June 03, 2009
The National Park Service has announced free weekends available at all parks across the country.
The dates include:
For additional information visit NPS.GOV or click here http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm
What is Overlanding?
What is Overlanding?
Written by Scott Brady
Originally posted at http://www.expeditionportal.com/editorials/36-trip-reports/95-what-is-overlanding.html
Overlanding
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, remembered gate, when the last of earth left to discover is that which was the beginning.
T.S. Elliot
N68, Driving to Aklavik in the NWT of Canada on the frozen Peel River.
By Scott Brady, with contributions from Douglas Hackney, Jonathan Hanson, Graham Jackson and Sinuhe Xavier. Additional contributions scheduled.
This article is a community-wide effort to best describe and define the terms and activities of “Expeditionâ€, “Overland†and “Backcountry Adventuresâ€. There will be several contributors as the definitions take shape. For now, these are our thoughts.  The intent of this article and these definitions are not to judge if someone is actually achieving our definition of overland travel or vehicle-dependent expeditions, only to serve as a guide for more accurate use of the terms in use. Continue reading “What is Overlanding?”
Lytle Creek and Cleghorn 4×4 Trails with the 22nd E.G.
Welcome to the latest adventure by the 22nd Expeditionary Group. This trip was planned do the fact that one of our members is with a child (well his wife is). That being said, he wanted to get out of town for a few days since it is getting close to the due date.
The plan for this trip was to stay close, so we settled on the Lytle Creek area of the San Bernardino Mountains. Lytle Creek Canyon was settle by Mormons in the mid 1800’s due to the abundance of water flowing from the canyon. This area has been known as a recreational playground since the 1870’s, and play we did. Continue reading “Lytle Creek and Cleghorn 4×4 Trails with the 22nd E.G.”