Recent content by donnf

Skid plates needed for NM forest roads? Any suggestions of Albuquerque businesses that will install.

Just did recon today of Mt Taylor. Road clear to 8800 feet on paved, but side roads higher still muddy. When it turns to gravel there’s snow on the sides. Road to lookout was iffy to do alone. without 4-wheel support team.

Thanks for the info. I might become a paid member next month -- just spent a bit buying membership in gaia and becoming a patreon for a couple of content creators. For now, seems like plenty to check out as a lurker.

Donn, Rebeca, Sami and Ora and often our granddog Padfoot are not true 4-wheeling, Overlanders, just campers that travel the Southwest looking for dispersed camping to run free. Donn and Rebeca started adventuring together in 1984 with a Ford 150 and a camper shell for a year-long trip across...

Kevin from LifeStyle Overland sent me here to learn to be safe and not end up being rescued too many times. (My daughter-in-laws Subaru has pulled me out more than once already) I am learning to better read the MVUMs from the Forest Service, but even state roads in New Mexico can be iffy after...