A Few Pics From Our 4,000-Mile Summer Road Trip

[Dusty]

My wife and I recently took our summer road trip in the Bronco and had a blast. We spent 2 weeks going through 13 states and covered 4,190 miles. We left Southern California and spent a couple days at Lake Mohave with friends over 4th of July, then continued on through AZ, NM, TX, OK, KS and into Missouri where we spent a few days with family. Then it was up through Iowa, across Nebraska to Wyoming for a few days in the Cody and Yellowstone NP area. Then back home through Montana, Idaho and Nevada to California.

We camped out of the Bronco a few times, stayed with friends or family a few times, and stayed in a couple of motels. Biggest expense was gas but it was much cheaper the further you get from California.

The Bronco once again performed flawlessly. We've taken several long road trips in it and find it comfortable and adaptable to whatever we're doing. For reference its a '21 Base 2-Door non-Squatch, 2.3L/7-speed MT. Its on ICON EXP shocks and Nitto 35's. We pulled the rear seats out for this trip to make room for more gear. Our camping setup was just a $45 ground tent, air mattress and sleeping bags.

Here are a few more of our pics from the trip. Sorry no wheeling pics, we pretty much stuck to roads and highways on this one And I'll spare you guys all the non-Bronco pics from the trip LOL.

Thanks for checking them out

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[EffenNewGuy]

Great pics and recap Dusty! Makes me miss road tripping out to Iowa to visit my mom!

 

[PSUTE]

Love the stripes!!!

 

[Hkak45]

Bronco looks awesome! Very nicely done. Love the white and blue and the painted flares is the perfect touch

 

[j_marinelli]

Looks like y'all had a great time Dusty!

 

[indio22]

You guys in that base model are the heroes we need in a vehicle equipment arms race that's gotten out of control. And those shelbyesque stripes look great!

 

[Bukin67]

That's awesome Dusty! Chantel is really looking good. She has certainly come a long way!
We're actually heading out next week for our own 4k run, making our way to NWBR, then off to CO for Super Cel W.
Hope to see you at Bronco Daze "Casual".
¡Salud!
Randy

 

[projectbadlands]

Very cool!

We did something similar in our 4 door Badlands.

We started in North Hollywood by Universal Studios at 4am and were in Barstow by sunrise. We hopped on I-40 east and headed towards Needles, CA.

Our first pitstop was in Kingman, AZ to put gas and stretch and grab some snacks from the back and promptly hit to road to our first official stop in Williams, AZ. Walked around and did some shopping for a few hours. Hit the road and drove to Albuquerque, AZ with some sight seeing and some off highway exploration along the way. When we arrived, we had dinner and enjoyed the hotels pool.

Next morning hit the road off the main highway and landed in Roswell, NM. Definitely a fun town to explore all the alien stuff. I am not saying there for sure are aliens out there but they had some pretty compelling stuff in the alien museums. After a few hours and lunch, hit the road and took all the small highways through TX headed to San Antonio which was our final destination.

After a week there, met the SA Bronco boys (and girls) and had dinner with them. Had lots of fun meeting new people.

Ended our trip taking the 10 fwy from San Antonio straight through Los Angeles.

3,204.3 total miles
55:59:49 total road time
16.3 MPG

 

[Jeffola]

Dam Dude! I love the stripes on your vehicle. Makes me wish I got Race Red to match my 350. Great photos, thanks for sharing.

 

[STONEWALKER]

Awesome adventure! Thank you for sharing!

 

[Plala]

My wife and I recently took our summer road trip in the Bronco and had a blast. We spent 2 weeks going through 13 states and covered 4,190 miles. We left Southern California and spent a couple days at Lake Mohave with friends over 4th of July, then continued on through AZ, NM, TX, OK, KS and into Missouri where we spent a few days with family. Then it was up through Iowa, across Nebraska to Wyoming for a few days in the Cody and Yellowstone NP area. Then back home through Montana, Idaho and Nevada to California.

We camped out of the Bronco a few times, stayed with friends or family a few times, and stayed in a couple of motels. Biggest expense was gas but it was much cheaper the further you get from California.

The Bronco once again performed flawlessly. We've taken several long road trips in it and find it comfortable and adaptable to whatever we're doing. For reference its a '21 Base 2-Door non-Squatch, 2.3L/7-speed MT. Its on ICON EXP shocks and Nitto 35's. We pulled the rear seats out for this trip to make room for more gear. Our camping setup was just a $45 ground tent, air mattress and sleeping bags.

Here are a few more of our pics from the trip. Sorry no wheeling pics, we pretty much stuck to roads and highways on this one And I'll spare you guys all the non-Bronco pics from the trip LOL.

Thanks for checking them out

OK, first, that looks amazing! Thanks for sharing! Two, I didn’t think you could take the rear seats out of the 2 door bronco? Please tell me how you did this lol. Single woman here! I would love to take the backseats out of my bronco and three, is your bronco name Chanel? Like the couture line?!

 

[Donkeygyrl]

Great pics we just did our 3rd run coast to coast sf to fl with a big dog. Taking the back seat out was the key to the operation.
Or route was hwy 10 not as pretty as 40 or others but that dang heat was nipping at our heels right before July 4 th.

 

[Dusty]

You guys in that base model are the heroes we need in a vehicle equipment arms race that's gotten out of control. And those shelbyesque stripes look great!

Thanks! As I always say, the 2-door Stripper Base model is "twice the fun at half the price"

 

[Dusty]

That's awesome Dusty! Chantel is really looking good. She has certainly come a long way!
We're actually heading out next week for our own 4k run, making our way to NWBR, then off to CO for Super Cel W.
Hope to see you at Bronco Daze "Casual".
¡Salud!
Randy

Sounds like a great trip Randy! We've done the Colorado Super Cel for the last two years so this year we're swapping it for the new Carson City one

 

[Dusty]

Very cool!

We did something similar in our 4 door Badlands.

We started in North Hollywood by Universal Studios at 4am and were in Barstow by sunrise. We hopped on I-40 east and headed towards Needles, CA.

Our first pitstop was in Kingman, AZ to put gas and stretch and grab some snacks from the back and promptly hit to road to our first official stop in Williams, AZ. Walked around and did some shopping for a few hours. Hit the road and drove to Albuquerque, AZ with some sight seeing and some off highway exploration along the way. When we arrived, we had dinner and enjoyed the hotels pool.

Next morning hit the road off the main highway and landed in Roswell, NM. Definitely a fun town to explore all the alien stuff. I am not saying there for sure are aliens out there but they had some pretty compelling stuff in the alien museums. After a few hours and lunch, hit the road and took all the small highways through TX headed to San Antonio which was our final destination.

After a week there, met the SA Bronco boys (and girls) and had dinner with them. Had lots of fun meeting new people.

Ended our trip taking the 10 fwy from San Antonio straight through Los Angeles.

3,204.3 total miles
55:59:49 total road time
16.3 MPG

That sounds like a fun trip too!

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