• Anza Borrego Wildflower Search

    Anza Borrego Wildflower Search

    Searching for wildflowers in the Anza Borrego Desert with Oliver the Boston Terrier

  • San Diego Snow ⛄ Day

    San Diego Snow ⛄ Day

    While it is not always the case, rain on the coast can occasionally turn our East County mountains into a winter wonderland. From the reports it looked like Mount Laguna was getting a fair amount of snow so I decided to drive up with Oliver to check out some of the less popular areas. We…

  • The 1992 HZJ80 Toyota Landcruiser

    The 1992 HZJ80 Toyota Landcruiser

    For quick trips where we don’t want to mount the camper on our Toyota Tacoma we tend to use the diesel Landcruiser. While it lacks the creature comforts of our brand new Tacoma, albeit 2021 versus 1992, it is a reliable beast. For the past few months I have been busy upgrading some of the…

  • Prepping the new 2021 TRD Tacoma

    Prepping the new 2021 TRD Tacoma

    Our last Tacoma which served us faithfully for many years had one glaring deficit, the 2.7 liter 4-cylinder motor. While this motor is renown for it’s stoutness and longevity, it struggled with our 1000lb ATC slide-in camper. We thought about purchasing a new Tundra which would have been able to handle the camper but they…