5th gen 4Runners in scenic locations

Nice pics, I like the retro look!

 

Thanks!!

 

What's the story behind this?

 

I used to work for a large forest preserve district as an arborist/ecology resto tech type roll. The wildlife biologist had erected a few osprey polls scattered about the county to encourage osprey nesting. Every spring they would go out and tag the youngins along with some state folks. Anyways, they needed access up these polls so they would have us drive out 65’ bucket truck out there and run the controls to get them up and down. This photo was from one of those days where I got to be the operator.

 

Nice! Great pic, thanks for posting!

 

Palo Duro Canyon (Merus)

 

Nice line-up!

 

Somewhere in Kentucky

 

Awesome photos! The cliff line-up reminds me of a funny story we've probably all heard about the bus driver's interviews. Three bus drivers were being interviewed for a job, and the company owner asked each one, "How close can you drive a bus to a cliff without falling off?" The first applicant said, "I can drive within 20 feet of a cliff edge and not fall over the side". The second applicant, figuring he'd one-up the previous guy, answered, "I can drive a bus to within 10 feet of a cliff edge and not fall off." The third applicant said, "I don't drive busses anywhere near the edge of cliffs." Guess which one got hired?

 

Whale Watching

 

Driving in the saltwater???

 

Very epic looking! But I’m on the edge of my seat imagining you bogging down right before the tide comes in. I’ll assume you made it out lol.

Now, go find a freshwater lake or stream, and do the same haha.

 

Trash one undercarriage! Now, drive through a stream and give all of us a bad name for trashing wildlife habitat!

 

better do some major pressure wash soap flush inside the rails. And if you dont have an extended diff breather, you might have water in the diff

 

Randolph State Park, Kansas. It's near Tuttle Creek ORV park!

 

Shedding some light on the road ahead (trying put new LED bar and ditch lights on a dark county road).

Desoto County, Mississippi

 

looking good, what a Beast!

 

Don't listen to these naysayers it'll be fine, just wash it off well. Cool pics.

 

Wash it off VERY WELL. When I drove the "Old Mojave Road" from AZ to Socal, we had to cross Soda Lake near Zzyzx, we needed hours to get all the salts off the underside! While living about 1/2 mile from the ocean in SoCal, we had to oil our firearms at least twice a month to prevent rusting. People who don't live near the ocean don't realize how insidious salt can be.

 

From today

 

Splish splash I was taking a bath

https://streamable.com/qy2t1m

 

Looks like you're out at Toquerville Falls! Great trail and scenery.

 

Backside of Yosemite National Park on Tioga road:

 

Table Rock, Linville Gorge, North Carolina

 

Be there in a couple of weeks. I see the road to Bodie is still closed.

 

Laurel Lakes-near Mammoth Lakes, CA

 

Bodie itself is worth the long drive up

 

That is correct

 

Is that recent? Where’s all the Snow?

 

Only 13 miles off of Hwy 395 (Now it's mostly paved, not like the first time I went). But Caltrans says the road is impassable. Out itinerary prevents us from coming in on the Nevada side. Gotta couple of weeks, so hope it will get better but I expect Caltrans has other areas to concentrate on. Oh well, there's always Manzanar!