Category: Travel

    Middle of Nowhere. Christmas Valley, Oregon with story and photographs by: Ted Holman.Editor: Eric Bewley.   The usual good planning that I insist on saw me receiving a call from Eric Saturday morning that they were leaving for Christmas Valley, OR that very moment. This was about an hour after I had chosen […]

    with Zig Zeigler Chunk GENERAL Owner: (Chunk) Grant Peterson Vehicle:91 Geo Tracker ENGINE Type:1.6 8-valve Aspiration:2 inch through supertrapp DRIVETRAIN Transmission:5 speed Transfer Case:4.23 to 1 Calmini Rock Crawler SUSPENSION Front:old man emu Rear:old man emu Shocks:old man emu AXLES/DIFFERENTIALS Front:Detroit w/steel sami carrier Rear:Lock Right Ring-and-Pinion:5.12 WHEELS AND TIRES Wheels:15×10 Tires:31-12.50-15 OTHER […]

    with Bill Johnston The last Hurrah? Chile Challenge 2007 The Chile Challenge has been around for many years, starting as the Winter Meeting runs for the Southwest Four Wheel Drive Association and then branching off into a full and separate event. But all that may come to a close if Senate Bill 275 […]

Click Here To Visit with Tim Tackett North Coast Off Road Rubicon Adventuress with NCO The dust has settled, and the 2000 Calmini Appreciation Run on the Rubicon Trail is over.  All I can say is WOW!  Coming from North Western Ohio, I was in awe with both the beauty of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, […]

       Broad Canyon (Hard) rounded out the event on Saturday with a group of 26 vehicles, including three Hummers. The canyon walls are tall and steep. This makes it interesting when it rains. There have been flash floods through this valley that have been recorded as high as 32″ above the canyon floor. […]

    with Bill Johnston Chile Challenge 2006 I keep getting asked the same question over and over again by the folks I work with…  “What kind of competition is this Chile Challenge you go off to each year?” I have to explain to them that the only ‘challenge’ is getting back from the trails […]

       Keith Chapin rolled in from Albuquerque, New Mexico and brought his school bus yellow 87 hard top Samurai to the event. The paint is accented by a black ‘school bus’ stripe along the sides along with the words ‘Short Bus’ where you would expect ‘school bus’ to be. He had done a […]

Click Here To Visit 3rd annual Calmini Rubicon Runwith story and photographs by: Ted Holman.Editor: Eric Bewley. The call was out again. Down to Rubicon Springs for more fun and frolicking. Well at least for the fun part. We called all of our buddies and headed south for Lake Tahoe. No camping the first night […]

  Click Here To Visit with Tim Tackett North Coast Off Road Rubicon Adventuress with NCO     Once everyone was in the Sluice, it was downhill through the very rocky terrain to get to the entrance to Rubicon Springs.  Halfway down the Sluice, traffic picked up from the other direction, and a Jeep was […]

  Click Here To Visit with Tim Tackett North Coast Off Road Rubicon Adventuress with NCO   While repairs on the Coal Mole were underway to replace the broken arm (spares are a blessing), several others took the opportunity to straighten drag links, top off fluids, and break for lunch.  With the trail being so […]