Well, its been too long since my last post so its time to catch up on things. I’ll start with the Land Cruiser, since Mountain Rendezvous 2013 is coming up in just a few weeks. Like many 80-series owners, I had the common P0401 error code show up. Fortunately, this is a pretty minor thing […]

South Coast Ridge Road Dates Driven: 11/18/07 and 7/5-7/13 Length: NW end of SCRR to Highway 1 at the SW end of Los Burros Rd., 23.2 miles. almost all dirt. My drive time: 1 hour, 50 minutes Start: intersection of Nacimiento-Furgusson Rd and South Coast Ridge Road, N36º 00.587′ W121º 27.149′ End: Intersection of Los […]

We first explored a portion of South Coast Ridge Road (SCRR) back in November of 2007. Then perhaps two years ago I found myself discussing the area with a couple of “overlanding” buddies. One of them had recently camped there and was enthusiastic about the spot where they had camped, overlooking the Pacific. I duly […]

This year’s Hollister Hills GeoBash II was very similar to last year’s event. The main difference being that Sam and I didn’t need to get winched back onto the trails this time. I’d enjoyed last year’s inaugural event – other than the whole almost-rolling-backwards-down-a-steep-hillside thing – so I’d been looking forward to the sequel event. […]