out with the old in with the new

[sandcruiser]

Kudos.

Nice build. Even better: you use it.

Thank you for sharing.

[westyss]

thanks guys

[westyss]

Here's another little trip report.
The last two weekends my wife and I just needed to get out of town, and didn't want to travel too far, so we loaded up to go to a BC hydro controlled lake for a little R&R and fishing.
I am going to say we are the first to camp up here this year, not many tire tracks in general and no evidence of new fires.

The road up to the lake is in good shape, some times it is impassable, but lately some logging company is keeping it open. The first weekend was a bit early, with the snow pretty thick in many areas.



Ramp onto the bridge had a nice hole about six feet deep.


We found our spot and set up camp, whipped up some fire wood and got that going.


The lake right now is low and filling up, but all the stumps are now exposed so its not the prettiest setting. This lake is close to civilization and the summer can be very busy, the last two weekends we were up was great, no one except us, I guess the road keeps most people away too. First weekend we got skunked as far as fishing.


This kind of fishing is what I call lazy fishing, stick a hook with a worm out there and wait.....I am more of a fly fishing guy, but this is a good way to just hang out and have a drink, the dog likes this kind of fishing too.


On the second weekend we did better, I landed a 2-3 pounder, and my wife got several small ones, and it was much more activity, they lake had risen about 2-3 feet over the week.

[westyss]

The lake is surrounded by mountains, and at the far end is a glacier that is constantly sending rocks and avalanches down the mountain, this echo's around the valley and through binoculars is an impressive thing to see.





On one of my exploring trips I ran into some bones, it took me a while to talk myself out of thinking these weren't human bones, but looking closer at them it seems silly to think that they would be, what an imagination


On the second weekend while walking checking out the bones again I found the rest of the deer, here's the lower jaw, he looked after his teeth.



Climbing out of the camp spot.


Stopping along the way to check out another often busy camping area.



And getting more familiar with the FG in different conditions. So far its capabilities have not been tested by me, but am slowly trying different things.






On the way down the trail we ran into these guys in this slightly modified truck, i believe they run this in a competition of some type but am not sure, very cool vehicle.

[westyss]

here's a couple of iphone pics from today with my other expedition vehicle,
The lake will fill up to the tree line.





In this pic you can see the sandy delta fan in the lower left, we camped further to the right of that spot, almost as far as you can drive.

[Billhilly]

Nice shot's Yves. Nice to be able to 'beat the crowds' as it were. You've got a great asset in that camper. Fantastic you can just 'get away'.
The scope that you have 'to get away from it' in BC alone is staggering. We used to fish Ideal Lake etc east of Kelowna when I was working up there. Good times.

[Overland Hadley]

motion detecter light ebay link
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Thanks for the link. I like the light.

[westyss]

Thanks for the link. I like the light.

Light update; this light is a great addition to my camper, I like the fact that its LED, and a nice bright LED, the motion detection is great, we sit at the fire and its nice and dark, when we need to go inside to make another cold beverage, get up and the light turns on to pave the way. It doesnt go off with the dog roaming around. Two thumbs up for this unit.

[pods8]

moderators! has this new format affected posting pictures??


doing everything the same and this is the result.

You had an extra "http://" in there.

[westyss]

thanks, I had some great comments to go with that picture but lost my train of thought.