Sorry to hear that, The Ultimate Jeep Summit 2013 will be back in Silverton Colorado I think so maybe that will work out for you.
Sorry to hear that, The Ultimate Jeep Summit 2013 will be back in Silverton Colorado I think so maybe that will work out for you.
That's a real bummer. I was looking forward to meeting you.
My prayers for a speedy recovery and hope to see you next year.
Our plans have changed. We are now planning to attend in Moab. I called and it looks like we will need two sites, probably 33 and 34. They do not have any long sites. We will be bringing the newly finished theatre and game arcade. Tokens are available at the door...LOL. We will also have open space in case someone in a tent needs to sleep out of the rain by using air mattresses in the Stacker trailer.
Home theatre and game arcade pictures.
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Fantastic News, looking forward to seeing you two again.
That's great news!
I talked with Annette at the campground, she is concerned about us even getting into the campground. She suggested unhooking and pulling the Stacker in with a Jeep. I tried that before and I think I slightly bent the carrier away from the rear door. I will probably have to stay at the Portal campground about 3 miles away. She said it is has a newer section for big rigs. She also said that her campground is downtown in congestion. Lee is calling now.
I think that there is a conspiricy going on here. They have a hot tub for the princess at the Portal campground...lol
Trial by Fire, Maybe we can convoy from Kansas, we will be coming thru there.
Doug, the owner called from the Portal and we have reservations for there. What sealed the deal for Lee is that they have a spring fed swimming pool for dogs....lol
Even better news, since we will only need one site instead of two it will cost about $250 for the 5 days instead of $500 for two sites
Thanks for all the kind comments and concern. I plan on calling Tuesday afternoon to release my cabin reservation unless someone wants it speak up soon. As always without pics it didn't happen so here is a couple post op xrays
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yeah I would get those blown up and framed for my wall if I were you. That is an epic break sir^^^^
Holy crap Huey. I assume you pull your Commander inside that monster trailer. YOu must have a couple of engines in that RV. I'd be a nervous wreck driving that thing to Utah. I know I'd rip the top off pulling under the overhang at a gas station.
Nope, only one engine. It actually pulls fine. On a level road I can easily do 75. On a hill is a different story, but I do not mind. It is better to slow me down going up and down hills anyway. I was planning on going I-70 thru Kansas and Colorado but I now think I will go I-44 then I-40 to Gallup and then north to Moab. I want to avoid the high passes in Colorado. I hope that going north from Gallup is like going to Buena Vista, Co from Albuquerque. That route was up north thru north/south valleys instead of over mountains. If anybody knows how level the route from Gallup to Moab, I would like some feedback.
Funny story: We pulled into a campground this evening before dark. About 40 people gathered to see what would come out of the back of the "Slick Trailer". I tried to charge admission for the show, but they stayed around anyway. Two of the guys were members of the Jeep Commander Forum. I told them we were slowly making our way to Moab for the Camp Commander. One of the younger guys wanted to travel in the stacker to Moab, said " just let him have a case of MRE's and some water and he would hitch hike back after the camp.
BTW...We do not do gas stations because I can just see the same thing. I always try to get deisel fuel from truck stops using the same pumps as the 18 wheelers. I also have fuel fillers locations on both sides for faster fueling, but I always just use one of them.
Reservations to date:
Knappster
Adondo
TrialByFire
pjmjr508
strokeZ
HueyPilotVN
Anyone else?
Didn't StorkeZ trade in his XK?
I have put off picking trails until now and it is time to put the planning in full gear and get this thing rolling.
We will plan rides for Monday thru Thursday but keep enough time free for personal trips and the awards dinner :)
So far I see what looks like two good trail rides and I would love to hear from those who have been or thought about going before.
Trails that look interesting so far are: Hurrah Pass combined with Chicken Corners & Gemini Bridge combined with Bull Canyon. Any comments or suggestions?
Hurrah Pass
San Juan County, Utah
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Nearby Towns: Moab
Nearby Trails: Kane Creek Canyon, Chicken Corners, Lockhart Basin, Jackson Hole
Season: Year Round
Trail Length: 5.4 miles
Elevation: 3,996 to 4,791 feet
This trail is very easy and extremely scenic. It is primarily a dirt road that goes over a fairly low pass.
It starts on Kane Creek Road and you follow signs to Hurrah Pass (stay on the main road). The views get more and more spectacular as you get closer to the pass and you can see further into the valley. Though it is windy the pass at the top would be a great place to stop for lunch.
At the top of the pass you can see the other valley. The decent to the bottom is steep but doable in any vehicle.
At the bottom, the trail levels out and you'll see a sign for the Base Camp Adventure Lodge. Turn right here to start the Jackson Hole trail or continue straight to the Chicken Corners trail.
Information last updated on June 6th, 2008.
Chicken Corners
San Juan County, Utah
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Nearby Towns: Moab
Nearby Trails: Hurrah Pass, Lockhart Basin, Jackson Hole
Season: Year Round
Trail Length: 13.94 miles
Elevation: 3,946 to 4,488 feet
This is not a difficult trail but it has some amazing views and a short but intimidating hike on a ledge at the end that is optional. There are awesome views of the Colorado River and the end of this trail would be a great place to stop for lunch.
You must do Hurrah Pass or Lockhart Basin to get to Chicken Corners. It starts at the intersection of Hurrah Pass and Jackson Hole, and it is not very long (it takes two hours or so to run out, do the hike, and come back). It starts as an easy trail, much like Hurrah Pass. There are some bumpy parts as well as some sandy parts that are fun with some speed.
The only mildly challenging part is right before the end of the trail where you are forced to be fairly close to the edge of a cliff for a brief moment. It opens up again and you find yourself at a turnaround at the end of the driveable trail.
From here you can walk on foot along the true Chicken Corner. It is a very narrow foot path on a cliff and is not for people afraid of heights. Once you get around the cliff you are at a wide open spot. This hike is not very long.
Across the river from the end of the trail is Dead Horse Point Overlook. This is where they shot the final scene from the movie "Thelma And Louise" where they drove their convertible off the edge of a cliff.
Information last updated on June 6th, 2008.
Gemini Bridges
Grand County, Utah
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Nearby Towns: Moab
Nearby Trails: Bull Canyon, Gold Bar Rim, Metal Masher, Little Canyon, Arths Pasture, Four Arches Canyon
Season: Year Round
Trail Length: 13 miles
Elevation: 4,566 to 5,963 feet
This is a fairly easy but very scenic drive between Highway 191 and Highway 313. It can be run in either direction, with plenty of room for passing other vehicles. In the middle there is a parking area where you can take a short walk to see the Gemini Bridges, two natural bridges that parallel each other. You can walk on the bridges but you can no longer drive near or on them. This trail takes you to the top of the bridges while the Bull Canyon trail takes you to the bottom of them.
If you start from Highway 191 there is a large parking area at the start. It can be a dusty drive at the start as you run parallel to the highway going south. Then the trail takes you up the side of the mesa and over to the other side. Be sure to watch for bicycles and oncoming traffic.
Once you are down in the valley the trail is bumpy in places but easy. Watch for Gooney Bird Rock, a tall rock with a bird's face. It's good luck to drive over his toes and you'll see black marks from all of the tires that have gone over it in the past.
The first major intersection you come to is an important one. To stay on Gemini Bridges turn right and go uphill on a hill of challenging rocks. If you turn left it is the start of the Gold Bar Rim trail and the way to Little Canyon and Rusty Nail.
Once you get to the top of the hill be sure to stay on the main road and do not turn left at the next intersection. This is the trailhead for Bull Canyon, a good trail to combine with Gemini Bridges. If you wish to run Bull Canyon you will come back out to this intersection when you are finished.
Soon after the Bull Canyon trailhead is the turn to go to the Metal Masher trail. Stay to the left on the main road to continue on Gemini Bridges.
Continuing on Gemini Bridges, be sure to take the brief spur that leaves to the left of the trail. This is the way to see the Gemini Bridges themselves. There is a lot of parking and informational signs. The walk is under half of a mile and fairly easy. You can walk right out and over the bridges.
The views from the higher points are worth the hike. There is a plaque near the bridges remembering Beau James Daley who died when he accidentally drove his 4x4 off of one of the side.
When you are finished taking pictures and exploring, head back out to the main road and continue west. The next intersection is for the Four Arches Canyon trail. Continue straight and a bit to the right to stay on Gemini Bridges.
Just after that intersection is another intersection for Arths Pasture. This is a fun way out if you want more of a challenge. It is also the way to the end of the Metal Masher trail.
Stay on the Gemini Bridges trail for an easy and scenic way out to Highway 313.
Information last updated on May 18th, 2011.
Bull Canyon
Grand County, Utah
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Nearby Towns: Moab
Nearby Trails: Gemini Bridges, Gold Bar Rim, Metal Masher, Little Canyon, Arths Pasture, Four Arches Canyon
Season: Year Round
Trail Length: 6.4 miles
Elevation: 4,589 to 5,096 feet
Recommended by Sean H.
Note that you can no longer play on the sand hills as they have been permanently closed.
This is a fun and scenic trail with a great view of the Gemini Bridges from below. If you combine it with the Gemini Bridges trail you can see the natural bridges from both the top and the bottom.
The trail is fairly easy up to the parking area to walk to the base of the Gemini Bridges. There are a few bumpy areas and a few sections of smooth sand but nothing too challenging. The southwest end of the Little Canyon trail comes in from the east just a short way from the Bull Canyon trailhead.
There is one switchback on the way to the parking area. A short trail leaves from this switchback that takes you out to a nice overlook. Look just across the tight canyon for Bullday Bridge and Potty Bridge.
After the switchback look for Sunlight Arch and Rift Arch to the right of the trail as you work your way to the parking area. The parking area is well marked. It is a short walk following the old 4x4 trail to get to the base of the Gemini Bridges.
There is a trail near the parking area that is marked as a dead end. It continues into the canyon and has some nice scenery to offer. The trail is a bit more challenging on this end as well.
The end of the trail follows the canyon and comes to a "Y" in the trail. If you take the right side of the "Y" you will stay high in the canyon and it eventually comes to a wide turn around spot. You should turn around here unless you are on an ATV or dirtbike as the trail soon ends at a rock slide (you can see the end from the turn around spot). This would be a great place for a scenic and secluded lunch.
Return to the "Y" and take the other fork and you work your way down into the canyon and back up the other side to an unnamed mine. There is plenty of room for quite a few vehicles at the mine and it would also be a good spot for lunch. Look for Skyward Arch above the mine.
Note that some ATVs have made their own trail in order to continue along the canyon floor. This trail has been closed and you should not follow the illegal bypass around the trail closure.
Return the way you came.
Information last updated on May 18th, 2011.
Those trails should be fine for stock XKs. Bull Canyon has a few boulders in the streambed that may give skids a kiss or two.
From the list it looks like everyone has at least a 2-1/2" lift and QTII or better. That opens the list up to moderate trails like:
* Metal Masher (optional hard obstacles).
* Sevemmile Rim (scenic w/nice obstacles)
* Fins & Things (mega classic)
For the harder trails, you might include:
* Elephant Hill (this classic is an all-day outing since it's 40 miles south of Moab).
* Hells Revenge (steep but reasonable)
* Poison Spider Mesa (another classic)
* Kane's Creek (water crossings galore)
All these should be well within the capabilities of this group. Any body damage should be limited to the underside (skids/ fuel tank, etc.) and winching probably not necessary.
One thing to expect is that many of the trails have very steep (but smooth) sections. You will get used to looking out the windshield and seeing only sky! Fortunately, our XKs climb like goats!
not happy but I will have to cancel out. The due date for our daughter to be born is first week of June & the timing is not going to work. With our sons delivery my wife was good all the way to the day she gave birth, this time she is having some issues so I can not be 2 states away with the DD being so close. So I will be calling in to cancel my res for a cabin, before I do that if anyone wants it let me know & I will see if I can transfer the res to you.
Now with all that being said, next year the kids should be old enough to go to CO for next years event.
This sounds like so much fun! I've been searching for away to make this trip but my youngest doesn't get out of school till June :( which I would of pulled him early but my daughter has bench mark tests on the 17th of May and she can't miss that either.
That's like 5 to 6 hrs from me. I plan on going next year
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Hey pjmjr508
I would be very interested in taking your cabin of your hands how much per night?
I would be coming by my self, kids will still be in school.
I have secured the week off and am looking into lodging reservations, I have a borrowed pop-up I can pull up if there aren't any available cabins.
It's getting close. I'm excited!
Mom has been going through chemotherapy for the last month. For a while, I thought we'd have to cancel the trip, but mom's feeling pretty good and wants to go. (The cancer was found long after the plans and reservations were made)
So... we'll take off on Saturday the 12th, and get there sometime Monday the 14th. It's almost 900 miles, so I didn't want to make a drive-all-night marathon out of it, so we'll have the weekend to drive it.
I've checked ahead, there's a cancer center in Moab at the county hospital, and they've been called. The cancer center here will have a packet of records ready for us to take, so just in case...
I've been holding off posting anything in case things went to heck and the trip was dead. Fortunately, things are going okay. If this trip was three weeks ago, it wouldn't have happened. They put her on stuff to bring up the red cell count, so she's doing a lot better than this crap first started.
so sorry to hear about your mother & hope she feels better
We are definately out. I turned in my letter of resignation at work for May 25th. I'm moving to Peoria.....Not to worry Jon.....Illinois. So I will be preparing for that move plus the kids are still in school for us as well. I won't even make it to Colorado this summer. I parted out my YJ in 1 week, but refuse to let go of my XK. Now I just hope the CCW bill passes in Illinois.
Anyway, if you have an extradition in town ring me up. Have a safe trip and talk to you once I get settled in. Btw, I found the WCCC shirts from last year and they shipped 5/9/12. Just hope they still fit everyone.
It's been touch and go here the last week too. There's two chemo "cocktails" that alternate. Cisplatin is what we call "the bad stuff" where the nurse suits up and uses double gloves just to handle the IV bag. :eek: The other is Gemzar, which isn't too bad. She is in getting the Gemzar today, so she should be okay by Saturday. (That's when we start heading south) I can say for certain if she was in getting Cisplatin today, the trip would be cancelled. While we're in Moab, it's "skip week" for the chemo, and that worked out really nice.
All I can say is if someone in your family gets cancer, making plans for anything becomes real iffy at best. :(
Confrimed I will be there arriving Monday mid AM cabin #93
It will be great to see so many old friends again, wish it could have been more but we will have a great time and the others will drool until next summer. :)
I have a kit full of new Canon dSLR stuff, so we'll have PLENTY of good photos to post. I also bought an ultrawide angle lens that's a step below a full fisheye. That thing can get serious amounts of subject matter in the frame! (It "sees" something like 167 degrees wide)
We should be coming in sometime Monday too.
Oh yeah, and we'll have twin cams. :) Mine's the T2i, but the only real difference is the swiveling LCD screen on the back of the T3i. We can trade around lenses too. I have four now, the ultra wide 10mm-24mm, 18mm-55mm, 55mm-250mm, and a huge Sigma 80mm-400mm f/4 that's pretty much a National Geographic magazine ad lens. :) That thing weighs 4 lbs. and is 18" long.
I'm thinking the UWA 10-24 lens will get a lot of use in the vast landscape there. That and get all our rigs in one shot when we stop, without having to walk back 100 yards.
I've been loving my new Canon. Check out this supermoon shot I got of the cable bridge.
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One more... a Jeep shot while we were on a mountain top getting wildflower shots.
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Very nice!
I forgot to post up a section on Door Prizes / Giveaways & Awards...
If you are attending and have a giveaway let me know and we can post it up for our attending members, I will post up later today or tomorrow when I finish the list from our forum vendors.