On our way home, as we were rolling up Hwy 97, we decided to hit up a newer trail that we had heard about called Rim Butte, near La Pine OR. Now this trail system is being created with the cooperation of local 4×4 clubs and the USFS, and has some extreme challenges along with easier...

Today we’ll leave the infamous Buck Island and push out the Nevada side of the trail. Word was few had completed the trail this early in the year so we were hoping to be the first club through. However, we ran into cross traffic coming from Tahoe that warned us about deep water...

Every year the club (RattleSnake 4x4s) chooses a destination run, this particular year it was California’s historic Rubicon Trail. With all the news of closing down trails across this nation we wanted to be sure and get this trail done as a club before any legislation or fires made it...

It’s no secret that we love to play in the snow with our Jeeps, my wife says it’s the only time she likes snow, because she can stay warm but see all the beauty it brings, well right up until some gets stuck or breaks something. This go around we would be up the Ahtanum on the...

We decided it was time to go back to Elbe Hills OHV park, being fall on the wet side of the state we knew it would be a wet challenge, and we were right. The pics tell most of the story on there own, but the basics were 4 rigs 3 RVs and a tent made the trip, and we all had a great time...

October of this year was a busy month, as you might see our next run to Elbe Hills here too. This run was to be a simply trip traversing the Naches Trail from west to east, then we also got some time to play at Funny Rocks. It was also a time to look at my tire situation, I had been running...