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Syncro Solstice 4
Once again, our local Moab event was super fun! Got to see old friends and make new ones and drive lots of great roads. This year it all started at my house for some of the Pacific Northwest travelers. I … Continue reading
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Tagged 4x4, camping, desert, dirt roads, moab, off road, offroad, overlanding, syncro, syncro solstice, Utah, vanagon, westfalia, westy
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Christmas Vacation: Astoria OR to Lost Coast CA
I have been wanting to do this trip for a LONG time now. With the brand new transmission I had 100% confidence in the westy to get us there and back! I was 99.99% correct. We started off after Christmas … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, california, camping, cape blanco, ocean, oregon, road trip, sunsets, syncro, vanagon, westfalia, westy
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Sun Tunnels During Winter Solstice aka: Freeze Your Tail Off
I had read about this event on Expedition Utah and always wanted to see the sun tunnel installation and finally got out there! About 40 miles of some pretty rough dirt road at 45-50 mph in a train of 20 … Continue reading
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Tagged camping, dirt roads, lucin, overlanding, snow in desert, sun tunnels, syncro, Utah, vanagon, westfalia, westy
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Central Utah Dirt Road Thanksgiving
I finally got my new transmission in, a couple days off and a girlfriend who wants to road trip (and drive dirt roads!). So away we went… http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=2477795 No real destination in mind until about 30 minutes before we left, … Continue reading
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Tagged Central Utah, dirt roads, frisco, notch peak, overlanding, pony express trail, syncro, Utah, vanagon, VW, westfalia, westy
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Northern Utah Mini-dirt Tour
A group of us had been planning a longer trip around the state of Utah, driving dirt roads. Unfortunately time constraints for everyone involved got it whittled down to just an overnight trip. This trip took us from the Uinta … Continue reading
Mineral Basin Road
I went out with one of the local 4×4 clubs last weekend. They had their quarterly training camp out and drive. Recovery techniques and gear was discussed, great books on Utah back roads and off road adventures were passed around … Continue reading
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Tagged 4x4, american fork, camping, dirt roads, Mineral basin, off road, offroad, pole line pass, rock garden, syncro, vanagon, Volkswagen, westfalia
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Jordanelle dirt roads
A couple of weeks ago, I had some time to kill before my hockey game in Park City, so I decided to explore some of the local roads. Pretty fun stuff, great overlook of Jordanelle reservoir! I was also testing … Continue reading
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Tagged 4x4, dirt roads, jordanelle reservoir, off road, syncro, vanagon, Volkswagen, westfalia
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2013 Syncro Solstice
Syncro Solstice 2013 Moab Ut. A little over 40 vans showed up this year for it’s third annual event. First test of my ALH TDI (turbo diesel) engine conversion and pretty much ran flawless. Average 27 MPG driving every single … Continue reading
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Tagged 4x4, desert, dirt roads, moab, syncro, syncro solstice, vanagon, Volkswagen, westfalia
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Uinta shakedown
Note: This is a snippet from my post on http://www.thesamba.com. Just seems a better fit to post it here. Original post was on Sunday June 24, 2012 8:52 am I needed another shakedown trip to make sure everything is good … Continue reading
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2012 Syncro Safari
These are some of my photos from Syncro Safari 2012 – Canyon de Chelly. Smiles for miles…
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Tagged 4x4, arizona, camping, canyon de chelly, desert, offroad, safari, syncro, syncro safari, tintop, vanagon, Volkswagen, vw t3, westfalia
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