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I use and app called Sky Portal that will show you the names of things as you point it to the sky, but I don't know if I can go back in time and see things.

I'm no astronomer and would be hard pressed to name any object in the night sky besides a few well known constellations and the Milky Way as a whole. I am curious what the two brighter "stars" are to the left of the Milky Way in the photo of me sitting by the fire. Do you know if there is an...

No scopes or binoculars here. I only use a DSLR camera and lenses. For this trip the cameras I used were a Canon 1D and a Canon 6D. The 6D did most of the work and is what I used for all the astrophotos. For lenses, it was a mix of Canon 16-35mm L f2.8, Canon 24-105mm L f.4, and a Tamron...

Thank you. Photography is a big motivator for me to get out there and explore.

Thanks, he is a special pup that's for sure.

The next day I continued to explore the area and found some pretty good hills to go up and down. I managed to hit 23° on a long climb up a hill. That equates to a 42% road grade! For this climb I tested out the Jeep's Selec-Speed Control. This is basically a cruise control for off...

Living in Colorado has a lot of advantages when it comes to the great outdoors. Having clear skies in the evening during the summer months is not one of them. This is really only an issue if you like to do astrophotography and even more so if you want to take some photos of the NEOWISE comet...

Thanks. I'll be pulling my OGT Expediton 2.0 trailer, so I'll have heat overnight.

Thanks for the info. I'll look into the Sacramento Mountains and LNF. I was hoping for something a little closer, but it is what it is. WSMR and Holloman AFB should not be an issue for me, I work for the Missile Defense Agency and we have "stuff" down there. But I don't think I'll be trying...

I'm looking at a last minute 3 day run through NM next week and would like to checkout White Sands NP. Anyone know of a decent spot to disperse camp near there?

Thanks, I'm really liking it. My current plan is to replace the JKUR with a diesel Gladiator (if the numbers look good) as the tow vehicle. The JKUR pulls the trailer pretty good, but my 5.13 gears and 37" tires make it not so much fun here in the mountains. The JK, JL and JT are all right...

We purchased an Off Grid Trailer Expedition 2.0 this past Black Friday weekend. I've not had a chance to go camping with it yet, but I have taken it out for a shake down run and a photo op. So far I'm pretty impressed with its offroad performance.

Not sure of all the reasons why, but I would think that would raise your center gravity quite a bit. Not a good thing in an off road trailer. The Black Series trailers do that, but they are much larger trailers and less off road then what we typically talk about on this site.

Thanks for sharing the links Chris, should be an interesting read.

Oh, if you are coming from Cali, you should hit the Meteor Crater Natural Landmark on your way through AZ. I've not been, but it is on my Space Exploration trip that I want to do with my soon to be 10 year old. Spaceport America is only 2.5 hours south east of the VLA as well. Not sure how...

None of the roads on this trip were anything less than packed dirt. It could all probably be done in a Corolla if the weather is nice. lol Photo #4 on Day 2 is worst roads you would seen unless you got deep into the mountains to the south of the VLA. Do you use/have Gaia GPS? You might be...

They have a self guided tour, but it costs like $6 and comes with some print outs and a movie you can watch. You could just walk about the place, but I felt the $6 was well spent. You can just walk around the dishes that are "out in the field" as they are miles from the actual VLA center. If...

Thanks @Road .

Thanks, and anytime!

Thanks @gDanCO . @Ashton , it is definitely a place to stop on a longer trip. There is good dispersed camping close by and it only takes an hour or two to see it all.