WanderingCTO
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Aug 16, 2026
32 Miles Offshore for Red Grouper
Taking the Sea-Doo Fishpro Apex 32 miles offshore from Tampa for red grouper.
Aug 11, 2026
Towing the Jeep to Tampa
Bringing the offroad Jeep home to Tampa — 14 hours towing, one blown trailer tire in Chattanooga.
Sep 7, 2025
Getting the Fishpro Apex Dialed In
The Sea-Doo Fishpro Apex with trolling motor — 60 mph across open water, then dead quiet.
Jan 31, 2021
Jeep JK 1Ton Conversion
I decided to upgrade my offroad Jeep to 1Ton axles.. and so it begins.I found a good deal on a set of 1Ton axles on Facebook marketplace, so
Dec 20, 2020
Adding a Rear Door to the trailer, and a drawer slider
How you ask? By adding a new door, and a drawer slide 🙂 First, I had to order a door to be custom sized – I found a place online, and then w
Sep 8, 2020
4500mi 10 day Overlanding Trip CO,UT,AZ,NM,KS,MO
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Aug 16, 2020
Trailer Battery connection to my Tow Vehicle Battery/Alternator for charging
If the solar was ever not working as I desired, or just not enough juice, I wanted a way to be able to charge the trailer battery from the v
Aug 2, 2020
7way trailer tester for about 20 bucks
So I googled ‘7way trailer tester’ and they were all very expensive. What do I do? I made my own. 30 minutes and less than $20 + some stuff
Aug 2, 2020
Building my own Overlanding Trailer
I decided I couldn’t afford a super expensive overlanding trailer (I’ve seen great ones for 20k-50k) – so I opted to build one in my worksho
Aug 1, 2020
Plan Ahead
Wouldn’t it be awesome if every time you hit the trails every thing went according to plan? You never got stuck, nothing breaks, all terrain
Jun 27, 2020
Dirty Turtle Offroad Park 2020
June 27th 2020 day Trip https://www.dirtyturtleoffroad.com/Just wanted a day trip away Over all it was a good time but the trip got cut shor
May 30, 2020
Escaping Redbird SRA and earning Jeep Badge of Honor trail badges.
The day had gone great, we were having a blast riding and helping people out of tough spots. Most were tug outs […]
May 30, 2020
How Uber saved the day while offroading
While at Badlands, the rear passenger side tire got destroyed in the rock garden. We were out of spares at this point, so everyone starts go
May 26, 2020
Indiana Offroad Park Road Trip 2020
May 2020We wanted to go South and hit a HUGE offroad park.. but they were going to get rained out all weekend.. so we decided to go NORTH, a
May 25, 2020
Maumee May 2020
May 25 2020Maumee Offroad Park This is a new park, so it should be INTERESTING.Exploratory———–This old mine property has been logged and is
May 24, 2020
Badlands May 2020
May 23-24 2020Badlands Off Road Park https://badlandsoffroad.com/Exploratory———–The Badlands Off Road Park is 800+ acres of multi-directiona
May 22, 2020
Redbird State Recreation Area May 2020
May 2020Redbird State Recreation Area https://www.in.gov/dnr/outdoor/4225.htm ———–———– Once again, I need more spare tires. Remember to set
May 21, 2020
Interlake Recreation Area May 2020
May 21, 2020Day Trip as part of our 5 day excursionHave fun, don’t break things.So on the first day.. while we were on the way there, I real
May 2, 2020
Blue Hollar Offroad Park May 2 2020
May 2020Day trip to Blue Hollar Offroad Park http://blueholleroffroadpark.com/Induct someone into the Jeeping Lifestyle and test my Gladiato
Nov 26, 2019
Interlake 2019
Nov 24-25. 2017For Thanksgiving weekend – we wanted to get away from the black friday rush… so we went to Interlake Stake Park Offroad area!
Nov 5, 2019
My new JEEP GLADIATOR
I’ve been wanting a new Jeep for a few years now.. and the Jeep Gladiator came out, and I kinda feel in love with it. After a few months of
Nov 5, 2019
Meet Gadget – My 2008 Jeep JK
Once I bought my Gladiator, I shifted my old daily driver to my off-road rig. I originally bought the JK brand new, Nov 2007. It was time. 🙂
May 30, 2019
Black Mountain KY Offroad Area 2019
May 24-26 2019 https://www.blackmountainoffroad.com/Explore more Offroad Areas near us.This 7,000 acre Black Mountain Offroad Adventure area
May 28, 2018
HASPIN ACRES Offroad Park 2018
May 25-28, 2018For our Vacation this year, we decided to go to Haspin Acres Offroad and Motocross Park, in Laurel Indiana https://www.haspin
Nov 25, 2017
Rush Offroad Park 2017
Nov 24-25. 2017For Thanksgiving weekend – we wanted to get away from the black friday rush… so we went to RUSH Offroad Park! RushOffroad.com
May 30, 2017
Black Mountain KY Offroad Area 2017
May 25-29. 2017Now this was a tripWhat was on our Agenda? NOT MUCH Just go have fun, and try to not break (much) on the trip.So why Hasp
May 30, 2016
HASPIN ACRES Offroad Park 2016
May 26-30, 2016For our Vacation this year, we decided to go to Haspin Acres Offroad and Motocross Park, in Laurel Indiana https://www.haspin
May 25, 2015
HASPIN ACRES Offroad Park 2015
May 21-25, 2015For our Vacation this year, we decided to go to Haspin Acres Offroad and Motocross Park, in Laurel Indiana https://www.haspin
May 2, 2014
My first real offroading experience May 2014
May 2014Haspin AcresI got invited by good friends to go ‘offroading’. Looking back.. they probably went ‘Hey, he’s crazy enough to do this,