Great pics! Jealous of your summers...glad to be in Texas in the winter!

 

yes the long summer days make up for the long cold winters.

so i had a new windshield installed last week. turns out as i already kinda knew the dealer i bought it from used a crappy installer when they put a new windshield in when i bought it. they did not prep it correctly and caused slight rust under window. my guy cleaned it all up, primed and sealed it all up and put a correct fitting window in so no more wind noise! i'm very happy. hopefully it will last a year...fingers crossed.



i broke my antenna off in the base so i had to replace that..pain in the ***.



i added my warning sticker hehe



new LED reverse lights



new LED running board lights



alrighty, so about a month ago i took my travel trailer out for the first camping trip. truck towed perfectly and got decent mileage. pics are in no order...enjoy!

vids first i suppose.

 

Great pics, Russ. Looks like a sweet campsite ya found!

 

figured i'd throw a few update pics in here, since i seem to post everything in the "what have you done today" thread.

few updates over the fall/winter including chrome step bars,08-up mirrors, new shocks and ball joints, amber LED side marker lights, finally put a muffler on it 28" glass pack 3"...i think that's it?

 

so, this weekend was the first camping trip. we loaded up the Ex and headed out.

enjoy the pics!

at the house about to take off



On the road! LOVE the new Mirrors, extended out they show you everything




On the road!





Stopped in Palmer,AK for some TacoBell then on to the camp site.





Made it to camp





The second day the smoke from the wildfires moved in..we had to run back into a little town called Sutton to get a few things



On the way into sutton we encountered a rock slide. luckily a State DOT truck with a BOSS V Snow plow that i'm pretty sure i did the install on, was able to clear a lane to keep the highway open.







when we got back i charged the trailer battery a little, i put a brand new deep cycle in it before leaving and it worked very well. had to keep the heater on all night as it went down to 34F at night.



Went for a little hike down by the river...




This pic was taken at midnight...gotta love the land of the midnight sun!



Woke up this morning to Ash from the wild fires covering the truck...

 

Love those new running boards.. where did you pick those up and how much? Where did you get those rear and side LED's? Do you have part numbers available so I can order them online? Your Rig is looking really nice!

 

may u rot in hell for getting those mirrors. i hate you. lol

hows the glass pack sound?

 

VJ, you have the running boards i want so i call it even!

Glass pack sounds great! still has a nice rumble but it mellowed out the tones and got rid of the raspy-ness it had. It made towing the trailer much more enjoyable...no more crazy drone.


The rear marker light/brake lights (it does left/right and marker) was a random buy off ebay. So were the clear/amber LEDs i added to the rockers. I'll see what i can dig up though.

I just filled up and turns out i got 8.3 MPG towing the trailer..i feel pretty good about that since i ran it pretty hard.



heres the vid of the glass pack


I Rolled 135k over the weekend also and i missed it by 50 miles

 

i need to know where you got those rear tail lights asap

 

Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more they are a little pricey but well worth the cost!


I though this was funny, my current '02 Ex by my old '04 Ex...my taste has not changed much. same tires, 20" wheels, same amount of lift, chrome step bars, same color paint....

 

Russ you need to shake it up a bit, ure so predictable, lol

 

Figured this would be the best place for my most recent adventure with the Excursion. I got a wild hair last week to go drive the Denali Highway connecting Cantwell and Paxson AK. It's 135 miles and 120+ are gravel. The tour buses have not started running yet and now was the time for Alaskans to get out and enjoy before all the tourists get here. We took off Thursday night around 7PM, made it to Cantwell at 11PM. I filled up and we started down the Denali Highway! The sun was still out, with the moon peaking out behind us we headed on. Stopped off at some nice views. Finally called it quits after going half way down the road at the 67.5 mile mark and pulled over around 1:30AM.

The next day i woke up cold, rolled over and hit the remote start and the Excursion warmed up pretty quick and i shut it off and went back to sleep. At 8AM we decided to get up and hit the road again, sun shining it was going to be a beautiful day. We saw plenty of caribou, rabbits, moose, porcupine..ect the views were amazing. In the whole trip we passed one other car and it was near the end of the road..pretty awesome!

Made it to Paxson, AK then headed to Glennallen, made it there by 11AM. Stopped and had a few snacks and started home. Traffic heading north was heavy, everyone leaving for the long memorial day weekend but traffic heading south was light. I was able to keep my cruising speeds where i liked most of the time. We made it home by 3PM Friday having travled 620 or so miles in less then 24 hours, with some amazing views!

I love that i can jump in my 13 year old Ex and take off to the middle of nowhere without a worry! All well getting decent MPG considering the conditions and my driving style.

the route



Washed up in the driveway before leaving



First place we stopped off on the side of the Denali Highway






Second little stop.









The next day


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I have more i need to get uploaded from the Nikon, all these were shot with my Samsung phone.


Here are a few videos.



Gotta be some country fans?!

 

Great pics n vids Russ, almost like me being there

 

I have more, just not a ton of extra time to get them all uploaded right now. It was such a beautiful trip. Nice enough road to take the camper down and camp along the way.