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Post by bc on Nov 11, 2017 17:05:36 GMT -8
This is a somewhat strange request, but hoping some here can help me out.
I am working on a photo-documentary about abandoned antique vehicles that have been left in the woods to rust on public lands over the years. There is a strange kind of beauty when nature starts to take over and plants begin growing through and on top of these abandoned vehicles.
I have already located and photographed a number of these vehicles in the greater Seattle area. For example, on the "Bus Trail" at Lake Tradition, as you might imagine, there is an old abandoned bus that remains to this day.
I am looking for other such vehicles that you may have run across. I am ready to hike, and it doesn't need to be close to Seattle - but as long as it is somewhere in Washington state I will go find it.
If you help me out with identifying a location that I haven't already photographed, I will share a complementary copy of the final product with you! Photos are also welcome, but I won't use them without a release.
Thanks
BC
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Post by rebeccad on Nov 13, 2017 8:58:58 GMT -8
Hi, bc! First, welcome to the Forums. I hope you like kilts, beer, brussels sprouts, beets, and goofiness, because those things are important here  To your question, two cases spring to mind. First, I imagine you are aware of the "bike-eating tree" on Vashon Island? It's had a write-up or two, and I'm pretty sure you can google it if you don't already know. I also recall a car in the woods at the bottom of the trail into the Waipio Valley on the Big Island of Hawaii. There's one just off the Coastal Trail at Mt. Tamalpais by SF. And I dimly remember a very old car caught in a slot canyon somewhere in Utah, but I'm dashed if I can recall where. Sounds like kind of an interesting pursuit, and a good excuse to travel. |
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Post by bumknees on Nov 15, 2017 12:55:02 GMT -8
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Post by null on Nov 16, 2017 12:14:49 GMT -8
If you're ever in the Great Smoky Mountains, there are a few of these vehicles on the Lakeside trail adjacent to Fontana Lake.
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Post by rebeccad on Nov 17, 2017 9:25:46 GMT -8
The Utah pickup is in Bull Valley Gorge, off Skutumpah Road. I attempted to copy and paste the pic, but that didn't work, so hopefully the link will. That's the one. But the link doesn't work. |
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Post by bumknees on Nov 17, 2017 13:43:08 GMT -8
photos.google.com/album/AF1QipNwUAt_zttdFyaHtmjc0H0Y7_shchR3NyfCKkgHere is the whole pic link. There are multiple pics of the green truck, but you'll have to scroll down to it. If you click on a particular pic, the info will show on the right if I made a comment. Clicking on the white "I" will also bring up the comments. Hope this works.
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Post by drilldaddyo on Nov 23, 2017 9:00:35 GMT -8
Iller Creek trail in Spokane, WA. There are two abandoned vehicles on the main loop.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2017 8:13:45 GMT -8
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Post by dayhiker on Nov 25, 2017 20:32:55 GMT -8
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Jan 12, 2018 9:28:38 GMT -8
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Post by rangewalker on Jan 18, 2018 15:42:42 GMT -8
 DVNP Wrecks by Rob Davidson, on Flickr Death Valley National Park - Panamint Valley - 2015 - This is on the road to Panamint Dunes downstream of the "Star Wars Canyon" |
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Post by rebeccad on Jan 18, 2018 17:28:41 GMT -8
Death Valley National Park - Panamint Valley - 2015 - This is on the road to Panamint Dunes downstream of the "Star Wars Canyon" Yes, it is! Gave us pause as we were nursing our Prius out that road! |
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Post by rangewalker on Jan 18, 2018 19:05:28 GMT -8
Yes, it is! Gave us pause as we were nursing our Prius out that road! yep, I took my Ford Focus down the same path and spent the night out in the dunes. I have a better shot on my drive at work. |
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