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You know, I'd never thought about that. That will be really cool when they're old enough to take interest in it. Thanks. Thanks for following along and I hope to end the "cliffhanger" soon. Oh, you should. When I told my wife I planned on being gone for a month on my motorcycle she...

Day 44: Ochoco - Malheur The area we were passing through was a big question mark for our planning. The road shown here is Forest Service Trail 774. I didn't know if we'd be allowed to drive on this designated 'trail.' Turns out you can drive on it and we followed two motorcycle tracks down...

Day 44: Ochoco - Malheur From Seneca we drove twenty or so miles of pavement that I now see could have been routed better and with an extra river crossing. Oh, well, maybe next time. After the transit section on highway 16 we turned east onto more forest service roads in the Malheur NF. There...

Day 44: Ochoco - Malheur The morning storm had washed all of the tracks of the dirt and gravel. It really looked untraveled. Somewhere along the way, making a turn onto an even narrow trail with grass growing in the center, we began following fresh tracks in the dirt. We wondered what other...

Short answer: I use Garmin Basecamp - free version of their mapping software. Can be downloaded at gpsfiledepot.com along with a great tutorial on how to use it. Long answer (that probably belongs in another section of the forum?: For mapping there are two options. Option 1: Start in...

Day 44: Ochoco to Malheur Forest Click here for zoomable map and download options I woke up long before down to lightning running in from the Southwest. The distant rumbling was unsettling in intensity and quantitiy. I monitered the storms approach from the window of the tent and from the...

Thanks for all of your kind words. It does take energy to post but I do enjoy it. Hopefully I can get back to and finish our last two weeks. Thank you, Thank you. -jesse

Garmin Basecamp and free topos from gpsfiledepot.com. All free.

I've also seen a brand called Overland, nope, its overcamp, that is half the width of the vehicle by 96" and folds on it's long axis. I don't know where to source them but I bet it would fit on top next to the box. People use them when carrying kayaks that have to go on top. Search the in...

When I was searching I found the narrowest was 42" from Tepui Tents and it was fairly economical. It would be small but great for a small car.

End Day 43 Back at it and we were loving it!

Day 43: Bend into the Ochoco National Forest Driving through a burn area, the wildflowers were amazing. Lupine, I think, is the purple flower. There were a few tracks on the road from other trucks but not many and we didn't see anyone up on the ridge all day long. Summit Road is great and it is...

Day 43: Bend into the Ochoco Nationa Forest There were tons of trees down in the forest and myriad small trails that branched off of Summit Road. These paths made us jealous of Oregonians (especially those Oregonians with dual-sport motosickles). The normal faint worries of being on the road...

Day 43: Bend into the Ochoco Nationa Forest Map image: Click here for downloadable and zoomable track We started our return trip afternoon with no particular goal in mind for the day. We were just going to follow the pink line on the GPS until it was time to camp. It was hard to leave but...

Thanks Foy. I know what we did was great and we loved it and grew together, etc. I wanted to be as true what I was feeling and portray it as honestly as possible even if that means looking petty in selfishness. I'm just grateful for the time and money to do such a trip!

Great photos and I recognize that last photo. Here is one of mine from what has to be the same road: How did the LC do in Black Dragon Wash? Did you drive all the way through? Only body damage to our cruiser during our 6300 mile trip this summer was done in that canyon. Great trip and thanks...

Days 29 - 42: Bend Our westward journey was over and we did not get the glorious gravel and dust filled entrance I thought waited us on China Hat Rd. For two weeks we would live like 'normal' people and do 'regular' things. We shopped at Trader Joes. We walked through downtown Bend. We...

Day 29: Fields to Bend, OR We had planned to cross southeastern oregon through the Hart Antelope Refuge, Christmas Valley and then north passing Pauline Lake on China Hat Rd. We ended up staying on the east side of the Steens and driving four hours of highway to Bend. We were pushed for time...

A few more random pics from the day. Somehow this folder got really out of order. Anyway, I wanted to share these. Long views and the 'new' rental jeep. Note the bent up license plate from the fast entry at a watercrossing. Pike Creek campsite at Steens/Alvord

End of Day 28, Alvord Desert Moonlight over the desert. This was the second night we didn't sleep in the tent. We were camped at the mouth of a canyon that lead up to Steens ridgeline. During the night this canon acted as a funnel for air sweeping down off the Steens and out into...