Sweet Pickle’s Western Adventure
Sweet Pickle’s Western Adventure
My two sons and I took a two week trip out west in our bus. We covered 9 states and approx. 4300 miles. No major issues. The fridge quit working unless we were on shore power, the plumbing developed a small leak and the faucet switch kept coming on by itself (I had “fixed” the switch before I left) so I drained the tank and disconnected the pump’s power. We did have an intermittent starter issue. The bus has a hard start relay, I plan to get rid of this, which I thought might be the issue and replaced in Williams AZ. However it kept happening a few days later so might be the solenoid. At any rate I just parked on slopes . Luckily it only happened a few times. Here on some pics of the trip.
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1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
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St. Louis
Lunch in the Rainbow Forest
1st night Ozarks
Pit Stop at Del Taco Oklahoma City. I grew up in LA and had these, had to stop for nostalgic reasons. My boys thought it was weird they served French fries with Tacos, lol.
Foss Oklahoma. Worst KOA on earth. Eaten alive by mosquitos and ants. Glad to put this place in the rear view mirror.
Conoco Station Shamrock Texas.
The Big Texan 72oz Steak Challenge
Cadillac Ranch
Tepee Curios Tucumcari New Mexico
Grants New Mexico. Got into the low 30’s.
Painted Desert National Park
Driving lessons in the painted Desert
.Lunch in the Rainbow Forest
1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
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Grand Canyon AZ.
Morning rush to the bathroom...
Breakfast in the bus...
1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
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Flagstaff AZ
One pancake at a time
Good to have dishwashers!
1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
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Monument Valley Utah
Frisbee with a view
Stray dog the boys temporarily adopted and named “Doggo.”
Winds died down at night so we were able to put the top up.
Forrest Gump Highway
Mexican Hat Utah
Valley of the gods BLM land 16 mile dirt road.
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1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
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Moki Dugway
The Mesa the Moki Dugway goes up.
1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
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San Juan River
Pop’s Burritos Blanding Utah
Arches National Park
Moab
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1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
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Tom Tom’s cont...Everything was for sale...
Cable TV and pizza at the KOA
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1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
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Colorado
Vail Pass
Frisco Colorado, White River National Forest Elevation 9100 ft.
1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
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On our way home...
Grand Island Nebraska Pit Stop at Taco John’s When is the last time you used a map? Le Claire Iowa...recognize this place? Mississippi River Last stop before home, Jubilee College State Park, Illinois. Back in Ohio!
Grand Island Nebraska Pit Stop at Taco John’s When is the last time you used a map? Le Claire Iowa...recognize this place? Mississippi River Last stop before home, Jubilee College State Park, Illinois. Back in Ohio!
1967 Beetle "Little Tud"
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!
1968 Black Double Cab "The Black Pearl"
1970 Lotus White Single Cab "Big Tud"
1976 Sage Green Westfalia "Sweet Pickle"
They gotta' have names!