The photos below are what we saw.
Our trip
north from San Diego had intermittent rain showers. Above,
a squally approaches us just south of Barstow, CA.
We
arrived at the KOA in Calico, CA and got set-up. Set-up in
Thor is easy and fast.
Joe and
his party had come in from Las Vegas and beat us to the
camp. Above, you can see his custom setup to handle both
living quarters and provide haulage for his 404.
Joe's
404 has been heavily customized and has been modified to run
using propane as the fuel. The propane allows operation at
high angles preventing stalling.
Terry
drove from the central valley in his (new-to-him) 1300L Helgeth
ambulance box.
Kevin
and Kirsten stopped on their way back from a week in Sedona, AZ
in their 1300L.
Joe's
trailer tires suffered a large bubble en-route to the camp.
Eric
recently purchased this clean DOKA from Dave in San Diego.
This DOKA is Altar-proven and came with us on one of our sand
dune expeditions.
Terry's
1300 is in great shape and just completed a full factory rebuild
process.
There
were several Pinzgauers at the camp site including this clean
710.
Alan's
son came in his trail-made K-5 Chevy Blazer. Remember, the
trail makes the truck.
I am not
sure who owns this, but this is a nice tow vehicle.
Alan
uses his FL-70 flatbed as his tow vehicle for both his 406 and
his camp trailer.
Bill's
VW Synchro is trail proven and has the scars to show for its
efforts. Sadly for Bill, his rig was limited to 2WD due to
some mechanical issues and therefore stayed in camp.
There
was a very nice 4-door soft top H-1 Hummer in camp.
Alan's
406 is unloaded and ready to go.
Eric's
DOKA is getting loaded for the trail run.
One of
the fellows had signage on his camp trailer.
As we
headed to the trail head from the KOA, we passed a large dust
plume on the nearby dry lake bed.
We
headed right into the hills and got to 'wheeling.
Terry
heads over the crest on the first big hill.
Eric let
his son drive and he chose to see the sights from the bed of his
DOKA.
Joe had
a tire problem early in the trail so out come the tools to
attack the problem.
Joe's
spare is mounted on a pivoting frame.
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