Where Have You Off-Roaded Today? 3rd Gen

A run up the mountain to the project i used to manage. Surprised that the road was plowed

 

Stock suspension and 255's?

 

My son and I took a ride up the mountain towards Standing Indian campground today.

The road is a single lane gravel road with turnouts. Recent rains created some washed out areas that bounced us around a little.

It's nothing rough, but we had a great time.

 

OME 886/Dakar 112 and 235/85/16 Duratracs. Front is up 2 1/4" and rear 1 1/2" from stock. There is roughly 700lbs in the bed or it would be 3" up from stock.

 

Four Peaks Road, off the Beeline (Highway 87) The exit to the trail is about 15 miles North of Fountain Hills, AZ.

The road is pretty easy.



The Four Peaks themselves. If you keep going you head over the ridge just next to them. It's usually about 20 degrees cooler and windy up there.



Rough terrain off the road for hiking if you want.



Interesting rock formations and lots of Saguaro cactus.



There was a fire in 2020 that burnt a lot of cactus including this Prickly Pear.

 

Anza Borrego: Arroyo Taipado to the wind caves to Diablo drop off and fish creek wash through sandstone canyon. Had a great time and took it faster cause we had a good group. Our lead was gunning it through fish creek and didn’t notice a quick drop and smacked his skid plate, no other damage. Awesome day and Diablo drop off is much more fun the second time and without spotters, highly recommend this route.

 

Lake Alan Henry...

(If you toss just a couple of beer cans out of the frame before taking the photo, does that count as staging the picture?)

 

So Cal along the Bradshaw trail- rock collecting mostly with a bit of detecting- skunked it.

Also got some side scrapes and lost my rear bumper corner when I sorta scraped it on a roadcut when I slid sideways in a hole next to it… oops!

Anyone have a spare passenger side rear bumper chrome cap and passenger side black fender flares?

Edit: got the caps, flares still needed.

 

Photogenic pose



Screen grab from a video of a creek ford with the water up over the hood. Glad I just did my cowl intake Friday!

 

Lots of people our cruising on New Year's day near Carmel Valley, CA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sGNN02QitU

 

Thomas Mountain, CA, via Rouse Truck Trail.

 

Today we learned not to lean out the window when dad is Smashin some mud puddles

 

Few weeks ago near Snoqualmie Pass, WA.

 

Checked on the neighbor a few miles away

 

The Devils Slide today.

 

pioneer town to big bear

 

Let's go!!!

 

Got a little dirty at Frank Raines OHV park, CA