After my post comparing US and UK offroading magazines, I’ve just discovered a relatively new offering. It’s called Overland Journal and it looks more like the UK mags, but it’s made here. It’s also less general than all the other magazines, with a focus on expeditions and gear. Today I received my copies of the […]

Or should I say, “the part with useful information”? My friend Andy and I decided to do a full day trip down to explore the South Coast Road, which was in several of my guidebooks: Backcountry Adventures: Southern California (see Central mountains #49) California Coastal Byways (see Tours #21 and #23) Northern California Backroads and […]

Two miles from the Pacific Ocean, at elevation 3,222′. Detailed blog post coming next week. Image gallery now up.

This is the first post in a series which will discuss offroad and backroad books that cover the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. Since it’s the first, I’ll go over the ground rules…