On September 1 2017 we picked up a new Ram Promaster High Roof 159″ wheel base Regular Body van, this was an early 60th birthday present to myself > As with our Chevy AWD project and the 4×4 Tacoma before it, at some point in ownership of the Chevy I began pondering yet another “future”…
Tag: Adventure
trip reports and also various posts highlighting our adventure rigs
Chevy AWD Van – rear suspension upgrade
Cari has been wanting to beef up the rear suspension for a couple years now so i went ahead and ordered the Boulder Off Road kit for the Van. Here is a picture of the parts received in the kit. We are having our professional mechanic friend do the install next week (same one who…
Aluminess chuck box details
Once upon a time my MacGirlver of a wife made a really cool chuck box for our camp. It was made out of two recycled wine crates, some hinges, nails, and glue and some other stuff… For nearly four years it was brought out of the van and set on a table in camp on…
Oregon – Yellowbottom Campground
Yellowbottom Recreation Site is a well maintained BLM campground located within the Quartzville Creek Recreation area near Sweet Home Oregon. The campground offers 22 first come-first served tent sites in an old growth forest along the beautiful Quartzville Creek. There is a nice modern pit toilet and there is a hand-pump well that is sometimes…
Oregon – Quartzville Creek
Quartzville Wild and Scenic River is an easy drive northeast of Sweet Home Oregon off i5 near Albany. This is another one of those must visit annually places for us. The BLM has set aside an ~eleven mile area that runs along the Santiam River for gold prospecting and dispersed camping. Anywhere you see a fire…
Washington – Lower Falls
Above is an image of the falls taken from the trail that looks down on the falls. Lower Falls Campground is a must see if you happen to be going anywhere near Cougar Washington off i5. There are ~2 dozen sites that are available by online reservation, and another ~2 dozen that are first-come-first served…
Washington – Sunset Falls
Above is an image of the falls at the campground. Sunset Falls Campground near Battle Ground Washington is usually our first stop of the “Season”. It is an enjoyable drive with several waterfall vistas on the way to the camp. There are ~a dozen well maintained sites and several pit-toilets. There is no water available….
PNW Adventure Destinations
It took a few years for my wife and I to get used to the near-90-inches of annual rainfall that we experience on the Oregon Coast, but we are officially over it. Many people I have met online over the years can’t imagine living in a poncho and goulashes; ) but we manage. And hey, most people…
Our 2010 Chevy AWD Van, an eye-catching conversion
Below are some highlights of the conversion process for our 2010 Chevy AWD Van Conversion. For any who wish to dig deeper I have a build thread over at the Sportsmobile Forums at “Accrete’s AWD Chevy Van project” thread, though since i sold my original domain that hosted many of the images the textual ponders…