Andi Vogt

Give an off roader a reason to ride - and he (or she) is out the door. On the weekend of February 4-6, a special run for muscular dystrophy, "Off Road for Hope II 2000" was held at the Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area and was wondrously successful.

Woo-Hoo! It's official. The Mailing Lists and Web sites on Off-Road.com are invited to attend our 1st annual EJS/Off-Road.com Social Hour.

I'm out wheeling on a mountain trail, the same trail I've been cruising for 25 years. The sky is a brilliant blue and I'm surrounded by enormous pines. Ferns and wildflowers dapple the undergrowth. The beauty is breathtaking as I wind around an outcropping of broken granite slabs and boulders. I hit the brakes coming to a stop in front of a monstrosity of mankind. The thing is blocking the trail with its imposing presence. I get out to take a closer look.

The creation of the massive 2 million acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah by Presidential Proclamation on September 18, 1996 was a typical example of the underhanded tactics employed by the radical environmentalists in their endless effort to usurp our public lands.

The Red Rock 4Wheelers are sharing their Safari this year with off-road groups that want to give you a chance to FIGHT BACK! on public land use issues. The Utah 4-Wheel Drive Association and the Land Use Network are going to do this 7pm Thursday night, April 1st, during the event with a hard-hitting Land Use Forum. The event will include raffle prizes provided by several of our sponsors.

Steve Rumore of Avalanche Engineering builds kits for coil springs, ? elliptical suspensions, and other trick goodies for your high performance 4x4. What's new for Steve and AE is building a production vehicle to meet the needs of the person who "wants it all" in off-road performance. Would you like to have a ride that can crawl with ease over the biggest boulders? One that can run with the sand draggers and hill climbers jumping with big air under the tires and landing balanced and soft? "Wheel" across the surface of Mars? Maybe go desert racing too?

Go to any off-road event, be it race or trail related, and you're bound to see an abundance of Ford, Chevy, Jeep, Suzuki, & Toyota vehicles in attendance. While that's a pretty good cross section of manufacturers, there is usually however, one glaring omission. Dodge Trucks.