Backroadexploration
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For many a trip to Utah is a once in a lifetime destination trip. I'm one of the lucky one's who gets to call it home. I spent a lot of time exploring it with my family as a kid, and hope to do the same with my family. I am always blown away at how much there is to explore... how many dirt roads I haven't found the end of.
In February I took a 4 day 3 night trip along the White Rim Trail with my brother in law in my Jeep. Afterwards I decided I had to sell it and look to get something a little bigger for my growing family. In May I purchased a 2000 Toyota Land Cruiser so that I could easily bring the entire family out on adventures that we couldn't reach in the family SUV and didn't have enough room for in the TJ.
While we do plan to several multi-day trips a year, most of our adventures will be of the weekend warrior variety. One of the things I love most about Utah is how diverse the landscape is. While most adventurers think of the Red Rock of Moab and surrounding National Parks the mountains here have so much to offer as well. Over the past months I have been showing my wife and kids some of my favorite mountain roads in Central Utah. We live just outside of American Fork Canyon which has some fun trails and quite a few places to camp.
We recently did a long day trip along Skyline Drive, which I highly recommend if you are looking for tons of wild camping and great mountain views.
Skyline Drive Day Trip:
Here is a quick little video of the trip:
We had a complete blast, one of the main purposes of the trip was to see how much off road ground we could cover in the Land Cruiser with the boys. I am planning a multi day trip from my home all the way to Cathedral Valley using Skyline drive and several other dirt roads with the whole family. My wife and I decided this would be a good test run to see how much time on the trail the boys can handle.
For me this is really what overlanding is all about....
I have always loved spending time outdoors and having a way to bring the whole family along so that they can experience it with me is why I love to do this. I hope to update this thread regularly and share our mini adventures with you. With a lifetime of trails to explore and a 4 day work week I plan to do as much exploring as possible one week at a time.
In February I took a 4 day 3 night trip along the White Rim Trail with my brother in law in my Jeep. Afterwards I decided I had to sell it and look to get something a little bigger for my growing family. In May I purchased a 2000 Toyota Land Cruiser so that I could easily bring the entire family out on adventures that we couldn't reach in the family SUV and didn't have enough room for in the TJ.
While we do plan to several multi-day trips a year, most of our adventures will be of the weekend warrior variety. One of the things I love most about Utah is how diverse the landscape is. While most adventurers think of the Red Rock of Moab and surrounding National Parks the mountains here have so much to offer as well. Over the past months I have been showing my wife and kids some of my favorite mountain roads in Central Utah. We live just outside of American Fork Canyon which has some fun trails and quite a few places to camp.
We recently did a long day trip along Skyline Drive, which I highly recommend if you are looking for tons of wild camping and great mountain views.
Skyline Drive Day Trip:
Here is a quick little video of the trip:
We had a complete blast, one of the main purposes of the trip was to see how much off road ground we could cover in the Land Cruiser with the boys. I am planning a multi day trip from my home all the way to Cathedral Valley using Skyline drive and several other dirt roads with the whole family. My wife and I decided this would be a good test run to see how much time on the trail the boys can handle.
For me this is really what overlanding is all about....
I have always loved spending time outdoors and having a way to bring the whole family along so that they can experience it with me is why I love to do this. I hope to update this thread regularly and share our mini adventures with you. With a lifetime of trails to explore and a 4 day work week I plan to do as much exploring as possible one week at a time.