Overland – Manolo al Sol

Fishing the Hoh River, Olympic National Park, Washington

Hoh River in the Olympic NP, Washington. Hiking around looking for eddies and using fallen logs as natural bridges. Rules and regulations posted at the visitor center, Hoh Rainforest Family of elk Weather forecast, Sept 14, 2021 and nocturnal downpours

Broken down on White Rim Trail | Buckled steering tie rod on Ford hp balljoint Dana 60 axle

Making good time on an anticlockwise loop of White Rim Trail, Canyonlands National Park, Utah. Then, on a trail squeeze section buckled a brand new tie rod on the Dana 60 with all new inverted-Y steering components. 15:00 broken down steering, truck is undriveable through switchbacks. With a buckled tierod, the wheels can be turnedContinue reading “Broken down on White Rim Trail | Buckled steering tie rod on Ford hp balljoint Dana 60 axle”

OBS F350 7.3L SCLB 4×4 on White Rim Trail, Canyonlands NP Utah

Dropped into Canyonlands NP on a 2-day permit. Original plan was to enter from Mineral Bottom Road on arrival Day 1, explore that corner of the park on Day 2, then come out the same way. Instead, would run the entire White Rim Trail in the anticlockwise direction, overcoming a trail breakdown with a cleverContinue reading “OBS F350 7.3L SCLB 4×4 on White Rim Trail, Canyonlands NP Utah”

Entering south Utah

TAT route planning and building truck basecamp

Trans-America Trail route planning through northern Utah and central Idaho. Travel project has evolved into a domestic focus by building out the truck into a basecamp and minimalist camper (lessons learned from taking a hardsided camper 3 months through Baja Mexico), in order to carry the motorcycle, mountain bike, and whitewater kayak. A lot already,Continue reading “TAT route planning and building truck basecamp”