That was a blogging standard late 90s/early 00s. Loads of pretty unrelated photos -- usually personal photos as everyone is a photographer -- intermixed with content. For some reason I always think of Philip Greenspun when I see that style of content.
Since you brought up the topic--in the snow picture, is the red vehicle on the right an older 4Runner with some kind of pickup truck cap on it? Something that turns it into a Chevy Avalanche configuration.