Let's see your First Gen Toyota Tundra in scenic places

Can’t wait for more time off for many more trips


Olympic NP

CA Coast

Somewhere on HWY 395

Yosemite NP

Glacier NP

Toquerville Falls, UT

 

What part of TX are you from?
We are meeting soon for some offroading and camping if you can make it.
https://www.tundras.com/threads/thanksgiving-weekend-wheeling-at-hidden-falls.149817/

 

I'm from CA. State of TAXES, get it? I am unbelievably hilarious. TFTI though. Hoping to make it out to TX within the next couple of years. Big Bend and the Guadalupe Mountains are calling.

 

Oof, pardon my dyslexia
I need to check out Big Bend and Guadalupe Mountains myself. Haven't been since I was a baby.

 

Do it

 

You been?

 

Yep. Couple of times. Once in the mid-80's when I was a young man and once ~ 5 yrs ago. Great memories and beautiful.

 

I know you're from the desert. But I don't recall if that's NM, AZ or CA

 

Az. I'm in the Phoenix area.

 

I find it so strange we have tons of members (with first gens, no doubt) in AZ and TX, but I don't know a single member from NM

 

I get it. They're out there. Probably don't post often, though.

 

Come to think of it, I don't know of any members from Oklahoma or Louisiana either. It's like Texas is alone in the world haha

 

I mean, I'm technically from LA. I'm just biding my time here in ATL because work deposited me here, and I had kids.

 

Don't act like you want to go back. When I worked at the plants, we'd have tons of contractors come from Louisiana. Even they said it was a shit hole.

 

LMAO! Spoken like a true Texan.

I'm messin' with you, and I know you know what I mean by my statement.

 

All depends where you are in LA. I'm not going to spoil my secret spots I happen to love.

 

Nice looking rig. I like the tasteful Raptor lights.

 

At my uncles lake in Florida.

 

Got out elk hunting one last time for the season.

 

Wow! How's the truck do in those road conditions. Wait... What road? Also how are you staying warm in the camper?

 

Decent. Hard to say. The weight of the camper helps with traction, but also helps make me slide sideways on slanted, icy roads. The truck itself does great. I put chains on this time. Most of the road was like what's in the photo, but there were some gnarly drifts to get through.

You can see the propane tank in one photo. There's a Wave catalytic heater in there. Works really well in such a small space. I almost had to stay another night and that would have been the real test...my truck temperature gauge said 11 degrees as we were leaving last night around 8pm.

 

Spent some time in Valley of the Gods last week. Stunning area with lots of places to branch off and explore.

 

Took a cool photo at a dispensary in Trinidad on my way to the Denver area to visit family for thanksgiving.

would of taken more pictures but 13hrs on the road was more than enough for me lol

 

Dispensary feels like a necessary stop on the way to spend time with family, even when you get along pretty well with the family.

It's sad that at this point in the year, looks like they've actually got more snow than us, and it doesn't look like they've got much.

 

You buy that thing or build it? I don't recognize the camper. I had a little motorhome for a while and there's something really nice and cozy about them...I'd love to do a similar build someday.

 

It was shipped to Japan and converted at the Toyota factory. They lengthened the frame, beefed up the suspension and raised the gvw. From what I can tell they made 10 of them for a special order back in 2006.

 

Hell yeah, never seen one of those before.

 

the Rocky's in the Denver area got a good amount of snow that weds before thanksgiving, More than Trinidad

 

At the factory? Nice. Left or right hand drive? All the old ones, before Toyota stopped letting rv manufacturers modify their trucks, were done by the rv company. Seems like there might be a resurgence. I didn't realize any Tundras had been built into rvs (other than at-home builds). Score.

Got interior photos?