After having to skip Desert Rendezvous and Overland Expo earlier this year, it was a relief to be able to attend Mountain Rendezvous 2013 (MR13), hosted by American Adventurist.  Like last year, it was held at Camp Taquitz, a short distance south of Big Bear in southern California. I really look forward to these events: […]

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. […]