Day Four of the road trip was an odd day. We’d completed the Mojave Road, and arrived at Mormon Lake ahead of the opening of Overland Expo 2012. Registration for OX12 didn’t open until 1pm. Since we’d blasted through Flagstaff to beat the setting sun on the previous evening, we now planned to head into […]

Another morning dawned on the Mojave Road and the early light lent even more color to the nearby mountains. And they’re interesting mountains too, between Table Top to the south and the corkscrew peak of Pinto Mountain just to the northeast of our camp. Bryon was up extra-early, ready to make a determined blitz to […]

The road trip started, as usual, with me getting up far too early. Before 0600, if memory serves. I was meeting Anthony in south San Jose at the same kickoff location we use for many of the GBA offroad runs. It’s conveniently located by the intersection of two main highways, and the shopping center has […]

It’s been about a month since my last post, so I hope you’re settled in for a long one today… As I hadn’t gone anywhere especially interesting for the entire month of February, it was a relief when March was time for a semi-epic road trip to Desert Rendezvous 2012. The exact location was something […]