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Moab
2006 - Highlights
The people & rigs:
Jenn
– TJ
Susie
and granddaughter Emery –TJ
Todd
and wife Zeecha and son Dominick – TJ
Joe and
wife Pam and son Alex –TJ
Alvin
and wife Noreen and son Blake – TJ
Keith
– Sami
Victor
and wife Julie – TJ
Bruce
and wife Lisa – YJ
Jim
– FJ (TLC).
Friday 31 March
·
Start
of the drive down, only (approx) 1,000 miles to go
·
Susie
had Jeep trouble all day, which seemed to get progressively worse
·
Spent
the night in a hotel in Burly,
Saturday 1 April
·
There
is a Jeep dealer in Burly ID, who’d a thunk? Not that they were much help.
·
No
codes were being tripped. They thought
it was a fuel issue
·
Limp
it along, over the mountain and thru the snow…
·
Long
drive, pulled into Moab Valley RV park around 1900 I think
Sunday 2 April
·
My
friend Jim joined us for the day
·
Late
start since a bunch of us rolled in late the night before
·
Keith
was cautioned by the cops about how his Sami was not street legal, and not to
drive it in town
·
The tires
stick out too far, no flares, no mud flaps, lugs too big –
hmmm…just like my rig
·
We
ran Pickle Canyon and Mashed Potato
·
Due
to time constraints from our late morning departure we had to skip
Bashful’s Crack and the Tusher Tunnel this year
Monday 3 April
·
Ran Golden Spike.
·
With
my friend Jim leading we headed out on the trail
·
I
rode shotgun with Jim all day. It was a
blast! Riding in that big old cruiser is
totally different than in my TJ
·
·
Susie
breaks the glass out of one side of her hardtop
·
Dominick
turns 4 years old
Tuesday 4 April
·
Headed
for Red Cliffs Lodge (ranch), up the
·
Nice facilities,
good horses, beautiful scenery, what more could you ask for? Everyone seemed to have a blast
·
Afterwards I headed up to check out
·
Everyone
else went back to camp to work on rigs and stuff
·
Saw
Herons, ducks, and rafters on the river
Wednesday 5 April
·
Instead
of Pritchett we decided to run Steel Bender
·
It
blows. It rains. It hails. It rains some more. It snows. It rains some
more. And then more
·
Todd
breaks his steering
·
Guys
go to get the welder
·
I got
very, very cold – no top/doors, just a bikini
·
Guys
get back, welder doesn’t work. Not
enough charge
·
We
leave Todd and head out for camp and to find someone with an onboard welder
·
·
Some
head back to fix Todd, some go on back to camp
·
Everyone
eventually gets in late, hungry, and cold
Thursday 6 April
·
Instead
of Strike Ravine they decided to run Metal
Masher
·
Jenn
rips off a control arm mount
·
Keith
welds it
·
Jenn
rips it off again
·
Keith
welds it again and puts a ratchet strap on it
·
Jenn
ceases to play for the rest of the trip
Friday 7 April
·
Went
and watched Keith play on Potato Salad Hill. He did a nice job of walking up it
·
Then
most of the group went and ran the first part of Cliff Hanger
·
I
headed to town to the galleries to pick up some stuff
·
Met
up for lunch in town and then hit the road
·
Keith’s
motor home dies outside of
·
Spent
the night at a truck stop
Saturday 8 April
·
Find
Chevy dealer near by
·
Get motor
home fixed
·
Drive,
and drive, and drive
·
Cross
OR border and stay the night at a rest area
Sunday 9 April
·
Grab
food and gas and drive, and drive, and drive
·
Get
home about 1430 in the afternoon
·
Pay neighbor
kid $10 to unload Jeep for me and haul everything upstairs
·
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