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LI: A warm campfire \u2026<\/h5>\n


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Weather was good enough for a campfire sendoff\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n


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18 December 2021:<\/strong> Tomorrow we start the Holiday Roadtrip southbound, but tonight it was warm enough for a nice fire in the outdoor firepit. A nice warm sendoff for the holiday season before hitting the road\u2026<\/p>\n

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LI: A Toast to the Days of Giving\u2026<\/h5>\n


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Ladies Offroad Network Days of Giving\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n


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17 December 2021:<\/strong> This week is the Ladies Offroad Network’s “Days of Giving”, a series of online drawings for various gifts presented live every evening, and many of us are watching. At some point someone said to go grab our LON coozies (and beverage of choice) and take a selfie making a toast. Happy Holidays to all my LON friends \u2026<\/p>\n

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LI: Howling at the Moon\u2026<\/h5>\n


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A full moon rising\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n


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16 December 2021:<\/strong> A full moon tonite, rising early on the horizon behind the trees gives the backyard a feeling of wilderness, or perhaps I am ready to get back to the outdoors already \u2026<\/p>\n

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LI: Beautiful Sunset on the Lake\u2026<\/h5>\n


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Fabulous colors in the sky\u2026<\/strong><\/h6>\n


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15 December 2021:<\/strong> Saw the sky lighting up around sunset and made a quick detour over to Lake Ronkonkoma just in time to catch the end of a dazzling explosion of color intensified by the reflections in the water. A beautiful work of art by Mother Nature is always a gift\u2026<\/p>\n

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\nThe Annual Holiday Roadtrip south takes on a slightly different twist this year, as we are joined by some friends from France here to experience a backcountry adventure with USnomads.org. We will be spending two weeks overlanding through the wilderness from the Ocala National Forest to the Okefenokee Swamp and on into the Apalachicola National Forest, camping, kayaking and exploring as we go…
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\nEvery Day Is a Clean Up Day<\/a> in 2021. Ladies Offroad Network<\/a> has partnered with TreadLightly!<\/a> to create a year-long program that encourages members to pick up trash on the trails whenever they are out off-roading. Participants simply pick up the trash, weigh it, take a photo, and log the location and time it took, then upload the details. At the end of the year there will be a series of prizes based on pounds of trash removed from the trails as well as participation in other TreadLightly! initiatives. This is a great way to do some good on a local level and make a larger impact via the national program…
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\nAdvanced sand dune training with Barlow Adventures<\/a> at the Imperial Sand Dunes in southern California. This three day driving and navigation program focuses on moving safely and effectively through large dunefields. Skills-building exercises are intended to improve pace, line choice and vehicle control, as well as developing precision map and compass navigation technique…
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\nTrail Guiding for the California 4-Wheel Drive Association’s second annual Death Valley Experience<\/a> fundraiser event running in March. Each day will feature a choice of runs to some famous, some infamous and some secretive points of interest within Death Valley National Park. The runs will depart from Furnace Creek and from Stovepipe Wells. Some of the points of interest we will visit during Death Valley Experience 2021 include Zabriskie Point (famous), Barker Ranch (infamous) and the Racetrack (learn the secret of the moving rocks). Other points of interest include Dante\u2019s View, 20 Mule Team Canyon, Artists\u2019 Drive, Chloride Cliffs, Aguereberry Point, Skidoo, Titus Canyon, and Darwin Falls. All of the trail runs are suitable for novice drivers and SUVs with high clearance and 4-wheel drive…
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\nStay tuned for a new kind of exciting adventure coming up in Summer 2022. Details will be released early next year…

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