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 […]

Maintenance & repairs are no fun, compared to new additions. But if you want your vehicle to keep working properly, they’ve got to be done. Obviously. With a trip coming up and with things that needed to get done, it was a good time for me to bite the bullet and have several things addressed. […]

As five or six thousand pounds of Land Cruiser hurtled backwards down the steep trail towards the abyss – with me strapped into it – I pushed on the brakes as hard as I could and hoped it would stop sliding. The loose soil was the deciding factor now, and the knobby BFG Mud Terrain […]