Pictorial where did you go in your Stinger today

[MerlintheMad]

Simply gorgeous! But I could never keep things organized and standing up inside the hatch. It all ends up scattered everywhere - dunno why. Heh.

It's just boxes; one cardboard and a couple of plastic bins. The hatch liner is rather grippy. And I keep a blanket and pillow back there, so everything pretty much stays in place.

 

[Flameangel]

Drove up to the top of Big Cottonwood canyon and hiked to the highest lake, Lake Katherine; its the fullest I have ever seen it. Still some snow pack, which is also highly unusual; we had a good winter.
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That pic of the Lake is beautiful and love the name " Cottonwood Canyon"

 

[Flameangel]

Simply gorgeous! But I could never keep things organized and standing up inside the hatch. It all ends up scattered everywhere - dunno why. Heh.

Don't you use your Cargo net ? I find it quite handy in stopping groceries going everywhere. My daughter's Mitsubishi has a better one though, it stands up and you put thing in it not under it like in the Stinger.

 

[Kazz]

Don't you use your Cargo net ? I find it quite handy in stopping groceries going everywhere. My daughter's Mitsubishi has a better one though, it stands up and you put thing in it not under it like in the Stinger.

I tried using the cargo net a long time ago. It doesn't have much "capacity" and is flat against the floor/mat. Something like I believe you're describing from Mitsubishi would work better. And I had something like that on my last car. What I found more useful were hooks on which to hang plastic bags from the grocery store. So, in all, grocery-getting and other shopping result in stuff all over the trunk.

There was a thread on something that could be purchased (on Amazon, I believe) that one could install themselves that would add a vertical cargo net and hooks. I didn't want to hack into the plastics of my brand new car at the time and am still not very inclined to do so. I have some collapsible "boxes" back there now which I can use occasionally. One I keep full of drying towels, quick-detailer, and detailing rags.

Overall, I've not yet discovered a solution that really works.

 

[AV8R]

Don't you use your Cargo net ? I find it quite handy in stopping groceries going everywhere. My daughter's Mitsubishi has a better one though, it stands up and you put thing in it not under it like in the Stinger.

Not used for shopping so dont use net

 

[Flameangel]

Not used for shopping so dont use net

What are you supposed to use it for then ?

 

[AV8R]

What are you supposed to use it for then ?

Racing

 

[AV8R]

I don’t go shopping in the Stinger.

 

[Ozstung]

Shopping bags, stinger hats, first aid kit, picnic rug, cleaning rags. All under the cargo net.

 

[AV8R]

Mine is a drag net lol

 

[Flameangel]

I don’t go shopping in the Stinger.

Now it makes sense I was talking about the cargo net, whilst you were talking about your car

 

[MerlintheMad]

Today, a friend of mine (since the second grade!) and I went hiking in the Uinta Mountains, in the Mirror Lake area. This hike was backwards: in that it starts with going downhill to the lakes, and then when you return you have to hike up to get out. Rain hovered in the air but never really got started; and clouds mingled with sunlight. When I got home my Stinger's front and windshield required serious debugging.

Winter is never very far away in the Uinta Mountains. There was still snow pack on the slopes above us. We noticed a great number of dead lodgepole pines. Must be an infestation occurring right now. All part of Nature I'm afraid.

The highway around there is a blast to drive. I got in one really good pass that took us up to c. 100 mph. Some fast cornering raised the heartrate.

We plan on returning in September while the weather is still good.

 

[Ozstung]

Who's the old coot trying to break into your car..

Seriously though you're the go to man for scenery.

 

[Ozstung]

Is that 'squatch country?

 

[Flameangel]

Today, a friend of mine (since the second grade!) and I went hiking in the Uinta Mountains, in the Mirror Lake area. This hike was backwards: in that it starts with going downhill to the lakes, and then when you return you have to hike up to get out. Rain hovered in the air but never really got started; and clouds mingled with sunlight. When I got home my Stinger's front and windshield required serious debugging.

Winter is never very far away in the Uinta Mountains. There was still snow pack on the slopes above us. We noticed a great number of dead lodgepole pines. Must be an infestation occurring right now. All part of Nature I'm afraid.

The highway around there is a blast to drive. I got in one really good pass that took us up to c. 100 mph. Some fast cornering raised the heartrate.

We plan on returning in September while the weather is still good.
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What native animals live in the Forest ? do you have to keep an eye out for Bears ?

 

[AV8R]

What native animals live in the Forest ? do you have to keep an eye out for Bears ?

Unicorns lol

 

[Flameangel]

Unicorns lol

The one's that fart rainbows ?

 

[AV8R]

The one's that fart rainbows ?

Yes and pee moon beams

 

[Kazz]

What's the approximate altitude up there, @MerlintheMad ? Beautiful!

 

[MerlintheMad]

The "old coot" is my friend. We're the same age, you know. (that's a lousy pic of him, btw; the phone camera only takes pics at c. 600-700KB resolution; I didn't have my Cyber-shot in hand for that one)

Fauna: the usual Rocky Mountain critters, ranging from moose and bears at the upper end to ground squirrels and bugs (mosquitos up there, quite a few, very wet). I saw one deer and of course deer tracks. I was watching for other tracks but only saw hiking boots and such. There was a scout troop up there, scattered all over the place around Shepard Lake for the most part; a few more old farts (most looking out for the scouts); a Boomer gal with her little white dog.

I think Big Feet like lower elevations. These lakes are just below Bald Mountain Pass which is over 10K feet, so we were hiking just below 10K feet. Bald Mountain is nearly 12K feet, and I hiked up it once, in my teens; a clear memory of shortness of breath and general misery, in order to terrify myself looking over the precipice "straight down into Moosehorn Lake" (not really, but it sure looks that way), and 53 other visible lakes from up there. My friend and I tentatively plan to park at the top of the pass and hike up Murdock Mountain next time.