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Moab, Utah

Back at Sun Outdoors campground again, this is turning into an annual thing (which is great).

Started at Potato Salad Hill

TJ ended up climbing it once I had some cable courage.

Kaylee and Joel both put some tires on it too, I’m the only crazy one in the bunch this time..

Jake was able to join us finally as well.

Kaylee getting some Baby Lions Back action

TJ still has some solid flex with the new coilovers and iroks

Day 2 we did Gemini bridges, Long canyon and Fins ‘n things

Joel’s rig did pretty great on it too

Kaylee getting some flex as well

Day 3, Kaylee working her way up to the summit of Top of the World

Old girl still looks pretty good up there

There is truly only ‘One Joel’

And then… THIS HAPPENS… 🙂

Kaylee and Jake are now engaged! Congratulations you two

I finally didn’t get in the way of Joel getting his rig up on the overlook.

Lexi doing a pretty awesome job of getting pictures snagged

Houston, we have a problem…

I knew something didn’t feel quite right, new u-joint installed following morning, back on trail.

Day 4 we did Klondike bluff, Tower arch 4×4 trail, 10 mile valley and got to see Eye of the whale arch and Balanced rock

Day 5, Kaylee getting after it on Poison Spider Mesa

Joel doing the same

Seems I always like to take the dumb, I mean more ‘fun’ lines

I switched to a Rubi Gladiator for last day of trail riding, the fuel pump in the old TJ finally gave up the ghost, barely made it back to camp after Poison Spider Mesa.

Was a great trip and we all had a fantastic time in Moab again.

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Vegas / Western USA

Day1, 1 night
Aviation museum

Something to be said about sleeping near fighter jets. 🙂
Liberal, KS

Day2, 1 night
OK RV Park

Holbrook, AZ

Day3, 3 nights
Oasis Las Vegas RV Resort

Las Vegas, NV
‘Ole Red, with Saltwater Sky

The Mentalist at Planet Hollywood

Day4
Observation deck of Stratosphere

Big Shot ride
Terry Fator Show

Observation deck after dark

Day5
Bullets and Burgers (I’ll just leave it at this:)

Freemont Street (old strip)
Mike Hammer Comedy & Magic

Day6, 2 nights
Mountain Home RV Resort

Mountain Home, ID

Day7
Recharged for rest of trip
Hemi waiting impatiently for us to get back home…

Day8, 2 nights
Blackwell Island RV Park

Coeur d’Alene, ID

Day9
Route of the Hiawatha trail


Sunset Dinner Cruise w/CMoore

Day10, 1 night
Bridger Brewing

Three Forks, MT

Day11, 1 night

New Frontier RV Park
Presho, SD

Day12, home

4136 total miles traveled in the RV
+
550 gallons of diesel
x
near 25 years now with my wife
=
priceless….

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Boundary Waters BWCAW

Spent some quality time with my dad up in the middle of nowhere.

Had an absolutely great time, caught some fish, survived a pretty solid storm and didn’t get wrecked by a moose that visited our campsite a couple nights.

Sadly, I did not realize at the time, that this would be the last trip with my dad. Very grateful we were able to do this trip.

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Moab, Utah

Day 1
ARB front locker line and compressor install
Baby Lions Back

Fins ‘n Things


Moab Brewery

Day 2
Kane Creek Canyon

Broken strut valve on Frank

I now have a new profile pic… 😀

Broken rear driveshaft

Tina towed Frank last few miles

Ordered new tom woods shaft. will arrive Day 4
There is only one CMoore.. 😀

Pasta Jays

Day 3
Fixed strut
Blew Transfercase, so we thought
Towed to Clarks
Ended up being front driveline
Tcase linkage FUBAR
7:30a-7:00p in Clarks lot, quality wrenchin’ time
The Spoke

Day 4
Shafer Switchbacks, White Rim, Lathrop Canyon, Potash Road

Ordered new strut for Frank, arrive Day 5
Just us and Joel/Karen
Blue Pig

Day 5
Awaiting strut from UPS
Top of the world

Moab Brewery

Had a BLAST, even though we had some carnage, that’s sometimes what Jeepin’ is all about. Till next time…

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Moab Utah

ay 1 (8/5): Shaffer switchbacks 3 times, White rim, Lathrop canyon, Potash road

Day 2 (8/6): Fins n things, both loops

Day 3 (8/7): Kane creek canyon

Day 4 (8/8): Poison spyder mesa loop and overlook, broke hydro on trail then cmoore blew radiator back in town

Day 5 (8/9): Moab rim overlook w/cmoore, Sevenmile rim, plus wipeout hill

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Grand Island KOA, Nebraska

No pictures were taken at this location, we were mostly headed back home.

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Colorado Springs KOA

No pictures were taken at this location, we were mostly headed back home.

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Ouray & Telluride Colorado

Had a great time driving some very easy but scenic trails. Trail list includes: Ophir Pass/Alta Lakes into Telluride, Imogene Pass back to Ouray. Mineral Creek, Mineral Point, Engineer Pass. and finally Last Dollar Road.

Day 1:
4/10 Ophir Pass/Alta Lakes into Telluride (3 hour, 16 miles)
6/10 Imogene pass back into Ouray (4 hour, 12 miles)

Day 2:
5/10 Mineral Creek (1.5 hour, 7 miles)
5/10 Mineral Point (.5 hour, 1.6 miles)
4/10 Engineer Pass (3 hour, 20 miles)
120 miles highway back to camp

Day 3:
Last Dollar Road (20 miles) to Telluride
Last Dollar Road (20 miles) to Ouray

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Colorado Springs KOA / Pikes Peak National Park

This was on our way to Ouray, CO. To split up the drive we ended up going to Pikes Peak
The Fox’s and Worthington’s joined us for this trip as well.
Very easy climb, awesome scenery.
This sure was a nice thing to see.
Spent some time in the summit visitor center.
Not very many places where you can see this far.
The true ‘summit’
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Will Rogers Downs KOA, Oklahoma

Wife and youngest daughter wanted to head to Oklahoma to visit the Pioneer Woman’s setup. I wanted to visit my uncle Jerry.

Ended up being a pretty large campground, I hear largest one in Oklahoma.

Chris’ parents from Missouri went along with us. Was able to see some horses running around on the nearby racetrack.

And ended up losing some money at the nearby casino…