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Check out the carnage on our 3 day run from Moab to Fruita.....
The We Be Jeepers went on their first annual Fruita adventure this past weekend.
Jim was the trail leader and event organizer and had us all leaving from the Moab cinema at 8:00am on Saturday with a brief stop by the Castle Valley turn-off to pick up Matt and his son Jacob.
Our first turn off the pavement came at the Onion Creek trailhead. I was very happy to find out last week that Redroxx was fixed and would be ready to go on Friday afternoon so I got to drive after all. If you’ll remember, Redroxx lost a wheel a few weeks ago on Metal Masher and I upgraded her to a Dana 60 and some new airshocks, etc. Jeff, builder of Samurai’s, did the work and did a fantastic job. Thanks!
Anyway, after a few minutes admiring and discussing, airing down and getting situated, it was off to Rose Garden Hill.
Rose Garden behaved itself today and was a nice warm up for things to come.
Beautiful scenery! And….a great way to get over to Fruita, Colorado. Next comes the crossing of the Dolores River. The water level was nice and low so the crossing was exciting but safe, water barely reached 1/2 way up the tires.
After we reached the other side, the trail became easy 2WD and we sped along, raising clouds of dust.
We had a couple small detours but found our way through the Colorado National Monument and drove over and through it down to Fruita. We found our hotel at around 4:30pm and the rigs had a rest while the rest of us cleaned up for dinner. After a nice meal at a local Rib place, everyone hit the hay in preparation for 21 Road on Sunday.
21 Road is a few miles outside of Fruita and begins as pavement, leading to a 2WD road, leading to a 4WD road. Along side this moderate 4WD track is a wash where the boulders and obstacles are. Basically, this is a working wash and is carved by water so it changes from year to year and storm to storm.
Here are the rigs in their line up, airing down and preparing to enter the wash. There are multiple spots to get in and out of the action. Many rigs were anxious for rocks and jumped in right at the beginning on an obstacle I call, “the old car.”
I know that I was eager to try out Redroxx’s new axle and off we went through the first boulder field. You can’t see it in this photo but there’s an ancient car smashed in the rocks, almost flattened by the forces of past floods.
Pick your poison through the wash. There’s usually more than one choice…from hard to ridiculous. Often it was follow the leader.
Bad Cat had a new driver most of the day, John Brown from Denver, a friend of Jim’s.
Matt too recently had some work done on his Rubicon and found that the new M/T tires and long arm kit liked the rocks and performed very well.
DaVon met up with us in Fruita and brought some family out for the day to show them some wheelin’.
Larry found that some of the boulders are bigger than the tires. He tested his new superior shafts and although many of us winced and turned away, they held and he got over and through the first challenge.
Everyone started to get into the grove, picking different rocks and different lines. This one’s not working so well……let’s back it up and try again!
John and Kathy also met up with us in Fruita and were out in their little Sami. They always seem to have a blast in their rig. Plus if it gets stuck, we can just get Monte to pick it up……Monte, where are you?? This was a rock stacking, Sami moving kind of day……..right up your alley! Next year you’d better be there!
More in the next post.....see below.
The We Be Jeepers went on their first annual Fruita adventure this past weekend.
Jim was the trail leader and event organizer and had us all leaving from the Moab cinema at 8:00am on Saturday with a brief stop by the Castle Valley turn-off to pick up Matt and his son Jacob.
Our first turn off the pavement came at the Onion Creek trailhead. I was very happy to find out last week that Redroxx was fixed and would be ready to go on Friday afternoon so I got to drive after all. If you’ll remember, Redroxx lost a wheel a few weeks ago on Metal Masher and I upgraded her to a Dana 60 and some new airshocks, etc. Jeff, builder of Samurai’s, did the work and did a fantastic job. Thanks!
Anyway, after a few minutes admiring and discussing, airing down and getting situated, it was off to Rose Garden Hill.
Rose Garden behaved itself today and was a nice warm up for things to come.
Beautiful scenery! And….a great way to get over to Fruita, Colorado. Next comes the crossing of the Dolores River. The water level was nice and low so the crossing was exciting but safe, water barely reached 1/2 way up the tires.
After we reached the other side, the trail became easy 2WD and we sped along, raising clouds of dust.
We had a couple small detours but found our way through the Colorado National Monument and drove over and through it down to Fruita. We found our hotel at around 4:30pm and the rigs had a rest while the rest of us cleaned up for dinner. After a nice meal at a local Rib place, everyone hit the hay in preparation for 21 Road on Sunday.
21 Road is a few miles outside of Fruita and begins as pavement, leading to a 2WD road, leading to a 4WD road. Along side this moderate 4WD track is a wash where the boulders and obstacles are. Basically, this is a working wash and is carved by water so it changes from year to year and storm to storm.
Here are the rigs in their line up, airing down and preparing to enter the wash. There are multiple spots to get in and out of the action. Many rigs were anxious for rocks and jumped in right at the beginning on an obstacle I call, “the old car.”
I know that I was eager to try out Redroxx’s new axle and off we went through the first boulder field. You can’t see it in this photo but there’s an ancient car smashed in the rocks, almost flattened by the forces of past floods.
Pick your poison through the wash. There’s usually more than one choice…from hard to ridiculous. Often it was follow the leader.
Bad Cat had a new driver most of the day, John Brown from Denver, a friend of Jim’s.
Matt too recently had some work done on his Rubicon and found that the new M/T tires and long arm kit liked the rocks and performed very well.
DaVon met up with us in Fruita and brought some family out for the day to show them some wheelin’.
Larry found that some of the boulders are bigger than the tires. He tested his new superior shafts and although many of us winced and turned away, they held and he got over and through the first challenge.
Everyone started to get into the grove, picking different rocks and different lines. This one’s not working so well……let’s back it up and try again!
John and Kathy also met up with us in Fruita and were out in their little Sami. They always seem to have a blast in their rig. Plus if it gets stuck, we can just get Monte to pick it up……Monte, where are you?? This was a rock stacking, Sami moving kind of day……..right up your alley! Next year you’d better be there!
More in the next post.....see below.
