I'M BACK!!! I just completed a solo 2000 mile round trip FJ40 Expedition to Death Valley including about 300 miles of dirt Overlanding! EPIC! I started in Titus canyon ,then saline valley road ,via south pass, on to the springs for 10 days. Then steel pass/dedeckera canyon called my name,to wich I answered with aired down BFG's on the way to climb the Eureka singing sand dunes! Going up Dedeckera canyon was funner than down. I left the valley over 8" washboard for 20 miles so you can imagine how stoked I was when I came up to the road grader and a perfectly smooth road Making fresh tracks, The Land Cruiser and I climbed steep and intense Lippincott Pass! WOW! walked out on the dry race track to see rock tracks and then around tea kettle junction to hidden valley where I set camp for the night in complete silence under shooting stars. Up at dawn to explore old mines and long forgotten trucks as I climbed up and over Hunter Mountain encountering a large patch of ice from a side spring covering the steep road! I was well rewarded with gifts, including Awesome views of snow covered Sierra Nevada Mountains. Down the Mnt. thru joshua tree forests to HWY. 190 to get fuel, then to devils golf course below sea level and back up,up to Telescope peak (11,050 ft.) to hike 3000 ft. to the Summit where you can gaze at Mt. Whitney(14,500 ft.) and badwater (-282 below sea level) with a single turn of your head! I headed down to break camp and pack up to hit the road. Made it home safely, 800 miles ,driving thru the night in My fj40 with 2 hrs. of rest in 15 hrs to sleep in a real bed in the comfort of my own home,and family.
