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Baja California:
Catavina Desert
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Catavina Desert
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Bahia Concepcion
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Bahia Concepcion
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Los Cabos
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Playa Coyote
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Outside Los Cabos
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Outside Los Cabos
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Santa Rosalia?
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Mainland Mexico:
Guanajuato
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Think it was outside Guanajuato
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Puerto Escondido
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Mountains outside Oaxaca
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Catemaco, nothing but adventure...and a pink flower here and there
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Central America:
Tikal, Guatamala
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Down the road from Playa Tela, Panama
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Colombia:
Tatacoa Desert
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Villa de Leyva, I can see my house from here! Slept here for the night.
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Outside Parque Tayrona
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Outside Parque Tayrona
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Outside Parque Tayrona
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El Penol, outside Medellin
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Colombian back roads
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Colombian back roads
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Colombian back roads
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Colombian back roads
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Colombian back roads
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Colombian back roads
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Colombian back roads
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Colombian back roads
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Getting to camp in Death Valley,

testing approach and departure...
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Awesome pictures once again!
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2008 Dodge Nitro 4x4
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8S Special Edition

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Vans owned:
1986 Safari 2.5L 4 speed manual - scrapped
1995 Astro 2WD conversion 4.11 posi, shift kit, DHC rock rails - sold to Skippy
1998 Astro 4x4 D44, D60, NP231, full hydraulic system with 9k# Milemarker winch and snow plow - sold to Lockdoc
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Wiley, great photo's and looks like a spectacular trip.. thanks for sharing.

I'v been a Jeeper the last few decades, but I'm having a hard time justifying keeping it. Threads such as this confirm my desire for an Astro. Back to lurkin'.. :D

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three day backcountry ski outing.
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1998 AWD/4WD
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dirt bag camping rig
1981 Toyota 4x4 pu
1974 John Deere 710

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a few more from the desert
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1998 AWD/4WD
4" lift, 31x10.50's, NP 242j/c hybrid, 4.10 gears, S10 front disconnect, rack & pinion steering, trans cooler, rock sliders, ARB fridge, house battery and 100w solar, swing out rear rack with foldout camp table, bed and passenger swivel chair
dirt bag camping rig
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Awesome pics as usual! Makes me want to go camping now except its only 11 degrees out!
Current rides:
2013 Toyota Tundra DC 4x4
2008 Dodge Nitro 4x4
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8S Special Edition

Mileage spreadsheet

Vans owned:
1986 Safari 2.5L 4 speed manual - scrapped
1995 Astro 2WD conversion 4.11 posi, shift kit, DHC rock rails - sold to Skippy
1998 Astro 4x4 D44, D60, NP231, full hydraulic system with 9k# Milemarker winch and snow plow - sold to Lockdoc
2003 Astro AWD all stock - traded for a 3/4 ton truck
2005 AWD, 4.10's - sold to skippy
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Only picture with the van in it is the one while driving..... that's the Astro dash. Went to Pulaski, NY to buy the rod and reel in the pic. Used it and got that nice brown trout. Was my first winter steelhead fishing trip. I was dressed for it and it was ok but the second night my heater blower quit. I was stealth camping in it. Then my driver side window quit working while open 2 inches.....
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85 Astro mint body ...totaled 9 days later...not my fault. Paid $1k, insurance gave me $2k
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Couple of picture from testing Astro's capabilities. :)
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Holy cow, great contributions, everyone.


Three Forks, Owyhee. I should have emailed Snow Geek to join us, Boise is not too far.

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Incredible photos and locations! It reminds me why I got an Astro van in the first place. :cheers:
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photo_van wrote:Getting to camp in Death Valley,

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It's difficult to tell what's going on here. Are you crawling and the holes are just that deep ? (Wow)

Or are you carrying that much speed that you're bottoming out?
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North Cascades: Fortune Creek and Van Epps Pass.

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T.Low wrote:
photo_van wrote:Getting to camp in Death Valley,

Are you crawling and the holes are just that deep ? (Wow)

Or are you carrying that much speed that you're bottoming out?
It's from speed. A bit of a long story, but we have time right? I'm a crawler; I drive slow, I like to save my van, it's important to me. In this case, this was a recently washed out gully across the road, probably only 20' lip to lip. It had been crossed a couple of times by some very short wheel based Jeeps. On the way out I got hung up pretty good with the departure angle and almost got stuck (or at least almost had to pull out the HiLift!)

This was on the way back, I carried a little speed (a very little) so I wouldn't get hung up again. After seeing the photos, I realized how little it takes to compress the suspension in these vans and lucky I didn't loose the oil pan that time!!!

Nice No Cascades photos!
1998 AWD/4WD
4" lift, 31x10.50's, NP 242j/c hybrid, 4.10 gears, S10 front disconnect, rack & pinion steering, trans cooler, rock sliders, ARB fridge, house battery and 100w solar, swing out rear rack with foldout camp table, bed and passenger swivel chair
dirt bag camping rig
1981 Toyota 4x4 pu
1974 John Deere 710
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