Category Archives: Overland travel

Overland trips in the PNW, mostly forest roads and easy trails.

Off-road Tent Trailer Build, Part 1

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Brandon

A few posts back I introduced my “old” camping trailer and stated I was going to start to rebuild it. Here is the first installment of the rebuild process. It took some time to figure out how exactly … Continue reading →

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Scouting Whiskey Dick

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Brandon

All pictures posted here are courtesy of Steve Bisig at PNW Backroad Adventures. Special thanks to Jerry at Backroads Drivers Northwest for leading this outing. For a detail trip report, visit Steve’s writeup.

It was the hottest day yet … Continue reading →

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Driving Northwest Forest Logging Roads

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Brandon

When driving the back roads of Washington you are likely to encounter all sorts of roads and vehicles. I would like to address “logging roads” through the forests of the Northwest.
Having worked in the woods for a number of … Continue reading →

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Searching for Snow, Part II

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Brandon

Again we visited the Ahtanum area West of Yakima.  This time there was a little more snow.  We traveled the North Fork Road up past Snow Cabin.  We were able to make it within 2 miles of Darland Mountain from … Continue reading →

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Searching for Snow

Posted on November 19, 2007 by Brandon

This isn’t a trail run, more like a snow report. Veterans Day weekend we were over in Yakima and decided to look for some snow. On the trip over we went Hwy 410 through Chinook Pass and there was just … Continue reading →

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