Search results

Rolling into camp in the early evening didn't leave much time to enjoy our campsite along the north fork of the Smith. I really wanted to stay another day, especially given the warm temps and refreshingly cool waters of the Smith. But the show must go one. Andreas and I packed up our rigs...

My buddy Andreas and I had been planning our 10 day trip for the last several months. After hemming and hawing over visiting the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, I decided we'd change it up and head to the Klamath Mountains that straddled NW California and SW Oregon. The Klamaths have similar...

All of the fire towers that we visited along the Rim weren't open/accessible to the public, and this one didn't seemed to be manned.

And some more photos!

In late spring, I led a small group of folks along OTG's 180+ mile Mogollon Rim Discovery Trail. With plans to follow up our Mogollon trip with Sedona, this was the perfect warmup for a 10 day adventure through some of northern Arizona's most breathtaking landscapes. After the Grand Canyon...

Humboldt Redwoods, More Rain, through the heart of the Emerald Triangle, the Mendocino Coast It rained on and off over the course of the night. By the time folks started crawling out from their warm, dry, beds, the light rain had turned into a steady drone of moderate rain. I'd warned folks...

Day 2: Elk Hers, Redwood NP, Hoopa Tribal Lands, snowdrifts and deadfall Now I'm not sure what it is, but every time I stay at Gold Bluffs beach the weathers seems to be perfect. We awoke to the crashing sound of the surf and blue skies. We begrudgingly packed up camp, ready to hit the trail...

We were in the throes of what would qualify as an average winter in Northern California. But after 10+ years of severe drought, it seems that most of us have forgotten what a normal winter feels like. It means significant amounts of snow in the mountains, and numerous winter storms delivering...

Vehicle has been sold.

Additional photos of the interior and undercarriage: https://photos.app.goo.gl/uRBeXmtFn1oDytUt9

Foresthill Divide over by Kirkwood in the Sierra.

Selling my 2009 Lux Cruiser, which has been a fantastic overlanding / expedition vehicle. I purchased the vehicle in fall 2019 with 98k miles in bone stock condition and built it out from there. It's super reliable, rugged, and quite capable off road. I needed more space so I went to a full...

We finished things up on Sunday AM, the day the Caldor fire ignited. Ran into some issues getting up Hawkins Peak on Thursday as HT Nat Forest had closed burnside road due to the Tamarack Fire. It's an unfortunate state we live in at the moment. I'm anticipating all of the NorCal National...

About 1.5 weeks, I had invited a group of friends out to the Downieville / Lakes Basin Area to hopefully take on the Lost Sierra Trail and capture some video along the way. Well, the Dixie fire wasn't having any of that as her smoke continued to bellow into the atmosphere and creep southward...

Hey folks, I'm in a Land Cruiser 200 (LX variant) at the moment, and looking to upgrade to a full size truck in the next year for the sake of extra storage (given current wait times, can you blame me for planning ahead!), improved MPG (diesel or hybrid), and the ability to hang out inside my...

Going to set aside some time to go through this one for some nice evening reading-- looks fantastic! Just got done with your Dome fire / Mojave write up. Really setting an unachievable benchmark for the rest of us in terms of quality photos and write up :p

I don't believe Smith River NRA sustained any major fire damage this past fire season. Ironically, I was in Mendocino NF when the lightning storm hit that ignited the August Complex + a number of other fires across Norcal. We awoke to thunder all around us, and decided it'd be smart to flee the...

We did not because we had another 150+ miles of backcountry roads to explore that day and the next. However, we reserved a Sprinter 4x4 and will be heading back in April, and hopefully doing a lot more exploring in the Smith River NRA. Shame they paved so much of Bald Hills-- they did leave...

I was hoping to find some plots of private land to fly the drone near Redwood NP, but that didn't happen. I did find this nice little spot a few miles outside of the park boundary and decided to take advantage of the situation. The Redwood Creek watershed is behind is, in the fog filled...

This photo does a great job of putting into perspective how massive these wood statues really are! Later that day we explored Coastal Drive, Elk Prairie and Gold Bluffs Beach. It looks like I opted for the video as opposed to still photos for much of this leg of the trip. As I had noted at...