We were "Moab virgins" this year and we had a blast. Thanks to WOL and WOlette and all the other So Cal peeps for leading the way showing us a good time. It was also great meeting other JKF members from across the country.

On Sunday we ran Seven Mile Rim

Here is the link to the album for Day 1
http://s941.photobucket.com/albums/a...%20Mile%20Rim/

Here we are gathering at the top of the rim…strategizing on running the trail without meeting certain death (..I guess you have to have been there to understand that )


Brainchild navigating a crevasse


Beautiful view overlooking Monitor and Merrimac Buttes


Between the Buttes was a beautiful and relaxing place to hang out
...some relaxed a little more than others



Lined up getting ready to cross what the Wells book refers to a “tippy slick rock”


Checking the incline with an iPhone angle finder app


Jeepcacher crossing over


Trailbud


JackMac4


sm_rubi climbing up Wipe Out Hill


This butte sort of looks like a big hotel to me



I think it was JackMac4 who made the mistake of saying “we are actually going to get off the trail by dark”…so our Jeep decided it didn’t want to get out of park. Took at least an hour to get the console out. Turned out to be a small plastic clip out of place in the shifter. Thanks to gongonannas and WOL for getting us back on the road


Finally headed off the trail (sm_rubi and Gonegonannas)

 

On Monday we headed out to Area BFE to attended The Rock event.

Here is a link to the album for Day 2
http://s941.photobucket.com/albums/a...%20Area%20BFE/

It was such a nice day we all decided to take doors and tops off


Here we got to meet up with other JKF members from across the country




The women making the first obstacle look easy

WOLette


Me (Blonda)


TikiJK


Chip80 getting some flex


Mituk your tires look huge in this picture!


Some flex shots
Me

Brainchild


Heading back off the trail

 

On Tuesday we ran Metal Masher

Here is the link to the album for Day 3
http://s941.photobucket.com/albums/a...etal%20Masher/

Making our way to the trail head


sm_rubi


Showing some height perspective on one of the obstacles


One of the MBRP rigs making the climb


Piginajeep finding a creative way to work on one of his control arm bolts during our lunch break


Trailbud taking on the next obstacle


A kid in a built up CJ7 that tagged along with us



sm_rubi


Oops…


Off to the next obstacle…only Wolifette and Brainchild conquered this one…oh and the kid in the CJ



This was a really fun section of the trail…all you could hear were tires spinning


Just some cool shots




MBRP catching some big air


Amazing views at the top



And on the way home…

 

On Wednesday we went to Canyonlands and Elephant Hill

Here is a link to the photos
http://s941.photobucket.com/albums/a...ephant%20Hill/


We came across a lot of yearling cattle on the roadway


Newspaper Rock…gotta love the “Moab Man” top center


Beautiful drive



Some of us decided to gas up at Needles Outpost just to be safe…$5 per gallon!


Making our way up Elephant Hill. I found this sign amusing—where the heck else are we going to go?


JKDinker, Brainchild, Gongonannas, Mituk and Moochie making their way up


Cryptobiotic soil…we had to be very careful of where we walked so as not to disturb it


Makin our way down some of the hairpin turns. The 4 doors had to do a three point on at least a couple on the way down


Heading into the Slot





Break for lunch



Checking out the view at Silver Stairs



Trailbud getting some flex


Working out way down the Stairs


Sm_rubi at the Confluence where the Green and Colorado Rivers meet



Navigating a steep shelf on the trail out


A view looking at long steep climb back out


And KenB1010 on the way down


We had to be careful with all the cattle on the way home…. And lots and lots of deer

 

On Thursday we went on the Off Road Evolution Customer run to Mashed Potatoes

Here is a link to the album
http://s941.photobucket.com/albums/a...%20with%20ORE/

Gathering at the trail head


There was a wide variety of vehicles on this run


Almost as soon as we hit the trail…it began to snow

JKDinker



Sm_rubi



The snow started getting heavier and sideways just as we got to the main obstacle


Kcob


Loved Ryan’s Jeepster


What’s everyone looking at?


Holy crap…he’s going in that hole?


And back out


They say Utah has the best snow in the world








JK Dinker tackling the bowl just about the time the snow stopped



Sm_rubi taking it on




View from farther back…watching Kcob crawl out



Heading to a playground area





6X6 Dodge with a V10 we saw on our way back into town

 

On our last day, Friday, we ran behind the rocks, one of the longest, and 2nd hardest trail in Moab

Here is a link to the album
http://s941.photobucket.com/albums/a...20the%20Rocks/

At the trail head


Taking the first obstacle


DStack701 tackling a ledge


Toad & Bullfrog getting some flex on the way up


We stopped to let a couple rigs pass including this one with the dog in the back


Brainchild starting down a set of stairs


Jeepcacher with Jeepcachette spotting him down


We got to the top of the High Dive just after this guy rolled as he was making the last step down (fortunately he had taken the dog out first)


Looking up the High Dive as WOLette prepares to make the descent


And she easily clears it


As does Brainchild


Joe from Teraflex catches some air on Upchuck after easily clearing High Dive


Ckivy making his way down


Hummer Hill




Roller Coaster Hill




Checking out White Knuckle


JKDinker starting his way down White Knuckle which at the bottom is a 9 foot drop


Here is me making my way down




Moochie coming down. As a precaution, he removed his spare tire from the stock tailgate mount so as not to cause any damage on the way down


And the obstacles just kept coming….



JKDinker getting some crazy flex


After making our way though a lot of steps, holes with water, and tippy ledges…we were finally on access trail back by nightfall


Sadly, on Saturday, it was time to make our trek back home

 

Bloody awesome. Thanks for posting.

 

I really should have takin my dog out about 15-20 mins ago, but I just couldn't stop looking at all the pics. I will live vicariously through all these pictures till next year. Amazing pictures. Thank you for sharing your experience.

-Chad-

 

Wow, those were great photo's!!! Thank you both! Had a lot of fun wheeling with you two. Thanks Again! Larry

 

Fantastic shots... thanks for sharing. Looks like another adventure to put on the bucket list for sure.