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Day 1: Virginia City to Stillwater Wildlife Refuge Miles traveled: 142 Starting on October 11, I met up with a small group of folks Virginia City to head out on the 2,000+ mile Great Basin Heritage Trail over the course of 14 days. The trip would take us from Virginia City up to the Jarbidge...

Small reminder, if you go to Usal Beach, you can drive out onto the sand as long as you're hugging the cliff on the right side. State Parks does not permit folks driving to the other end of the beach, which requires driving across the creek. Also, how does driving 6 miles down a dirt road...

I've been seeing a lot more chatter about the Green Country Oklahoma Adventure Tour the last few years. Are folks still trying the OAT @dirtpro06 ?

Day 4 Day 4 would be our final day on the trail, by the time we'd reach Owens Valley, we'd clock in over 250 miles, the vast majority of it being on dirt. Day 3 was definitely a slog, but since we put in the extra mileage, it looked like day 4 would be an easy one with relatively mild trails...

Day 3 Camping in the lowlands of the Owens Valley, the temperature was still around 70F around 10pm. Upon waking up the next day, temps were already into the 60s, and by the time the sun peeked over the White Mountains to the east, temps steadily climbed to 70F and beyond. From Taboose Creek...

Day 2 continued Ron radioed ahead to let us know there were no major obstacles ahead on the trail. The convoy continued along using 4-low to module our speed down the steep and loose trails. Coming down a rocky and loose section, I could hear some radio chatter about Roberto's truck. I...

Day 2 Camping at 11,000', we awoke to the crisp but rather brisk mountain air. The group estimated the temps had dropped into the 20s the previous night. One of the dog bowl's had a layer of ice well over 1/2" thick that confirmed our estimations, but poptop I was sleeping in remained rather...

Day 1 The weather was perfect that morning. A slight breeze pushed through the Buttermilk boulders, and watching the morning light illimuninate the Eastern Sierra was pretty spectacular. But we needed to pack up and head into town to meet the group in Bishop. Shortly after 9, we arrived at our...

This past week, we set out on another adventure to the 395 corridor in California, with our eyes set on the Sierra Crest. More specifically, the 250 mile Eastern Sierra Traverse that features some of the best views of the Eastern Sierra Crest that are accessible by a vehicle. Including myself...

@slomatt Definitely on my to-do list to make it to the top of Hungalelti Ridge, but probably not til I get a used Toyota that'll fit through those tighter trails!

Even though I had a few more days to work with, I'd decided I'd head home early and sleep in my own bad. But I did want to do a bit of exploring that would entail heading up to what I called the High Sierra Viewpoint on Hungalelti Ridge. From what I could recall, there were a few bumps along...

Day 2, here we come! I'd noted the high winds blowing over Hawkins Peak from my previous day's explorations. True to my word, I got up bright and early and was on the trail before the rising sun. I quietly packed camp, dropped the camp topper, loaded the dog up and fired up that 6.7L diesel...

This is closer to Kirkwood, in the Central Sierra. Despite what most people from SoCal believe, there's A LOT more to the Sierra than the 395 corridor ;)

Last month I had planned to spend 5 or so days exploring the Mendocino National Forest. Unfortunately, the Park Fire ignited near Lassen National Forest was growing at a rate of 100k acres per day during a Red Flag event. Learning from year's past, I looked at the wind patterns, and decided my...

Continued because of Expo's 10k character limit.... Now we were finally climbing into what I'd consider real mountains. They weren't grandiose like the eastern Sierra or San Juans, but they were mountains nonetheless. I noticed a lookout atop Bald Mountain (elev. 7,343'), but upon veering off...

The Pacific Crest Overland Route, the Continental Divide, the Trans-American Trail—most would agree, these are some of the classic long-distance overland tracks of North America. But what's North America's answer to Australia's most remote and desolate track—the Canning Stock Route? The Canning...

Thank you, thank you! Wait, you mean there's no REAL prize?! I'm outta here ;) I'll have to post my 10 days in southern Oregon trip sometime soon. Also heading to the great basin in October for some crazy 1500+ mile journey. Should be a good one as well :)

Well something cool happened this week after publish the Return to the Lost Coast video on Youtube. A local reached out, and shared with me that his grandfather was actually born at Usal Beach in 1895, a full 12 years before the Eureka-Marin rail line would be completed. His grandfather went...

And not a single photo of vehicles camping on Usal Beach (which isn't even allowed BTW!) ;)

Day 4 And so here we are, our final day on the trail, which would also be our biggest, by far. Luckily, it ended up being a big shorter than planned upon finding the night's camp, but more on that as our story progresses to its conclusion ;) Ahhh, the Mattole Valley. One of my favorite places...