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On the road – The Rubicon

Here I am blogging from a remote camp site in the middle of Nevada. Since last Thursday LJ and I have been on a road trip. The first stop was my Mothers 80th birthday in Novato, CA. We spent 4 days visiting with family and enjoyed a trip to the beach and to the Headlands. Leaving…

FJ Cruiser Re-Gearing Completed

With my re-gearing project complete and tested it is time to let everyone know how it went. With the change of tires from 265/70-17s to 295/70-17s the re-gear was needed to keep my crawl ration where it needed to be. The gears installed are 4:56s that combined with my new tires lower my crawl speed…

Elk Park Wetland Damage

During day trip last week we went to Elk Park in the Pike National Forest. Elk park is a large sub-alpine wetland fed by a number of small springs. The area is a very soft marshland with a few small ponds. The pictures included here show the damage that 4×4 and ATV do to this sub-alpine…

Slow Spring

As far as the FJ is concerned it has been a slow spring. I have a few major projects going that are not FJ related and we just got back from 2 weeks in Europe. However, it is time to focus on the FJ and get ready for all the summer adventures; a trip to…