Ok, turns out there's a bug in the new forum software posting pics from windows via firefox. So now with 100% more pics!
First night - Water Canyon Campground west of Socorro. First night in the rooftop tent! You can see my new propane setup with the 10# tank on the right - it worked great until the last morning when I couldn't get any flow through it and had to switch back to the little coleman bottle. Haven't had a chance to look into it yet. The new stove is great - boils water in no time. My old coleman really struggled at altitude.
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Yea, the ATV bit was interesting. As Leon said, we came across an ATV parked in the middle of the trail with a block of wood on the seat that said "Please Help!". Was kind of weird ... almost felt like a setup. But the guy running down the trail seemed earnest enough. They had a diesel pickup truck back there with a camper and apparently they ran the battery down and couldn't get it started again in the morning. They had sent somebody out on another ATV looking for help - it was about 1:30 in the afternoon at this point, so they had been waiting awhile! I drove up the trail a bit to the truck ... and found that they had built a fire under the engine. Apparently thought that would help get it started. Anyway, I isolated my second battery and hooked them up. Then found out that the truck had a DUI ignition interlock but it was "the other guy's truck" and the two guys there didn't really know how to work it. So every time they got it to crank but it didn't start they had to go through this whole thing with the interlock again. Anyway, finally got it started - they were extremely greatful! I suggested they move it off of that fire!
We got back on the trail and a few miles later an ATV and pickup truck came flying up toward us ... the cavalry apparently.
Stopped for lunch soon after.
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Down near Beaverhead we came across the cool little walking beam pump out in a field with a single cylinder gas engine.
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More pics in a bit
