> Camping, exploring and adventures following questionable roads to
> unknown destinations.

That's it, Larry.  As I posted on a tire thread in December, 2001,
after coming back from Baja with Mark Drillock:

> It occurred to me what a disaster a blowout could be and what a pain
> a flat would be. If you were stranded 100+ miles from the nearest town
> because you had bought cheap tires, you'd give a lot to turn the clock
> back and buy better tires!

Here's a stretch of road that made me think that:
http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/Baja/pix/roll4dx-4a.jpg
And this is near-perfect Baja road, just near nowhere!

Here's another one on the Utah-Nevada border about 100 miles
from nowhere:
http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/Oct2001/Oct01/roll5dx-26a.jpg

In places like these, cheap tires are expensive!

                                Richard A Jones
                                Boulder, Colorado