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 restored...

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…  ...

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 videos…...

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, and...

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 decided...

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!      ...

Our recent snow wheelin’ trip to Cowiche Mill Rd had me doing some plowing when trying to break trail, because my 37 inch Courser’s aired down equated to about a 33 inch outcome, left me sitting pretty low, hence the plowing and loss of traction. The guys I was running with mostly...

At 9 o’clock we arrive at Cowiche Mill Road. Here we dropped the Jeeps off the trailers (Mandi and I drove ours) and aired them down at 1 degree. Then we were off 4 Jeeps  hoping to get to 1302 from the back side. Having done major surgery on Julia we were anxious to see how our new...

Great weekend amongst friends started out as a closed event, shared with a few Facebook friends and suddenly… So we called a Rimrock run for this weekend and although things didn’t come together as fast as I’d have like we got out of town around 6 (even though we were...

Every year about Easter an event calls to Jeepers the world over to be a part of that event in The Easter Jeep Safari. We had the privilege to attend this year, March 19-25th and take part in the 50th Annual Moab, EJS. Some of you may know we recently started a new 4×4 club called...

RattleSnake 4×4’s First Snow Run Read the complete Run Report for more on the title, or watch the video and experience the ride for yourself. Deep fluffy snow can be an off roader’s dream, or nightmare, we think we caught it somewhere in the middle, but the snow made us work for...

Man, oh man, we had a blast! Seven rigs all hailing from the Tri-Cities, made a full day of it on FS 1302. Most drove up and back, a little carnage and lots of pics, and plenty of video. Check out the full Run Report for those that can’t wait here’s the video of the...

This weekend we were invited by none other than our number one parts supplier Northridge 4×4 to Silverdale WA for an open house. They asked us and some others to come show off our rigs,  meet some friends and do a little wheeling in the Tahuya National Forest. How could we say no? So...