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thenightman
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The 4runner was long overdue for a bath, so I gave it a good washing. One of those super satisfying washes where you get all the doorjambs, in all the cracks, inside the gas door and all the little tiny places. After I wash it I can never resist taking some pictures of it all nice and shiny. The next item on my schedule was in Alamurda, so I took the pictures out there.
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I was in Alamurda to lend a hand to my cousin who was putting an Icon suspension on his second gen taco. He had over 150,000 miles on a fabtech kit and it was all clapped out.
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These Icon parts are beautiful!
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I was in Alamurda to lend a hand to my cousin who was putting an Icon suspension on his second gen taco. He had over 150,000 miles on a fabtech kit and it was all clapped out.
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These Icon parts are beautiful!
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thenightman
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Thanks for the compliment! I have gotten so much enjoyment and good information from other's threads that I had to pay it forward and make my own. Sure, my 4runner is not as built as some, but I am sure that I have used way more hot glue in this build than anyone else on this forum, so I have that going for me :tape2:
thenightman
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I hadn’t vacuumed the inside since the last camping trip and it was pretty dirty. I was trying to get between the seat and center console, got frustrated, and pulled the driver’s seat. That made it easier, so I pulled the passenger seat too.
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There was still crud under the center console, so I pulled all that stuff. there was a lot of dirt under there, so I figured I might as well pull the door jambs and kick panels, and vacuum under there too.
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So that is how vacuuming the inside resulted in gutting all the lower interior plastics.
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There was still crud under the center console, so I pulled all that stuff. there was a lot of dirt under there, so I figured I might as well pull the door jambs and kick panels, and vacuum under there too.
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So that is how vacuuming the inside resulted in gutting all the lower interior plastics.
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thenightman
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My cousin was graduating college in Redding Ca, and of course that meant that the wife and I had to be there to cheer for her when they called her name to receive her diploma. Well, cheer for her, and infuriate the people in front of us with our 8 air horns (true story, I brought 4 air horns to share amongst the family, and most of them had already brought their own!) It was a blast hanging out with the family on Saturday, but what do you do on an open Sunday, when you are already almost 4 hours north? You hit the trail!
It rained off and on the day before.
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The trail we ran was Hogsback Road, a dirt road that over 22.4 miles, goes from 300 feet of elevation to 3200. It was supposed to be a 2 out of 10 in difficulty, but some washed out sections probably made into a 3. A lot of it was quite rocky so that kept us moving fairly slow, so instead of us doing it in 2.5 hours, like the trail book said, it took us almost four.
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After passing through a cattle guard, we met some of the local residents, some of whom approached us enthusiastically.
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It wasn’t long, though, before some of the local youths surrounded us, and were giving us some questionable looks.
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We got out of there, before any of these young toughs got any ideas of stealing our car and taking it for a joyride. We passed a few side roads that need exploration at a further date.
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And a pretty little lake that needs to be fished.
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It was a great trip, and an excellent use of a Sunday. We saw only two vehicles the whole time, one about a mile from the beginning, and one about a mile from the end.
It rained off and on the day before.
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The trail we ran was Hogsback Road, a dirt road that over 22.4 miles, goes from 300 feet of elevation to 3200. It was supposed to be a 2 out of 10 in difficulty, but some washed out sections probably made into a 3. A lot of it was quite rocky so that kept us moving fairly slow, so instead of us doing it in 2.5 hours, like the trail book said, it took us almost four.
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After passing through a cattle guard, we met some of the local residents, some of whom approached us enthusiastically.
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It wasn’t long, though, before some of the local youths surrounded us, and were giving us some questionable looks.
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We got out of there, before any of these young toughs got any ideas of stealing our car and taking it for a joyride. We passed a few side roads that need exploration at a further date.
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And a pretty little lake that needs to be fished.
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It was a great trip, and an excellent use of a Sunday. We saw only two vehicles the whole time, one about a mile from the beginning, and one about a mile from the end.
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Hollister Hills SVRA
I get to work all over the bay area, and one day I was scheduled to work in Salinas CA. Salinas, while a nice town, was only exciting to me due to its proximity to Hollister Hills SVRA. It has been a while since I have been to Hollister hills, so I drove the 4runner to work instead of my daily driver corolla, and went to Hollister after.
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There isn’t a much better way to unwind after work.
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I took a lot of poser shots, I can’t really take action shots of myself.
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I forgot that rabbit road has that super sharp steep switchback turn. My tire was pretty far in the air, and being on the side of a steep hill makes for some good pucker factor.
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McCray road has also gotten a lot more gnarly over the last few years. I remember going to the top with stock vehicles back in the day, but now without rock sliders, on bald tires, I was not comfortable attempting the last quarter mile to the top.
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Legitimately bald tires, as in no tread on some parts of the tire, and the tiniest bit of cord starting to show through. I wanted to get to the top, we used to call it “The top of the world”, but now the maps have it labeled “Hector Heights Overlook”. Almost made it.
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There is a lot of new stuff too, including a crazy manmade obstacle trail, called MaCrazy trail. I would like to see someone go up that.
The views from up on the hill are just as nice as I remember though.
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I had a great time for a few hours and 14.2 miles, exploring all the green and more then half of the blue trails.
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My commute home would have been about three hours, so by playing around for a few hours I gave traffic had a chance to calm down a bit.
I get to work all over the bay area, and one day I was scheduled to work in Salinas CA. Salinas, while a nice town, was only exciting to me due to its proximity to Hollister Hills SVRA. It has been a while since I have been to Hollister hills, so I drove the 4runner to work instead of my daily driver corolla, and went to Hollister after.
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There isn’t a much better way to unwind after work.
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I took a lot of poser shots, I can’t really take action shots of myself.
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I forgot that rabbit road has that super sharp steep switchback turn. My tire was pretty far in the air, and being on the side of a steep hill makes for some good pucker factor.
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McCray road has also gotten a lot more gnarly over the last few years. I remember going to the top with stock vehicles back in the day, but now without rock sliders, on bald tires, I was not comfortable attempting the last quarter mile to the top.
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Legitimately bald tires, as in no tread on some parts of the tire, and the tiniest bit of cord starting to show through. I wanted to get to the top, we used to call it “The top of the world”, but now the maps have it labeled “Hector Heights Overlook”. Almost made it.
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There is a lot of new stuff too, including a crazy manmade obstacle trail, called MaCrazy trail. I would like to see someone go up that.
The views from up on the hill are just as nice as I remember though.
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I had a great time for a few hours and 14.2 miles, exploring all the green and more then half of the blue trails.
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My commute home would have been about three hours, so by playing around for a few hours I gave traffic had a chance to calm down a bit.
thenightman
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I like that the ‘99s and up have the larger storage compartment in the right rear. But you can only fit so much in there. There is that weird internal mount with the straps on it, I think they were for a first aid kit or something, well that is long gone, I have another first aid kit, but it doesn’t fit in that hole. I can awkwardly put my tow strap in those straps, but it doesn’t fit too well. I like that the storage is there, but it can be improved.
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So I grabbed the same rotatory cutting tool that I had trimmed the mudflaps with, and went to town. I figured I would leave a bit of a flange sticking out, to leave the panel some structural integrity.
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That looked like crap, and the last bit of the pocket was falling off anyway, so I just took it off all the way.
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I put it back on and put all the stuff I had in there back inside. There is probably three times the room there was before! I put a folded old beach towel rag in the bottom in case of the metal stuff clanging around. In there are 2x ¾” shackles, the tow strap, 4 ratchet straps, the air down tool in it’s case, a spare ujoint, 2 hitch pins, the stock useless cargo net thing, a first aid kit, a saw for limbs or whatever, 100’, 50’, 20’, and 10’ lengths of 2500# mule tape, my pooping shovel, and wet wipes. And there is still room for more stuff!
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So I grabbed the same rotatory cutting tool that I had trimmed the mudflaps with, and went to town. I figured I would leave a bit of a flange sticking out, to leave the panel some structural integrity.
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That looked like crap, and the last bit of the pocket was falling off anyway, so I just took it off all the way.
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I put it back on and put all the stuff I had in there back inside. There is probably three times the room there was before! I put a folded old beach towel rag in the bottom in case of the metal stuff clanging around. In there are 2x ¾” shackles, the tow strap, 4 ratchet straps, the air down tool in it’s case, a spare ujoint, 2 hitch pins, the stock useless cargo net thing, a first aid kit, a saw for limbs or whatever, 100’, 50’, 20’, and 10’ lengths of 2500# mule tape, my pooping shovel, and wet wipes. And there is still room for more stuff!
thenightman
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As mentioned in previous post, my tires were bald, partially to blame was my alignment, which was off since I bought it, and never adjusted after a new tie rod end, or LBJs. Interestingly enough, even though I never aligned it, I kept rotating the tires, so that they all had the same retarded wear pattern.
Time for new shoes. I got 265/75R16 Maxxis Bighorns. I like the way these tires look, and have liked the way they seem to perform on others rigs. Oddly enough, these tires don’t seem to be popular with the Toyota crowd, but they were really popular on XJs when I had one.
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I got load range C, because I want them nice and flexible. They hold small stones a bit, but the stones eject almost immediately at road speeds. I have had them for over a thousand road miles, and they are surprisingly quiet, quieter than the other two types of mud tires I have owned. They do well in dirt, and fully kick ass in even the loosest sand. Haven’t hit rocks or mud yet.
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I read on the forums that 265/75r16s will fit on stock rims with no lift. These don’t really, they ripped off the part of the limited flare that attaches to the front bumper, and rub in the inside of the front wheel wells. Still love ‘em though.
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I think they look pretty good on the 5 stars on the 4runner too.
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Time for new shoes. I got 265/75R16 Maxxis Bighorns. I like the way these tires look, and have liked the way they seem to perform on others rigs. Oddly enough, these tires don’t seem to be popular with the Toyota crowd, but they were really popular on XJs when I had one.
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I got load range C, because I want them nice and flexible. They hold small stones a bit, but the stones eject almost immediately at road speeds. I have had them for over a thousand road miles, and they are surprisingly quiet, quieter than the other two types of mud tires I have owned. They do well in dirt, and fully kick ass in even the loosest sand. Haven’t hit rocks or mud yet.
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I read on the forums that 265/75r16s will fit on stock rims with no lift. These don’t really, they ripped off the part of the limited flare that attaches to the front bumper, and rub in the inside of the front wheel wells. Still love ‘em though.
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I think they look pretty good on the 5 stars on the 4runner too.
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Mark_BC
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Have you ever driven the lost coast? I went in at Usal by Leggett, then north along the track in the hills above the ocean. This might have washed out since I went last summer. You can go all the way to Ferndale and come out at Eureka. Really nice.
Edit: LOL I just saw in the picture thread that the picture above is in the lost coast! I really like that area and want to go back and explore some more secluded spots.
Edit: LOL I just saw in the picture thread that the picture above is in the lost coast! I really like that area and want to go back and explore some more secluded spots.
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thenightman
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I bet you recognized the type of forest in that last picture! We took a 5 day trip up there last month, we had a great time. I’m working on a picture heavy (like always) trip report now. It’s such an awesome place, I would recommend it to anyone within a day’s drive. Camping at Usal on a weekday, with hardly anyone around, except the elk and a fox, laying in the tent listening to the waves, was exactly the type of thing we bought the 4runner to do
Mark_BC
Senior Member
Yeah it's amazing that a place like that still exists. There is so much in that area to explore.
Usal was great, we went for abalone and fried them up. I couldn't hold my breath long enough to get any but my friend had no problem. There were more people when I was there though, but not the yahoos you read about online.
I saw a bobcat and zebras. I have some pictures of the trip in my thread, but not of the zebras. Actually maybe I'll add it.
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thenightman
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This last month I have been super busy, often 12 hour days at my day job, and several hours at night and weekends at my intermittent second job. I have a few trips I need to write up reports on, a hack job repair to do a write up on, and a cool mod I finally finished to post about. Sometime in the next month work will become less busy, and I will add all that to this thread. Meanwhile I am still enjoying this forum, five minutes at a time, here and there, like on the toile... er, in the "reading room"
The Lost Coast seriously is amazing, I already want to go back. you should update your thread, starting with zebra pictures. Zebras! That is insane. Seeing a bobcat is amazing too. I have been camping, biking, hiking etc all my life and never seen a bobcat. That would be a real treat. The only more elusive mammals in northern California are Ringtail or wolverine
Stay tuned! I recently did more hack work to avoid buying a cheap part or going to the junkyard. I will post about it next month. Thanks for coming by!
The Lost Coast seriously is amazing, I already want to go back. you should update your thread, starting with zebra pictures. Zebras! That is insane. Seeing a bobcat is amazing too. I have been camping, biking, hiking etc all my life and never seen a bobcat. That would be a real treat. The only more elusive mammals in northern California are Ringtail or wolverine
Stay tuned! I recently did more hack work to avoid buying a cheap part or going to the junkyard. I will post about it next month. Thanks for coming by!
Thanks for the kind words. I don't like to pay anyone to do anything I can do myself, and I am a poor judge of how involved many things are, or how long they will take. This causes some interesting times. Thank you for coming by my thread
thenightman
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Finally everything came together, and we were finally able to take our lost coast trip. We had our new tires, and a new water jug that won’t leak as bad as the old one, so we were ready to rock. The plan was drive north from the east bay Saturday, and camp at Usal beach. From there we would head north on all the dirt roads or trails we could find, camping wherever looked like a good place. One of the best kinds of trips. I need to give a big shout out to [MENTION=132734]MeefZah[/MENTION] , the creator of the Humboldt / Lost Coast / Surrounding areas thread. http://www.toyota-4runner.org/nor-cal/247256-humboldt-lost-coast-surrounding-areas-thread.html I PMed him with some stupid vague questions about the areas trails, and he wrote me an incredible response with detailed descriptions of enough trails for a few weeks of vacation. Amazingly helpful people like this are why certain forums have such a wealth of information, and are so useful.
On the way up, the coast was beautiful, as usual.
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The 4runner made friends with a local in Fort Bragg.
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The way into Usal Beach from Hwy 1 is graded well, and could be done in most passenger cars.
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It has a cool bridge.
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And a sweet beach area.
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Being the weekend, we had to look around a bit for a good campsite. I couldn’t resist taking lots of photos around this fallen redwood.
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And I haven’t been able to stop spamming the forum with pictures of the 4runner under the fallen redwood since. Here is another!
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More to come as I have time!
On the way up, the coast was beautiful, as usual.
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The 4runner made friends with a local in Fort Bragg.
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The way into Usal Beach from Hwy 1 is graded well, and could be done in most passenger cars.
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It has a cool bridge.
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And a sweet beach area.
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Being the weekend, we had to look around a bit for a good campsite. I couldn’t resist taking lots of photos around this fallen redwood.
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And I haven’t been able to stop spamming the forum with pictures of the 4runner under the fallen redwood since. Here is another!
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More to come as I have time!
thenightman
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We eventually found a good camping spot in a redwood grove. Redwood groves are one of the best places to camp. Being surrounded be the world tallest trees feels almost like camping in a cathedral.
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There were a few piles of limbs around the area from the fallen redwood, so I fashioned up a hanger for the water cube, for dishes, etc. I was way too proud of this minor accomplishment and took a ton of photos of it.
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The next morning I think we slept in until about 7:00. New Millennium silver looks good in any lighting.
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Breakfast was spam, yellow onion, bell peppers and eggs. My wife is smart and precuts it all up at home, and individually packages all meats and veggies in ziplocks by meal. Just dump it in the pan! She also cracks all the eggs into a water bottle, takes up less room, and can’t crack and make a mess inside the ice chest. Breakfast was as good as any breakfast that does not feature bacon can be.
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A cohabitant of our campsite, banana slugs are the mascots of the redwood forest. The speckled ones are much less common then the entirely yellow ones.
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We got our Wet Okale seat covers with the optional “gun pocket” in front. While we haven’t been able to test out it’s pistol carrying capabilities, my wife found that it holds a water bottle and camping coffee thermos nicely.
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Heading back north on Usal road.
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There were a few piles of limbs around the area from the fallen redwood, so I fashioned up a hanger for the water cube, for dishes, etc. I was way too proud of this minor accomplishment and took a ton of photos of it.
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The next morning I think we slept in until about 7:00. New Millennium silver looks good in any lighting.
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Breakfast was spam, yellow onion, bell peppers and eggs. My wife is smart and precuts it all up at home, and individually packages all meats and veggies in ziplocks by meal. Just dump it in the pan! She also cracks all the eggs into a water bottle, takes up less room, and can’t crack and make a mess inside the ice chest. Breakfast was as good as any breakfast that does not feature bacon can be.
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A cohabitant of our campsite, banana slugs are the mascots of the redwood forest. The speckled ones are much less common then the entirely yellow ones.
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We got our Wet Okale seat covers with the optional “gun pocket” in front. While we haven’t been able to test out it’s pistol carrying capabilities, my wife found that it holds a water bottle and camping coffee thermos nicely.
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Heading back north on Usal road.
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thenightman
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While not shown in these pictures, Usal road between Usal Beach and Four Corners was the roughest section of road on the trip. The area is a rainforest, with all the precipitation eroding a plethora of small to medium trenches and channels in the steeper sections of road. In many places careful selection of lines were necessary.
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The day before at the beach I had aired down to about 18 psi. I left the pressure low until we hit pavement again. The extra traction wasn’t really needed, it just rides better.
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This car has been here for as long as I have been hearing about this road. It’s almost a landmark at this point.
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The second night we ended up at Wailaki campground, a real campground, with water, fire rings, toilets, etc. We prefer camping off the beaten path, but this was in the right area.
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I mentioned in a previous trip report how I had found a finger sized hole in the bottom of the tent. I elected to patch it up, and wait till next year to buy a new tent. I cut a piece of nylon, and glued it over the hole using copious amounts of seam sealer. We have built up a kind of bond with this tent by spending over 80 nights in it, and I would hate to see it go. Yes I keep track of that sort of thing. I have a spreadsheet.
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The day before at the beach I had aired down to about 18 psi. I left the pressure low until we hit pavement again. The extra traction wasn’t really needed, it just rides better.
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This car has been here for as long as I have been hearing about this road. It’s almost a landmark at this point.
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The second night we ended up at Wailaki campground, a real campground, with water, fire rings, toilets, etc. We prefer camping off the beaten path, but this was in the right area.
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I mentioned in a previous trip report how I had found a finger sized hole in the bottom of the tent. I elected to patch it up, and wait till next year to buy a new tent. I cut a piece of nylon, and glued it over the hole using copious amounts of seam sealer. We have built up a kind of bond with this tent by spending over 80 nights in it, and I would hate to see it go. Yes I keep track of that sort of thing. I have a spreadsheet.
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thenightman
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The fallen redwood is definitely no more then a year old. It's not on the main road, its in the campgroundish area, towards the northern most end. Anyone in the area should go park under it and take a picture.
[MENTION=146628]Mark_BC[/MENTION], you, sir, have been lacking on your trip reports.
