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Day 3 Thursday we left T or C about 8 AM, headed north along Elephant Butte Reservoir, and then west across the flat desert towards Winston. Soon enough it got a little hillier and less arid, and a portion travels over the Geronimo Trail National Scenic Byway. The byway starts in the...

What is that thing you're cooking over? I seem to remember it from when I was a kid, but it's been soooo long since we've been allowed to have one... ;o)

Thanks, I had a great time. More to come!

Day 2 This Wednesday morning I got up just before 6 A.M. and puttered around in the van, getting dressed and setting up my coffee. I looked out the driver’s side window and there are 2 cow elk grazing in our camp! The traveling day began with some narrow rocky trails through the pine...

We definitely lucked out weather-wise. All through the route there are large sections that, from the petrified ruts, look like they would be nearly (or actually) impassable in the mud. I was going to do the trip alone north to south last year, but after a week of rain every day, the roads were...

The entire route: Day 1 I met up with Jimmy and Suzie from Prescott, AZ, and their pup, Luna, in Las Cruces. The plan was to motel it there that night (Monday), and then slab it to Dell City, TX in the morning to start the offroad route. When I got the motel, they were already there...

We did Shaefer trail in our 4wd Sprinter and never even put it in 4wd. It was dry, it would be a different story if it was muddy.

Just finished running the NM BDR in the Sportsmobile. Trip report to follow soon.

Never been but we're doing it next week as part of the BDR.

We've had one since we got our van. We use it almost every night when we're camping. It's great! If we didn't already have one, I'd probably get the large one, though.

I'm planning on doing the NMBDR, leaving Albuquerque for parts south on June 15. I know it's short notice, but is anyone interested?

Installed AEV skidplates (except gas tank skid, which was delayed) on my ZR2.

Patrick is sporting the new line of Michael Jackson motorcycle gloves!

Day 6 - Today we split up, as Patrick’s family was meeting him in Tucson the next day. It was apparent that they were not going to be able to continue north to the Utah border and still get back South in time, even if they slabbed it the whole way. We decided to go to the South Rim and get...

Day 5 – Today started on pavement, we gassed up in Flagstaff and headed off to rejoin the route at Winona. The first dirt section was rocky and narrow (again), but was not a harbinger of things to come as after that it smoothed out as we approached the black cinder fields from the Sunset...

Day 4 – Today started with a good long section of well graded forest roads, a welcome relief from the technical slow day prior. We headed off towards the Mogollon Rim, only to be caught again in road construction, where they were clearing dead trees from around the road. After what seemed...

Day 3 – Peter joined us on our trip today. We headed off to Globe, where we gassed up and got some supplies. On the way down to Globe, we came across a couple who had gotten their SUV stuck trying to turn around on a wide graded forest road. Apparently, he had just bought the vehicle, and it...

Day 2 – We started over the Dragoons at Middlemarch Pass at about 5,900 feet, and then down the eastern side and hit the pavement to Wilcox, where we gassed up. This area has a lot of agriculture, including some large dairy farms. Luckily, the wind was right, and the “dairy-air” wasn’t bad...

On May 9, I packed up the van and drove 415 miles to Bisbee, AZ to stage for a trip up the Arizona Backcountry Discovery Route. As a side note, one of the owners of the Jonquil Motel where I stayed in Bisbee filmed the videos for the BDRs, and the other works for Overland Expo. Small world...