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Another bumper

Administrator — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:26:13 +0000

After two years of putting it off, I began last week on the new front bumper. Picks over here

Stupid Bowl 2008

Administrator — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 15:33:00 +0000

Cold weather + snow + flag football = The Stupid Bowl. Pictures over here.

NV TLCA run

Administrator — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:17:44 +0000

Went on a little run with the local Land Cruiser association this past weekend. It was good to get the truck on a trail again. It was a pretty easy trail but there were some very steep spots going up and down through the mountains. Pictures are over here.

Sorry about all the pictures of the 80 series with the Volvo axles, those sorts of things always intrigue me.

Landscaping sucks..

Administrator — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:17:40 +0000

Title pretty much says it all. After spending a long 3 days digging the trench for the sprinklers, 4 attemps at getting the valves to not leak, 5 cubic yards of top soil, one wrecked trailer, 900 sq/ft of sod later this is what we got. Looks good now, I just hope it makes it through the winter and the dogs dont destroy it. If I ever have to do this again I will hire someone.

The Reno Move

Administrator — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:17:33 +0000

After 4 great years in Las Vegas it was time to pack up and go somewhere that has a little more weather. So when the company announced their plans of moving to Reno NV we decided to head on up there. So we listed our condo and 3 months later we were on our way up.

Echo comes home.

Administrator — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:11:51 +0000

Well its been a long 8 weeks, but on 12/21/06 Nichole and I drove to Baker to pick Echo and her brother up for their ride to Las Vegas. Echo’s brindle brother (BeeBee) got to stay with us for a few hours before his new owners arrived. Bella took to the new pups pretty well and hopefully she will calm down in the next few days. Take a look at the pictures over here.

Grand Canyon: Rim to Rim

Administrator — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 12:08:56 +0000

On September 30th, Nichole, her aunt Rosemary, Rosemary’s brother in
law Harry, myself and several others went on the ultimate day hike, the Grand Canyon from the North Rim to the South Rim in one day 23.8 miles. A great big THANKS to Harry for showing us a great time.

Pictures over here.

Mojave Trail 2006

Administrator — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:45:49 +0000

Nichole, Bella and myself went on the first annual toyota120.com mojave road trip. It was a fun trip and pretty tame as far as offroading goes, yet we still found ways to have fun. Some pictures Here and a really cool video that Joel did over here.

CA Camping

Administrator — Thu, 03 Aug 2006 15:05:22 +0000

Been a while since I updated the site. In the last few months/weeks we managed to escape the Vegas heat and went camping in California. We did a trip with the toyota120.com group to Big Bear. A few weeks later we joined some of the local yotatech.com people up in Mammoth. Click on the above links to see our pics.

Also got a chance to show off my homemade rear bumper.

Eurotrip 2006

Administrator — Tue, 30 May 2006 06:46:55 +0000

Well Nichole and I just got back from our 10 day trip to Europe. We began the trip with 4 nights in Paris, then 3 nights in Brussels and 2 nights in Amsterdam.

Paris was a lot more fun that what I had imagined. Their metro/underground/subway system was near identical to Londons and was very easy to navigate. People were friendly and Nichole and I did our best to try to communicate in the little french we knew. Several people came up Nichole and asked her questions in french. Store keepers also greeted her in french. Me on the other hand, they knew I was American, guess the shorts and Nike’s in the 55 degree weather screamed tourist. We made a few trips outside the city and visted some castles.

Brussels was our next stop. It was a fun place and we made it outside of the city and visted two smaller towns, Ghent and Bruge. The smaller towns were fun and the city center of Brussels was also neat. Food and Beer in Brussels was also incredible.

Amsterdam was next, weather was horrible. We found our hotel after about an hour of wondering the city in the rain. We would of been better off not finding it. A tent and sleeping bag would of been more comfortable than the Avenue Hotel in Amsterdam. We really only had one day in Amsterdam and we took a day trip outside the city to Merken and another town I cant remember how to spell.

If we could do it again we would of spent less time in Brussels and more time in Amsterdam. We also would of upgraded the hotel in Amsterdam.

We learned a lot of new things on this trip. Mainly that the PHL airport is horrible. Just try to fly there on southwest then check in at US Air international… You end up out side walking about a mile to the international wing of the airport with your bags. Luckily the 5 or 6 employees at the airport we talked to were no help.

Check out the pictures in the Gallery.