Every Land Cruiser Generation in One Year
From a 1971 FJ40 to a 200 Series that got chased by a moose: every Land Cruiser generation I photographed this year, oldest to newest.
St. Anthony Sand Dunes in a Toyota: Five Trips, What I Learned
What the St. Anthony Sand Dunes are, what the rules are and what five years of trips in an FJ Cruiser taught me about driving them.
The Middle Fork of the Judith: A Creek-Crossing Trail Report
A limestone canyon, a road that crosses the river over and over, and two trips three years apart.
The Love Miata: A Cursed 1999 Miata With Hearts on the Hood
My old all-black 1999 Miata: hand-placed color-shift hearts, WAIFU plates, race number 13, RGB underglow, and a curse that ended relationships. Video inside.
Happy Boy in the Beat: Boone and a Blue 718 Spyder at Ressler Cars & Coffee in Belgrade
Ressler Cars & Coffee moved to Belgrade: Boone grinning from the Honda Beat, a familiar blue Porsche 718 Spyder on gold wheels, and an early exit for the farmers market with Mom.
Mama Mia: Pavarotti’s F40 and a Green LaFerrari at Museo Enzo Ferrari
A friend went to Museo Enzo Ferrari in Modena and texted me the evidence: Pavarotti's F40, Jay Kay's green LaFerrari and the Greatest Hits exhibition. I replied "Dang." This is the long version.
Elkhorn, Montana: A Silver Ghost Town and Snow in June
Montana's smallest state park, an old silver town and a camp that woke up to snow in June.
Jeeps at the No-Tell Motel
Sixteen rigs, a flood watch, and the roughest trail in Montana — a convoy push toward McElvy Lake that turned into a mud-soaked detour to Twin Lakes instead.
Twin Lakes: North Meadow Creek in the Tobacco Roots
Fog on the lake, rocks on the trail, snow on the peaks.
A Bypass For Blue Lake, And Morrison's Back.
Trail access update: SGCRA installs a bypass on Main Boulder Road south of Big Timber, while Shoshone National Forest reopens all 21 switchbacks on Morrison Jeep Trail.
It made everything else look heavy: a love letter to a blue Caterham Seven 360
I gave this blue Caterham Seven 360 four sentences in my last recap. Here’s the full post it actually deserved, straight from Ressler Cars & Coffee.
Snow in May: A 406 Cruisers Run to the Upper Ruby River
The forecast said spring. Montana said no. A May snow run with the 406 Cruisers.
The Beat and Boone Show: How a Kei Car and a Bird Dog Stole Ressler Cars & Coffee
A 63-horsepower Honda Beat parked itself among a Porsche colony, a Demon Slayer-liveried Subaru, and a blue Caterham Super Seven at Ressler Cars & Coffee — and still got upstaged by a Wirehaired Pointing Griffon named Boone. Here's how a kei car and a bird dog stole the whole show.
The Road to Independence: An 1890s Gold Camp Above the Boulder River
A rough Forest Service road to an 1890s gold camp and the best alpine meadows above the Boulder River.
Porsche Row, a Stagea, and a 17-Year-Old With Better Taste Than Me
Round two from Ressler Cars & Coffee at Gallatin Subaru: a black 356 Speedster, a JDM Nissan Stagea wagon, a row of Porsches, and a 17-year-old in a pink JDM Roadster with better taste than the rest of us.
Cooke City and the Goose Lake Jeep Trail, 2019
Bison on the way in, lakes and granite up top: the Goose Lake jeep trail above Cooke City.
Giallo Ocra and Me
A 1971 Alfa Romeo GTV 1750 in a color I'd never have picked off a swatch — Giugiaro's shape, a quadrifoglio on the C-pillar, and why the paint stopped mattering the second I got close.
Dolce Vita on Main Street: a love letter to a red Alfa Romeo Spider
Che vergogna — I gave this Pininfarina Alfa Romeo Spider one paragraph in the Cruisin' On Main recap. Here's the full confession: Nardi wood wheel, twin-cam bialbero, and why this is the exact car for the Amalfi Coast.
The Roly-Poly Daily Driver Show: I met somebody else's wife
A "daily driver" show at Roly-Poly turned into a full-blown crush on somebody else's Alfa Romeo GTV — quad headlights, SPICA injection, and a wife who's already made peace with the blue project that isn't finished yet.
Carspotting in Great Falls
Explore high-def shots and rare automotive finds during a carspotting run in Great Falls, Montana, captured by Aaron Thies Motorsports Photography.