4wd Our first Adventuremobile, the GEO Tracker (Suzuki Sidekick) We all have that one vehicle from our childhood that holds a special place in our hearts. For me, it was my mother’s teal-green GEO Tracker. I still remember
For the love of conifers “I love pine trees!” Niecie squeed in excitement on coming upon a dense thicket of evergreens during a hike in the Hickson Forest last Sunday. Niecie hugging the broad trunk
Adventure What I’m reading in 2018 - The Complete Idiots Guide to Backpacking and Hiking One of my many New Years resolutions was to get out and hike more and hike smarter, and in the spirit of this goal I picked up Jason Stevenson’s
4wd Overloaded: a dangerous oversight, or a necessary evil? I’ve been thinking about weight a lot lately. No, not my body weight, though I could gain to trade a few pounds of fat for muscle. I’m talking
4wd Nitto Terra Grappler 30k mile review Nitto is well known for its wide variety of performance tires, with many catered specifically to off-road and race applications. One of Nitto’s earliest entries into the all-terrain segment
Adventure Escaping the slump, a return to the trails To be honest, this year hasn’t turned out quite how I might have liked. Many of my trips, upgrades and personal goals have been put on hold for one
Adventure 10 Amazing pics from our Audubon experience Do you love spending a day at the zoo? Like escaping the summer heat at the aquarium? Or, do you have an obsession with animals of the creepy crawly variety?
Adventure Forget the night life, New Orleans is about the food Everyone comes to New Orleans for a different reason. Whether it’s the architecture, the rich history or the nightlife, I’d wager it’s the food that keeps people
Adventure A wild welcome to New Orleans It’s mating season at the New Orleans Audubon Zoo, as we and too many children so unfortunately discovered during our visit Monday, Aug. 14. A pair of particularly frisky
Adventure Server Interruptions — Update Over the last week, we have experienced serious problems with our web host Go Daddy. After several hours working to trim the fat on Adventure Bent blog and countless tests.
Adventure Eating up the miles — Day 2 on the road to The Big Easy We’re back on the road again today eating up the miles on the way south to The Big Easy. We’ve got just under 530 miles to go today
Niecie's new Adventuremobile When life gives you lemons, you don’t make lemonade, you buy a Jeep and run over those stupid fruit and say, “to hell with lemonade.” Joking aside, the last
What a year - Adventure Bent turns one What a wild ride this first year back at blogging has been. Today the Adventure Bent celebrates its first anniversary. It’s kind of hard to believe it’s already
Building stamina for the long walk The week is over and my body is sore, cut and bruised. A thick callus covers my right heal, proof of every step of the 12 miles of trails I’
Adventure Escaping the mundane, don't forget to get out there It’s easy to get caught in a state of mundanity. You start by making excuses for why you can’t do something. That’s exactly what I caught myself
Adventure Hiking White Tank Mountain Back in January, Niecie’s family flew us down to Pheonix to see her grandparents. They’d recently retired and purchased a winter home in the community near Surprise on
4wd Trapped in the mud - off-roading in the Black River State Forest Mud… it sticks to everything, steals your shoes and traps your legs. I’ve never liked mud. I still don’t.It had started out fine. Even the stock TJ
Adventure Thinking about camping out in the cold? Me too After a whirlwind Thanksgiving weekend with my family, Niecie and I were driving home to La Crosse when she asked about camping in the winter. Growing up, we did most
Adventure Dreams of adventure our plans for 2017 As winter sets in, I have plenty of time to make plans for next years adventures. Better plans mean better adventures, less time spent searching for a campsite at midnight,
Adventure A Backyard adventure with my crazy family in Frontenac This summer, Niecie and I got together with my sister Frannie and her husband Dustin for a weekend camping trip up the river in Frontenac State Park. This camping trip
4wd How do you drive off road? How do you drive off road? It’s a question many 4×4 owners ask themselves. There’s a lot of skill and experience that goes into successfully navigating a
4wd Chevy's off-roader? My first impressions of the 2016 Colorado A few weeks back, I had the opportunity to test drive my father’s new 2016 Chevy Colorado. Earlier this year, my dad traded his faithful 98 Silverado in for
100 Reaching the big 100 This week, the Adventure Bent blog reached a major milestone. It climbed to its first 100 likes and follows on Facebook and Twitter. This might not sound like a lot,
Adventure Misadventures off-road in the iron range It could have been worse. It could have tipped.In mid-August, while visiting my family in Duluth , I decided to take my little brother on a trip out to Gilbert,
Adventure Into the west - Part 4: Moab, welcome to Jeep heaven “We’re going to Jeep heaven,” kept running through my mind as we departed from Devils Tower on the third day of our journey west. We were on our way
