Uitnas 7/9/05

[DrMoab]

Looking for a place for the NAXJA IC crowd to camp in September. Headed up to the Uintas to find some cooler weather.

Started out heading to Lym Lake. This is a small little lake that used to be almost a challenge to get to but when we went up the FS decided that the creek crossing wasn't nessesary anymore and bulldosed the road in

Like a dummy I didn't get any pics of the lake but after we ate lunch there we headed up to Elizabeth Ridge to the lookout over The west fork of the Blacks fork river.

This is the road heading up to the ridge overlook

Finally to the overlook. At 10,400 feet.

Looking into the West Fork Canyon

We could see that the river was quite high so we decided to see if we could cross it or not. So down off the ridge we went to head up WF canyon.

 

[DrMoab]

Once we hit the bottom of the canyon and headed up we ran into this little guy

Finally in the bottom of the canyon...It was so beautiful and green.

 

[DrMoab]

The creek crossing. The water wasn't running too fast but it was deep. All these jeeps are running at least 8 inchs of lift and the hoods are up to my chest just to understand how deep the water was.
Badgers comming back.

XJ4Moab heading across.

Here I am dropping back in to go back across.

Here is where things got interesting...With XJ4moabs jeep and mine with snorkels we decided to see if they could really handle deep water. Unfortunaly we both also suck at taking pictures so nither of us got it when the water was actually over the hoods

Both rigs survived with only a small amount of moisture in the airboxes and wet carpets.

After this we headed back to town via Meeks Cabin road and out through Sulfer Creek Rez and highway 150.

All in all it was a good day.

 

[notajeep]

Those are some sweet pics man! You did all that in one day?

 

[DrMoab]

well kindof...we came home early the next morning
This is kind of funny. While we were looking at our airboxes I realized why my gas milage has been in the toilet. My K&N was so plugged that there is no way it was getting much air through it.
So I decided when I got back to Evanston I was just going to pull it out. While I was getting gas( at 1:00AM) I pulled it out, got back in the jeep and no start. It would start rev up to 1500 RPM and quit....thought I might have got the computer wet...After half an hour screwing around I found that when I took the air cleaner out I knocked a wire of the ignition ballast resistor
Plugged it back in and we were off...Got home about 3AM

 

[O'neal]

Nice! I enjoy hanging out up there.

 

[DrMoab]

Nice! I enjoy hanging out up there.

My cousin actually lives in Evanston(well actually Myers Ranch south of Evanston) He works at Evanston Moters...maybe you know him.

 

[O'neal]

My cousin actually lives in Evanston(well actually Myers Ranch south of Evanston) He works at Evanston Moters...maybe you know him.

I believe I know,What's the first name?

 

[DrMoab]

I believe I know,What's the first name?

Brian...Drives a green dodge truck...Also has a blue ZJ.

 

[O'neal]

Is he married with a wife named tommi (sp)?I know lot's of people up here,just cant remember them all

 

[DrMoab]

Is he married with a wife named tommi (sp)?I know lot's of people up here,just cant remember them all

Yup...thats him...He was with us that day too.
this is his truck.

 

[O'neal]

That's what I thought.If and when you go play in the mountain's again,let me know,I'd happy to tag along.The pic's are great....Nice and green up there.
How close to the moose were ya when the pic was taken?Killer animal specially during hunting season here in the middle of their rut.

 

[JeeperG]

When we gonna paint that thing Ryan?

 

[Badger]

..After half an hour screwing around I found that when I took the air cleaner out I knocked a wire of the ignition ballast resistor
Plugged it back in and we were off...Got home about 3AM

hey hey now you found?heheheh

here is the vid of the river crossing you requested Dr.M

for your veiwing pleasure

Bryon s first attemtp

my attempt

Ryan and Bryon crossing

them coming back then playing around

all videos are in DivX so you might need the codec to watch them

 

[DrMoab]

That's what I thought.If and when you go play in the mountain's again,let me know,I'd happy to tag along.The pic's are great....Nice and green up there.
How close to the moose were ya when the pic was taken?Killer animal specially during hunting season here in the middle of their rut.

NOT THAT CLOSE!! I just have a good zoom on the camera
Problebly about 50 yards or so.

Yeah we like to play up their quite often. Be happy to look you up.

When we gonna paint that thing Ryan?

Why? Paint means scratches and such....I like primer.

Oh yeah and Badger actually found the unpluged wire.

 

[Badger]

i was just kidding i'm sure you would have figured it out .i just happen to look down while you were trying to start it.

 

[DrMoab]

i was just kidding i'm sure you would have figured it out .i just happen to look down while you were trying to start it.

No my luck is I would have called Bryon at 3am and made him get my trailer and come get me.....Then find it the next day.

 

[Badger]

well considering i was there with mine i doubt we would have gone there.i would have had you drive my rig and trailer and just taken my time driving home in the jeep

 

[JeeperG]

Why? Paint means scratches and such....I like primer.

How about a test victim for flames then? got my bro talked into testing his skillz on my VW hood. just need to design or come up with Ideas.

 

[fattodog]

Juvats v/s. Pantons

DrMoab.
I don't mean to hijack this thread but I couldn't help but notice your avatar wording. Were you ever active duty, and did you spend a year in that one place where the Juvats and the Pantons battled?? KENNETH !!