For Behind the Shot Part 4, we are featuring photos and stories from Bridger Bay Campground, Antelope Island State Park, Utah, Tucson, Arizona, Comanche National Grasslands, Colorado, Highway 299, Northern California, Siligman, Arizona, Lost Dutchman State Park, Arizona, Bitter Springs Trail, Valley of Fire, Nevada, and Bluefield, West Virginia.
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Doug Jensen
Bridger Bay Campground, Antelope Island State Park, Utah
2017 Ram 3500
2017 Northern Lite 10-2 EX CDSE
Camera: iPhone 6
“This photo was taken in June 2017 on the first road trip with my new truck and camper. I went to Bridger Bay campground located on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake. The sun was setting after I had walked back to camp following a soothing, floating soak in the lake. The campground is primitive, and I felt right at home. I didn’t need any hookups to enjoy testing the outside shower with hot and cold running water to rinse. I was certainly one happy camper!”
Scott and Michelle Goodrich
Tucson, Arizona
2014 Ford F350
2011 Arctic Fox 811
Camera: iPhone 7
#029 – Scott and Michelle Goodrich
“We were camped in Tucson enjoying the desert in mid-June and (not so much) the 120+ degree temperatures. We were headed back to central California and cooler temperatures just after taking the picture.”
Sean Engle
Cottonwood Canyon – Comanche National Grasslands, Colorado
2016 Ford F350
2017 Northern Lite 10-2 EX CDSE
Camera: iPhone 6s
#030 – Sean Engle
“My wife and I were dispersed camping in Cottonwood Canyon, Comanche National Grasslands looking for bighorn sheep. We found this great spot surrounded by rocky cliffs and rough country, which was ideal for sheep viewing and hiking.”
Ron Wolfgram
Highway 299, Northern California
2000 Ford F250
2006 Adventurer 810WS
Camera: Pentax K70
#031 – Ron Wolfgram
“This picture was taken on my trip from South Padre, Texas to my brother’s home in Illwaco, Washington. Highway 101 was fantastic as were the redwoods.”
Mike Borrego
Siligman, Arizona
2005 Dodge Ram 3500
2008 Host Yellowstone
Camera: iPad
#034 – Mike Borrego
“This photo was taken on June 22, 2017 and the temperature was 105 degrees. Just as I was getting ready to take the picture, a tour bus pulled up right behind my truck and parked for thirty minutes. I had to wait in the hot sun for the bus to leave when no cars were passing on the highway.”
Mike Borrego
Lost Dutchman State Park, Arizona
2005 Dodge Ram 3500
2008 Host Yellowstone
Camera: iPad
#035 – Mike Borrego
“This photo was taken at sunset with the Superstition Mountains in the background.”
Joe Cardinal
Badlands, South Dakota
2013 Dodge 3500
2005 Arctic Fox 1165
Camera: iPhone
#036 – Joe Cardinal
“We started in Texas. We drove up to North Dakota back down to South Dakota. It was the first place worth taking a photo!”
Chris and Jane Baird
Bitter Springs Trail, Valley of Fire, Nevada
2014 Ford F250
2013 FWC Grandby
Camera: Olympus F1.8
#037 – Chris and Jane Baird
“Bitter Springs Trail is a BLM backcountry byway forty miles outside of Las Vegas, just west of Valley of Fire State Park.
We have been through this trail in the Jeep, and found bountiful vistas and a number of places to dry camp. We wanted to return when we could spend the night in the Grandby. Since this area is still in the desert, camping would have to wait until the cooler months.
The weather cooperated in February. We loaded up the truck, made our way down the rocky trail and found this great out-cropping of red rocks. It had a natural fire alcove, so we settled in for the weekend. We were hoping for clear starry filled skies but the clouds rolled in. It was still a great time. It was less than two hours from Vegas, but it seemed like a whole new world. You gotta love truck camping!”
Dieter Karaluz
Bluefield, West Virginia
2017 Toyota Tacoma
2017 Homebuilt Camper
Camera: Lumia 640 LTD
#038 – Dieter Karaluz
“I was heading back to Florida and folks visiting the North Carolina Visitor Center directed me to the Black Rock Mountain State Park in Georgia. It was a nice place to relax and charge the battery.”
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