jerry 1y ago • 100%
Its certainly featured on Matt's YouTube channel frequently... that dude is one of the reasons I own an XJ instead of a GMC Yukon.
jerry 1y ago • 100%
Looks like a fun place! Thanks for sharing.
* 4" narrower than the 200 series * 112" wheel base * Front IFS, rear solid axle. Factory rear locker. Full time 4wd. * Hybrid Turbo inline 4 cyl 326HP 465 lb-ft torque * Base model starts at $55k * Three editions - "1958", "Land Cruiser" and "First Edition". More info in the linked article.
jerry 1y ago • 100%
Welcome. Fantastic photo. :) Got any more?
This was taken on a cruise on a rare day when the sun came out and I could watch the sun set -- at 11pm. :D
I figured I'd post just a short trip report for a Sand Hollow trip in Utah that we did last weekend. The forecast we super hot for both days (over 100 degrees) so we decided to go in the morning. We ran Milts Mile on Saturday. That was a really fun trail, but it claimed my passenger-side hub knob. I was able to scoot up middle monkey (which was hella steep but surprisingly not too scary). The off-camber stuff scared me the most. In the photo above, this section of rock had me in my head so much that I stopped and my spotter and to jump out and assure me the passenger tire was still on the ground. I don't have sway bars *at all* (with plans to fix that) so I get tons of body roll. On Sunday, we ran Ridgeline and the first part of West Rim trail. My wife drove that day and had zero problems with the initial shelves and rocky climb on Ridgeline. She was able to take the "fun" lines at the Funnel and Steps as well. What blew me away is she managed to drive up Toll Booth #1. I didn't want to try and drive it because I was worried about the amount of body roll my XJ has, but she wanted to give it a shot, and [boy did she ever](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECLQpGJcbT4). Finally, we hit Top of the World - snagged the photo, and left via the Water Tank "road". We've got another weekend trip planned in November and we can't wait to go back! EDIT: [Imgur Album with more photos.](https://imgur.com/a/fMubNsl)
Especially the overnight trips.
Recently took a cruise to alaska and the weather cleared up a bit in time for sunset.
jerry 1y ago • 100%
Wow -- that's magical. I was expecting some camera like a Nikon Z7ii or something... nope, its a pixel again. Well done. :)
jerry 1y ago • 100%
Nice shot!
jerry 1y ago • 100%
Before I die, I'm going to see the Alps. I don't know when, but its gotta happen.
jerry 1y ago • 100%
Wow -- I love the still water. I need to get back there.
jerry 1y ago • 100%
Sometimes, I think that I should only go out in bad weather so I can get shots like this.
jerry 1y ago • 100%
Looks great. Was this north rim or south? (Or somewhere else haha - its a big place.)
jerry 1y ago • 100%
I need more beaches in my life. ;) Nice shot!
jerry 1y ago • 100%
I love when clouds do that. The colors during sunset just lit that whole place up. Great shot!
jerry 1y ago • 100%
Beautiful shot. I love how its sticking up over the clouds.
A very windy, but beautiful spot.
jerry 1y ago • 100%
That's a cool reflection
I've got an ARB awning tent that packs relatively compact and light that I use for camping when wheeling. Works super well for me and my dogs (or whoever's with me).
jerry 1y ago • 100%
Ellie always gets BBQ. ;)
Was at my parent's house in cool weather and we were able to play fetch until she was completely exhausted. Then we had BBQ haha.
Western utah after driving through a storm two weeks ago.
A couple years ago, my buddy and I had just finished enough of his SAS project on the hundie that we needed a test drive. This trail is relatively close and has some great views. We managed to rope our other friend (who owns the orange FJC) into it as well. Nothing failed and all the welds stayed welded, so that was nice.
jerry 1y ago • 0%
This was shot with a full moon behind me. I was happy to get the unique moonlit landscape with some faint milky way at the same time.
This was shot with a full moon behind me. I was happy to get the unique moonlit landscape with some faint milky way at the same time.
jerry 1y ago • 100%
Haha wow. What an effective way to describe it.
jerry 1y ago • 100%
I agree - decentralized is the future. Fwiw, I'm really enjoying lemmy and want it to succeed. I'm just hoping to help somehow. I'd love for centralized social networks to become decentralized so that the perverse incentives that exist currently can evaporate.
I'm nervous posting this because I don't want to come off as telling you "what to do". This is coming more from a desire to support the awesome work you're doing to help lemmy grow on the fediverse. If this is too "forward" - I'm happy to back down and continue posting everything I've got to /c/earthporn, /c/photography, and /c/jeep. ;)
It seems in the short term, we're just trying to capture and retain users so that communities can grow and become new homes for reddit refugees.
- If the signup process is difficult or confusing, the "capture" part of that goal will be diminished.
- Small instances have kind of a "ghost town" feel. I understand why this is, but new users don't and this affects the "retention" part.
Some ideas:
- A getting started guide -- for example, creating an account on a new/small instance is different than a large instance because of how federation works. The information in the fediverse is largely available, but knowing how to find it is nuanced. Having a guide or video or something could help with this and support the "retention" goal.
- Having a few preferred instances to handle the surge of new users. This will take efforts from server admins (like yourself) to communicate to the community the needs they have so that we can provide support. This addresses both "capture" and "retain" goals really well in the short term. Some sort of strategy would be needed long term to "decentralize".
- I'm donating on patreon to lemmy.ml (just $10/month for now), but I wonder if other users realize that money is needed to handle the new load (for lemmy.ml, beehaw, etc). It seems reasonable to support the people that are crucial to making instances like this work without requiring them to take on enormous financial risk. (I'm saying this without understanding anything about your hosting solution or backend infrastructure, but assume that to scale, you need to pay Amazon/Microsoft/Google mo money).
- If you need help building out infrastructure, there are those of us here that would be willing to take some time to help as well - we just need a way to know what you need.
- Some kind of "invite" feature - it would let me send "invite" codes to my friends. This eliminates the "what instance should I use" question and potentially the "manual approval" process. This could potentially be used to create nefarious bot accounts, and may just need to exist initially (but not long term).
Me and a buddy are trying to find some good photography locations for the Oct. eclipse in the United States. Was able to get some decent shots out in western Utah.
I created this community as a landing zone for reddit offroad refugees. I've only got so many trip reports and Jeep/Land Cruiser photos though. If you're new, please help us flood this new community with photos of your rig and trips.