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At the End of a Long Drive


Shreesh and Neena Taskar

We didn't make the decision, the decision made us. On October 20th, 2007, we left our comfortable city of San Francisco to follow a simple algorithm - go North till the road ends then turn around and then go as far South. In between those two points was the stage, the timeline, the space, where we made things happen and things happened to us.

The past is fleeting and the stories, the sights and the feelings are perishable. One sees what one wants to see, and perhaps we are not capable of more. We saw that people are kind and helpful even if they were not materially rich. Some we could understand even though we didn't speak the same language, the motivations of others were incomprehensible even though we did. In the end fragments remain - the smell of roasting chocolate, a flock of snow Ptarmigians on snow, the creaking of the rainforest, the rough feathers of penguins, and the intoxication of Curanto.


So these are our stories. Every time you visit the site you will see a random post below. Each starts with Lo que pasa es que...

Corral Hollow & Mount Reba

Jul 26th, 2007 by

The Corral Hollow run presents some interesting problems. Mt. Reba is tame by comparison.(Map this!)

When the tires are not fully inflated care must be taken to not drive too fast on asphalt as this can cause the tire to heat up, or make any sudden turns at high speed as this can cause the bead to pop. The caravan of FJ Cruisers, one each of every color in the 2007 model year, moved slowly to the Corral Hollow trail head. The trial was rated as “Moderate”, similar to a blue run in skiing.

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A Quiet Meadow.

Two other FJs join us for lunch.

The trail turned out to be much more challenging than Steve expected. There was one steep climb that caused the A-TRAC to kick in. There were large boulders strewn about and Neena accidently went over a tree stump. Rusty purposely went over a tree stump and got high-centered. Cedric proudly winched him off with his Warn winch and after the recovery he thanked Rusty for giving him the opportunity to use his winch!

The Mount Reba trail was rated as “Easy” according to the book. Scott from the new FJ group led the climb that wound up the mountain and reached the summit with a spectacular view. There were two spots in steep sections where spinning tires had caused big pits, but again, the A-TRAC to the rescue and we were up in no time. The FJ was truly an amazing vehicle.

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Potatomutato goes vroom!

Its an FJ Summit!

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