Tag Archives: dirt roads

Syncro Solstice 4

Posted on May 19, 2014 by hans

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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Sun Tunnels During Winter Solstice aka: Freeze Your Tail Off

Posted on December 23, 2013 by hans

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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Central Utah Dirt Road Thanksgiving

Posted on December 3, 2013 by hans

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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Mineral Basin Road

Posted on July 24, 2013 by hans

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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Jordanelle dirt roads

Posted on July 11, 2013 by hans

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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2013 Syncro Solstice

Posted on May 26, 2013 by hans

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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