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All I know is the gentleman I bought it from had a legal and valid Florida title and when I ran a carfax report it showed that it came into the USA through Customs in 2009. When I brought it to Arizona I went to Emissions for Testing, they say 1994 Landcrusier and I told'em it was a diesel. No...

congrats to you & your girl, very cool to see a young lady keeping her woodcraft skills sharp. I hope you guys get a lot of quality meat from the elk and she can invite her friends over to enjoy real backcountry food.

As many of you know I am an amputee & I just got back from the Dr and have orders to give up the manual trans. It seems that I am stretching my hamstring & causing muscle cramps in my below the knee stump which make my leg hurt like crap & my prosthetic not fit. After 3 days using ice packs &...

I have really enjoyed your blog and often check it during downtime at work. thanks for the great border info and pics.

I agree that you get kudos for taking such a nice & expensive ride out into the dirt. It is your rig, build it the way you want and please keep posting pics & trip reports of your travels.

I would add a Fantastic Fan with remote & rain sensor to the roof as it will make the inside very comfortable in warm temps. I really like your slide out kitchen/awning idea, slick!

Go to a Goodwill or other thrift store and get quality pie tins. These are a nice heavy gauge metal, have enough of a lip to not let you spill things and stack really well. Not to mention dirt cheap. I also have used burner covers for the stove as plates.

pics pics pics....we need pics to go with those great words... nicely done

Thanks for the link on the gnome...too funny to learn the story behind the strange things we see out there. My son is working on his Eagle Scout rank, I feel well versed in outdoor skills, we had 10 gals of water, 45 gals of fuel, Spot, Ham, CB, paper maps & gps, checked in with the Ranger in...

The railroad bridge that marks the start of Afton Canyon was a nice place to stop and enjoy some shade. Not to mention look at the high water marks from previous flash floods. Makes you really want to know the area weather before going out to play in the desert. But for us this was the deepest...

I tried to get a pic of the whoops but it just wasn't something that translates into images...but let me tell you that if you go please make sure to strap all your gear down because if not your rig will be trail repacked if you want it or not :) Before long we came to the mailbox and entering...

We ventured a bit farther from the Mojave Road to check out the Kelso Depot, lots of great history in this place and the cafe inside makes amazing shakes. Very much worth a stop so the kids can learn a bit, make use of the restrooms and cool off with some food & desert. But the dirt was...

At this point to get back on the Mojave Road you can either retrace your route to do what we did which is take another side trip through Wildhorse Road & Macidonia Canyon. A fire that went through here in the recent past really gave the place a "land of death & doom" feel The trail was easy...

And then we got to the Rings, I have to say these were pretty cool and made the easy 1 mile hike well worth it. These are the times when I am glad to only be a below the knee amputee. I can pretty much do anything I set my mind to but at times like this I wonder if I am a little nuts :)...

We finally made it around to the Hole In the Wall area which really should be called Whole Bunch of Holes in the Wall trail.. Being a teenager my son often is hungry and has food on the brain, that meant that when he saw this rock it immediately became his pizza oven business he would open to...

He did agree that the petroglyphs where pretty cool and there were plenty to check out. We found another sheltered area with more images and that is when the trip almost turned savage. As we were approaching to get a better look out came the spirit guardian of the area. Any of you who have...

We diverted off the Mojave Road to check out Hole-in-the-Wall and the Rings trail. Of course my son didn't believe me that there might be cool things to see...."young people cool, or old people cool?" was his frequent question :) When I told him to pretend use the hike to make up cool stories...

There were a number of historical markers out on the trail but I really like this one as it included the subject matter in the monument. Soon we were in the towering Joshua Trees and as you can see the trail is below the desert floor. Don't get caught out here in the rain! We refreshed...

We had to make a stop at the Penny Can tree and pay our "toll" for travel on the Mojave Road. Martín was impressed with how much change was in the cans and we talked about how true 4wd travelers in these kind of remote areas are generally good solid people. That isn't always the case in the...

We got back on the Mojave Road and came across a stream bed that had been blacktopped in the past. You can see what is left under my rear tire. It is at times like these when we find old remnants of roads that I feel post-apocalyptic, as if it is one of those movies 500 years after some huge...