August 18, 2020 The Continental Divide - Cinnamon Pass and more Today is the day we start up the passes. As we left camp this morning and headed toward Marshal Pass, we hit the Continental Divide. Most of us will stand in this spot again as we travel the entire Continent Divide from Canada To … Continue reading #16 of 24. Jeeps Only – The Trans America Trail →

August 19 and 20, 2020 BLACK BEAR PASS and THE BEAR ATTACK We did it! And we are prepared to say that ours is the ONLY Jeep Commander in the world to ever CONQUER BLACK BEAR PASS, and also SURVIVE A BLACK BEAR ATTACK! But we're missing rslagle..... Roger headed toward Farmington due to the … Continue reading #17 of 24. Jeeps Only – The Trans America Trail →

August 21 and 22, 2020 Moab, Utah - New Area 51 - Dinosaur Tracks Say it isn't so! We're losing Roger! He's fixin'' to go to the house now.... Roger finally lost his engine. After multiple issues with error codes, he was no longer able to keep going. He rented the UHaul and trailer in … Continue reading #18 of 24. Jeeps Only – The Trans America Trail →

August 23, 2020 More of the Utah Tour Oh noooooo..... now we're losing Larry! Red Ruby has a failed transmission, and Larry is headed home. We left him in Crescent City, Utah after his rough night with the screaming babies in Canyonlands Campground. It was a rough night. We're going to miss you, Larry. Get … Continue reading #19 of 24. Jeeps Only – The Trans America Trail POP →

August 24, 2020 "An area of critical environmental concern" 🤔 Today as we finished up in Utah it was mainly high speed gravel roads and LOTS OF DUST!! We hit the car wash in Richfield, and had lunch at McDonalds. Ahhhhhh, the luxury. But then, more high speed gravel roads. We went through Kanosh for … Continue reading #20 of 24. Jeeps Only – The Trans America Trail →

August 25, 2020 Long hot days to finish Utah and into Nevada Some days on the TAT are just exhausting........ the roads have been rough and dusty. It's nearly impossible to get good pictures, and no cell service to upload them. I'm sorry to have fallen so far behind posting to the blog. Now we … Continue reading #21 of 24. Jeeps Only – The Trans America Trail →

August 26 & 27, 2020 NASTY SILT, and finally, OREGON! We left Preston and traveled on a horrible dusty silt track until we opted for pavement into Eureka which was a cute little historical town where we fueled up. We went clear to Battle Mountain, Nevada on pavement. We had Subway/ pizza and found some … Continue reading #22 of 24. Jeeps Only – The Trans America Trail →