East Pocket Road

S.J. Hollist

I've been writing for TrailsOffroad since August 2015. Before that, I had been off-road in central and northern Utah, east and west Texas, and central and northern Arizona, and most recently, southeastern Idaho. I've even driven off-road on an island in the Caribbean (the one time I've driven a Jeep off-road). I joined TrailsOffroad because it combines my three favorite hobbies: Off-roading obviously; I've also been blogging for most of my life - even before it was done on the internet (ever heard of a dial-up BBS?) - and even wrote a political column for a now-extinct website for a few years; I also have experience with building websites and promoting on social media. These experiences made writing for Trails Offroad a good fit that I enjoy very much. When I'm not working at my IT job or playing with my kids, I go on runs with a group of people who like to collaborate. I also run my own online marketing and web content company The Rotisory Foundation (named after a BBS I used to run back in High School and College before the Internet became overwhelmingly popular). I'm a big Toyota fan. I've owned two 4x4 Tacomas, an older 4x4 Toyota pickup, two FJ Cruisers (the first was a TRD SE 6-speed, which I got rid of after my twins were born), and am now building up an old '96 4Runner.