Just when most folks have had enough snow, we seek it out, because snow wheelin’ is less likely to break stuff compared to rocks… Every year we try to do a run up in the Blue Mtns of OR, when the trails finally open to Jeeps – that’s why we go to Idaho before Easter,...

So a bunch of our club went back up into northern ID, Pritchard ID actually for some deep snow wheeling. We left on Thursday, wheeled Friday & Saturday and headed home on Sunday. The snow was magnificent and hella deep. Unfortunately Mandi had to work, so I had to steal the pics from the...

We were invited along with Black Diamond 4×4 to an impromptu open snow wheeling session on Mountain Mafia’s, Bonner Ferry property to play in the snow. So we did just that. It seemed like a long drive as we didn’t trailer our Jeep Julia, but it was well worth it, and what a...

What started out to be a Cowiche Mill Run, ended up on the opposite side of the mountain… Check out the details and more pics on the forums – https://www.rattlesnake4x4s.com/nu4um/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=268 For now here are some teaser pics…

The Rattlesnake 4X4 Club and Black Diamond 4X4 Parts and Fab of Kennewick, WA teamed up for a Christmas Tree run in Tollgate Oregon. We had a great turnout and enjoyed meeting new 4 Wheelin’ enthusiast. We hope to make this an annual event! I don’t believe anybody actually got...

So I’m in a CAST and Mandi and I get to talking somehow about how Syler our 11 year German Sheppard/Collie mix is slowing down and seems to be having some health problems. So what if we got a younger dog to help him stay youthful as long as possible. She offers I’m gonna be around...

So after our trip to Texas to help after Hurricane Harvey, Mandi & I took a little time off to heal our bank accounts, and it seemed a good time to get some medical work, I’d been putting off for about two years. Hence you may notice a slow down in our activities. It looks like this...

Having spent only 9 days in the area, likened to a war zone we were both physically and mentally exhausted, making our time seem more like a month. We had accomplished many of the goals we set out, and things seemed to be coming back together for the area. Power and water were being...

Today we ventured over to the island town of Port Aransas, TX they were on the very front end of Harvey’s landfall. They still have a curfew, and while we were okay to take the ferry over we were required to stop at the make shift civic center/ FEMA HQ, to check in. All volunteers are...

Touring Rockport… So this morning we woke up early to take a little field trip over to Rockport Texas, ground zero for Hurricane Harvey’s first landfall at Category 4 strength. We shot quite a few pictures of the town, and remind you this is two weeks post Harvey’s...

The last few days here in Aransas Pass TX, have involved cleaning up debris, cutting down fallen trees, fences etc. and starting piles, some end up along the roads, while others are contained to yards in hopes the local authorities will lift or suspend the burn ban that was ironically put in...

As I mentioned in the previous post, no news agency is paying any mind to the folks hit the hardest by Hurricane Harvey. Now many wonder why some of the locals aren’t posting up and sharing? The sad reality is they are so busy trying to get things back to normal few if any have had the...

So instead of vacationing with family in Yellowstone National Park, Mandi & I decided we would help our friends in Aransas Pass TX with recovery after Hurricane Harvey destroyed their little slice of paradise. The logistics and expense would be brutal at best and was well beyond our...

We are planning a trip in a couple weeks to mobilize south to Aransas Pass TX, to help in their recovery, with hands and feet on the ground, and we can use your help. check out our fundraising campaign…   https://www.gofundme.com/texas-disaster-relief-trip

We schedule our calendar each year in November (due to my work), and sometimes we have to guess when an event will be. Unfortunately, we guessed wrong as we had planned on attending the Pacific Northwest 4 Wheel Drive Association’s Trail Jamboree in our Jeep. We turned our blown weekend...

July 6-9 we spent our time helping the gang from Boomtown Bikewerks put on a little show in Wenatchee WA. We got Jaded out amongst the big dogs at Pybus Market, and found these pics of her compliments of American Bagger Magazine, during the Baddest Bagger contest.   And a couple...

Where East and West Meet… Saturday we gathered at Little Naches Campground for what seems to be an annual sort of event. We had 7 eastern WA rigs and about the same from western WA. The original plan was to run some trails, but they were all still closed because of snow and run-off. So...

aka Makayla’s Birthday Run Spring wheeling in the Ahtanum for Makayla’s annual Birthday Run, as you can guess has become an annual event catching the assumed last of the snow and marking the changes towards summer. However this year that snow lingered almost into June in many...

We spent the day on Strike Ravine with The Northridge 4×4 team as sponsors. We didn’t take many pics because our group was large and we were moving fairly quick. Luckily Northridge had their photographers out taking shots, and these are what they got of our...

4/15/2017 Going home… This was my third trip to Moab, once on the bike and now twice with the Jeep and every time it’s time to leave I’m sad. Moab is a beautiful place, every direction you turn there is a different landscape, soil, weather, etc. It’s very picturesque, and generally just a fun...

4/14/2017 Day 9 Rusty Nail/ Gold Bar Rim.   The day started like normal getting the cooler packed up and things put in their place before heading out to a familiar starting point up north of town, where we started for Metal Masher. We aired down and started back towards Gooney Bird Rock,...

4/13/2017 Day 8 Arches National Park and the Vendor Show.   We got up and got a leisurely start to the day rolling through town up to Arches National Park, finding a long line of cars already inching their way in. Much to our surprise entry was free due to construction delays. We had...

4/12/2017 Day 7 Kane Creek Canyon/ Dead Horse Point Kane Creek Canyon is incredibly beautiful, Bryan and I actually stayed on that side last year and had a good time, but we had dry camped for the week. The trail although didn’t appear very challenging at first glance. I’d watched a few...

4/11/2017 Day 6 Strike Ravine (Sponsored Run – Northridge 4×4) This morning we could sleep in a little extra, until the construction guys showed up, because we were meeting up like 3 blocks from camp. So after our first leisurely morning we got lined up for the trail which would...

4/10/2017 Day 5 Rose Garden Hill (Sponsored Run) We awoke to the construction next-door the the KOA (new condos), and everyone gathered their daily needs and we cruised back to our familiar meeting spot the park and ride at the north end of town. Here we got checked in for the run along with...

4/9/2017 Day 4 RS 4x4s on Metal Masher We all got up and met at the park and ride at the north end of town, as we pulled in Carl noticed something wasn’t right with his clutch. Apparently I wasn’t the only one with bad luck, they decided to stay in town and drop his YJ at Moab 4×4, while...

4/8/2017 Day 3 (or Day 1 for Mandi) The basic plan I had in my head was to hang out locally awaiting Mandi’s arrival at the Canyonlands Airport just outside the north end of town. However she wasn’t due to arrive until 2:20 pm and the rest of the group was gonna hit Top of The World, and...

4/7/2017 Day 2 Heyburn, ID to Moab, UT. This morning I woke up around 7:30 am local, to a cop parked between me and Mike, and saw him leering at our rigs. By the time I was dressed the cop had left and Mike told me he had asked that we leave ASAP as there were signs stating not camping (Right...

4/6/2017 Day 1 Rolling Out to Moab We (myself, Mike & Angie, Brandon, Tammy & Colby, and Carl, Anne, & Jaqueline) left Kennewick about 1:00 pm, the new Moho was running like a race truck with Julia on the trailer behind following the 3 diesel pushers in front. The tongue angle...

Well after a few years running black and silver, Julia gets some added color from Tri-City Powder Coating’s James Mott in preparation for our trip to Moab UT for the 51st annual Easter Jeep Safari, leaving tomorrow!      ...