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- Barnwell Mountain
- Black Gap
- Blackrock Desert
- EDRA: Hwy 101
- Elephant Hill
- Engineer Pass
- Fins N Things
- The Maze
- Metal Masher
- Poison Spider/
Golden Spike/
Gold Bar Rim - Rimrocker
- The Rubicon
- Schnebly Hill
- Top of the World
- Toroweap
- White Rim
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Team Toad Jeeping: CRD and EcoDiesel, EcoToad, Toad Rover, and the Toad Pod™ |
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So far in 2024 the EcoToad has been to Big Bend, Canyonlands White Rim (twice), the Toroweap Overlook on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Fins N Things, and the Rimrocker Trail.
September 20 to October 3, 2024: Rimrocker, White Rim
Our big fall trip included the Rimrocker Trail, Canyonlands White Rim, Arch Canyon, Valley of the Gods, and Bisti Badlands. I'll be updating the White Rim trail page shortly to include this year's trips.
The biggest addition to the EcoToad this year has been mounting a StarLink Gen 3 dish in the roof and wiring it into the house battery.
Our big trip in 2023 was to the Rubicon Trail near Lake Tahoe in California. On the way out, Fuzzy ran the Engineer Pass trail as a warm-up. Debbie flew out to Reno to join for the Rubicon, then flew home from Reno afterwards to take care of the farm animals.
Fuzzy drove the EcoToad home, stopping at the Toroweap Overlook on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon for a Milky Way photo.
In July Fuzzy went to the Maze District of Canyonlands National Park in Utah. We had a great time with good friends, but I wound up having to be rescued while hiking to the Harvest Scene Pictograph.
Team Toad is Michael Mauldin (AKA "Fuzzy") and Deborah Mauldin (AKA "Debbie"), our kids, our friends, and various honorary members. Although we're known mainly for our robots, we've gotten into expedition Jeeping since 2013.
EcoToad in 2023, in Canyonlands Maze District
EcoToad in 2024 with solar panel and StarLink, in Capitol Reef NP
The main purpose of our expeditions is photography, including landscapes, sky photos, night sky, and of course Jeep pictures. As I like to say:
Looking West at sunrise from Candlestick Camp in Canyonlands on the White Rim Trail (2013)
My Jeep allows me to get deep into the backcountry where the scenery is amazing, the crowds are non-existant, and the night sky is very dark. I take a lot of camera gear with me, so I pull an expedition-trailer behind the Jeep.
From 2013 to 2014 I used an AT Overland Chaser Tent Trailer (sadly now discontinued), and I highly recommend AT Overland Equipment for both their products and their service.
In 2015 I rebuilt my tent trailer into a camper I call the Toad Pod™. You can see a page for each vehicle, and also see where we've been, where we are now, and we have a couple of product reviews.
 The EcoToad |
 The Toad Rover |
 The Toad Pod |
 The Toad Chaser Tent Trailer |
 Toad Travel Log |
 Tracking the Toad |
 Toad Gear Reviews |