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A couple of years ago one of the zippers on our Airlander started to fail. All attempts to fix the zipper failed as the teeth were already jacked-up. Now the zipper stops about nine-inches short of closure. Last year I got a replacement zipper from Autohome USA but haven't been able to find...

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Used African Outback roof rack purchased from Slee Offroad. Original price +$700 For sale: $450.00 picked up near downtown Los Angeles. Measures 49" x 47" (Sold as a 1.3m x1.3m). Invoice says it will fit 60/80 series but sold with 80 series fit kit; the brackets that connect the rack to the...

This should be interesting for Sportsmobile. http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/08/how-ford-plans-to-phase-out-the-best-selling-e-series/#continued

Thanks to everyone for their comments! Share away--that's why I put these reports together! Who/What are the ExpeditionNevada folks? I first learned about Heizer while in architecture school in the late 80s, that's when we first visited Double Negative. I should have mentioned Hot Springs...

Basin and Range – Days 18 & 19 Day 18 -20 September 2010 Departing Little Cappadocia we continued southeast down McCann Canyon and into Stone Cabin Canyon where we ran into four more Pronghorn Antelope, Including one that was a little too curious for his own good. Pronghorn Antelope After...

Basin and Range – Days 16 & 17 Day 16 - 18 September 2010 Pine Creek hike with North Summit beyond On our second day we hiked up Pine Creek where Cima scared up a sizable Bighorn Sheep. Day 17 - 19 September 2010 T o q u i m R a n g e • M o n i t o r V a l l e y After two restful...

Basin and Range – Days 14 & 15 Day 14 - 16 September 2010 P i n i o n R a n g e • S u l p h u r S p r i n g s R a n g e • G a r d e n P a s s Leaving Elko we headed west on I80 to Carlin then south on Route 278 and made a quick detour to Palisades, where two railroad lines thread a narrow...

Basin and Range – Days 12 & 13 Day 12 - 14 September 2010 B i g I s l a n d • J o h n s G u l c h Back into Jarbidge we stopped for gas (at a fair price!) then crossed Corral Creek where it meets the Jarbidge River. We climbed along a narrow shelf road until we were atop the towering buttes...

Basin and Range – Days 10 & 11 Day 10 – 12 September 2010 D e v i l s P a s s • T i j u a n a J o h n P e a k Dawn above camp [Holga 120N/Fuji Provia] Decamping we decided to backtrack and see if we could get to Devils Pass from the south, we drove to the edge of a burn area we had...

Basin and Range – Days 8 & 9 Day 8 – 10 September 2010 S t a r r V a l l e y • C l o v e r V a l l e y • G o s h u t e V a l l e y Still stuffed from the Basque family style dinner the night before, we departed a rain soaked Elko and moved east on Interstate 80. Back in Los Angeles when I...

Basin and Range – Days 6 & 7 Day 6 - 8 September 2010 S p r i n g V a l l e y • M o u n t M o r i a h • W h i t e C l o u d W a s h With a long day ahead of us, we hit the road early, dropping out of Great Basin National Park and into Baker for fuel and supplies. Nineteen miles northwest...

Basin and Range – Days 4 & 5 Day 4 - 6 September 2010 S c h e l l C r e e k R a n g e • S p r i n g V a l l e y Nevada Northern Railway Museum After our third visit to the Nevada Northern Railway Museum in Ely we made the one-hour drive to Baker, NV then up the hill into Great...

Basin and Range – Day 3 Day 3 – 5 September 2010 R a i l r o a d V a l l e y • W h i t e P i n e R a n g e Pancake and White Pine Ranges from Green Springs Concrete Barn and Hay Derrick [Diana F+/Fuji Pro160] M o o r m a n R i d g e • J a k e V a l l e y Leaving Green Springs I...