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When our Locos Mocos Nor Cal R & D (wreck and destroy) crew invited us on their 4th annual Nevada trip we figured all these killer camp fire stories from trips past had to be seen first hand. So this spring we packed our trail tool bag, camping gear, fishing poles and maps into the Nissan Frontier project vehicle and headed for a 640 mile dirt road adventure to explore North Central Nevada and Eastern Sierra deserts. Our journey would take us 1100 miles round trip in 3 days. 8 purpose built vehicles, all equipped with TOTAL CHAOS suspension were ready to accept the challenge. Each vehicle was saddled up with radios, tools, beverages and co-pilots. Generally our crew provides Free Pit Support to racers south of the border, but this trip all we fixed were our own damaged rigs! Packing is an important part of a trip like this where you will be in remote areas of barren desert with no services. The development of the ice chest should really be credited with helping boost our sport. Buffet as he is known with the crew spent lots of hours plotting trails on public land, programming GPS coordinates for navigation and researching destinations that could provide fuel resources and cooler refills within 200 miles of each stop. Thanks Buffet for a great trip. Well worth your effort! Spring is one of the more popular months to plan an adventure such as this to capture the colorful cactus and wild flower blooms sparked by winter rains.
Scroll through the following images. We would not make Day 3 to Bodie with the Nor Cal crew to avoid back tracking HWY 395. We were told it was well worth the detour. So we stopped at Bodie ghost town Thursday evening on our way to the Bonanza Casino in Fallon, Nevada where we would meet with the 7 other troops on our tour. As you walk the eerie streets of this late 1800’s booming Gold mining town, you can travel through time and peep into windows of the Saloon, School and Church. You can only imagine what the West’s first pioneer’s lifestyle was like.
PHOTO CREDITS: Travis Sifflinger, Mark Naugle, Nicole Pitell, Tina Lininger, Steve Brosz |
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