Post Pics Of Your Tacoma In The Mountains

Washington

 

As Brett pulled into line at the top of the hill, I jogged back down to my truck - excited as usual when the trail requires a bit of attention. And, like the first three guys, I made it up unscathed - though I did stall once, "A little too trusting of the low gears, like Frank." Laughed Monte.

The low gears definitely are nice!

Ruining Around Utah 3 - Stymied by Snow in Beef Basin


Ruining Around Utah 3 - Stymied by Snow in Beef Basin​

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...Our last step before new ground was to head down the Silver Steps one more time. This is a fun section of trial that makes it's way over the slickrock and gets the trucks a little flexy-twisty. In fact, while I found this entire trail to be fun - and while there are definitely more challenging parts - I think this is the most enjoyable part. Plus, the views in front of you while you're there...

Ruining Around Utah 4 - Over-Under & Saving a Jeep

Ruining Around Utah 4 - Over-Under & Saving a Jeep

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...Having dozed off to sleep, I was awoken by an unusual sound about an hour later. It sounded like small grains of sand landing on the tent and rolling down the rain fly. Rain? No - it definitely didn't sound like rain, which lands with a single drop. A squirrel in a tree above, dropping pieces of pine cone on the tent? I didn't think I'd parked under a tree...

Find out what it was, and the photos to go with it: Ruining Around Utah 6 - Hite to Home

Ruining Around Utah 6 - Hite to Home


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Temple of the Sun/Moon, Capital Reef NP

 

Washington

 

sorry......but couldn't get my Taco truck here to this spot.........

Kawi SxS......... (5-2-19)

 

I live in the mountains, so...




...but here, these are at about 6,000'

 

I don’t think Placer County is considered state of Jefferson.

 

It is; at least my part of it.

 

At home in the East Kootenay’s BC Canada

 

Went down to Mammoth and then back up to Tahoe over the weekend.

 

It'd been several weeks since my last trip and as usual that meant I had a bad case of the shakes. Spring is such a frustrating time from an adventure perspective - the weather seems so nice, and yet everywhere interesting is still covered in snow. And, the winter staple - the desert - is getting hot.

You can imagine my delight when a check of the weather showed that the Alvord Desert - a place we'd visited for the first time last October - was going to have weather in the mid-70's. From my perspective, we hadn't spent nearly enough time there exploring the roads; from @mrs.turbodb's point of view: we'd skipped all of the hot springs!

The horror, I know. It was time to go!

...I don't know if anyone actually remembers the last time we visited, but one of the most remarkable things about the Playa is the surreal experience you get when driving on it at high speed. It's so flat, and so vast, that objects in the distance appear stationary while the ground around the truck is flying by. The only reaction I've ever seen to this phenomenon is a big-old-smile, and that's what happened this time as well, as dust kicked up behind us, hanging in the still air - a Taco contrail.

Check out the story and all the photos: Alvord Desert - We Return to Explore (Apr 2019)

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Part 1: Alvord Desert - We Return to Explore (Apr 2019)​

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Still snow in them hills.

 

...I started the engine. I was already in 4Lo, and I also engaged the front and rear lockers, hoping that the passenger tires which were on slightly firmer ground would be enough to pull the truck out.

Nope. More wheel spin. And more sinking. The front wheel was now up just above the center cap and the rear axle was just touching the water.

We were well past "sh*t" at this point on the cuss-o-meter, and the camera was long forgotten. Sorry.

Read and see it all. Find out if we survived in: Alvord Desert 2 - We Don't Want to Pull Anyone Out​

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keep reading: Alvord Desert 2 - We Don't Want to Pull Anyone Out​

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...The last few miles passed quickly at this point - we could taste victory. @mrs.turbodb even looked over and said, "Well, it was nice that one of the routes worked out!" And then we crested the last rise. In front of us - we could clearly see - Flook Lake. And not just Flook Lake - we could also see our road disappear directly into the middle of the lake...

What would we do? Read it all in Alvord Desert 3 - Gun-Shy, We Head to Hart Mountain​

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Alvord Desert 3 - Gun-Shy, We Head to Hart Mountain​

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Is that a Relentless rear bumper?