Canyoning.Cat
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So... I just joined this site... I am from Australia and am in Nevada right now.
I have actually been in the US for some time and spent the last US summer in Alaska hitchhiking around to see glaciers, snow, bears, mushrooms, people, mountains, etc.
After my VISA ran out I dropped down into Canada where I met with most of my family who flew over to visit. We organised that I'd get a car. A minivan seemed like it would be a could choice to sit us all and then convert into a camper when they left.
After a few weeks of snow/rain, we decided to retreat south and drove down Hwy 101, visiting the Redwoods and San Fran before heading inland to Yosemite. We bought chains, and after entering the park, got stuck for about 5 hrs whilst or the crashed and stranded cars were removed from the road. We finally got a nice day when they decided to close the park due to the impending flooding
As we were driving through the rain to Kings Canyon/Sequoia they closed that two - we found out later that one of the named trees fell over during the storm. A week in Death Valley and then a week or so in Vegas... a snowed out visit to the Grand Canyon (we didn't see a thing), and before I new it I was by myself....
Some time around Redrock, I then returned to DV for a few weeks to do some more canyoneering (canyoning as we call it in Australia). On my way back I met a guy in Pahrump. It happens that he was no newbie to car camperisation and showed me a number of cool sights including this one - so here I am!
Danny was very kind and offered to let me use his tools as well as utilise his expertise! I considered it for a while before accepting - I had wanted to improve my car livability for some time, but it always seemed a little difficult and just out of reach. So today, after drawing up some ideas in Sketchup we headed down to the local Home Depot for some materials.
To start off, we got the car fairly level and then (since the floor wasn't flat/level) we shimmed up a 4x4 and glued on small pieces of cardboard which were cut to conform to the floor.
I have actually been in the US for some time and spent the last US summer in Alaska hitchhiking around to see glaciers, snow, bears, mushrooms, people, mountains, etc.
After my VISA ran out I dropped down into Canada where I met with most of my family who flew over to visit. We organised that I'd get a car. A minivan seemed like it would be a could choice to sit us all and then convert into a camper when they left.
After a few weeks of snow/rain, we decided to retreat south and drove down Hwy 101, visiting the Redwoods and San Fran before heading inland to Yosemite. We bought chains, and after entering the park, got stuck for about 5 hrs whilst or the crashed and stranded cars were removed from the road. We finally got a nice day when they decided to close the park due to the impending flooding
As we were driving through the rain to Kings Canyon/Sequoia they closed that two - we found out later that one of the named trees fell over during the storm. A week in Death Valley and then a week or so in Vegas... a snowed out visit to the Grand Canyon (we didn't see a thing), and before I new it I was by myself....
Some time around Redrock, I then returned to DV for a few weeks to do some more canyoneering (canyoning as we call it in Australia). On my way back I met a guy in Pahrump. It happens that he was no newbie to car camperisation and showed me a number of cool sights including this one - so here I am!
Danny was very kind and offered to let me use his tools as well as utilise his expertise! I considered it for a while before accepting - I had wanted to improve my car livability for some time, but it always seemed a little difficult and just out of reach. So today, after drawing up some ideas in Sketchup we headed down to the local Home Depot for some materials.
To start off, we got the car fairly level and then (since the floor wasn't flat/level) we shimmed up a 4x4 and glued on small pieces of cardboard which were cut to conform to the floor.
