If you’re interested in building an off-road camp trailer to tow behind your expedition vehicle, you have many options to choose. You can purchase a top of the line trailer with all the bell and whistles like a Adventure Trailer (drool) or you can do as Brandon over at OlympiaFJ60 is doing and build your own.
You can follow along with the build at Off-road Tent Trailer Build.
Generally, I don’t like to travel on holiday weekends, especially when it involves going to Eastern Washington. However a day trip on a Sunday isn’t bad - no Monday stop and go traffic over Snoqualmie Pass to contend with.
On Sunday, my son Steven, our dog and myself headed out around 6:00 a.m. over Snoqualmie Pass to Eastern Washington on a photographic tour. After a stop in Ellensburg for gas, coffee and food (plus a few stops on the way for the dog), we headed east on I-90 to Vantage, across the Columbia River and south on SR 243 towards Beverly to head up Lower Crab Creek.
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May 12-18, 2008 has been proclaimed “Bear Awareness Week” by Washington state Governor Christine Gregoire.
As reported by the The Grizzly Bear Outreach Project (GBOP):
Governor Gregoire established Bear Awareness Week to encourage people to learn more about our ursine neighbors, how to avoid conflicts with them, and to appreciate these majestic creatures in Washington - one of just four states that is wild enough to still support both species of bear.
This is great information for all of us who spend time enjoying the outdoors. If you haven’t encountered a bear yet, you eventually will.
Read more about Bear Awareness Week Activities at Governor proclaims official Bear Awareness Week
With the price of gasoline approaching $4.00 per gallon, more and more people are trading in their “gas guzzling” SUV or truck for a more fuel efficient vehicle. Most people simply think about much it costs to fill up their tank without considering the actual costs.
The way I figure it, I own my Land Cruiser free and clear. If I was to go out and finance a new vehicle, the payments alone would probably exceed $500 (and probably be much more). That’s a lot of gas I could buy each month.
I found a post on pricewheels.com that lays out the true costs of replacing your old vehicle. You can read it at Dumping Gas Guzzler For Fuel Sipper May Cost More Than You Think
I found this freebie posted on another site and thought I would pass it along.
Right Channel Radios is giving away complete Uniden Off-Road CB Kit that includes everything you need to install a CB in your 4×4 vehicle.
All you have to do is submit your email HERE by June 15, 2008.
Good luck.
NOTE: I am in no way associated with this give-away or the site.
Just released is the 2nd anniversary issue of the JPFreek Adventure Magazine. Content in this issue includes:
This issue also features integrated video footage.
Visit www.jpfreek.com
While you’re out exploring the web on your virtual adventure, make a stop by Dan Hilton’s site at 4WD Traveller.com. Dan (who is actually based out of Victoria, British Columbia) has put together a great international flavored 4×4 adventure travel site. You’ll find a nice selection of 4×4 related adventure articles, reviews, videos and more
Dan has built quite a resume, including 4×4 travels to Russia, Mexico, Japan as well as the United States and Canada. Again, check it out the site at 4WD Traveller.com
And Dan, you need to come down and join on us on one the this year’s trips. And let us know when you have any trips planned.
Steve
Brandon over on OlympiaFJ60.net has a piece on driving what he calls “Blue Highways” (the secondary highways on the maps), and specifically a loop he recently completed beginning and ending in Yakima and taking him along the Columbia River to Vantage, Ellensburg, and through the Yakima River canyon.
Read the entire trip report at Driving the Blue Highways - Yakima to Vantage to Ellensburg.
Enjoy.
I’m a little late in getting this posted. The latest ARB 4×4 Action Newsletter is available for viewing (pdf document).
Within is feature articles on new Jeep JK Wrangler rear bumper system, a sweet new portable air compressor, 10 Essentials of Outback Travel and of course, things for vehicles we can’t get in the United States.
Download HERE
