*EPIC TRIP* Taking my Trail on the Trail!!

Queue up the seat belt ding ding..... looks like this trip of a lifetime is holding up to expectations.
I do have one small request at the end of trip. Give a summary: total miles, best day, worst day, things you didn't get to see/do,etc.
Cheers!
Oh yeah I will

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Just finished your week three video. Thank you. What kind of tires are you running? Seems as if a slight bit of shoveling and the right tires would have gotten you out of that stuck.

Any way glad you made it to the Pacific Ocean. Welcome to the west.
Nitto Terra Grappler. And they are awful. When I was into the snow my mistake was that I drove too fast thinking that that was the way to handle it. So what I did was got high-centered on hard packed snow

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I'm in California headed down 101 and would love to meet up with some folks and maybe do some Trail riding and have some beers. If anyone is down y'all just tell me where to meet!!!

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I'm in California headed down 101 and would love to meet up with some folks and maybe do some Trail riding and have some beers. If anyone is down y'all just tell me where to meet!!!

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Man you're not mucking around. Any spots on the agenda for hitting up in CA?
 
I'm in Humboldt County now. My only plan is to hit LA and typical tourist stuff there then to rte 66 back

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Safe and fun travels, OP. Some sections out west will get a little rough. Don't pass up gas once you get west of the Mississippi R. Take the time to stop and bullshit with people, they advice they give can make the trip easier; and it's nice to interact with different people. If someone (who seems normal) gives you local advice on a route or place to eat, follow it! Plan to spend a lot more time on the road than you figured because off road (or dirt road) miles are waaayyyyy slower than the pavement...and you'll be doing a lot of U-turns on Sam's route.

If you make it to norCal (Humboldt Co) you have a place to crash at my house. We love hosting adventurers and have done our fair share of crashing at other people's houses on adventures of our own.



He's referring to removing the second row seat bottoms, which is necessary to do if you don't have 3rd row seating (because that is a totally different cargo floor design), and you want to have a flat cargo area. The flat cargo area is pretty much a necessity IMO for sleeping in the back. Pop off the plastic covers over the legs of the seat bottoms and remove the 14mm bolt on each side. 4 bolts total. Then lift the seat bottoms out. You can now fold flat the seat backs. You can view the link in my signature in the sub-folder titled "4Runner modifications" for photos of that.

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Sounds like you like a good beverage. On your way down may I suggest Russian River Brewery (see if you can score the famous "Pliny the Elder" or even more impossible to get "Pliny the younger" although it is usually only brewed around Frbruary) and/or Lagunitas Brewery (the most dog friendly brewery I've ever been to). Both are close to 101 about and hour North of San Fran.
 
Glad you enjoyed!!

You mean these guys!?
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Yeah buddy! Permanent Waves- one of my all time favorite albums.:drummer:

Stay safe out there- I really like how you post all the bad along with the good. Reality TV at it's all time best!
 
DAY 20

Last night after staying at the bar till last call!! I had meet Mitch and his brother. Mitch said to come crash at his place right up the Rd. I agreed that was a better idea than driving around looking for a spot to camp. So we headed to the store, for beer of course, and then to Mitch's. While we were chilling outside he was telling me that they had like 4or5 generations living on the same 5acres. I'm familiar with this since that's how my family was in SC Mitch's family however was a bit different from mine. Come to find out we had to sneek the beers because Grandma and Grandpa were strict Mormon's and alcohol was not to be on the property at all!!

After crashing at Mitch's I woke up and was going to start my trek down south after I stepped at Cape Blanco. According to Mitch's Grandpa that was the furthest point West you can get in the continental US with the exception of Alaska. So that's where I went, and I got to see up closer those rocks I watched the sunset over the night b4. Here's the pics from last night and today!!

Mitch and I, this is a screenshot of the video since I didn't take a pic

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Cool chair at Mitch's house

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Car fans this is a Nash metropolitan
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The lighthouse at Cape Blanco
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Very first time ever having a scone. It was good

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I went to Arcata CA which was cool saw this neat photo. For almost $400 I'll get my ol'lady to pose in front a pine tree!!! Lmao!![emoji13]
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Not sure who he is but evidence shows he was important. I did t read about him!!

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After messing around a little in town I went to Patrick's point and was told I had to pay $35 for a camp site!!!!!! Considering 2more dollars got me a room at a casino in Nevada I was out!!!! So I moved on to Big Lagoon where I'm at for the night. I have to say I like it here. I have everything g set up, even re arranged the truck to where I can ride with everything and the rear seats up!!! Paid $1.25 and got a hot shower now I'm sitting on the beach watching the sunset writing you guys
This is right outside camp
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Tomorrow I have to find a laundromat and other than that nothing but driving!! South!! Till tomorrow.

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ADVICE NEEDED

So it was mentioned earlier in the thread that I need to eat my veggies or eat better! I couldn't agree more, that being said I wanna here what's y'alls favorite healthyish camp site meal


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Baked Beans.....of course. Redneck health food. Keeps the critters away at night too!
Nice work on the TAT by the way. It's been fun following along!
 
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What is the planned rest of your route from today on? What timeframe?
 

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