A great 'overlanding' book is "The 1,000 Mile Summer" by Collin Fletcher. I read it when I was 12, or so. He journals his walk from Mexico to Oregon through the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
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I was pretty young when I saw "Easy Rider." And, while the drug culture never appealed to me, the absolute coolness of just leaving it all behind and riding off into the unknown catapulted all my cowboy-movie dreams into the 20th Century.
Red Beard,
Will you tell me how you like your RTT? How is the soft tent in the rain? How is it to pack up after a rainstorm? Does your stuff get wet inside when it's packed wet?
Thanks,
12C20
I was on Skyline Drive last week. It was spectacular.
American Fork Canyon, up past Tibble Fork Reservoir, is nice. It can be crowded and dusty, but just keep going and you get pretty high and clear. The road up to Forest Lake is pretty - but you'll want a rig that will clear some good sized...
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