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Brought my parents up past treeline for a picnic Then ran a different trail with a buddy who recently joined the Lexus family I noticed some signs of precious Toyota Red Koolaid dried up in the general water pump area 😤 (It was more prominent prior to running a few water crossings) Also...

Drove it around

Verified that it'll fit in the new garage

Made a new friend in the office parking lot Then I picked up a clean hatch to replace my crusty one

Enjoyed a night under the stars

Very cool that it's a 2006, I wish they sold them in the US for that long. Great looking 80! Welcome to the community.

New swaybar went in without a fuss. Drives much nicer now. Flatter though the corners and less wobbly overall.

Two weeks ago I did some camping and light trail running with some friends. The first night was great - brewskis around the campfire and bugling elk all around us. We hit the trail the following morning and enjoyed some nice views and fall colors. Once we hit washboard roads, things...

Once home, I scheduled an appointment at the dealership I'd used for other work in the past. Reading up on the EGR system stressed me out, I wanted a professional to look at it. This wound up being a huge problem. The dealership assigned the new guy to this task. It took them a week to replace...

When stopped to refuel after these two destinations, I popped the hood to check the oil as I’d been doing every day. Except this time when I did so, I found that I had a melted component under the hood. Some forum digging on my phone helped me determine that something was very not good in my EGR...

Once again I rode at dawn. The day’s plans included a ghost town, another shelf road, and my destination: The house where I’d be vacationing with family for a long weekend. The ghost town was mildly interesting but somewhat touristy, but the following trail was plenty of fun. Until it started...

Bright and early the next day, I found myself on another shelf road as I worked my way towards a fire tower I had made note of when researching the route. I spent some time admiring the view before heading down the mountain and towards my next destination. Approaching the end of this unpaved...

On the next day, my map plotting took me up some dry riverbeds, directly to a closed gate. Yet another detour, hooray. I retraced my steps until I was able to find a suitable alternate route. The next section took me deeper into the forest, with smoke from prescribed burns looming in the...

I found a spur trail to explore and after some sketchy, narrow, and off-camber trails, I made it to a suitable campsite. With another good sleep in the roof tent in the books, I decided to complete the spur trail. This narrow stretch of track soon turned out to be another exercise in...

Admittedly a fair amount of time has elapsed since my last post in this thread, and a lot has happened. Let's get caught up. Firstly, how did the trip go? Here’s how my late April drive to a big hole in the ground went. I kicked off the trip Friday morning and had an eventful cruise down to...