Category: Travel

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 […]

2008 ‘Big Picture’ Buy as many as you would like (in one order) and you will only be charged a single $5 fee for shipping and handling to anywhere in North America. —> These are large format 11″x17″, printed digitally on gloss stock. <—  If you didn’t get the 2007 photo, it is also available […]

  with Rae Champoux photos by Rae, Lisa and Murphy Two Girls and a Samurai All weekend long I had been talking to my husband Mitch about me taking the Zuk out for a little bit of female bonding/ wheeling with my best friend, Lisa Ellsworth. Saturday morning rolled around and Mitch was not feeling […]

    with Bill Johnston Amatista Ledges Amatista Ledges is a trail in the Robledo mountains just west of Las Cruces, New Mexico. It is listed as a ‘moderate’ trail because it has some technical parts that require a spotter and a locker. This is not a hard core buggy trail, so it makes a […]

    with Bill Johnston ARCA in Las Cruces The American Rock Crawlers Association descended on Las Cruces, New Mexico for the second in the series of four events planned for the 2001 Extreme Rock Crawling Nationals series. Goodyear, last years major sponsor for the series, was joined this year by Skyjacker to bring the […]