Category: Travel

    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 […]

      Some obstacles were rougher than others, and the strap (or winch cable) got pulled out more than once. On the right you can see Eric giving another Austin based Toyota a quick tug to get out of trouble.  Yes, I did get some wheeling in… but very few pix to prove it.  […]

      Zooks at the Chile Challenge 2002 For years, the South West 4 Wheel Drive Association has held their winter meeting in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The Las Cruces 4Wheel Drive Club has hosted the meeting with a flair by building up an event around the gathering. Now, the Chile Challenge is famous […]

       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 […]

  Click Here To Visit with Tim Tackett North Coast Off Road Rubicon Adventuress with NCO     After the main group crested over the next rise, there before everyone in the distance was Buck Island Lake shinning like a jewel in between the mountains.  But, in between was some pretty tricky trail riding to […]

  Click Here To Visit with Tim Tackett North Coast Off Road Rubicon Adventuress with NCO   The group consisted of 16 vehicles including the two from Calmini.  There were two Kick/Trackers, thirteen Samurais, and a second generation Isuzu Amigo.  The trucks ranged from a basic Samurai Hardtop with moderate tires, lockers and a diesel, […]

With Bill Johnston Photos by Eric Stange When off road enthusiasts think of rock crawling, first thing they think of is Moab. Check the magazines and you can always find an article on one of the trails there. If you live in the desert southwest, and you cant make it to Moab, then you go […]