Off Road Adventure

Trip Stats:

Days:11 Miles: 3472 Skate parks: 10 Windshield crack: 1 Trail runs: California Basin, Corkscrew Gulch, Engineer Pass, Cinnamon Pass, Imogene Pass & Ophir Pass Fuel: alot Fun: Unbelievable

(these 3 photos by Shirley)

The idea of this adventure began in February as a chance to spend father son time with Boy. In the past we’d gone on a few little trips to skate parks but this was an opportunity to spend . . . → Read More: Epilogue 2008 Ouray Colorado

After a night at Club Killelea, which comes with a gourmet breakfast, we rolled out for our last day on the road. Those of you following will recall back on day one we were on a mission to find Boy a new deck to skate. We found it at the Department of Skateboarding (DOS). I always find it interesting how circular our lives are as we found ourselves stopping for at DOS, the last . . . → Read More: Day 11 Of Cabages and Kings

Day 10 stats

Start: Twin Falls, ID Finish: Wilsonville, Or Miles: 572

In collage my friend Kevin and his wife were stationed in Mountain Home, ID. When I would visit we would fish a beautiful little creek in the middle of farmers fields filled with hungry trout that would take a fly and fight for their lives by spinning cartwheels through the air. When I saw the sign for Bliss, ID. 20 minutes into . . . → Read More: Day 10 Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

Day 8 stats

Start: Denver, CO Finish: Twin Falls, ID Miles: 711

I don’t know whether it was the heat, the excitement of the past week or the hot wings at Hooters the night before but today we had trouble getting started and didn’t roll out of the hotel until the sun was high in the sky. This meant Boy’s morning skate session was going to be more of a . . . → Read More: Day 9 Road Hard and Put Away Wet

Day 8 stats

Start: Ouray, CO Finish: Denver, CO Miles: 333

All good things must come to an end and today the was the conclusion of the 2008 FJ Summit. After a late night with the guys (see Day 7) we slept the morning away. This was the first organized event we have attended and it is significantly different than going out on your. We met a number of great folks and made a . . . → Read More: Day 8 On The Road Again

Another early run schedule for 6:30 am turned into a completely different run at 7:00 am. You ranchers in the crowd will appreciate that herds need to be moved from one pasture to another. Well, today from dawn (5:00 am) until noon the local rancher was going to be moving his sheep herds on the Ophir Pass. Sheep have priority over FJ Curisers when it comes to forest service land so we needed a . . . → Read More: Day 7 Thats How We Roll

This was a long trail day on Alpine Loop. We started at 6:30 am and ended at 4:45 pm. We saw blue sky, rain, hail and snow… Had the time of our lives.

Those of you who have met Mark and LT from Metal Tech understand that they know cruisers and wheeling… But did you know what great guys they are? Our run today was the Alpine Loop lead by Tom who has spent . . . → Read More: Day 6 Blue Bunny