Where Have You Off-Roaded Today? 3rd Gen

Somewhere up on the Inyo.

 

A match made in heaven man

 

Not today (sadly) but still getting photos from friends from my Moab trip a couple weeks ago.
Coming down the Cliffhanger obstacle on Cliffhanger


Rallying (aka trying to screw my alignment) between obstacles

 

Is that an FJ cruiser in the background?

 

Chasing Emigrant Trail Markers in the Sierras....

 

Yeah! My buddies built daily. Long travel front and rear, Ford 9" rear axle, 38s, etc etc

 

Hit up some trails in south Anza Borrego/Ocotillo quickly on my lunch break. Broke in the new 6112's. Piedras Gigantes area along Dos Cabezas trails.

 

fish creek wash, borrego springs, Ca

photos by Tyler Cates

 

Love the way your rig looks! Nice photos too.

 

Thank you bro!

 

@Tacogeorge17
Do you have a list of all your mods somewhere? Specifically the bumpers.

Oh wait.. is that your red & yellow truck, or no?

 

Yup that is my rig. Here is the build thread

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/tyta-trd-toyota-turd-build.706899/

 

Hit some puddles in Western Michigan

 

The second shot is fire!

 

This week between Mount Laguna and CA Cuyamaca State Park, last week in Anza Borrego State Park North of Coyote Canyon

 

Looking Glass Road Arch, south of Moab. Today there was heavy rain that killed the plan to hit Hell’s Revenge and Poison Spider Mesa. Those will happen tomorrow.

 

Out doing some highway noise troubleshooting at high elevation today so figured I might as well get in some nature time as well. Got in a nice hike too down some game trails. Looks like a good lake too for a hike-in fishing trip.

 

Hitting the dunes at Sand Lake on the Oregon Coast

 

Took her over the chopped down ATV access roads of Clough State Park to start with. Nothing like the MOAB but driving over nothing but knocked over trees and tree brush at steep angles was a good babystep for someone who hasn't driven offroad in over a decade and used to have a v6 hardbody.

 

I spent this past weekend exploring some trails east of Big Pine in Inyo County. Of course we didn't get any shots of my truck actually off-road but we did do a lot of trails since the point of this trip was to pre-run for a dual-sport MC ride I'm leading in the same area next month. On the way to Big Pine we explored the Burro Schmidt Tunnel, the Alabama Hills outside of Lone Pine, the Fish Hatchery in independence (don't judge me, I have a GF and she wanted to feed Ducks) before mapping some trails around the Radio Telescopes outside of Big Pine, going to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, exploring some side-trails in that area before ending out day on Death Valley Rd/Saline Valley Road where we stopped 20 miles in when we started to get snowed on!

Beautiful area up there and not crowded! We'll be back again, maybe in the Fall to check-out more places and maybe take Saline Valley Rd. all the way into Death Valley. Here's some pics:


Desert Vista's never get old too me


They wern't lying about it being one lane or narrow


Snow (actually probably Graupel) coming into Saline Valley.