@AMGtech Yeah, I couldn't work it into my route without sacrificing other destinations. It's marked for future trips though!

@AestheticsInMotion Funny. I can't think of any nearby colleges, maybe I have just been in the wrong parts - seemed kind of hot and dusty last time I was there, but I only pass through in the summer. Probably lacks many of Yakima's social ills at the very least.

@CarsOfFortLangley said in COFL PNW Tour: Painted Hills, Priest Hole, Burnt Ranch & The John Day River:

@Wrong-Wheel-Drive I hope I can make it that far south one day!

When gas is $3 per gallon again, it's going to feel like driving is free!

@CarsOfFortLangley said in COFL PNW Tour: Bend, Deschutes National Forest & Fort Rock:

@Wrong-Wheel-Drive Yeah, it isn't like the Mojave or anything, but it still counts!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Desert_(Oregon)

Its just fascinating to me because it looks kinda like your typical Mojave or maybe Sonora desert area but with a shit load more green. Looks like a very neat place worth visiting. I am only familiar with the Portland area in OR, so much of the state is a mystery to me.

Also, I quite like the rock gap shot! I have a much crappier photo of a similar thing, just always like those perspectives.

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@pip-bip he's as good as someone with chronic asthma can be lol. He'll be ok, he's doing so much better now that we have the medication for him.

@CarsOfFortLangley said in Vancity Oppo Meet:

@AestheticsInMotion RIP clean jeep. Also it struck me yesterday that I'm gonna get sand all in my interior on the first day from driving on the beach.

this is your friend:

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of note: your jackery will have enough balls to power the battery chargers for these too

@Wrong-Wheel-Drive just need a long string on the trailer release.... sorry baby KOFL, daddy doesn't want to die!

@ITA97 said in KOFL Offroad: Stroverlanding:

I found myself wondering what size they were, and if they could be setup tubeless.

nope, the tire is so loose on these things you need the tube to actually hold the tire in place. related: changing tubes on these strollers is a huuuuuuuuuge pain in the dick. had to do that way too many times when i worked in an outdoor retail store/bike shop.

@CarsOfFortLangley

I didn't really go into it here (only have mentioned it to a few people).

@CarsOfFortLangley well, then.

@CarsOfFortLangley it's most likely due to extreme drought conditions. I've never seen the state not under a drought condition in the 5 years I've lived here though.

@dr-zoidberg I’m not against it, just, uh, rarely interact with it. Sure as shit wasn’t going to share a joint with a bunch of rednecks lol

@carsoffortlangley said in 2021 Wrangler: One Year Retrospective (Rambling & Lots of Pics):

it gives you a good mix of useful options

oh, you mean like air conditioning? 😉

@carsoffortlangley A great way to celebrate a birthday! There really do seem to be some fantastic places to go offroading around here and you certainly can find them.

@stuckmtb said in The Saga of Mergio Sarchionne:

The comments in that era was such a magical part of why I always refreshed jalopnik so many times per day. The articles, the comments, all soo good. That was truly one of the best eras of that site. I was pretty much a lurker in the greys who gave stars back then, but it was fun to witness.

It's a shell of its former self these days, but I'm glad so much of the community made its way over here.

This. It was a place populated by clever, creative people on the internet interacting in a generally intelligent and non-internet way. And it made for a hell of a thing to interact with at the time.

@nowhere This was probably pushing it, especially in a vehicle that I rely on every day and when I needed to pick up my baby the next morning. Don't want to have to call the ex to explain I crashed out on a mountain.

I've still not done Jones! I hear it's pretty. Have you looked at trading in the Ridgeline for a Ranger, Gladiator or Colorado?

@jminer said in Claims of Fort Langley: The Abbotsford Floods:

@carsoffortlangley said in Claims of Fort Langley: The Abbotsford Floods:

once in a century

I lost track of how many of those 100-year floods we had in my lifetime in Missouri. We also had the issue of levees making it worse for those upstream by not allowing the natural flooding to occur thus keeping smaller (and poorer) towns under water for far longer than they would have otherwise.

@ttyymmnn @facw

As a flood control guy these days I feel compelled to point out that term 100 year event gets commonly used in a way that leads people to think it should happen once a century. On a long enough timeline that might workout, but the term in flood control and meteorology is an exceedance probability. This should be read mean to a rain event that has a 1% chance of happening in a given year.

The historical datasets used to calculate this is revised every few years by NOAA with lots of data and modeling help from USGS to determine corresponding stream flow rates and stages and base flood elevations for the various exceedance probabilities.

There are some issues with rules and regs that define how this is calculated and how that relates to flood control planning and flood control structure engineering, at least outside of normally wet climates. The modeling is all based around the hydrology of places like the PNW, the East Coast and even places like California that get atmospheric rivers in the rainy season. That is to say places that get long duration rain events. In the Southwest that doesn't happen. We get almost all of our rainfall in form of highly local, intense, short-duration thunderstorms during the monsoon season.

A big thunderstorm may drop an 1.5" of rain and cause both public and private property damage in the area along one particular arroyo further down the watershed. That could be a storm well bellow the 100-year event threshold of, say, 2.25 inches of rain for that watershed, but that 100 year event designation is based on a 24 hour total. That 1.5 inches falling in 10 minutes is a different animal, and one the federal definitions aren't built around.

This is something we always have to factor into our planning and engineering, and it sometimes causes issues in our federal dealings.

https://streamstats.usgs.gov/ss/

Stream Stats from USGS is a neat tool to poke around for those with an interest in such topics. Depending on where you live, seeing stream flow data and inundation mapping for various exceedance probability rain events might make you more likely to buy flood insurance. Fair warning.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk 🙂

@highlander There was a much deeper one. I had the water up to the bumpers. One also wonders about the current, as this was a series of switchbacks along a river.

@carsoffortlangley said in COFL Offroad: Bear Creek:

@wrong-wheel-drive I did recently get a great winter sleeping bag, no complaints with that. It was mostly just cold while around the fire (you know, back/head cold while your legs/arms burn from being close to the fire).

I've got a parka coming in soon too

Ahh you meant while sitting outside it was cold lol. Yeah that is a somewhat unavoidable problem.

@exage03040 said in COFL Offroad: Hale Creek:

@carsoffortlangley

I’d chalk it up to a work expense!

#6ofonehalfdozenoftheother

Yes. I would argue it is a work expense as well. And probably cheaper for the employer than hiring 4 jeeps (and paying for the same damage on one of them) would have been.

But if it means that next time you're not invited, then maybe not.

@shop-teacher you are correct on the Saaburu too!!

@exage03040 bump for 4x4 day relevancy 😎

@sovande Literature is one thing, but experience is another! The weight of the Ram can only help traction, for instance. The fact is the tires exceeded expectations, and not just on the trail.

Speaking of, this trail is normally much easier; the expectation was that the step rails wouldn’t be too low, which is why I left them on. For the record, my step rails are 13” off the ground:

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The front bumper, namely the part that got damaged, is even higher:

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We’ll see what the damage situation is underneath when I crawl under the truck, but so far, I only see two or three scrapes under the left step rail. It bashed a skid plate maybe once or twice, and I haven’t noticed any change in driving thus far, so I’m not expecting much…

As for general trail performance, a full-size truck will do better than an AWD crossover ten times out of ten, because (a) it has mechanical four wheel drive with low range, (b) it has better clearance, step rails or no step rails, and (c) the articulation is better.

There was a reason why I was far from the only full-sizer on that trail that day (with all being at least the same length/wheelbase as mine). Hell, even the Gladiators and crew cab Tacomas we encountered are very comparable in wheelbase, and nothing’s stopping them from hitting the trails on the regular.

@shop-teacher said in COFL Offroad: Norrish Illegal Dumping Cleanup:

@ranwhenparked said in COFL Offroad: Norrish Illegal Dumping Cleanup:

I probably have more empty Newport packs and grape Game wrappers in my trash every week than anyone else who doesn't smoke menthols or roll blunts.

I am forever picking up junk food wrappers, and plastic half pint bottles of cinnamon fireball whiskey from my front/side yard (corner lot).

Fireball and McDonalds, breakfast of champions.

@carsoffortlangley Woah this almost makes me want to go to Canada 😉 Almost

As much as I like going new places, I especially love the in between spots you have no real expectations of being anything.

@silentbutnotreallydeadly That was my biggest fear. It 100% thought about it.

@carsoffortlangley beautiful photos! Looks like a solid excursion.

@carsoffortlangley Great pictures! I think I recognize a couple of places - I've only seen most of the area from the air though. Ross Lake is as far south as I've ever flown out of Hope. From 10,000 feet it looked like it would be a great place to visit in person. When I had the Element I took a few drives on the mild forest service roads as far as I could that led more or less west from the Silver lake road that eventually gets to Ross Lake. The only real off road trip I ever took was with a friend on a non-flying day. We went up the American Creek (I think) road on the east face of Dog Mountain as far as we could go. Basically until it turned into a trail that would be cramped for deer let alone an old Pathfinder. It was an eye opener as the friend who was driving is one of the most cautious, careful and conservative pilots I have ever flown with but she turned out to be utterly fearless off road! (and quite highly skilled too) Me, I was full of fear as I had never done anything like that before.

@carsoffortlangley
My waterfalling has been shamed....

@gmctavish thanks!

@carsoffortlangley Glad you and your friends are having a blast mate! 🙂

@carsoffortlangley This looks like an excellent use of time and jeep. I love it and am super-jealous!

@carsoffortlangley looks like a great day, and those two suvs look great exploring together.

@someoneatacura the reasoning doesn’t really matter, fact is that the US is finally doing better than Canada on a per capita basis, BC included.

Mind you, Canada is still not nearly as bad as the US at its peak numbers (250-300k cases/day). Canada as a whole is at a bit less than half that rate per capita, which is still quite bad. Hopefully the numbers will taper off quickly as the lockdowns have their intended effect.

@taylor-martin Ha, it's ok, my first day out in the Jeep I bent the front skidplate after hitting a (massive) rock. Shit happens. You just need more clearance!

@svend Thanks man! It's been challenging, but just getting out there is the right thing to do I think. You only get one life and I can't dwell on the past or things I can't change

@gmctavish it is! That'd be the route

@carsoffortlangley That's a beautiful area. I would love to visit BC someday, it's on my bucket list for sure.

@carsoffortlangley That’s still better than a lot of Jeep’s. The most popular configuration was a Sport S with the Technology Group (screen with CarPlay), & usually with the standard 2.0. Now that the 80th Anniversary is out with the 8.4”, that’s what seems to be everywhere instead. Body colored fenders, too. People liked those.

@carsoffortlangley OH SHIT! Congrats, and enjoy your new ride!

@carsoffortlangley Man those photos are stunning! Looks like an absolutely amazing time.

Once it’s safe to traverse international borders again I’m coming up your way and you can point me to these places!

@dr-zoidberg It's good to know that I'm a man-eating snake to someone somewhere.

That's a lovely stretch of road, on a very lovely day.