Brent and Larry went fly fishing with a few of our customers over the weekend of Oct 17th, 2009, we were accompanied by Scott Tarrent, Mark Whitlow and Joe Sugura.  Mark was kind enough to invite us and a few of our friends up to his private cabin along the Deschutes River just north of Central Oregon near the town of Maupin.  A great time was had by all, including most of the fish that “got away”!  We had several fantastic meals and even better conversation.  The cabin we stayed in was one of the original cabins from when the railroads were originally built nearly 100 years ago, ours was built in 1910 specifically.  It was very rustic and authentic looking, basically the perfect fly fishing cabin.  We spent two nights on the river and fished nearly every hour of daylight for both days.  Only a few fish were caught but a great time was had by all!

The Bill Burke Camel Trophy Slideshow at Columbia Overland had a fantastic turnout.  Bill adventures of his previous life is very interesting.  Columbia Rovers provided great hamburgers, hot dogs and hot links for all.  I would highly recommend spending some time with Bill Burke for anyone who gets the opportunity.

Columbia Rovers recently attended the Solihull Society’s Land Rover National Rally in Leadville, CO July 28^th –August 1^st. It was decided that in addition to attending the rally that we would become Gold Level sponsors as well to ensure the rally continues to have success.

Brent and Larry drove their matching Kniversand Orange Disco II’s the long trip to Colorado. They drove trails for three days and then drove the long haul back to Oregon. It was quite an eventful trip as evident by our mass of pictures.

Columbia Overland is now online!  We have created a new website dedicated to our own line of offroad gear as well as select components from our vendors.  Here you will find pictures and descriptions of equipment we feel are the highest quality and we ourselves use on our own vehicles.  In addition to general vehicle overland preparation we specialize in Land Rover bumpers, rock sliders, fuel tank skid plates, jerry can mounts, and more.

Also, send us your questions, comments and opinions about this site and don’t forget to visit our service facilities site at www.columbiarovers.com.