Archive for January, 2010
Pinyon Mountain Area (Anza-Borrego) & The Squeeze
The 22nd Expeditionary Group headed out to Pinyon Mountain Area for a day of trail riding in Anza-Borrego. The trail starts off as a scenic easy drive heading east from Hwy S-2 and empting into Fish Creek from which numerous options for completing the trail are offered. This report focuses on Pinyon Mountain Road up until reaching Fish [...]
Heart Break Ridge 4×4 Trail – Big Bear, CA
It was a late start to the summer wheeling season but our group finally got organized enough to plan a run up to Big Bear. With passengers and friends our group of 15 staked our claim in yellow post sites at the Heart Bar campground just a short distance from Heart Break Ridge. This well known trail is most famous for the abandoned Pontiac [...]
1st Annual Off Road Truck Show – Castle Park, Riverside, CA
On Saturday June 20th the first annual Off Road Truck Show at Castle Park in Riverside, CA was held. There was a great turn out that had the parking lot filled with highly modified rock machines along with a few desert race trucks. Judging took place to take home the big trophies from various categories and it was good to see that the two Nissans [...]
Nissan to Moonbuggy build
As one modifies their rig to tackle progressively more difficult trails the desire to take it to the next level will push some of us farther than others. It started off with a stock 1987 Nissan Pathfinder 4x4 XE which I planned to us for mild overnight excursions exploring trails. Like most off-road newbs, it started with a basic IFS lift kit [...]