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Testing the waters here. I have a 1980 Toyota shot bed 4x4 pickup, just under 99,000 original miles. 4.56 gears, and a Spartan locker done by Yotamasters here in So-Cal. Lots of other upgrades as well. Different camper shells, and wheels available at different prices.Asking $9500 located in...

There are options, both north and south of the park. At the south end, between the freeway (I-10) and the park border, there are plenty of places for boondocking, but it’s fairly close to the road, and is probably fairly crowded about now. You can go south of the freeway and follow any of the...

My next sleep system is going to be a down backpacking quilt. I’ve pretty much decided on the UGQ bandit. Expensive, but it can be customized just how you want it. I don’t like sleeping bags either, I feel trapped in them, so the quilt should be perfect. Here’s a link...

Not art to me. Just like the painted stacks of rocks outside of Las Vegas. You can see similar things to this on highway 95 in Hawthorne, Nevada, the military ammunition storage bunkers look very similar to the city structures. And as for tax dollars, here’s a quote from the original article...

I just got back from Great Basin, one of my favorite national parks!

I’m looking forward to this, the last one was a lot of fun! Unfortunately, I can’t make it Thursday, but I will be at Tom’s Place on Friday. Any hints on the projects we’ll be doing?

I went to the Mojave cleanup last October, and would really like to go again! Waiting for the rally point!

Here’s my Ed Abbey collection. He’s one of my favorite authors!

I lost my good pictures of my 4Runner, and all I have are the recovery pics. It got towed out of coyote flats between 2 of its younger cousins, and is still not running.

“Cactus Ed” was quite a character, and he had some great adventures. In his book Abbey’s Road, (I think) is a story of him driving a rental car across the Australian Outback. A great read!

I’ve driven and rode in a lot of vehicles, (I work in the automotive industry), and the best riding vehicle capable of hitting some dirt that I’ve come across is a 5th generation (current)Toyota 4Runner. Very smooth ride on pavement and on dirt. You also get plenty of room, tons of aftermarket...

Mojave National Preserve, 10/23/21. Mojave Desert sunsets are the best!

I’m ready for the next one, I had a blast out there!

I had a great time too! The dumpster crew sure put some work in! I was so busy all day, I didn’t take any pictures! Just one camp picture. I can’t wait for the next one!

The new frontier actually looks pretty good. Automakers seem to have been competing with each other to make the ugliest truck lately. My local dealer has about a dozen on the lot, which really surprised me, all the new car lots are empty. The Chevy dealer next door has 7 new cars total.

I’m a Toyota guy, and an old Toyota guy, (I have a 1980 4x4 pickup, and a 1985 4Runner) but I’d say go with the Ford. A 3.slow with 200k is asking for trouble. I’ve had 3 2nd gen 4Runners, and all blew head gaskets. One at 150k, one at 210k, and one at 240k. They are good looking vehicles, but...

Don’t be afraid of an old vehicle! (2005 isn’t old!) I have a 1980 Toyota pickup, (that’s old!) that I’ve been driving for years, and for the most part, it’s been good. Yes, you will need to do maintenance, but that’s still cheaper than a payment on a new vehicle. My truck has almost every...

I finally got in on one of these! Are there any special tools or equipment I need to bring?

I wouldn’t try it in a stock Compass. Last time I went through the stock vehicles all ended up at least scraping and some damaging their rocker panels. Those included 4Runners, and an FJ Cruiser. That being said, my trip was 2 years ago, and conditions may have changed. Also, I would strongly...

So far the convoy is a grey Jeep Wrangler (Trail Recon Edition!), and a tan Dodge Ram 2500 Mega Cab. I’ll also be monitoring the radio.