Moab Black Sheep-April 2014 recap and pictures

[RamRod]

^ brutal!

I love driving the mountain roads, but it sure sucks when something happens that closes down the road and your trapped in the middle on nowhere!

 

[jakesz28]

Only the OEM ones. I hear the THORparts.com ones come through unscathed ;-)

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Mine was unscratched last year. The hitch took a few scrapes.

 

[jakesz28]

I have second thoughts about buying that camper and missing this trip. I sure hope it was worth it.

 

[Highatop]

Yes, my aftermarket hitch has saved my bumper too. Now my wirin and bracket is another story, destroyed. I had thoughts of grindin them off but, after wheelin w/ it and The Fall on Steel Bender, I'm keepin it on. That was the only thin that saved it.

 

[backcountryislife]

I have second thoughts about buying that camper and missing this trip. I sure hope it was worth it.

Now that you live here... I just want to clarify that there is NO good excuse for missing a moab trip!!

5 hours drive, you can stay for free, buy food at the grocery store... you can do Moab for a weekend for about $300 pretty easy if you need to cut back. When I'm not being cheap & go out to eat for breakfast & dinner, my moab trips run me about $400.


SO NO MORE EXCUSES!!!

Btw, hit up Highatop & I this summer to get to know some of the trails around here man... tons of fun right in my back yard, and up the hill from you over in the People's Republic.

 

[Highatop]

2X. Also the Lazy Lizard small cabin is an option. 5 days for about $200 then food. We cooked some meal at cabin w/ our camp stove. Worked out real well for us and will be doin it again in Octs run. It is an different from a reg hotel room but, $ well spent or not spent...

 

[ajk150]

... sounds like your trip back was a bit quicker than it was for us! We waited almost 3 hours at the bottom of FAIL pass on the way home...bleh.

Yikes, that does sound worse. Although I heard a rumor that a truck rolled or something on I-70 earlier monday, so had I not been driving over at 12:30am I'm sure I would have been slammed i traffic. Specially with roads like this in spring, there is always some car who switched from there snows to earlier and causes a wreck in this stuff haha



Oh and staring at this for 7 hours in the dark (these lights don't dim like the rest of my lights can), was not as much fun as dealing with the lack of these functions. But what is more fun then a midnight rally style run up I-70 in a snowstorm right? Honestly though, not much, it was really fun!:horns:

I have second thoughts about buying that camper and missing this trip. I sure hope it was worth it.

Well there is a serious cool factor to consider here. And it sure does look sweet with it on there. And as long there isn't hurricane winds outside sounds awesome to camp in. You can refer to my spy shots of it below. :shifty:

 

[jakesz28]

Now that you live here... I just want to clarify that there is NO good excuse for missing a moab trip!!

5 hours drive, you can stay for free, buy food at the grocery store... you can do Moab for a weekend for about $300 pretty easy if you need to cut back. When I'm not being cheap & go out to eat for breakfast & dinner, my moab trips run me about $400.


SO NO MORE EXCUSES!!!

Btw, hit up Highatop & I this summer to get to know some of the trails around here man... tons of fun right in my back yard, and up the hill from you over in the People's Republic.

I backed out of the one job up there do to the benifits. I hope to find something that way this year. I just can't afford to quit and move until I find the right spot.

I'm still second guessing myself for turning that one down.

 

[backcountryislife]

I backed out of the one job up there do to the benifits. I hope to find something that way this year. I just can't afford to quit and move until I find the right spot.

I'm still second guessing myself for turning that one down.

You should be


Can't make up time with money!

I took a 50% cut when i moved here, best financial decision I've ever made.

 

[jakesz28]

Once I get out that way you won't be able to stop me from making that trip.

 

[backcountryislife]

Couple more a friend took

rain or shine... still having fun!

Perseus CLEARLY wasn't doing his job & let me fall off the passenger side on hells (ok, rain does make it a LITTLE slicker)
so I hooked up to be safe & make sure I got back on the wall without any issues.

he's on point now though...

H3 recovery team (I don't think that sticker means what the Jeep guys think it means )

the mud in 1st tub was horrendous, never even had to use lockers to get out before, and this time I just couldn't make it.

 

[backcountryislife]

Btw... just finally bought a darn CB, so I won't be the uncommunicative "black sheep" of the black sheep!

got this one, and a mag mount antenna.

Thanks for the recommendations while we were out there, I had always assumed the handheld ones like this were junk, glad there was an option that worked for what I wanted.

 

[SickStringC]

The hard line down ... Poison Spider.

AJ doing things in the Disco that just don't seem possible.

Proof it does it.

Seth climbing like a madman.

Fru climbing in the Raptor like it's nothing.

AJ freaking us all out.

Fixed.

 

[persius1]

Couple more a friend took

rain or shine... still having fun!

Perseus CLEARLY wasn't doing his job & let me fall off the passenger side on hells (ok, rain does make it a LITTLE slicker)
so I hooked up to be safe & make sure I got back on the wall without any issues.

he's on point now though...

H3 recovery team (I don't think that sticker means what the Jeep guys think it means )

the mud in 1st tub was horrendous, never even had to use lockers to get out before, and this time I just couldn't make it.

Hahaha! You can't rely on a Moab rookie! Just glad you made it up safe!

That's the one hill I'm definitely going back to climb. I was too chicken to try it in the rain.


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[ajk150]

You know the single pictures really don't do this justice, but seeing Fru's online versus my more "offline" approach really shows how tricky the situation was. Thanks guys for pulling me up!

Look close and you can see me smiling :giggle:

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[Highatop]

Steel Bender

Bare w/ me on these...

 

[Highatop]

Bare w/ me. Some are uploadin and some say error? Poison Spider next...

 

[alrock]

For best results, pictures should be hosted on a site like Photobucket and then use a link here to display the pics. For reasons of practicality, the forum only allows pictures up to .7mb in size which of course is much smaller than most cameras now take.

 

[Highatop]

Poison Spider. I think it should work. Just these took along time to do...?http://s34.photobucket.com/user/Highatop/slideshow/

Let me know if you can see it, My PC is movin like a snail now?

 

[3Hummers]

Ah the memories Zi don't have from this trip.

 

[Highatop]

You will have memories of the next one tho. Hells...After Hells Gate, you guys were fast an furious to get down for your parts. I think also, we did Baby Loins Back, the end of Finns an Thins and Potato Salad after. Well Chris and Seth anyway for the last one...

 

[3Hummers]

Everybody has a trip like my last one at some point.

 

[StormTrooper]

Great pics can't wait for my first time out

 

[3Hummers]

Next one is in October.