Home Rubicon Summer '98 Rugged Adventures Trucking_X-Country
![]() |
My Truck! Seattle, WA. 1972 K5 Blazer with custom suspension, 33X12.50 BFG-Mud Terrains, ARB's front and rear, onboard air, and RS-9000's with in-cab pneumatic control. |
![]() |
My Truck! May 2000, Seattle, WA. The beginning of my 3000 mile journey to Huntsville, AL. |
![]() |
Claw! Vantage, WA. |
![]() |
Columbia Gorge! Vantage, WA. |
![]() |
Cockpit View! Vantage, WA. |
![]() |
Wyoming Pass! |
![]() |
Wyoming Pass! |
![]() |
Wyoming Canyon! Somewhere along my commute; I was lost at this point, but the compass showed my direction was good. |
![]() |
Wyoming Canyon! Still lost... |
![]() |
Blazer Portrait! Still lost. |
![]() |
Wyoming Mountain Pass! Still lost but getting much closer....The highway was getting worse though, and my trailer began breaking apart, requiring a "Blue-strap repair job." |
![]() |
Camp Site! There didn't seem to be much traffic, so I decided to camp along the highway. This is also where I took 'Wyoming Stars', pictured next... |
![]() |
Wyoming Stars! For a brief description of how I took this picture and a discussion of the colored star effect and its implications for humanity, click here. Or Mega-Zoom! |
![]() |
Endless Dirt! I passed where someone had painted 'Colorado' on a rock surface beside the highway, so I knew was getting closer. |
![]() |
Colorado Canyon! The "road" twisted along behind the rock outcropping in the background. The other side of this outcropping is pictured next! |
![]() |
Colorado Canyon! Here's the back side from the area pictured left. I was taken by how beautiful this areas was, and would have liked to camp here. |
![]() |
Colorado Canyon! I had survived thus far, and 15 miles further would find a paved road for the remainder of the journey. Note the Blue strap now holding the back of my trailer together! |
![]() |
St. Louis Truck! I took this long before the current wave of VW arch commercials! |
![]() |
Illinois Sunset and Me! |
![]() |
My '96 Maxima SE! Made it to Huntsville, and reunited with my Maxima. This was next to UAH. |
Home Rubicon Summer '98 Rugged Adventures Trucking_X-Country