I was afraid that I'd neglect to post updates when I made this build threads... and here we are a month later and I'm being that guy. Not much in the realm of modifications to the van since burning man, but a few updates below.
Burning man was incredible. To spare everybody a long, rambling post about it, here's a few photos that I managed to snag.
One of our favorite camp spots outside of Bend, OR. We've stopped here countless times going north and south and stopped again on our way down.
The BM setup. Threw in an extra tarp at the last minute and very fortunate that I did for the added shade. The DIY $30 awning completely held it's own, dust storms and all. We're still finding dust in random places in the van.
Not the best pic, but the art cars at BM are insane and will make any DIYer drool. This was one of a trio of completely chrome, mad max-esque dune buggies
Random pic in the middle of a dust storm.
More recently we made a couple trips up to the Northern Cascades when a friend and family member came to visit. Beautiful time of the year to visit.
Backcountry camping sunrise
Hard to tell, but the road down to this campsite was about as narrow/overgrown as we can manage. Thankfully I don't mind the added pinstripes of the shrubs
Campsite next to a stream. Based on FS maps, this road once crossed the stream and continued on for a few miles up the mountain. Looks like it hasn't been passable beyond here for a few years.