Recent content by FrenchieXJ

As morning shows it’s sunny face in the morning. We discuss the options for the day and we decide to aim for the border. It will be pavement and so we can make it to the border during the daylight. All goes well as we reach the double splits of the road. I made the first split and then missed...

Once we are settled in our vehicle for the day we have many changes today. The weather is much warmer as we slowly drop our elevation. Many ups and downs but we slowly drop into the next big canyon. To get into this canyon we need to skirt the mining operation. The mine was unique for many...

We awake to a day that will be a shorter day of driving. I said shorter not easier! Today is a full dirt route soon as we leave the town. It is over the mountains with the switchbacks all of the way up and back down. This is not a short climb up and down but over 35 miles of ups and downs. As a...

Today, we are driving into the bottom of another one of the many major canyons. The road is paved or it sort of was and maybe not in all places where it should be. We start out smooth, then we have many sights that pass us by from out the windows. Seeing this road that replaced the old single...

With some good meals and a nice beds for the night we bid Mata Ortiz good bye and headed to the hills. The morning sunlight took us to El Willy and the Valley of the Caves. We arrived just a bit late and they were closed for the day. We went back to town for the night and arrived to find another...

This is a blast from the past, I do not believe I ever posted it on the forum? Either way this is a quick story. Copper Canyon 2022 “The Shades of the Canyons”! Well one of the best adventures I have taken. What I have always said, comes around again! I have struggled during some adventures...

There is so much information that can be found from the diaries of the pioneers and decedents of the “San Juan Mission Expedition”. Just for the record I am not a member of the "Church of the Latter Day Saints" (Mormon Church). The pioneers who did this move to a unsettled location except for...

The Hole in the Rock Trail (as we refer to it today) Prior it was called, the “San Juan Mission Expedition” to relocate and settle the 4 Corners area. “See, learn, study and share!” William T. Smith I will start with a disclaimer; I have run this trail over 110 times with groups of people...

When looking at the picture in the first post, I noticed something. I did not know they were still using the early model of communication. The Pepsi cup with the string to another cup. I give that person a lot of respect, on the ability of keeping the string tight while driving keeping a clear...

I do not have a GMRS radio, but is a CB radio can transmit a 2 meter signal out and bounce off of the Ionosphere and back to earth I would think the same is true with GMRS. I know that they have days every year where the world of ham operators spend time talking around the world to each other. I...

Yes, we found the vehicle at a dealership in Colorado that had what I wife wanted. We have had good luck with all of the Toyota's. The Avalon had 220,000 miles on it and only the wear out items like tires, headlight, battery, brakes and windshield wiper blades. we replaced. It looked perfect...

She wanted a all gas powered vehicle. and the deliveries for all 2025's are done and the new 26's should be starting to show up on the lots now. From Toyota's web site. "The 2026 "America’s best-selling compact SUV will now be 100% electrified, in a choice of Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) or...

I sit corrected! I lived on Central Ave, about 11/4 miles easy of Sunrise Mall this was 1972 & 73. The area was rolling hills with cattle roaming in the fields. The area has really changed a number of years ago I went to find my old place and thank goodness for street signs. Nothing looked the...

It was about 17 - 18 years ago. I was with a group of friends headed to Moab, Utah. We were in Utah and just turned East onto Interstate 70 off of Interstate 15 north bound. Our group had started the climb up the hill. We were taking on our CB radios. I heard a Beaker call over the radio. I...

Ford CEO Promises A New Affordable ICE Pickup Truck Coming (if you're patient)? Why can we not have a truck vehicle at less then a small car. In the 1950's, 1969's and 1970's, trucks were for th working man. They got you from point “A” to point “B”. Well to answer that there are 100 or more...