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Day 15: Grand Junction to Moab via Kokopelli Trail On the climb up the side trail to Top of the World, the engine temp began rising once again. It elevated on most climbs already but this time it was consistent and rising and there was no end to the climb in sight. Oh, and all this without the...

Day 15: Grand Junction to Moab via Kokopelli Trail I was expecting the routing to be fairly easy on this trail and did not have any routes plugged into the GPS. We did have the Utah Gazetteer and had it marked on there. Ended up that wasn't really enough. We made due but routing was confusing...

Oh, I hear you. The desert heat took some getting used to but it was still better than the super humid heat of the tropics and sometimes the Southeast US. It's finally starting to cool off here. Thanks guys!

This is going to be a great trip and I will follow closely. Our family of five returned from a 57 day trip across the US off pavement and now, four weeks back into life at home, we are ready to leave now to do a longer trip. There are hard parts about travel and adventuring is always work...

Now we need to figure out where to go next. Ideas? Wyoming, Idaho, Montana and eastern Oregon and make a big silly loop of it. What a great trip you guys!

Day 14: Norwood to Grand Junction Monday began early by packing up the car and heading over to the mechanics for what I though would be a couple hour job. Mistake number one. I'd read through the procedures the night before but hadn't allowed enough time. I should have left the family at the...

Days 12, 13: After "surviving" the mountain passes we finally arrived at our first "destination" of the trip: the home of April and Kelvin in Norwood. We've visited them a number of times over the years. They are tons of fun! April is an amazing cook and Kelvin is a genius at just about...

Day 10: Ouray to Telluride to Norwood, CO. Looking back up the basin we'd crossed into. Bridal Veil Falls, Telluride. First view of Telluride, following a Pinze. Looking at Black Bear pass switchbacks. We'll have to save that for our next trip. Free fun in Telluride...

Day 10: Ouray to Telluride to Norwood, CO. So at the top we were met by a bunch of Chevy pickup trucks with tourists packed in the back like animals going to market. Except that they were paying for this ride up to the top of Imogene among other destinations. We stayed at the top for longer...

Day 10: Ouray to Telluride to Norwood, CO. More photos from the top. Looking south into the heart of the San Juans. Looking at the Sneffels Range. A more trained eye could pick out the specifics peaks. And then the ride down into Telluride. The road (you can see it down in...

Day 10: Ouray to Telluride to Norwood, CO. There were some narrow sections, a few off-camber areas and towards the top the trail became very steep. The heavy cruiser's inline 6 struggled at altitude. Honestly there were some longer steep sections that I was nervous we might not make it up...

Man, our paths crossed and crossed again. How dirty was your filter and how many miles on it? I cleaned mine often but didn't do the little catch pan until Oregon. When I finally emptied it out it was full of dead bugs and seeds. The snorkel brings in cleaner air but it also brings in those...

Day 10: Ouray to Telluride to Norwood, CO. Towards the end of day 9 we 'washed' in the local hot springs and looked for a mechanic willing to help me diagnose the front-end troubles. None of the mechanics wanted to help me for some reason. I imagine they took one look at my rig, the dirt on...

Thanks, man. By the way, I love your Ed Abbey quote. A must read before any desert travel - my opinion at least. I credit his works for inspiring in me a love for the desert. Years ago, after getting married, we moved to southwest Colorado and the desert was quite a shock for us southerners...

Uh, I'm pretty sure we drove that same road. I can't imagine any straight gravel road looking the same in Oklahoma.

Lance, Camp life varied greatly based on a number of variables as you can imagine. Much depended on the terrain, the temperature and the time in/out of the car. However, a normal day looked something like the following: I would wake up with the sun, get out of the tent as quietly as possible...

Thanks, Disco and all of you for the support. I'm enjoying reliving the adventure (actually I'm ready to take off again right now) but it's nice to see people are reading. Thanks again.

Insurance woes... Jon, Same thing happened to me in my built 80 series Land Cruiser (Don't worry, I also own a Series rig). Wife was hit head on. They wanted to total and give me $2200. Months of fighting with them and I got no total loss and $4500. That money funded the rest of the build and...

Sorry, this is so easy to do with googlemaps that I should have been doing it before. I couldn't easily go back and add them to previous pages so here are the links so you can get the KML file and a snapshot of the section: Arkansas Section: Oklahoma Section: Rye to Del Norte: Del...