Here’s a post a made back in June on an Xterra site after a trek up the Washington Backcountry Discovery Route. Transplanting it here.....
Just got done running some of the Washington Backcountry Discovery Route with [MENTION=13926]Trixter404[/MENTION]. Started at Takhlakh Lake down near Mt Adams Adams finished up in Plain at the Northwest Overland Rally. It was an incredible trip, and the Cascade scenery never gets old. Also tested out the new Roofnest tent (I can set it up, ready to sleep, in 10 seconds), and General Grabber ATX tires. Both performed admirably, sans a couple small quality issues with the roofnest that I plan to address with the company.
I also popped my first CEL somewhere on a rocky, dusty mountain trail above plain. Ran diagnostics with the bullydog, ended up being the evap canister sensor. Cleared the code, and it hasn't come back. I will clean it away some point and likely add a breather. I've read that this is a common issue with lots of dusty off highway driving.
Enjoy the photos!
The Burley Mountain fire Lookout. The road up is fun.
Camping at Taklagh Lake in the shadow of Mt. Adams.
Bethel Ridge along the WABDR.
More trail between Packwood and Ellensburg.
Manastash Ridge west of Ellensburg. The trail up is scenic and simple..... the technical trail that runs through the tree line at the top of the ridge is tough with a large RTT and a week's worth of camping gear.
Finally.... we culminated at the Northwest Overland Rally. I literally took one picture while I was at the rally. I didn't see the need to document the endless sea of toyotas and jeeps.
This beast, however, needed to be enshrined in the glorious annals of photographic history....
Also let the Expedition Overland crew pull out in front of me in traffic. Didn't get any good pictures, but here's the back of one of their trailers #lame (the picture, not the x overland crew)
