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I don't fish, but people who do say that there are a bunch of good fishing there. And yes, it's really frustrating to see the trash that is left by some idiots.

Yes it was beautiful up there, but I think it's all part of the fires now.

@@OverlandOutAndAbout sucks, that is one awful fire started by a moron

Yes some of these trails are really nice.

Thanks, but not in this case. The bank was too steep and too sandy...but if it happens again, I'll try it.

I think it used to be an actual school

What we did on this trip can be done with 2wd.

@@OverlandOutAndAbout cool thks

I'm glad you enjoyed the video. It's fairly simple trail from Lake Pillsbury, and it's really nice. If you decide to do it, let me know.

I don't have a saw with me, I generally winch threes out of the way if I need to (assuming they are not huge). And I wear the off-road pinstripes with honor 😄

Yes it was really a beautiful peak with amazing views...get your truck fixed already 🙂 (by the way, I also had to do some work on the Megalodon replacing the torque converter and refresh some discs in the transmission)

@@OverlandOutAndAbout I just got my truck done. And it needed up getting a new transmission, sorry to hear that!!! But sounds like we both got our trucks back and running good. I want to plan a trip in August in Tahoe National forest. I’ll send you an invite

Turns out I was a bit too paranoid...I was fine on fuel, I still had 60-80 miles left when we got out (and no, I don't carry extra gas yet... I do have 2 rotopax at home, didn't take them)

Yea I hear you...I would not recommend for anyone to sneak up on me unless they are looking for an extra hole (45mm big)

Yes it's really nice up there.

Right? These are just logging forestry roads. People use them all the time in city vehicles without 4WD/AWD. Go have fun exploring, but you're just driving in an inefficient way to get somewhere you could get much faster on HWY108 and HWY4 and then take the most direct forestry road. The path he took from Beardsley Reservoir to Sand Bar Flat is 16 miles and can be done in 45-50 minutes. This isn't overloading at all. It's just dry camping in your van along a forest road. That's great, but ... any city slicker can do that, don't even need a Subaru. But I love the SNF. 3N01 and toward Hull Creek is some of my favorite. Latest favorites are further up, off of Clarks Creek. LOL at your Deliverance references. Likely those are folks out on their dirt bikes and ATVs having fun on the trails, no difference than you. There is no Stanislaus Res. This is all along the Stanislaus River's 3 forks (he ended by Middle Fork), but likely you meant New Melones Res. I'm surprised who spoked you get at narrow roads. You should get a dirt bike and mount it on a tow hitch so you can go explore proper.

Yes the forest roads are passable by almost any type of vehicle, but some for the trails on the 2nd half of the trip requires high clearance (I didn't use 4wd at all on this trip)

That's right, I need a bit more than just a couple of cold ones.

@@OverlandOutAndAbout I’m in Northern CA too and my channel is about Motorcycle Camping and travel. I love poaching your spots. Thanks for not being a gate keeper 🤙🏻✨

I don't like the "post edit" recording and adding to the video, I record my trips as they happen, and part of it is talking, explaining, etc...all in real time as it happens.

Nice...I used to have a KLR with an off-market 9 gallon tank for long adventures... your comment just made me nostalgic 🙂

Welcome to the channel 🙂. I live in the Bay Area, and yes I was up 108 several years ago, but not recently.

@@OverlandOutAndAbout I'm in San Jose myself. I don't have anything to Overland in so I keep to the civilized roads but if you want scenery, further up Sonora Pass has some really beautiful landscapes. I discovered Twin Lakes near the Bridgeport area last year and the drive out on Twin Lakes Road blew me away. I look forward to watching more of your videos. Cheers😁

It was already done when I bought the van...a shop out of Colorado called something like 4x4 Conversation (or something like that)

Yea, it's really nice up there.

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy the videos. Most of my videos have coordinates added to them, and for one of my recent trips I also added trail names in the video and the map at the beginning of the video, I'll try to do the same for future videos. If you need any kind of info for any of these trips, feel free to ask here, or on my facebook page: facebook.com/OverlandOutAndAbout

You are correct.

Nice...small world 🙂

Maybe...this time I went from north to south

There’s no way to get to Murphys as he stated off-road but you can get to Dorrington, sour grass campground and boards crossing near Highway 4 then drive on the highway to Arnold and then Murphys.

😂...you have good eyes, I didn't even noticed that until you mentioned it.

Yea that area looked scratchy

You sure that's part of Jupiter? That's the really nice house (agreed have no clue how they got materials there to build that!) right after the water crossing on 3n03 coming off camp nine. Jupiter, from my understanding, which I could be wrong, is down off Italian Bar Rd towards the MiWok side, @OverlandOutAndAbout what trail was that that you turned around on, that didn't look like 3n03, what that 3n13?

I'm not sure if it's Jupiter or not, I just tried to follow trails on the map that will take me from Strawberry to Murphy's.

@@OneTakeSunday Yes it’s by camp nine so it’s basically Jupiter. I’ve been all throughout there. In fact I was there a couple days ago

@@OverlandOutAndAbout what trail did you turn around on?

Yea, these scratches are just a part of Overlanding. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

GaiaGPS...I tried OnX, in my opinion it's not a good as Gaia.

The older i am getting does take me longer to acclimate to the elevation!

I've been to Leavitt only this one time, and yes it's really nice.

Yes I went to Sandbar Flat Campground to check it out.

Yap, but I made it in the followup trip 2 weekends later (the latest video on the channel)

@@OverlandOutAndAbout no, you were literally right next to a great river spot, you have some more exploring to do at the power house.

Yes that's correct, it's just to the north/west of Strawberry.

I believe that...I did see a few scratchy structures along the way.

Been on both those roads. Taken 4N01 all the way to sandbar and Frazer flats to beardsley. pretty much every road of I-Bar rd.

@@OverlandOutAndAbout Those side trails.

I was about to say this. I've been in some remote Stanislaus forest and seen guys who looked very sketchy. I spoke to a sheriff deputy and he confirmed the cartel operates out of there. For the most part they will leave campers and travelers alone. Just use caution.

It's good that I didn't have any issues there

It's mostly a question of how much I'm willing to push it while being alone in the middle of nowhere 🙂

@@OverlandOutAndAbout Gold Lake 4X4 campground. one and a half miles, one and a half hours. you need a reservation now. I have done it a dozen times with my truck. Feeling Huge. And then this gal in a Subaru forester rolls up. "Is this the campground" ?? You missed the turnoff.

Yea, the last thing I want is to get stuck by myself without the ability to rescue myself.

Did you do that recently?

@@OverlandOutAndAbout five years ago. I live in Santa Cruz county. Covid, But for years before. Going up to Utica reservoir on HWY 4.

Is it possible it’s closed now?

@@glibaudio what is closed?

Strawberry is a town name, plus there are coordinates in the video to all the locations and trails.

Murphys Crossing is on Hwy 4. Hwy 4 will take you up to the Bear Valley ski resort. closed there in the winter. From HWY 4 up to HWY 98 is the Deer Creek Trail. This is a very hard rated trail. Drops you out by Kirkwood ski area. to the east, Hope Valley.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I ended up camping at that spot. It was a very scenic trip, just a bit crazy on the narrow/vegetation parts.

Nice, there are a lot of nice trails in that area.

It can get hot there during the summer, but it's not a big deal. I was there a couple of years ago at 113 degrees, but as long as I could put my chair in the water, and suck on an ice cold beer, I was gold.

When I was there it was fairly empty, I saw a couple of motorcycles and one or two cars... it's really nice up there.

@@OverlandOutAndAbout Get your ass up Whalen, head for the 7 lakes. With that rig you can get to Tamarack lake, it's really nice. A lot further off the path than around Pillsbury.

My ass is whalen every chance I get :-)

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

It's an off-shiot trail. Look at these coordinates and follow the trail on the map: 39.40799, -120.97325

It can be crowded on the weekends, on weekdays it's empty.

@@OverlandOutAndAbout Thanks. I have a lifted (spacers) 2015 Ford Expedition with 33's and a set of Bilsteins. Does that sound like it should handle it?

Absolutely... everything I did in this video can be done with a stock 4wd.

There is some trash there, but hopefully everyone will do there part and pick up some of it.

It's nice there. I need to venture out to Plumas, I'm not sure if I ever explored there in the past.

@@OverlandOutAndAbout There are a lot of OHV roads. Might be tough with your van. I saw a big Dodge 2500 Max cab and a Huge USFS mega crew cab Ford roll by. An hour north of Tahoe. Look at CZcams. This is the main road which is difficult.