideout but it's got everything me and the wife need and it pulls easy.
Ok now. What kind of fisherman doesn't take at least one picture of a fish he caught? Unless.......he was just fishing and not catching? :p We love pictures!Quote:
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Mike
Nothing to brag about with the fish. Camping with little or no ice we kept just enough to eat and those were the ones hooked to deep to release usually not the biggest or best looking. Except for the last day when I kept enough for a couple meals at home.Quote:
Originally Posted by mglindo
What are everyone's vacation plans? We are headed for Southern Utah for 2 weeks.
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I'm jealous. RV is still in California!
Mike
We aren't camping, doubt my heavily pregnant wife is gonna buy into that.
But we are renting out a house in Aviemore which will be good 😁
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