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AlisterZX

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Spanaway, Washington 98387, United States
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Raymond
Last Name
Bartlett
Any recommendations on places to start? I have an fj cruiser with 32" MT tires and typically only go out for a picknick or an over night trip with the wife and dogs to get away for a bit. I've explored a little bit of the trails in capitol forest near olympia but haven't found any good scenic spots. Any recommendations? Even for multiday if the scenery is worth it!
 
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M Rose

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Northeast Oregon, United States
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Michael
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Rose
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Any recommendations on places to start? I have an fj cruiser with 32" MT tires and typically only go out for a picknick or an over night trip with the wife and dogs to get away for a bit. I've explored a little bit of the trails in capitol forest near olympia but haven't found any good scenic spots. Any recommendations? Even for multiday if the scenery is worth it!
Hello Raymond, Welcome to Overland Bound.
I am the Northwest Director. @Ubiety is your closest member representative. There are quite a few other members in your area that are very active as well.
To help navigate through the forums, here are some links that can be filtered by “Region” prefix. We are in the Overland Bound North America US Northwest Region (US Northwest for short).
Overland Bound Meetups- is where all member generated rally points are posted in forum format for discussion of Rally Point and other types of Meetups. A meetup can be as simple as a group getting together for coffee, a trail ride, or a full in expedition with other Overland Bound Members.
Overland Bound Trip Planning- is a great place to talk about planning a trip wether by your self or as a group.
Overland Bound Routs: Downloadable- is exactly what it sounds like. Search, or share your GPX files here with a description of the route and POIs.
Share your Overland Routes- is similar time the downloadable posted above, but doesn’t require you to share the actual GPX file.
Overland Bound By Region < North America < US Northwest- is where you can find regional members discussing local events, Overland News, and general topics. It’s a great recourse to mete others in the regions.
Member Maps- a great trip planning tool. It can also be used to send out messages to members near your location, or a location you plan to visit.
Rally Point- a tool used to creat Meetups or send out an SOS.
Any questions, don’t hesitate to ask myself or your member representative team. Again welcome and hope to see you on the trails.
Mike Rose
Northwest Director
Overland Bound
 

Ubiety

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5,221
Sammamish, WA, USA
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Greg
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Ubiety
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6193

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Any recommendations on places to start? I have an fj cruiser with 32" MT tires and typically only go out for a picknick or an over night trip with the wife and dogs to get away for a bit. I've explored a little bit of the trails in capitol forest near olympia but haven't found any good scenic spots. Any recommendations? Even for multiday if the scenery is worth it!
Welcome to OB Raymond! You should consider heading East into the Cascades; there are a lot of good tracks that way. Unfortunately a lot of them are closed this time of year. For multiday consider Eastern Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Do you use any mapping software, etc.? Looking for tracks that climb up mountains to transmitter sites, etc., is a good way to find scenic views.
 
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Ubiety

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Explorer I

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Sammamish, WA, USA
First Name
Greg
Last Name
Ubiety
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6193

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Ribs
Also, tracks that follow rivers are usually good for scenery. Let me know if I can answer questions, etc.
 
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Kent R

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El Dorado, Ca
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Kent
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Reynolds
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Retired Firefighter
Any recommendations on places to start? I have an fj cruiser with 32" MT tires and typically only go out for a picknick or an over night trip with the wife and dogs to get away for a bit. I've explored a little bit of the trails in capitol forest near olympia but haven't found any good scenic spots. Any recommendations? Even for multiday if the scenery is worth it!
Welcome to Overland Bound
The Northwest Regional Director @M Rose has already jumped in with some great information to get you started. Just start posting questions on the regional pages and you will get the information you are looking for.
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