October 26, 2024, Corral Canyon OHV The October club trip was a fun scenic day trip to Corral Canyon OHV area in east San Diego County’s Cleveland National Forest. We first traversed our way up to the Los Pinos Mountain Forest Service Lookout tower at over 4000 ft. We toured the tower with the Forest […]
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December 7, 2024, Otay Mesa, CA Get ready for Diego to lead his first official club trip! Anyone who knows Diego knows that he has a sense of adventure, so this will be a fun day drive (once he gets his rear axle rebuilt, instagram @diegoarjona_). The plan is to cover an easy trail, with […]
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September 22, 2024, Santa Rosa Mountains Chris, Tim, Reid and Hamed pre-ran the Corral Canyon (October) trip to make sure the trails were passable and the campground site was suitable. There are trails of varying difficulty so the team picked a couple and ran them. With good spotters and careful driving, everyone came out unscathed! […]
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August 17, 2024, Santa Rosa Mountain, CA The club did a day trip to Santa Rosa Mountain (via an important stop at the Anza Dairy Queen for a morning soft serve)! The road up was rutted and rocky, in other words “fun.” We took some time at the top to enjoy a lunch amongst the […]
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July 23, 2024 The super-creative team at Sandy Vans hosted the club for a tour of the facility and a discussion of all things fun outdoors. We saw some amazing accessories like their boost box and racking systems. We also learned about their advanced power kit drop-in electrical system (way better than my goal zero […]
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July, 20-21 2024, Los Padres National Forest, CA Five rovers, seven people and three dogs started up the mountain to Nordhoff Ridge and everyone returned safely! The only casualty was one rear tire that decided to challenge a sharp rock…and lost. Saturday consisted of a busy drive from Oceanside to Ojai, followed by a nice […]
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Dedicated to the dogs of the San Diego Land Rover Club. An ongoing gallery of the companions that share our journeys.
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July 17, 2024 started… The members of LRCSD manage to do some world traveling (or travelling if you’re in the UK). We also love all things Land Rover. So, it is natural that we would take the opportunity to snap some photos of Land Rovers in between beautiful landscapes and family shots. Feel free to […]
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June 19, 2024, Santa Rosa Mountains Mark and John pre-ran the Santa Rosa Mountain (August) trip to make sure the roads were still in good shape and the campground site was suitable. The main thing Mark learned is that his super duty 4WD pickup is not as capable or comfortable as his Land Rover…it made […]
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May 20, 2024, Carlsbad Village After a significant amount of consideration (and failing with 2 used parts from e-bay) I decided to bite the bullet and take the Green Machine into Carlsbad British Motorcars to have a new brake “servo” (because you can charge as much if you call it a ‘booster’?) ordered and installed. […]
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Dec 9, 2023, Jamul, CA It’s been a bit since this trip. Chris and Tim are finally far enough along in their separate therapy sessions to see photos from that day. All three rigs drove out, two with working brakes. We shall return. Sycamore Canyon and Donohoe Mountain Loop 🏔**LRCSD Trail Leader is a volunteer […]
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Dec 2, 2023, Joshua Tree, CA Sycamore Canyon and Donohoe Mountain Loop My wife, and two other moms, took our son and three friends on an overnight trip to Universal Studios Hollywood for his 13th birthday. Given my detest for crowds, waiting in lines, and newly acquired motion sickness, I was fully supportive of this […]
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Oct 14-15, 2023, Joshua Tree, CA This trip won’t be eclipsed for a while, because it literally started with an eclipse (info). 🙂 Alright, enough dad jokes. This ended up being another great adventure. Everyone (and every vehicle) made it back intact, which is always a plus. Trip highlights included: Of course no trip would […]
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August 15, 2023 Thanks to the many members and guests who attended the Aug Club Meeting at Elijah’s Restaurant. We had a great turnout this month. It was great hearing the latest club new, catching up with everyone, enjoying a nice meal, and (of course) checking out the rigs. 🏔**LRCSD Trail Leader is a volunteer […]
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June 24-25, 2023, Big Bear, CA The journey began off the 15, just outside of Escondido. Next stop, and really where the fun began, historic Pioneertown. It’s here where we recovered from the So-Cal freeway portion of our trip with a relaxing lunch in the shade. After lunch the group hit the trails and enjoyed […]
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May 20, 2023, Fiesta Island SD The grey overcast day was a nod to our British vehicle’s roots. While San Diegan’s aren’t often welcoming of the ‘harsh’ conditions, it allowed the group to gather around a roaring firepit while enjoying food, drinks, and an outdoor screening of Top Gun Maverick. 🏔**LRCSD Trail Leader is a […]
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April 21 – 25, 2023, Death Valley, CA The Death Valley trip was a huge success! Below are a few teaser photos…make sure to check out the amazing trip report created by the Trail Leader, Peter Matusov: 🚙 Full report: Death Valley Revisited We hope to see you on the next trip! 🏔**LRCSD Trail Leader […]
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March 25, 2023, Anza Borrego Desert, CA The search for flowers wasn’t a complete bust! Despite the plentiful rain, the bloom hasn’t been at levels seen in previous years so we knew what to expect (hence the clever new name for the outing). The group did see some flowers, the weather was amazing, and camping […]
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January 28, 2023, Anza Borrego Desert, CA The first trip of the year is in the books, and what a great trip it was! Attendance was solid with 9 trucks, 15 attendees, and 2 dogs. The group was able to conquer the most challenging portions of the trails without getting stuck (or breaking). Keep an […]
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January 22, 2023, Anza Borrego Desert, CA Although most didn’t appreciate the wet start of 2023, you wouldn’t hear a bit of complaining from the desert life. Below are a few photos from the trip pre-run, as well as a detailed summary of the journey. We hope to see everyone for the 1st club trip […]
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December 29, 2022, San Marcos, CA Deep in the backwoods of a remote area known as San Marcos lies a little-known proving ground to test your most recent modification. Fondly known as “P” Mountain, this area offers a decent array of challenging terrain. What’s best?…for those of us in North County, it’s right in our […]
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November 12-13, 2022 Nov. Anza Borrego Desert The group included a total of 7 trucks. The weather was perfect, mid-70s during the day and 40s at night. Diablo Drop-Off was in much better condition compared to what we encountered during the pre-run, which was fortunate given the heavy rains leading up to the weeked. Surprisingly, […]
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October 29, 2022 Nov. Anza Borrego trip pre-run. With 5 Vehicles and 2 dogs, this was a day in the desert that we won’t soon forget. What did we learn on this pre-run? This was a very fun trip. The weather was perfect, we had a great convoy of rigs, and there was a LOT […]
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Oct 22, 2022 club trip, Trails to Temecula. The San Diego Land Rover Club spent the day driving offroad trails through the east county mountains and had a fantastic lunch at a Temecula winery. This trip boasted a diverse group of eight Land Rovers; Series 1, Series 2, Range Rovers, Discovery, LR3, and LR4. We […]
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Two back-to-back weekends of off-road trips?…don’t remind my wife. A good friend (also a work colleague) called late last night and was itching to get off the pavement. My wife had already arranged to take our son (11) and a couple of his friends to an escape room, then bring them home for some quality […]
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Aug 20, 2022 Big Bear trip pre-run. Every great club trip starts with a pre-run by the Trail Leader(s) and others interested in tagging along. While pre-runs typically end up being a great time, the purpose of these trips is much more important. Trail conditions (and sometimes our memory of past excursions) are subject to […]
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May 21, 2022, trip to Black Mountain summit for lunch. If you live in North San Diego County, Black Mountain is a great destination. It’s out of town, but no so far that you need to set aside a whole day (or paychecks worth of money for fuel). I’ve done this run several times, taken […]
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Trip report and pictures courtesy of Peter Matusov and Nikolay Matusov please follow the link: http://3rj.org/Arizona.LRCSD/ In May of infamous 2020, Chris Snell and I ventured out on a short trip to some of Arizona’s ghost and living mining towns. Chris did all of the navigation and a considerable part of driving; I loved the […]
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Aug 29th 2020, Warner Springs Airport, 10:30am 10 vehicles. Everything went according to planned, we had lunch in the only wooded with big trees just by a spring, after lunch we made our way to the main entrance of our trail. The trail as expected is narrow, rutted, rocky, and steep grades with area of […]
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Aug 2th 2020, my daughter and I decided to pre-run the trail for the upcoming club trip. The trail is not use very often, for the first few miles we didn’t see any tire tracks. The trail is tight at times with the overgrown vegetation. There are a few obstacles that to drive thru require […]
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Was a great trip to Big Bear this weekend. There was enough fun for everyone. Challenging trails such as the one with the D90 along with other challenges for new drivers and newer model Land Rover. Many models were on the trails learning the ropes on easy to moderate trails in the area. In all, […]
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We spent the morning going up the Otay truck trail. Great group of trucks on the trail with us. It was nice to meet some new faces, even with the masks 🎭. We eventually made it to the start of the Pacific Crest Trail. After that, we headed to our campsite. Another great adventure awaits […]
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What an awesome day for the annual Beach Breakfast! Temps were in the 70s by mid-day, attendance was outstanding, food was terrific and the variety of Land and Range Rovers was super. We had 17 trucks and about 25 people, including many little ones in our family friendly club. Of special interest were the two […]
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For the May trail we returned to the Beauty Mountain area north of Warner Springs.
Read MoreThank you all for participating in our 2019 Member Survey. Your input is much appreciated. Here are some of the things we learned: You’d like to see more trails, tech sessions and networking socials. Quite a few are interested in becoming trail leaders – that’s great! We plan to offer trail leader training sessions for […]
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It was a hot one!!! I believe we had a total of 9 Rovers. The group met at Dudley’s where we loaded up on sandwiches and bear claws. After a quick group meeting we hit the 78. A turn on Split mountain road and onto Fish Creek where we would air down. Our first stop […]
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Its going to be a fun trip! We found an awesome new spot to camp.
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