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I will try to make it for a day trip this year. Poison Spider and Behind the Rocks are two of the first technical trails I drove when I was 17, on my own (no parents, I lived in GJ and lied and said I was just going to watch and check out the scene), and I haven't done either since.
For those who've never done the Moab EJS, you don't have to wheel to have a great time. I killed an entire weekend in my 20s, spending Saturday watching Lionsback and the dunes, then Sunday making hibachi burgers at Potato Salad Hill. So much rolls through Moab that week you could make a spectacle of it without ever leaving town. I was there when AHnold was pushing the H1 before it was called "the H1". I was there when Cappa chugged the bottle of mustard on a $20 bet, I was there the year after the brown K5 lost it's brakes and everyone said it would be the "last year because it's too dangerous". If you get bored with the the off road fun, year round it's the hiking/scrambling/mountain biking mecca of the US. Arches and Canyonlands are always awesome, and if you have kids, it's a great opportunity to explain what "phallic" means (you're bound to drive by a rock formation named that). I'm getting all nastalgic now so I'm going to hit post button.
79 J-10 (Honcho Mucho) KE0LSU
304/Performance Fuel Injection TBI/MTA1/SP2P/Magnum rockers
T18/D20/D44s&4.10s/33" Mud Claws
Grizzly Locker Rear
4" front spring drop, 5" rear shackle flip
Chevy style HEI (ECM controlled)
Dolphin "Shark" gauges in a fancy homemade oak bezel
3/4 resto, rotting faster than I've been fixing it.
I think we are gonna be there on April 20th (yeah, looking at the Atlas Flint!) and will stay until the 28 (ish). I know my buddy (in a TJ) his wife and Jerry Cockran (in his Cherokee) are going as well.
We are planning to take both the Honcho and the Lexus. Will do some good rock crawling in the Honcho and are planning to hit the sand dunes in the Lexus.
Canyonlands didn't have a cabin available, I need electricity. I am booked at the Slickrock Campground 4/20 - 4/26. I'm looking forward to my first visit to Moab!
SteveD wrote:Canyonlands didn't have a cabin available, I need electricity. I am booked at the Slickrock Campground 4/20 - 4/26. I'm looking forward to my first visit to Moab!
I may try to make it out but I am not confident I can get the 5.3L conversion done in time. If anything I may just pull the 5th Wheel out there and do a little camping. I will see if I can find any boondock camping spots. I wonder if I can get the 5th Wheel out onto Sand Flats rd without getting stuck? I have tented there a couple of times but I dont remember if I have seen campers there.
"After years of being paranoid about my Jeep’s temp going towards that 220F mark, I’m realizing that if it was real problem, Jeep engineers would have painted that area RED." - FSJ Guy
srobertsfsj wrote:I may try to make it out but I am not confident I can get the 5.3L conversion done in time. If anything I may just pull the 5th Wheel out there and do a little camping. I will see if I can find any boondock camping spots. I wonder if I can get the 5th Wheel out onto Sand Flats rd without getting stuck? I have tented there a couple of times but I dont remember if I have seen campers there.