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We spent Thanksgiving exploring central Utah doing some hiking and offroading. We first stopped at Goblin Valley state park to hike around the fun hoodoo formations, then took wild horse road/factory butte road past little wild horse slot canyon until it meets highway 24 again. The road was...

I've heard a number of people say they hesitate to air down offroad because they don't want to lose range and since I was camping by the white wash sand dunes near Moab I did an experiment to test this idea. My tires (275/60R20) were aired down to about 20 psi which was noticeably better in the...

We had a fun day trip yesterday learning to drive in the sand at the white wash sand dunes north of Moab. There are a few square miles designated 'open riding' so you can explore where you want (or dare) to. There are also sandstone features so it creates some interesting transitions. We were...

I recently purchased a viair 88p air compressor as an improvement over a cheap $20 compressor. I also have the rivian portable compressor because I didn't get the offroad package and so I don't have the built- in compressor. I decided to time how long it would take to reinflate a tire from 30 to...

I took my family on a trip to southern Utah over New years in order to do some desert exploring. Our first day was traveling from western Colorado to Escalante, Utah with a short detour into Capitol Reef national park to hike down capitol gorge. We arrived at the canyon county lodge with 12% and...

We finally took delivery of our R1S on Saturday before our early pricing expired. There was a lot of uncertainty and anxiety around the delivery the week leading up to it since our vin was changed twice due to vehicles that wouldn't make it to the Denver service center in time, after having...

Has anyone captured the charging performance of a standard+ battery pack from a low state of charge? In debating between the standard+ and the large pack, mainly because of the rumors that it's a software limited large pack. If it charges the same then it really shouldn't affect road trip time...

Saw this on Facebook; sounds like Rivian was attempting the Rubicon with two trucks and an suv. It looks like manufacturer plates. I think at least the R1S made it, and I'm sure they've learned that the tire rod ends need to be beefed up!

I came across this video of Bill Burke's R1T doing some soft terrain wash crossings. I think the biggest takeaway is that cooper mud terrains work great!

This weekend I got to attend a vehicle recovery class by Bill Burke (bb4wa.com). Part of the time was in the field (on BLM land designated as open to cross country vehicle travel, so you really are allowed to drive wherever you want in this area). One fun part was watching Bill purposely get...

A couple of waypoint chargers (level 2) installed at Under Canvas just north of Moab. These chargers (and probably the whole camp) are powered by a solar array. Have any other waypoint chargers been spotted? Also this article from this spring mentioned Rivian attempting to find a...