Old Vw

Here's a couple of shots of the bus before I painted it. Ha, looking back at some of these older photos...it's been ten years since I painted it. Almost can't remember it any other way. The camping shot was taken at the top of Jacks Canyon near Winslow. Dig the flower stencils on the cabinets.

VW Camper in Spring Snow in Sedona

Kristi and I wanted to play tourist here locally and visit destinations in Sedona and the Verde Valley for spring break. We had discovered this cool spot among the Red Rocks and Native ruins about nine miles down a dirt road. We knew that there was a storm front coming in, but weren't concerned thinking that it would just rain. We had no idea Sedona was expecting snow. Indeed the rain began about midnight and pounded us while we slept. We awoke to absolute silence. I flung the door open to discover about 5 inches of snow on top of the already muddy ground. Completely unprepared for these conditions, I promptly got the van stuck. Using the only tool I had in the arsenal, a small spade, I shoveled the campsite to the road in hopes that if I got there we'd have enough traction to continue driving. Backing the van like it was a front wheel drive car, I managed to avoid the ditch and get to the main dirt road. It was a little touch and go fish tailing and all, but eventually we got to the pavement. When we got to Sedona proper we discovered the highway back to Flagstaff was closed. With snow still falling in buckets, we decided to drive around and capture this rare event in such an iconic location.

VW Camper at the Snake River

Found a great little campground right on the Snake River.  Beware of the mosquitoes and bears though.  The droppings were as thick as the bugs!

The morning brought some really cool fog.

VW at Monument Valley

Here we are at the Monument Valley 'campground.' Dusk at the mittens. It was a very windy trip, and we ran over lots of tumbleweeds. But we had a great time with our dogs and the bus.

76 VW Van Not Ready for the Pasture

Ha! It seems as though I haven't updated this blog in a few years. I've been spending most of my blog time over at agassizimaging.blogspot.com posting and talking about landscape photography. I started this blog to chronicle some of my travel exploits and most of it includes campervanning in Kristi's (and mine by virtue of labor) 76 Type II Transporter Westfalia Campmobile. I've since purchased a newer van and am in the process of retro-fitting it to be the ultimate 4x4 Campmobile. Anyway the next few post will be a closer look at the Volkswagen, where it's been and what kind of modifications we made to keep it running and a viable as a camper van.


The image posted here was taken at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon with some off camera lighting and high Iso.

The Shower is Done!

It took only seven months and $7k but the steam shower is done, and works great! Its always nice to see a vision come to fruition, even if it takes 5 years and countless hours of work, a little blood, and a lot of money (for me).
Building it took about 3 months, piece by piece, cut by cut. The shower glass guys took 4 months to finally get it right. Check it out!

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