7 days, 1,555 miles & 132.5 gallons of fuel used around UT & CO

[DirtyLarry]

For the past few years I’ve been taking the ole girl on longer runs now that it is sporting a reliable modern engine and overdrive trans. In March we ran a trip to Flagstaff to the Overland Expo then around Southern Utah and Northern Arizona to the typical hot spots. Last week we met up with Mosesburb which I finally got to met at the Overland Expo. We spend the 4th of July week roaming around Southern Utah then worked our way into the four corners are then on up towards the Ouray/Telluride area. It was a great time!

One to the pictures…….

The GPS is programmed and the truck is loaded up and ready to roll. 6 AM, Saturday, June 30th


We met up in Valley of the Gods late Saturday afternoon



Fancy new shower arrangement I rigged up to replace a PITA tent type shower stall




From Valley of the Gods we motored on down to the Hole In The Rock trail near Halls Crossing Marina at Lake Powell for a day. This is my third trip to the Hole In the Rock trail area but the place never gets old. There is one nasty spot 20 some miles in on that main trail that is too sketchy for short wheel base to try to pass so we stopped and spent the night then headed towards Moab for a while.

Airing down the tires at the beginning of the Hole In The Rock trail


Cool sights to see out in the middle of nowhere




Then there is that nasty spot that I mentioned. Pictures serve no justice to how steep and off camber this spot is with a one tire drop off. A perfect place to dump your junk over 5 hours from the nearest town.

View looking down


View looking up. Looks like no big deal in these pictures but it is ugly


We had a great camp spot this night.


So nice not to see any other people!




A bit toasty in the camper this night, but it is a dry heat. Ha!


The Hole In The Rock trail isn’t super technical but there are several opportunities to get flexed up a bit.




As we approached the Hwy 276 we ran across this interesting contraption…A Dodge truck/trailer/solar panel cattle watering hole pumper thingymobober



Interesting use of left over truck parts


Guess they needed a new power source once their windmill kind of fell apart



A few YouTubes taken on our way out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=Na2cLEsKaPs

This one is really looonggg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL...yer_detailpage