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Thursday, 6/23/16 Route Now in its fifth year, the Ochoco Challenge has grown from five guys in three trucks in 2012, to 22 people in ten trucks* + a motorcycle in 2016. (*For this trip report, we're classing the Volvo 245 as a truck.) The basic idea is to get off-pavement in a stock...

Day One, 6/28/14 I was fortunate enough last summer to join a great group of people to tackle Route 3 of the Oregon Backcountry Discovery Route. Just shy of 400 miles, Route 3, The Crown Jewels, runs from Hoodoo to Dorris, California. On Saturday, 6/28, we met on I-5 at the rest stop just...

Day One Portland to Whistler Campground: Map I started planning this third annual trip to the Ochocos last winter. Last year's challenge was a hoot in my '83 Tercel, but for this year's trek into the Ochoco NF, two motorcyclists joined, and I didn't have the room for gear and gas in that...

Day 1, June 20, 2013. Tualatin to Clear Lake. Route. A year ago, fresh from a camping adventure in the Ochoco NF with my friends, (last year's report here,) I started plotting out a new route for 2013. Driving all the way from PDX to Prineville after work on a Thursday night was just a...

Day 1, June 14, 2012. Route. Last spring, my cousin Brian called me and asked if I had a weekend free in June over which we could do a camping trip in central Oregon. I had forgotten that it was five years since our last camping trip to the Ochoco National Forest. We picked a weekend, and I...

I recently checked out Oregon Byways from my local library. In it are 75 scenic drives, from all over the state, and all are primarily gravel/dirt roads. Most of the drives that I could do as a day trip are snowed in at this point, with the exception of the drive up to the site of Valsetz, so...

Stars in Kirkland, WA and finishes in Anchorage, AK via the Blackwater, North Canol, Klondike, Top of the World, Dalton and Denali Highways. Already 63 on the entry list, (15 car teams, 48 bike teams!) I've never done the summer version, but the winter version was a blast! Nice article on the...

Great article about this years event by Jim Elder on Autoweek: http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120315/CARNEWS01/120319893

Beater Cars. Those of you who are contemplating taking a beater on this adventure may want to pick up a copy of How to Build a Successful Low-Cost Rally Car. It has a lot of good tips to increase the reliability of beater cars. Very Europe-focused, but the concepts will work here too.

Budapest-Bamako Mongol Rally Alcan 5000 Rally Roof of the World Rally Rickshaw Run Dakar Challenge Please post up more!

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I've got a question for those in the know. With the caveat that I don't have my Gear Issue with me, does anyone know why the transalp had the same size pannier on each side? -Bill

Found on my local craigslist: http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/1018517727.html From the ad: "Here it is one of a kind approx 25 of these were ever made in the state of California I have only seen one that is still driving, this one, and still does... good tires, brakes, excellent...

Over the last few days, I've pulled a few people out of snow banks here in the Portland, OR area. Mostly I've pulled out other 4WD units: a Suburban, Taco, and an F-150. I also pulled out a Saturn sedan that was next to the F-150. My question is, where do you hook on to Cars to tow them out...

I realize that I've cross posted this in the NW regional forum, but I thought it would be appropriate to put a thread here for anywhere experiencing severe winter weather. With all the snow/ice/cold we've been having here in Oregon, the normal Meals on Wheels drivers are unable do drive their...

The Mt. Hood Rally, which has been a car event for years, is opening up its entries to motorcycles this year. There are already 5 entries for the RallyMoto portion, 9 for the Cars, (entry list at rallydata.com.) Please PM me with specific questions. My driver and I at Mt. Hood in 2006...

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The Alcan Rally has been over for three months, and I’ve settled back into my groove at work and at home. The sponsor decals have been removed, radios returned, and studded tires sequestered to a corner of my father-in-law’s pole barn. It is about time for me to post up to the Completed...

Not quite sure where to put this, but if you ever wanted to bolt your house to a overland chassis, I think this would be it: -Bill

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