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After many years of mapping and planning, I was able to complete one of my bucket list items last May 2023 and visit the Arizona Strip aka Grand Canyon Parashant National Monument (GCPNM). I hooked up with friends that I met on a 2015 Ultimate Yota trip (link to that inaugural Mojave Road trip...

I was able to do a quick 6-day trip from Orange County, CA to Utah last week with side trips to Gold Butte National Monument and Valley of Fire State Park. I headed out on Oct 1 and spent the night in Whitney Pocket, NV. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I attended the 4x4 Winter Jamboree in Sand Hollow OHV Park outside of Hurricane (pronounced 'Hurricun' to the locals), Utah last January. On the drive out from Orange County, CA I decided to visit the old GolDome mill site in the Mojave Desert. I had seen Instagram posts of the former...

Death Valley - Pleasant Canyon Loop, Emigrant Canyon, Butte Valley, and Warm Springs After a couple months of planning and laying out GPS tracks, I completed a great trip to Death Valley National Park from April 20-23, 2017. Our group fluctuated between 2-5 people in the months prior to the...

Selling my RCI aluminum front skid plate which I bought last year for $315 + tax. I used it on a pretty rocky trail in Big Bear (White Mountain) last year on its maiden voyage and suffered two cracked welds at the right and left corners where the skid angles upwards as well as one dent and a...

My son and I headed out from Orange County, CA to Denver, CO for my father-in-law's 80th birthday party. We split driving duties as we drove to Cedar City, UT. The next day, we headed to Canyonlands National park to check off one of my bucket list items - the White Rim Trail. Before reaching...

Built a quick awning after learning an easy way to make telescoping poles out of PVC tubing. I used 1 1/4" OD tubes as the base and 1" OD tubes that slide into the larger ones. Drilled a few holes through all of them so they have extended heights of 5' or 6' tall. I used regular PVC end caps for...

Sorry for the late post but I'm new to this forum. I met up with a Toyota group last March after trying to find someone doing the Mojave Road back in December 2014. There was quite a bit of planning on the organizer's part as he laid out a route for us from Friday to Sunday. There were some...