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thanks CG!
enjoying it with my son while i can, couple more yrs then off to college

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Right on Dawg!

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Here's some more from the desert trip. I'll post up a link to CK5 where I've got the full write up. All pics are remote linked so you don't have to be a paying member to see the images. But reposting it again is a chore I don't have time for right now, but it's there to read if you want to.

Somewhere along Fix It Pass:
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Waiting for Larry after he hung is rear axle on a rock, again. We need to shave that 14b.
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Larry's ride in it's native habitat.
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Our buddy Ian's CUCV. Beastly 8.1L/5-speed on one tons.
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Eating lunch in the shadow of the westbound lanes of I-70 in Eagle Canyon.
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The Eagle Canyon Arch.
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Camp night #2
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Reds Canyon.
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Oasis in the desert on Poison Spring Canyon.
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Lunchtime stop.
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This is about as close as anybody could get to feel like they are wheeling inside the Grand Canyon and climbing out. Stunning views on every turn.
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Another lunch spot..Living on the edge.
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Desert Trip 2020 Report

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Shots from camp on the desert trip.
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sweet rigs and incredible scenery, really digging that arch.
i guess this was wit the 5.3 still? that eight-one will be fun...:metal:

last day of 3 i was able to snake-super busy at work right now.
went for a quad ride
Mt McGuire/Spencer peak area
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took the mutts for a run to burn up some energy, as their young and stupid, they need to be tied up still...
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some more puppy energy, came across this puddle. always send the dawg in first to check depth...
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end of summer, lots of heavy bush everywhere. up to a little plateau
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a nicer shot without the quad
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dicking around by the truck
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and heading up the mountain. first had to go threw this washout at the creek. last yr NONE of this rock was there. it's about 10 feet of rock on the old creekbed
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check out the cool shirt the kid is wearing....comes naturally i guess...:lol:
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a small pull-off part way up
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another little spot
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me and the dawgs hiked up to these falls awhile ago, they sure are small now at the end of summer
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Moe rides with the wife. he ain't so cocky and brave now when the big dogs aren't around to run too...:lol:
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and this is where the trail started taking a dive. for 3 or 4 miles we drove threw this, with the odd little clearing. was surprised wife put up with it as long as she did. was a real trooper on this ride
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bush and more bush
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little mud hole. surprisingly was about 8-10" deep. life as Moe sees it
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got a view when the bush opened for a second
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soon as we got back into the bush, my son almost rolled his quad down the mountain.
he didn't see this hole, it blended right in from our direction, and dropped his quad into it. wife was second and i bring up the rear. go to see why wife is stopped and her and the boy are standing on the left floorboard so it won't tip and roll away. quickly threw the wife's winch line on it, then had her winch it out. all she did though was drag her 600lb quad down to the kid's 700lb quad, so i anchored the wife's down with my 500lb quad and we got it out-no probs
you can see the drag marks behind wifey's atv before i tied on
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out and back on level ground
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this is the road slash trail slash deerpath we are trying to get up.thinking we mite come back in the fall when the foilage ain't so heavy
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when we got back to the truck, spotted these 2 eagles hunting
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on the way home, what's that in my mirror?
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beauty-ous Longhorn
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Thanks for the great pictures , looks like you had a couple scary times but made it through..
I get lost in my backyard , I think I would never make it out of the spots you go.

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Beautiful place - thanks for sharing!

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Is that "devil's club" left of the atv in the last picture?

Last picture post 1125; I didn't see all the others when I asked.

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Yep it was the swan's song for the 5.3 in my truck. I didn't know it at the time but it was. But the crazy thing was that it did the best it ever did on that trip. I kept my foot in it most of the time to keep it in the the power band on the highway. I actually was able to stay ahead of Larry and Ian's 8.1 powered rigs on a couple of passes and keep up with them on the interstate when we were hauling ass to Green River.

Once we slowed down on the way back the 5.3 turned in the best fuel economy I had seen since putting on the camper.

But the 8.1 will be a game changer. I won't have to plant my foot in it to maintain speed. The 5-speed will give me one less thing to worry about too compared to the 700. It's going to be a whole new animal to figure out for sure.

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i bet, no replacement for cubic displacement...

been an extremely busy year at work- covid has had no impact on my job...still managed to get out a few times though. spent a lot of time taking the mutts out. Rumble and Roxie are certified bush dawgs..
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Rumble caught a big 'ol chum, felt like about a 25-30 pounder...got to teach him to stop eating them though..
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was a nice night at the creek
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took the dawgs out to the lake
a quick stop on the way up to check for fish..
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rock on road...
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and up at the lake
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on the water
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headed up the mountain behind the lake
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seem to be running out of road...and looks like that's it
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and heading down
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a waterfall, was too tall to get in one pic and still see it
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and back at the lake
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stopped at the park coming down. Rumble looking all majestic...:lol:
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Rotts trying to look impressive, and Rumble showing her how it's done, he's really turning into a picture pig...
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and man, he's 21 mos old and still growing..
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tree fell on one of the tables in the park
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took the quads out. wifey wanted something easy, her RA was acting up...thinking about getting her a new quad with EPS
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was a little hazy with smoke from the CA and OR fires
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farting around up the valley
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and once again-end of the road...
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Rumble and Roxie like Dieseldawg, like harrassing the beavers, and like Diesel, when Rumble can't catch or find a beaver, he steals their logs...
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their dam seems to be getting bigger every year...
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was another stellar night at the river
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i'm thinking Rumble is more of a stick-head than Dieseldawg was....he got bored and went after the wife's lilac tree...
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so i took him "stick fishing" at the canal
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these river boats going by sure entranced the puppies
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mmm...sticks...
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also a pretty nice night at the canal
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this pretty sweet sub rolled past us on the dyke
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came across this "rv" couple weeks ago.
was wondering what the hay was on the back of it. then i seen this head pop out once or twice. when i caught up to it, turned out to be his cat's pen....don't look like he's a good backer-upper either...lol
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took the dawgs out to Tamihi ridge
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had a storm blow thru with winds up to 60mph
lots of trees blown all over the road...
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got nothing against guns...but jeez...was literally driving on a carpet of 12 guage shells. this is why things get blocked and banned. bad enuff they didn't pick up their mess, but this is also a protected area- no discharging firearms...
picked up enough to fill a couple plastic shopping bags
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heading up tamihi
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made it about 1/2 a mile past the little clearing up on the right, then the road narrowed down to quad/dirtbike size. had to pull a 56 point u-turn and everytime i backed up the truck kept sliding backwards toward the edge of the road. made sure i had my bumper lined up with them trees just in case....
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steep little road
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on the way out stopped at the river for the dogs, checking for fish
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Rumbledawg being a showoff...
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but it was Roxie who put him to shame, she nailed this 5 pounder
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ever seen a natural square rock?
now you have...
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was really nice today, sunny but cold, out and about with the mutts again
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was cold enough to want to start a fire. nice little spot for one
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jeebus, what the hell is with the shotgunners around here...another carpet of shells, and a couple more bags of casings...
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