Jon and Jo Ann asked for a quick picture of the Rig to show off its new Tires. These are testosterone spitting, mud throwing, big beefy tires on the top side of 33 inches tall. Six Toyo’s Open Country M/Ts. Did I mention I had to buy Six. […]
Entries from July 2007
Daddy Needs a New Pair of Shoes
July 30th, 2007 · 5 Comments
Tags: Arctic Circle 2007 · FJ Cruiser Mods and Articles
Haiku: Road Trip Adventure
July 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment
Haiku is a mode of Japanese poetry. The traditional haiku consisted of a pattern of approximately 5, 7, 5 sounds. The distillation of thought into the haiku forces the writer to reach the essence of the thought. After meditating on our upcoming Arctic Circle adventure road trip, I came up with these: […]
Tags: Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management
When is a road trip not a road trip…
July 21st, 2007 · No Comments
When is a road trip not a road trip, when you call it an Arctic Ocean expedition. Arctic Ocean Expedition: Tuktoyaktuk, Inuvik, NWT. These guys ran a similar course to ours but stayed in Canada. We are a little west and will drive farther north up to the northern most point in […]
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Yukon Territory Alaska Northern British Columbia
July 15th, 2007 · No Comments
Yukon Territory Alaska Northern British Columbia
I spent a lot of time here today for research. I digg the free digital maps… the thought of all those trailers I could do without and hopefully wont have nightmares tonight.
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The beaten path is for wusses…
July 15th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Chicken, Deadhorse, Tok, Wiseman and Coldfoot are towns who’s populations don’t break triple digits… Haul Road, Top of the World and Dempster are highways in name only with more washboard gravel and sand than blacktop.
Small towns that require bombing down gravel roads means you wont find the condo commando’s in white shoes and matching […]
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