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 The Colorado landscape is amazing. Wheeling the trails that crisscross the continental divide we encountered groves of aspens, wide open meadows, tall jagged peaks, remnants of snow filling the shadows and patches of colorful wild flowers. We saw deer, marmot, countless birds and chipmunks. And we saw our freinds. We (Hula Betty and I) were invited to join Metal Tech at the fifth annual FJ Summit in Ouray, CO. and more importantly I was . . . → Read More: Adventure at the FJ Summit  Comments are closed  Trail Runs  enineer pass, FJ cruiser, fj summit, metal tech, Ouray, rear long travel  It’s been three years since boy and I went on our road trip adventure to Ouray Colorado so when Mark over at Metal Tech extended an invitation to their party at the 2011 FJ Summi in Ouray it seemed like perfect timing. Flying into Telluride on a cloudy day is an experience best describe as 45 minutes of complete boredom followed by 60 seconds of shear terror. The small plane which had to leave . . . → Read More: Adventures with Old Friends and New Comments are closed Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management FJ cruiser, fj summit, fjc, metal tech, Ouray  You read all the stories… You did read them all right? Now grab a bucket of popcorn and a 96 oz. drink (its only a quarter more), sit back and enjoy the movie. What else were you planning on doing for the next 23 minutes. Robert Ebert (no relation to Roger) says: “I laughed, I cried, it became part of me as I watched the story of two friends’ off road adventure through Mexico, . . . → Read More: Baja Off Road Adventure The Video  The route is hard… Really hard. We drive South West reach the Pacific turn and head South East reach the Sea of Cortez and than go back to the South West (ok there is a little more to it than that, just ask Brad who has been keeping us on schedule). In between we cross mountains, valleys and desert. To get to this point we have driven over pavement, gravel, dirt, river beds, swamps . . . → Read More: The Route is Hard! (notes leg 3) 10 comments - (Comments are closed) 2011 Baja Mexico 4x4 adventure drive, baja 1000, baja mexico, FJ cruiser, off road adventure driving  Those of you who have read through our stories here know that pictures are a big part of the last great road trip. And like boho chic runway models you will find one or two of our images that better than average. But most of the time I rely on point shoot… shoot a lot and hope something interesting comes out. But when I see someone with an eye for composition and an editing . . . → Read More: A Picture’s Worth A 1,000 Words 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management digital pictures, FJ cruiser, photo, raggler, road trip, william shafer The shortest distance between two points is a straight line… And yes for all you math majors in the crowd I know a line is straight by definition and a straight line is redundant but that is just how the saying goes. Late last night around the fire we came up with the idea of a fancy sit down breakfast… Eggs, bacon, english muffins, patties of foil wrapped butter, jam in little single serving . . . → Read More: Naches Day 4 (Ain’t Had Enough Fun) 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Trail Runs 4-wheeling, 4wd trail, 4x4 adventure driving, FJ cruiser, greenwater trails, naches trail, naches wagon trail, nwfjcc, off road adventure driving, wheeling You run enough trails and you notice one thing… There are a lot of Jeeps out there… A Lot. CJs, YJ, JKs… lots of cool rigs that folks modded up for the trails… And let’s face it, a lot of the trails are open and available to all of us because of the Jeeper guys and the work they have done to keep them available to the wheeling public. So when you see twelve . . . → Read More: Naches Run Day 3 (FJ Cruiser Take Over) 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Trail Runs 4x4 adventure drive, 4x4 trails, FJ cruiser, naches trail, nwfjcc, off road adventure driving, off road driving, off road trails, wheeling |
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