5th gen 4Runners in scenic locations

Land Between the Lakes for another Cub Scout camping trip

 

Went surf fishing Sunday/Monday. Long Beach Island, NJ.

 

awesome weather day!! it was great to be out. i didnt catch a damn thing either day haha. but no one around me was catching anything either so i didnt feel too bad. but its nice to get out and cruise around and enjoy the weather. 4runner does great on the beach.

 

Old Toll Rd Hopland Ca. to Highland Springs (Kelseyville Ca.) You can (smell) tell it's harvest season by all the "Keep out or be shot" signs!!

Easy dirt road end to end with a great small isolated camp ground called Sheldon Creek

Highland Springs Reservoir

Hit some fog over the GG bridge to Dillon Beach

 

Cruised thru Holcomb Valley, CA

 

Left the 5 year old with Grandma and wife and I took off up the hill!!! We also got to try out our new camping smoker that we split for our Xmas presents to each other. Nothing like tri-tip and new york's in the mountains! It was a chilly one though.

 

Looks like a perfect weekend!!

 

I left it out in the camp site and it froze up. I couldn't believe how cold it got. It was kind of a gear-test trip for some snow trips coming up and we found out that our tent heater stopped working so that was "fun". Still a good weekend.

 

played in the snow this past weekend

 

Went down to watch the Baja 1000 2 weekends ago. They moved the start of the race back 24 hours because of the rain. It took 3 hours with the pressure washer when I got back to clean my undercarriage. It still needs some love.

 

Headed towards AZ couldn't resist hitting Pinkham/Thermal Canyon Roads (Joshua Tree) again





Nice rack!!

 

Beautiful pictures!

I definitely need to get out west sometime!

 

Took a ride towards Tortilla Flats and road was closed to the Apache Trail trail head so had some fun on the back way to "The Superstitions"

Heavy rains took it's toll up higher, a day later a family was trapped

Had to be quick to capture this one



Canyon Lake

"The Superstitions"

 

4Runner on the Blue Ridge Parkway

 

The superstition mtn range is around the Phoenix metro area am I correct? I haven't lived there in 23yrs but that sounds familiar.
We first lived by Mt Lemon in Tuscon & then lived just south of Camelback Mtn in Phoenix. Absolutely beautiful corner of the U.S.
Hope you enjoyed!

 

You are correct sir, beautiful area and so many trails. Thanks!!

 

Carolina beach, NC

 

Been spending a lot of time in the snow =)

 

Absolutely beautiful picture!

 

Thank you!

 

Got my tree. Great storm conditions, had to use my chainsaw to get back to civilization.

 

Crashed a Jeep toy run with the Tacoma club... Haha.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1993&v=f_C7mtuZrR0&feature=emb_title

Tacoma behind us had the camera rolling haha. Wife did the driving, I had to deal with the 5 yr old in the back seat... wife got the better deal for sure! (It is her mall crawler I guess...)

 

That is awesome! I wish I had trails like that near me...

 

Its great your wife is into driving off road, except then you don’t have any fun.

 

I have fun. I am still "coaching" her a little on some line choices and how to hit obstacles but it is still a good time and our little girl in the back screaming "faster!" is pretty fun too. Since May, we have only spent 7 weekends at home. Trying to keep the family moving and that is the reason we bought this thing... next is 35's and bumpers! haha

 

Is that the Wentworth Springs entrance?

 

Yeah, that bridge is at the 5 min mark in the video.

 

First snow she’s seen, Crater Lake.

 

Not me, but some poor soul out on Black Rock Playa. He could lose his truck. The playa is not a solid surface, things sink.