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Entries from July 30th, 2007

Daddy Needs a New Pair of Shoes

July 30th, 2007 · 5 Comments · 2007 Arctic Circle, FJ Cruiser Mods and Articles

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. [...]

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Haiku: Road Trip Adventure

July 22nd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Rants, Raves and the Zen Art of Road Trip Management

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: [...]

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When is a road trip not a road trip…

July 21st, 2007 · No Comments · 2007 Arctic Circle

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 · 2007 Arctic Circle

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 · 2007 Arctic Circle

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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