johngottfredson
Threat Level Midnight
- Location
- Alpine
Desert Therapy Session Jan 5-7
- Thread starter TRD270
- Start date
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
Jealous... I decided to stay home and work in the shop. 🙄
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
anderson750
I'm working on it Rose
- Location
- Price, Utah
I wish there was a build thread on what he has going on there. I thought it was something manufactured but from what he showed me, it is a full costom build to give the truck a 3rd row.
johngottfredson
Threat Level Midnight
- Location
- Alpine
Since I bought, not built, I didn’t post anything because it felt like it would be Stolen Valor.
Here’s the build thread:
Fits our family of 7, they love summer canyon drives. I’m wanting to lift the back end up 2 more inches, swap out wheels/tires for something that doesn’t poke out past the fenders, and figure out a custom soft top that looks something like this:
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- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
That’s pretty cool.
- Location
- Draper, UT
anderson750
I'm working on it Rose
- Location
- Price, Utah
Woke up to a skiff of snow this morning in Price. Any pics of what the remaining crew woke up to?
Thursty
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Green River
On Saturday morning I met the bulk of the group who had camped at Copper Globe the night before. It was great to chat for a bit and finally put some faces to screen names. This was my first time getting out and meeting anyone from RME and, although it was just a short meet and greet, I really enjoyed it. After a few minutes the group was eager to put down some miles and so we parted ways. While they headed down the trail I kicked around Copper Globe for a bit (my first time being there) before heading home. I hope the rest of the group had a fun and safe remainder of their trip. Here are a few of my pics from Saturday.
Obligatory vehicle shot.
Obligatory vehicle shot.
- Location
- West Bountiful, UT
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
- Location
- West Bountiful, UT
- Location
- West Bountiful, UT
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
- Location
- Stinkwater
Nuffin, it was an overcast but pretty calm night. It just started drifting a few flakes this morning as we got out to Caineville.
- Location
- Stinkwater
I've kept meaning to read up on that Lopez Massacre and your pic reminded me. Thanks.
Red Lopez - Wikipedia
- Location
- Stinkwater
I missed all of Friday, bumming around town with a busted fuel pump. @anderson750 sent me to Dan Piccolo at Superior Auto who went above and beyond to source a replacement pump out of Salt Lake and stayed at his shop until 9pm to get me back on the road. I can't say enough good about the fellow and his employees. Five stars, will bust my fuel pump in Price again. Somebody else will have to fill you all in on Friday's adventure.
I jammed out soon as the truck was running and got out to where the group was camped at Copper Globe about 1130 that night. The Moore Cutoff at night is a little creepy. Rallying the shit out of the Copper Globe trail in the snow and dark was fun as hell. It was cold and everyone was in bed when I got there so I threw up the tent as fast I could and crashed out. The forecast was for low 20s, @Gravy said his thermometer saw mid-teens? It was cold.
Saturday morning we hung about until @Thursty showed up and got to chat a bit, but he wasn't able to join us for the rest of the day so we got moving shortly after. Made our way across the top of Link Flats and through Cat Canyon, checking out rock art and cowboy glyphs along the way, then I managed to take a wrong turn (I think at the bottom of Mussentuchit Flat) and we ended up all the way down Last Chance Canyon before I caught it and we redirecting into Cathedral Valley. Losing light, we fought our way along some terrible washboard until @TRD270 found us a reasonable spot to camp. We set up and those of that are sane and reasonable ate tacos, and then we chatted around the fire until it got too cold and we called it a night (some of us earlier than others).
Sunday we slept in a little and got rolling some time after nine, stopped at a couple sites in Cathedral Valley, then jammed out Caineville Rd to pavement. Most of us (again, the sane and reasonable ones) met Thursty at Ray's for a burger and then we were on our way. Just a little snow coming over the top of Soldier, wasn't too bad, and now I'm showered and ready to go back.
@Gravy earned his Overlander merit badge for leaving his house with no agenda and bumming around the desert for a couple days with no plan and no real accomplishments and still enjoying himself. He's already trying to figure out how he's gonna get wontons under that Liberty.
@Rot Box earned his I Don't Like Tacos merit badge because he is not sane and reasonable, and earned his First Blood merit badge for getting his rocker panel into a fight with a rock and losing.
@DAA earned his I Don't Need A Map merit badge, for needing a map and not having it.
I earned my Most Expensive Camping Trip Yet badge, for obvious reasons.
I took a couple pics.
Windey canyon-bottom routes are the best.
A motley crew.
You can be a big pig too.
When he's a rock star, this is going to be an awesome album cover.
I jammed out soon as the truck was running and got out to where the group was camped at Copper Globe about 1130 that night. The Moore Cutoff at night is a little creepy. Rallying the shit out of the Copper Globe trail in the snow and dark was fun as hell. It was cold and everyone was in bed when I got there so I threw up the tent as fast I could and crashed out. The forecast was for low 20s, @Gravy said his thermometer saw mid-teens? It was cold.
Saturday morning we hung about until @Thursty showed up and got to chat a bit, but he wasn't able to join us for the rest of the day so we got moving shortly after. Made our way across the top of Link Flats and through Cat Canyon, checking out rock art and cowboy glyphs along the way, then I managed to take a wrong turn (I think at the bottom of Mussentuchit Flat) and we ended up all the way down Last Chance Canyon before I caught it and we redirecting into Cathedral Valley. Losing light, we fought our way along some terrible washboard until @TRD270 found us a reasonable spot to camp. We set up and those of that are sane and reasonable ate tacos, and then we chatted around the fire until it got too cold and we called it a night (some of us earlier than others).
Sunday we slept in a little and got rolling some time after nine, stopped at a couple sites in Cathedral Valley, then jammed out Caineville Rd to pavement. Most of us (again, the sane and reasonable ones) met Thursty at Ray's for a burger and then we were on our way. Just a little snow coming over the top of Soldier, wasn't too bad, and now I'm showered and ready to go back.
@Gravy earned his Overlander merit badge for leaving his house with no agenda and bumming around the desert for a couple days with no plan and no real accomplishments and still enjoying himself. He's already trying to figure out how he's gonna get wontons under that Liberty.
@Rot Box earned his I Don't Like Tacos merit badge because he is not sane and reasonable, and earned his First Blood merit badge for getting his rocker panel into a fight with a rock and losing.
@DAA earned his I Don't Need A Map merit badge, for needing a map and not having it.
I earned my Most Expensive Camping Trip Yet badge, for obvious reasons.
I took a couple pics.
Windey canyon-bottom routes are the best.
A motley crew.
You can be a big pig too.
When he's a rock star, this is going to be an awesome album cover.
anderson750
I'm working on it Rose
- Location
- Price, Utah
Thanks for putting up with the lack of filter on my wife for a couple hours. Glad you got back on the road Friday.
- Location
- Stinkwater
Your wife is a riot. Thanks for the hospitality!
- Location
- Smithfield Utah
I had way too much fun you guys thanks again! I’ll have to write something up when I get some time. Tinky is banged up a little but it’s a purple truck—the least of its problems 😂