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#USAONDIRT a 5,000 mile OffRoad Journey Across America
Some may remember last year I took a trip on the Trans America Trail, which is a 5,000 mile trail from Andrews NC to Port Orford OR that is made up of forest service roads, Jeep trails, and looging roads. The trail is roughly 80% OffRoad the whole time. Last year I was rerouted allot due to snow so I was unable to do all of the trail. This year I will be doing another trip where I'll take the TAT to the west coast then down the PCH to LA go to Mojave Rd get on rte66 and then come home. I will be taking my better half of 14yrs with me this time and we are totally stoked about the whole trip. I will have nightly updates on here and you are welcome to follow along with the following
YouTube - Search #USAONDIRT I will be trying to get a video a week uploaded
Facebook.com/USAONDIRT
Instagram @USAONDIRT
This will be an awesome trip and with Kristi coming with me it should be very entertaining to say the least. Stay tuned and hope y'all enjoy!!
**Warning, Kristi and I are complete novices and you will probably see us doing lots the hard way or wrong way, It's ok!!!**
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09-01-2017, 09:10 PM
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09-02-2017, 07:58 AM
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Good For You!
We're looking forward to hearing all about it!
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09-02-2017, 11:13 AM
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Will she be keeping you out of those southern California and southern Nevada bars and nightclubs this time?
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09-02-2017, 11:37 AM
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sub'd. Sounds like an awesome journey.
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09-02-2017, 09:46 PM
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09-03-2017, 10:14 AM
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Sub'd. Something I've been considering doing.
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09-03-2017, 10:27 AM
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Sub'd. Something I've been considering doing.
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I plan on shooting for it in 2019, unless someone invites me on another trip they were talking about to foreign lands.
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09-03-2017, 09:18 PM
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Day three we woke up to a little bit of rain or condensation dripping from the trees we were under. This normally is no big deal, unless you don't put the rain fly on because there's only a 10% chance of rain. Ironically, the night before was 80% so we put it on and there was nothing, that's how it works tho right!!! We made up a tremendous amount of time today, since I woke up to being dripped on at 530am I was able to get up shower and start breakfast early. Against my better judgement I also woke Kristi up, luckily I survived what could have turned to be a deadly ordeal!!!! She understood that we needed to leave early anyways and ultimately completely appreciated that we did. We drove mostly on pavement today which was ok because we are ready for some new scenery. I quickly found out that the possibility of making camp at Lake Waterloo AL was possible and that became the goal for today. I called for our campsite to be open in the universe and let everyone know that it would be. Leaving Tenn off of hwy 13 I let Kristi know that this was the spot that I had received a punctured tire the year before. While driving down the same road we hit a limb that immediately made every light in the dash come on, I was at certain that I had hit a speed sensor and upon inspection, atop a sketchy Rock ramp I had built on the side of the road that horrified Kristi, I found that I was right. The limb broke the housing that the speed sensor is in and needs to be replaced. The only problem is that it's labor day and the dealers parts dept are usually closed. One of the reasons that I have chose this particular 4runner is because of the fact that it does not have electric 4wd but an actual lever instead. This means that I am still able to put it in 4wd. Not letting that deture our spirits we trucked on to Waterloo and pulled up to find the campsite that Kristi hasn't stopped talking about the entire time wide open and ready for us as I had called it into existence. We had an amazing dinner with phenomenal scenery and after a long day of driving, 12hrs to be exact, we are ready for bed. Our entertainment includes fireworks over the mountainous lake. Till next time, peace. Here are some pics.
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09-04-2017, 09:17 PM
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09-05-2017, 12:02 PM
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Got the first episode of #usaondirt loaded. I will try to get these loaded at least 1 a week so subscribe to be notified and thanks for watching
https://youtu.be/eYSbFjIDPKw
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09-06-2017, 12:39 PM
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Day 5
The end of day 4 was a little shaky When my phone decided to not work because it was out of memory, I remind you that my phone debacle is real!! I have been fighting with phones for years now and won't even begin to describe it in this post. Any who, I then tried to hook it to the laptop and transfer everything. While doing that the laptop decided that it wanted to freak out and turn off then do nothing but run the fan, to be honest if it was not for Kristi being with me to calm me down I would be writing about how I lost my shit and destroyed my laptop. Keep in mind the only reason I bought a laptop is because of this trip, I've used it for more now but when I got it that was why. Kristi, my rock, gently reminded me that 1 my luck with electronic devices of any sort is terrible and 2 perhaps this was a reminder that I just need to stop being bothered by the stupid stuff and enjoy my trip. I woke up early, went to the bath house that the park had and enjoyed my second shower of the stay, I learned last time take advantage of every shower because they are nice and you don't know when the next one is coming!! It was then that I really reflected on what Kristi had to say about letting the small things interrupt my trip, I determined that she was absolutely correct. Do not let her know, it may go to her head!!! I got back to camp, woke her up, cooked breakfast and then sat by the beautiful lake with the wild deer while she took her second shower. While packing up I tried the laptop for 1 last time and wouldn't you know it works perfect now!!! I guess the universe was just teaching one of the many life lessons!! We left out and drove quite a bit, about 300+ miles I believe. I let Kristi know that she would forget her days and time and miles as we went along, and we have!! I had every intention of keeping up but when the sensor broke I disconnected the battery in the truck and that reset everything, we have been kinda slack since!!! We made it to the TAT stop where we were able to get a picture for the book they make every year, really cool little spot and I honestly believe the TAT travelers are the most exciting thing to come through the little area it sits!! After talking with them for a second we were off again, trying to gain time. We are in fear that we will not finish the TAT in time to enjoy the other parts of the trip I have planned for us. My goal was to finish the TAT in 20 days then have 10 to come back and see other stuff, seems that most believe the TAT will take the entire time. I have choose to shorten it by skipping many of the unnecessary backtrack and hauling ass every chance I get. I ordered the part I need from a dealer in the middle of Oklahoma about 50 miles south of the TAT and I'm trying to get there by tomorrow. Outside of the TAT stop We were meet with a completely flooded road that I decided to reroute for. While on the trail in the farmlands of AK We stopped to make lunch and were immediately bombarded with the most mosquitoes I have ever seen in my life, and they were HUGE. These were pterodactyl mosquitos!!! In no time at all We had 20+ in the 4runner attacking us and they were huge. We would continue to fight them all day. We drove until nearly 9pm when we found a little spot to set up camp in the Ozark National Forest. We plan to leave pretty early and look forward to being out west. The views today have been awesome as normal and the moon is so full I thought many times there were headlights coming through the woods, here are some pics from today's travels. Till tomorrow, peace.
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09-06-2017, 11:24 PM
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09-07-2017, 05:23 PM
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Thank you for sharing! What a really cool trip! I'll definitely be following each days adventure. I'd love to do a trip like this and plan on doing a much shorter trip in part of co nm and az.
one question. could or would you mind actually posting a map of your travels? destination points etc? thank you!
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09-07-2017, 11:55 PM
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Thank you for sharing! What a really cool trip! I'll definitely be following each days adventure. I'd love to do a trip like this and plan on doing a much shorter trip in part of co nm and az.
one question. could or would you mind actually posting a map of your travels? destination points etc? thank you!
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I will share a screen shot of the map I have plenty so far
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