Attached are some of the pictures I took while wheeling in Moab this week. Some of you may note that this JKL has a rental sticker on it - so I'll admit to renting a Jeep again to wheel the great trails out west. (I just can't afford to pay for the fuel to drive it 5000 miles round trip - Believe me I wanted to!)
Anyway, it was almost identical to my own and I really enjoyed the trails around Moab.
I LOVED IT!!!
You guys out west have it sooo good!

The first couple of pix are from Gemini Bridges area with my father and son, the 2nd grouping was from Fins & Things. You'll note there's nobody in the drivers seat, cause my partners bailed on me - so I had to double as camera dude too.

Up until Moab I had not hit the 'limit' of what a stock Rubicon can do... and in the words of Clint "A Man's Got to know his limitations..."
Now I do.


Joe's To Do List:
Hollister Hills = Check.
Raush Creek = Check.
Moab = Check.
Camp Jeep 2009 =
Rubicon Trail =

 

cant see the pics...

 

Yeah, no pics!? Sounds cool though.

 

Yeah, maybe he dreamed all this

 

WHERE ARE THE PICS?!?!

You can't be checking Moab off your list entirely when you've only done 2 of the 50+ trails in the area. Fins & Things is a fun trail, but a JK is capable of much more difficult trails than that.

 

I can't wait to see the pics!

 

Ryno,
I really do hope to get back to Moab for Easter one of these years, it was just sooo incredible out there... I really enjoyed exploring the back country.

For now those 3 trails will have to suffice, I've got some prep work to do for Camp Jeep '09 and I have to finish paying off the credit cards from last week too

The funniest thing was that the Rubicon walked right up & down the slickrock with absolutely no trouble (I had a hard time beleiving what it was capable of - without rolling it) and then there was this little dirt hill near Pack Creek maybe 150 feet...
It made it approx 125 feet up the loose dirt and river-rock hill, when it just dug-in and stopped all forward progress... It was a pretty good incline of 30-40 degrees. All locked up and nowhere to go

 

cool pics, what was the pucker factor on lions back

 

The main Lion's Back was closed that day, so I was stuck with Baby Lion's Back.
Going up was great fun, and after only a few feet the angle decreased = low pucker factor.
Coming down the backside though was another matter... I backed up and turned around to come down the same way I went up.

Being my first real encounter with Slickrock, I had no idea how well the tires gripped. In hindsight, I might have done just fine.
But when Wheeling by yourself... caution gets you home in time for supper and a cold beer.