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...It was during this lovely evening that Mike mentioned nonchalantly: I feel a change in the weather coming. Can't say what were why, but 60 years of experience. ...Well, as you can imagine given our history from The De-Tour a year ago, weather is a touchy topic! ...But alas, it was too late...

The Re-Tour Day 2: Macgruder, Paradise, and ...Seriously, Mike? August 25, 2018. It was a peaceful night in the valley along the Nez Perce Trail. A bit chilly maybe, but not too bad and the relatively narrow valley meant there was no pressing need to get up early for sunrise - something I...

How does that saying go? "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, ..." The De-Tour was a crazy trip to Montana and Wyoming where the weather pummeled us and we eventually headed south to Utah. So, are we crazy to try it again this year? Guess we'll just have to find out... keep reading The...

August 24, 2018. How does that saying go? "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, ..." If you've been a reader of previous trip reports, you may recall one of the craziest trips to date - The De-Tour - which occurred almost exactly one year ago. That trip was a great one for many reasons...

Fabricating a (Prototype) Table for the Rear Bumper Swingout August 14, 2018. It's been about six months since I drove over to eastern Idaho to pickup and install the CBI Outback 1.0 rear bumper with dual swing-outs on my way down to The Maze in Utah. In that time, the bumper has performed well...

Shop Day: Installing new Lower Ball Joints (LBJ's) August 11, 2018. If there's one thing I've learned when it comes to first gen Toyota Tacoma's, it's that the weak point of the design (well, excluding rusty frames) is the lower ball joint (LBJ) on the front suspension. The design of the joint...

"Dan?" I only half heard Pops say, rousing me from my afternoon nap. "Yeah?" "There's been an incident in camp, and we're pretty much all packed up." ...Hmmmm, ominous... read all about it in Sierras Part 4: The Incident

There was plenty of relaxing around our camp in the Sierras - and it was great... Even so, even this trip had a couple of excursions worth mentioning - one a fun 4WD road with spectacular views; the other an annual hike with a fun twist at the end. See where we went and the trails we...

...Nights were warm and just a little breezy - a perfect combination in my book. And the stars. Of course, like anywhere remote more of them were visible - luckily for us, moonlessly for the majority of the night. Definitely no expert, I tried to capture the beauty one night while I slept...

July 12, 2018. "Dan?" I only half heard Pops say, rousing me from my afternoon nap. "Yeah?" Well, I can tell you that getting awoken to that kind of news really gets your heart pumping. Especially with the type of afternoon we'd had so far. But, as is often the case with my stories, I'm...

Sierras Part 3: We Adventure Out! July 10-11, 2018. There was plenty of relaxing around our camp in the Sierra's - and it was great. The way I see it, most of us live in the world running from one thing to the next, attention spans of a cricket. To really be able to relax, disconnect, and not...

Sierras Part 2: Wait, Adventure Without Driving?! July 9-12, 2018. Having enjoyed even the short bit of dirt into our Sierra location, the next few days would be a whole different type of trip than I'm used to - we'd be sleeping in the same spot each night, there'd be no scramble to reach camp...

...this wasn't just any trip - this was a trip to Pop's favorite, secret camp spot - a place that he and his buddies have been going for more than 25 years, and which has remained largely unchanged in that time. This year, it'd be only him and one of his friends (the "old fogies"), and me; sworn...

Part 1: We Arrive, and It's Amazing July 8, 2018. Our awesome trip to Idaho ended like no other trip we'd taken to date - in more ways than one. Of course, we'd found the Overland Trail, but more importantly we'd ended the trip in another state, with no pit stop at home to shower, refuel...

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July 4-5, 2019. And then, on our way into Truckee, where we planned to head into the woods and find a spot to camp for the night, we discovered an adventurer's dream: The Overland Trail. Read all about it in this last post of the trip: Idaho Epilogue: We Found the Overland Trail

July 4-5, 2018. Having parted ways with Ben @m3bassman and Kirsten after a wonderful couple days in Idaho, our first and second stops were in Boise for some fuel and food. We'd hoped to hit up a place that @pizzaviolence suggested as "the best taco's in Idaho," but being the Fourth of July, it...

July 3-4, 2018. Soon, with the morning light spilling through the trees, and whispy white clouds in the sky, we were ready to go. As we headed for the highway, Ben slowed to a stop and suggested I pull up next to him... That got no argument from me and for a few minutes we owned the road. Read...

July 3-4, 2018. A bit windy when we'd arrived, by morning the wind had died down and Seafoam lake was a glassy surface. We'd slept soundly - warm in our respective beds (in fact, everyone but me was still asleep when I looked out the window and noticed that the cloud pattern could be an...

July 1-2, 2018. The previous 17 hours had been a whirlwind, but we were on our way. Headed east this time, towards Idaho - to a ridge above Garden Valley, where we were set to meet up with Ben @m3bassman, Kirsten, and their pups as well as @pizzaviolence and his family (at this point unknown to...