'91 K5 Four Wheel Camper

[ZooMad75]

So far so good. Still need to drive home but 5 days of running and all trucks are still good. Mine did have a couple of issues to address but none were trip killers at all. More annoyance than anything. I’ll dive in on the full trip report.

My drone had survived unscathed though there was a touch and go moment on poison spring canyon with it 50 feet off a ledge. But I got it to fly back ok. Epic shots though.

 

[70jimmy]

Paradise valley

 

[ZooMad75]

Paradise valley

You could call it that. But it was Valley of the Gods.


Pulled up to the house at ten after seven. 461 miles today. Long day!

 

[Wes Harden]

You pulled the house up where?

 

[ZooMad75]

You pulled the house up where?

I guess I could have been more specific. My house in Denver.

 

[Bent77]

I guess I could have been more specific. My house in Denver.

You moved out of the burbs?

 

[Wes Harden]

Just teasing, you have a house on wheels, where you lay your head is home

 

[ZooMad75]

You moved out of the burbs?

Man I’m out in the sticks for a week and all you guys get literal.

Denver is easier to say in general to a person not from here.

 

[ZooMad75]

So with the trip complete I’ll throw up some teaser pics from it. Just over 1200 miles round trip.

The drone was a fun perspective to add to the regular pics one would take.

 

[Wes Harden]

Must have had a great view of the planetary conjunction last week.

 

[ZooMad75]

Must have had a great view of the planetary conjunction last week.

My brother in law runs the planetarium in Caspar, he might know what you are taking about. I was drinking beer staring at the stars in the dark. The iPhone takes amazing night shots by the way.

 

[centexk5]

Planets lined up in a row and most all were visible.

 

[ZooMad75]

Planets lined up in a row and most all were visible.

If it happened over the last few days I might have seen it. Knowing what it was or remembering it, that’s a whole different story.


Actually, the last night out was a washout on the stargazing. Which sucked because with the landscape in valley of the gods night shots would have been insane. The storm clouds moved in and took out our sunset and socked in most of the sky after sundown.

I got a little spot of clear sky to the southeast of camp.

 

[Wes Harden]

A week ago yesterday was probably the best morning to view. No moon, but Mercury was lower toward the sun rise, and harder to see.

 

[Truckman4life]

Stars in the dessert are always amazing.

 

[Bent77]

Stars in the dessert are always amazing.

I like dessert

 

[campfire]

Didn’t say. But the general idea is to meet in Hanksville Sunday afternoon. Head south for the Henry mountains. Set up camp, have some beers and stare at the map for the next days route.

Years past I’ve lined out every day and the plan gets changed by day two. So the only plan is day one and the rest is on the fly from there. Only constraint is we plan on being back by the following weekend. But we do have a little wiggle room for a day.

We’ll see where the wind takes us.

I approve of this planning method.

Plans never survive long, anyway...

 

[ZooMad75]

Just got back from a long weekend in the mountains. Just a camping trip with my sis and her hubby. They have a decent trailer but it’s not something to go off road with. The truck they pull it with couldn’t hang off road with the 20” Bridgestones gm out on it.


We came down to Buena Vista and went up and over cottonwood pass to the Taylor reservoir area. Temps were low 80’s to high 70’s. I had planned on hitting the Dorchester campground up at the north end of the Taylor river valley.

I took the drone up to get some practice. Amazing views.



Looking back at camp.




Next morning I got up just before sunrise and watched fog fill in the valley from the south as it crept up to the north.


You can see the difference in the fog over the next couple pics.




During the fog some free range cows came wandering threw the meadow across from us. My dog instantly went into the mode to go heard them up. Had to tell her no. She whined for 5 minutes but stayed with me.




We went fishing later and I managed to get skunked. My bil got 5. When a hawk swooped down and plucked a fish out of the water I knew my day was done.

Great view of the valley with the sun going down though.



Came back over cottonwood pass this morning after a great camp breakfast. Stopped at the top to get the pic at the summit sign.



Looking back west to the Taylor area.



Good little trip. Truck did great. The dog had a ball. Got some quality time in with my family with zero distractions. Totally worth it.

 

[76zimmer]

Awesome views!

 

[KirsL]

Quick little trips like this are always fun.