In this post, I share the upgrades I've made to my 1995 Mitsubishi Delica L400 camper van over the last 18 month, including addition of an electrical battery bank, 100 watt solar panel, power inverter and portable refrigerator. All these components have worked very together very well over 80 days of camping in the last 18 months.

The South Nahanni River flows 565 kilometers through remote wilderness from its headwaters in the heart of the Mackenzie Mountains to it’s confluence with the Liard River in Canada’s Northwest Territories. We float it all, on this river Bill Mason called "the greatest canoe trip in the world."

It’s finally time to take my newly converted 1995 Mitsubishi Delica L400 campervan on its first trip! We are off to 4 days of camping in an Olympic National Park rainforest for some hiking and photography.

We paddle 180 miles of the Mountain River in packrafts, and then continue another 45 miles down the Mackenzie River to the community of Fort Good Hope, NWT. Over our 15 day journey, we paddle through spectacular mountain scenery, hike up adjacent hills and meet the local wildlife.

Join me for a 5 days sea kayak camping adventure photographing the landscapes and nightscapes of Ozette Lake in Olympic National Park.

We hike up to the summit of Vesper Peak to photograph sunset, the night sky and sunrise over the North Cascade Mountains. Unfortunately, forest fire smoke blew in from Eastern Washington, obscuring the night sky and sunrise. But the sunset was magical.

Join me on a sea kayaking paddle to Saddlebag Island to see its wildlife, explore its forests and to check out the spring wildflowers that grow along its rocky shoreline.

Here is the packrafting gear I use when packing for a packrafting trip of several days or several weeks.

A winter photo shoot in Olympic National Park photographing Queets River Rainforest and Quinault Rainforest.

A winter photo shoot in Olympic National Park photographing Hoh River rainforest, Queets River rainforest and Ruby Beach.

Short-eared owls hunt for voles and other small rodents during daylight hours, typically in early morning and late afternoon. This diurnal behavior makes them one of the easier owl species to locate and photograph. I found the owl featured in this video in the Skagit Bay Wildlife Area on Fir Island in northwestern Washington State.

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