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Excellent Brooke! Have a great time and be safe.

Here is a good site to check air quality conditions - http://berkeleyearth.lbl.gov/air-quality/map.php?z=8&x=-121.78494&y=37.38094&m=h&c=y&f=y&r=h Does not look good for most of the southern sierra's.

Red Lake is right on Hwy 88, for something further from the hwy head south through Hope Valley on Blue Lakes road and check out Upper Blue Lake. Excellent spot at 8200' and you can get in there over Forestdale Rd. from Red Lake as well. Beautiful country bordering Desolation Wilderness. Several...

VRBO has a bunch of cabins etc. listed for Washington. Might be worth a look....

The USFS has cabin and fire lookouts that they rent. Here is a link - https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/r6/home/?cid=fsbdev2_026602 Have a great time up there!

As far as trails or off road parks within a 'few' hours of Los Gatos, choices are limited. 1. Near Patterson is Frank Raines OHV park. They close it during fire season but normally open in Oct and close in early May. This is a mixed use park with full size vehicles sharing trails with...

This is the coating I am considering - https://www.durabakcompany.com/ It is also polyurethane based which requires good personal protective gear.

I have considered some sort of coating on the exterior of my Xterra that would be tougher than paint but I found some information regarding use of these coatings inside a vehicle that I wanted to share with you folks. https://raybuck.com/bed-liner-inside-truck-cab/ While the door jambs are not...

Getting in and out of Big Bear is a long drive through the desert for me from the Santa Cruz mountains. On the way there, I went over hwy 58 heading east to hwy 395. I spent about 1.5 hours sitting in bumper to bumper traffic near the town of Boron before finally making it to 395 south. The...

After a trip back through town, we decided to head to a nearby trail system located just east of Baldwin Lake (which is more of a meadow now...) east of Big Bear. We entered FS Rd. 2N02 off of Baldwin Lake Rd. just as it started to rain lightly, knocking the dust down. This trail was basically a...

After talking with Jeff on fri, we decided to try one of the tougher trails in the area on sat. We left town and headed west on Hwy 18 and turned right on Green Valley Lake Rd. (3N16). Soon we arrived at the entrance to Holcomb Creek Tr. (3N93). We quickly realized that while we might be able to...

This 3rd challenge was a little tighter, with only a couple choices to pick from. Tom made it through without too much of a problem but I slipped sideways and found myself wedged in a hole where I could not move. The last pick shows how a rock was between the slider and rear tire. Tom spun...

My friend Tom and I spent a couple days checking out trails near Big Bear Lake the weekend of 7/20 - 22. There is a wide variety of terrain to choose from in the area but the 'Guide to Southern California Backroads & 4-Wheel Drive Trails' book by Charles A. Wells and a good Forest Service map...

If you are not using the hitch to tow a trailer, there are a couple options that allow you to remove it and install frame mounting recovery points. Before I got my MaxGear rear bumper, I had the Habitat Offroad rear recovery points with the stock bumper and they worked great. Here is a link -...

Thanks for the video's. That looks like a good alternate route to the Deer Valley trail which is supposed to be more hardcore rock crawling (which I enjoy). I'm guessing that you left the specific location details out to keep the area from being over utilized. I often feel the same way. There...

Laurel Lakes last year late July. Snow blocked the road right at the summit about 1/4 mile from the lakes. Super fun trail that you can do easily. Wheeler Ridge is a lot more challenging. I made it to the top in my X with less than 2"s of lift. There are 6 or 8 spots with boulders to...

1st should be a pair of White Knuckle Offroad rock sliders to replace those side steps. While they look good and are functional, they will not withstand the weight of the truck coming down on them and can even fold into the body causing damage...

Here are a few more shots from goneMOAB 2018.

I have been looking at my new rear bumper sitting in my garage for over a month. Today I finally installed my final piece of armor and I am super happy with the end result. I still need to connect the wiring for the LED backup lights in the bumper and the LED license plate lights and get a new...

After talking with the CJD Racing guys at goneMOAB, I decided my 75000+ mile uniballs in my PRG UCA's were toast. After failing to receive some replacements at the condo in Moab, I finally got them shipped to my home address and today went through the process of swapping them. Luckily, my...