Birth of My Kimberley Karavan
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Tucson T4R
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Thanks guys.
See ya at OEXPO James. :sombrero:
See ya at OEXPO James. :sombrero:
Tucson T4R
Expedition Leader
Thanks Ryan. It's a perfect spot for Fall through early spring but it's only about 4500 ft so it it gets cooking hot in the summer. Even in April when we camped it got up into the 90s in the afternoons. But it's only about 20 mins outside of Tombstone Arizona so it was fun to pop into town for some tourist entertainment and then back out to camp to enjoy the evening.
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Signcutter21
Adventurer
New trailer looks great Brad! And always love some Dragoon camping pics.
Tucson T4R
Expedition Leader
Thanks. How's LA treating you these days?
Titanpat57
Expedition Leader
Is that you and Alvin in that second pic..?
to see who gets the last swig of the MM....:ylsmoke:
Great trip report and photos as usual!!
Pat
to see who gets the last swig of the MM....:ylsmoke:
Great trip report and photos as usual!!
Pat
Tucson T4R
Expedition Leader
Too funny Pat! Yep we got overly riled up in town and got into a shoot out in the bar. I guess next time we should just stay in camp. :xxrotflma
Tucson T4R
Expedition Leader
It was good to see you again Ace. Yep that is one sweet spot and named appropriately.
Another shot of the same camp.
And the view from those chairs.
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The drive out on the Forrest trail from Point Sublime was gorgeous.
Another shot of the same camp.
And the view from those chairs.
The drive out on the Forrest trail from Point Sublime was gorgeous.
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BroncoHauler
Adventurer
Great photos Brad. How was the road to Sublime Point? Wondering how my Excursion would handle to road, and the branches.
Herb
Herb
Tucson T4R
Expedition Leader
Thanks Herb,
There are two main roads into Sublime Point. We came in down what they call the forest road from FS road 223 to the North. That is the longer way in but the road is not as rough. Your Excursion would have no problem. A couple light pine branches briefly touched my Karavan but were soft and caused no damage. 99% of the road is no challenge at all and runs through some beautiful high country forests.
The other way in is on what the locals call the "service road" and comes in from the East just above where you stop to get your back country permits. I didn't take that route but my friend drove out that way and said it was pretty easy too.
If you go I would recommend taking a chain saw. We drove through dozens and dozens of downed trees that had been cut to keep the road open. The rangers said the trees fall like match sticks out there when the winds get high. The first guy that came in the service road on Wednesday night had to cut through a tree to get in. It would not be fun driving in there clean and then run into a fallen tree trying to get back out with no chain saw. :elkgrin:
By the way, there are only two camping spots on the point that require back country permits. We didn't know that and just got lucky they were available. Reserve them ahead if you plan to camp out there.
There are two main roads into Sublime Point. We came in down what they call the forest road from FS road 223 to the North. That is the longer way in but the road is not as rough. Your Excursion would have no problem. A couple light pine branches briefly touched my Karavan but were soft and caused no damage. 99% of the road is no challenge at all and runs through some beautiful high country forests.
The other way in is on what the locals call the "service road" and comes in from the East just above where you stop to get your back country permits. I didn't take that route but my friend drove out that way and said it was pretty easy too.
If you go I would recommend taking a chain saw. We drove through dozens and dozens of downed trees that had been cut to keep the road open. The rangers said the trees fall like match sticks out there when the winds get high. The first guy that came in the service road on Wednesday night had to cut through a tree to get in. It would not be fun driving in there clean and then run into a fallen tree trying to get back out with no chain saw. :elkgrin:
By the way, there are only two camping spots on the point that require back country permits. We didn't know that and just got lucky they were available. Reserve them ahead if you plan to camp out there.
Tucson T4R
Expedition Leader
Thanks Mike. When are we going Glamping? I seriously need to see your finely crafted "Glamper". :sombrero:
mhiscox
Expedition Leader
Pretty much whenever you show up at my doorstep. Or maybe once the West Coast refinery crisis is over and the Gas Buddy map doesn't look like this:
Credit: www.gasbuddy.com
Seriously, though, between the two of us, we could indeed set the benchmark for competent overlanding without suffering. It'd be a good time, fer sure.
