News outlets announcing that California as a whole is out of their drought status for the first time in 25 years. Not so most of the rest of the southwest.

How influencer culture ruined a once-pristine national park lake

I cannot remember the last time an all day steady rain like this. I did a hood walk this morning in my long neglected rain jacket. Really nice.

Getting some rain! Merry Christmas everyone--

Done deal. 2011 trail teams, lifted, metal cloak front bumper with winch, back metal cloak bumper with tire carrier and Jerry can carrier, tow hitch. Full skid plates. Dealer found some problems, I negotiate with seller, I pay less and seller agrees to repairs at his mechanics shop--who I met. LED l...

@wallyfrack I have a 2014 I bought a few years back, with less than 24 K on it at purchase. I paid thru the nose for it. It's lifted and has some extras and while very capable off road I've kinda babied it using it more as a "car". This one if I buy it will be the " oh I dented the q...

@big_load
2011, set up for hard off roading and looks like it was used for just that. We will see what the dealer says. As long as the frame and mechanics are in good shape I will probably make an offer.

I could to a poll but just looking for commentary in general; I have the opportunity to purchase another Toyota FJ, this one will be a full on beater. It has a winch, etc and I am taking it to dealer tomorrow for pre purchase inspection. I think the seller is a bit high but still---and yes I do have...

The most famous incident of a nuclear warhead dropping over the US was the 1961 Goldsboro, North Carolina, crash, where a B-52 bomber released two MK39 hydrogen bombs, narrowly avoiding a catastrophic detonation thanks to safety switches, with one bomb's uranium core still missing today. Another sig...

Just saw a news blurb that all the hotels on the south rim closing to overnight visitors starting 12/6/2025 with no time line for reopening. Apparently linked to water supply issues and problems with the line exacerbated by the Dragon Bravo fire.

Saw somewhere Death Valley recorded most rainfall ever in November. Should be a awesome wildflower season in the southwest, hopefully.

Oct/Nov= New Monsoon Season

Ash Creek Galiuro will be at least another 1-2 weeks and expect an uneven turn.

https://www.livescience.com/animals/spiders/worlds-biggest-spiderweb-discovered-inside-sulfur-cave-with-111-000-arachnids-living-in-pitch-black?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us huge web in cave over 1000 sq feet and estimated to house over 100,000 spiders. The video of the caver gently pressing on th...

Wahhh!! just watched a video on the new Land Cruiser FJ, and while it's a bit fugly looks functional as is built on the Prado/HIlux frame and is smaller so would be good for tight places and shorter which would make it pretty good in some areas. BUT as of right now not coming to US. Wahhh!

Sahuarita full. Go away.

Why couldn't they have timed the government shutdown just a little later? That's when to play on these sites!

Sea Otters are stealing surfboards. Again.

Welp, just light rain off and on last day or so here. Forecast Sun/Mon for an area of interest near the border 3.5 inches. I'm planning on sneaking in later today to car camp high since there will be some suspect washes I want to avoid if the forecast comes true.

Humid as all heck with the yard work. Will ready the Jeep just in case. I know where there are some good waterfalls and pools in the southland; if the roads aren't flooded out. Planned on a backpacking trip next week to New Mexico but with rain looking at the Galiuros on the southern end since water...