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So I finally got some pictures uploaded and wanted to share the amazing trip out west.
On May 30th I set out on a cross-country journey in my jeep to meet up with a bunch of guys from jeepforum to wheel 7 straight days in Colorado and Moab! The excitement had been building for months and it was finally time to start the long 3 day drive out there.
Leaving after work on that thursday I had a 6 hour drive in front of me to reach Maryland. Once in Maryland I would stay the night and meetup with my friend Mike Friday morning and we would continue the 27 hour drive to Denver Co. Other then a slight hickup and having to replace my ceized front passenger caliper I had arrived in one piece.
The next morning began the 12+ hour drives to reach Colorado by Sat night inorder to run a trail on Sunday. Mike had been working on his rig around the clock to finally get it on his trailer and get on the road. The drive was long, boring, and for me very loud. Our next stop was St louis!
We hit bits of traffic here and there but the real delay came 90minutes outside of St louis and our hotel for the night. As if the day hadnt been long enough reports of tornados ripping through the city and headed our way had us scratching our head what to do. After much deliberation we set out 20 miles west directly into the tornados to get a highway that ran south and away from the storms to a different hotel an hour away. Those 20 miles directly into the storms were scary as ****. I cant really describe how much rain we were going through other then describing it as driving through a pool. The winds were whipping like crazy but we made it out alive
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After some much needed rest we set out early the next morning hoping we can make it to Denver, 15 hours away! I still dont quite know how I did it considering we had to stop every 2 hours for gas but we did. Showed up at another buddies (another Mike but I call him Quigley) uncles shop at 10pm to do some last minute odds and ends like adding diff fluid to Mikes rig so he could make sure it even drove. We stayed up until almost 2am before leaving the shop and heading to bed.
The following morning, Sunday June 2nd it was time to wheel! We got up around 7am and met up with some of Quigleys buddies to hit up the Independence trail system. On to the pics!
airing down...we had 2 yotas, 2 ljs, and 3 tjs
Dropping into the Liberty trailhead
The beginning of the end for this guy..you'll see what I mean
reaching the end of Liberty where it meets up with Patriot and Independence.
a glimpse of what Patriot has to offer
On May 30th I set out on a cross-country journey in my jeep to meet up with a bunch of guys from jeepforum to wheel 7 straight days in Colorado and Moab! The excitement had been building for months and it was finally time to start the long 3 day drive out there.
Leaving after work on that thursday I had a 6 hour drive in front of me to reach Maryland. Once in Maryland I would stay the night and meetup with my friend Mike Friday morning and we would continue the 27 hour drive to Denver Co. Other then a slight hickup and having to replace my ceized front passenger caliper I had arrived in one piece.
The next morning began the 12+ hour drives to reach Colorado by Sat night inorder to run a trail on Sunday. Mike had been working on his rig around the clock to finally get it on his trailer and get on the road. The drive was long, boring, and for me very loud. Our next stop was St louis!
We hit bits of traffic here and there but the real delay came 90minutes outside of St louis and our hotel for the night. As if the day hadnt been long enough reports of tornados ripping through the city and headed our way had us scratching our head what to do. After much deliberation we set out 20 miles west directly into the tornados to get a highway that ran south and away from the storms to a different hotel an hour away. Those 20 miles directly into the storms were scary as ****. I cant really describe how much rain we were going through other then describing it as driving through a pool. The winds were whipping like crazy but we made it out alive
.After some much needed rest we set out early the next morning hoping we can make it to Denver, 15 hours away! I still dont quite know how I did it considering we had to stop every 2 hours for gas but we did. Showed up at another buddies (another Mike but I call him Quigley) uncles shop at 10pm to do some last minute odds and ends like adding diff fluid to Mikes rig so he could make sure it even drove
. We stayed up until almost 2am before leaving the shop and heading to bed. The following morning, Sunday June 2nd it was time to wheel! We got up around 7am and met up with some of Quigleys buddies to hit up the Independence trail system. On to the pics!
airing down...we had 2 yotas, 2 ljs, and 3 tjs
Dropping into the Liberty trailhead
The beginning of the end for this guy..you'll see what I mean
reaching the end of Liberty where it meets up with Patriot and Independence.
a glimpse of what Patriot has to offer
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