Winch Please!
A few years ago at Windrock Park in Eastern Tennessee… I put myself in an amazingly high-centered situation that left my 2010 4Runner in a precarious stance with no option to reverse out. With the nose of the truck pitched … Continued
SCC 2024 – Recovery Happens
Dispatch from Southern Cruiser Crawl 2024: Over 3 days, the team hit a bevy of trails from both sides of Hot Springs Off-Road park. Our trucks were running the trails flawlessly. But… We had a few moments of bad spotting … Continued
2024 #3dads3daughter34runners
It was a surreal experience to climb out of my 4Runner in downtown Ouray, climb 3 flights of stairs at the Ouray Brewery, and see my two old friends Don and Jake sitting down and having lunch with their daughters … Continued
Reconnaissance Trip 2021 – Western Slope and Utah
I had this crazy idea that I would drive to a work meeting in San Diego California earlier this month. When I made the decision… Months ago, I could not have imagined the gas prices that waited for me past … Continued
Great Smokey Mountain Trail Ride 2021 with Fort’s Trail Team
A few video clips from our trip to Windrock Park in Tennessee. Lots of Eric getting stuck, Scott making it look easy in his 4th gen, and our new friend, Aaron, rocking the trails in a non-lifted Taco from Florida. … Continued
3 Days in Arizona Update
I got a few messages this week that were wondering if we had a Trail Team trip and didn’t tell anyone! No… It was a bit of an impromptu get-together with Don and a new friend from Southern California. I … Continued
Colorado trip video
Love when the iPhone makes these videos… This one was from 2019 and 2020 Colorado trips.
Fort’s Trail Team – Cooler VS The Fridge
One of the greatest sources of conversations while on the trail, in our group at least, has to be the subject of refrigeration of food. Specifically, when overlanding or camping. Fort’s hopped on the “expedition cooler” trend 5 years ago … Continued
Colorado 2019 – Part 3 – Ophir Pass
Our trip to Ouray in 2019 had hit a major issue. The Mountain passes were overwhelmed with snow over the past winter. Even in July, we were looking at passes that traditionally had been open by now that we’re still … Continued