campsite pics..lets see um
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graynomad
Photographer, traveller
Well seeing as we're going retro, from a trip to Kenya in 1979
Note how the car gets dirtier and dirtier. It was around the wet season and this was before the days that I "knew" that low clearance, 2WD and front WD was no good for offroading, I had to have a fully tricked 4x4
Man we gave that Alfa a caning, as the roads were often almost impassable we'd go bush until that got worse than the road.
The girl in the photos is now Mrs Graynomad (note 3 tents in the first shot, only 2 in the last, I think there's a story there), but despite that it was one of the best experiences of my life
I know the place has changed a lot but I'd love to go back, maybe one day.
Note how the car gets dirtier and dirtier. It was around the wet season and this was before the days that I "knew" that low clearance, 2WD and front WD was no good for offroading, I had to have a fully tricked 4x4
Man we gave that Alfa a caning, as the roads were often almost impassable we'd go bush until that got worse than the road.
The girl in the photos is now Mrs Graynomad (note 3 tents in the first shot, only 2 in the last, I think there's a story there), but despite that it was one of the best experiences of my life
I know the place has changed a lot but I'd love to go back, maybe one day.
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Wait wait wait you mean you don't have to have a giant 4x4 and lots of expensive equipment to travel across Kenya in the wet season? This sort of thing might need to be censored so the site's sponsors don't get upset.
Every Miles A Memory
Expedition Leader
And just you and a hot woman without a full support team? That's my idea of travel!!
graynomad
Photographer, traveller
What can say, I was 25, exploring the world and hadn't been told that things can't be done. Yeah I thought she was alright
I hope the sponsors don't pull their support, if it helps we did get into trouble on occasion and a few accessories would have helped. Working on a bogged vehicle has a different urgency when you're not at the top of the food chain
I hope the sponsors don't pull their support, if it helps we did get into trouble on occasion and a few accessories would have helped. Working on a bogged vehicle has a different urgency when you're not at the top of the food chain
Chazz Layne
Administrator
Waiting for the Perseids in a dark corner of Arizona.
Snake CZ
Observer
Yep as we say: Never ever say that something can't be done, because everytime you find some dumb, who doesn't know that it can't be done and do it.
I'm trying to find photos of my father camping in Iraq desert back in 1970s, but I will have to scan them again...
cgnjeep
Observer
Washing day up in the NSW high country. Toads are useful when there are no trees.
On the escarpment, Nullarbor plains, West Australia.
Tell me if I'm wrong but I think I saw your rig on a "weird homes" show on HGTV last week.
esh
Explorer
That is one gnarly truck, Rob. :beer:
Those are magnet mount bug screens... Not sure if this is the place I got them (iirc it was out of Nevada not Missouri). http://theskeeterbeater.com/ They wouldn't be hard to make, but were cheap at the time I got them and I like rewarding ideas.
The lights are a string, like you'd use for a christmas tree, except these are little ceramic/plastic Budweiser and Bud Light cans over the lights and powered by 4x AA rechargeable batteries.
I found them randomly in a remote resort store in Montana.. looks like they are in a variety of places online- http://www.walmart.com/ip/23864815?...88676956&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=51783182796&veh=sem
(Corona would seem more festive if someone made them)
Those are magnet mount bug screens... Not sure if this is the place I got them (iirc it was out of Nevada not Missouri). http://theskeeterbeater.com/ They wouldn't be hard to make, but were cheap at the time I got them and I like rewarding ideas.
The lights are a string, like you'd use for a christmas tree, except these are little ceramic/plastic Budweiser and Bud Light cans over the lights and powered by 4x AA rechargeable batteries.
I found them randomly in a remote resort store in Montana.. looks like they are in a variety of places online- http://www.walmart.com/ip/23864815?...88676956&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=51783182796&veh=sem
(Corona would seem more festive if someone made them)
Tucson T4R
Expedition Leader
Our camp last weekend on Marble View, North Rim.
The firewood was a total delusion. We ended up having crazy high winds. They were so bad I couldn't light my BBQ and we had to cook dinner inside the Karavan to hide from the abuse.
The firewood was a total delusion. We ended up having crazy high winds. They were so bad I couldn't light my BBQ and we had to cook dinner inside the Karavan to hide from the abuse.