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 […]

I’m back from our epic Overland Expo road trip! And I’ve been a basket case every since. I really need to catch up on my sleep but the buzz from the trip has kept me going… It was a nine-day trip with a couple of days offroading across the Mojave Road trail, several amazing days […]

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 […]