Well Kelly and I are departing on Friday headed to Moab for a few days, then to Grand Junction, Montrose over Christmas, Farmington over New Years, then Moab for a few more days on our way back home. Trip will be about 3 weeks maybe a month depending how things go. Lots of wheeling my favorite parts of the world!
As I try to do most of the time, post a trip report. Having "Jnau99" Justin, with me my last few trips has made me lazy and I have not been doing my usual reports. I did not even do one for our anuual Hammers fall run:shaking:
So this thread is going to be updated on Kelly's and my trip for the next few weeks.
What to expect:
Lots of snow, red rocks, mud, suprises, and always good snow and winter camping. Winter is the best time of the year to get it AWN!
Stay tuned for updates.

lookin forward to it !!!

what rig are you taking? the 40? and towing it the whole way or driving?

wes

Towing the 40

As usual...jonesing for your your trip report......

Damnit....:flipoff2:


john

well your probably pulling into moab about right now. Have fun. This trip was definatly one of my top trips ever, and I just rode with you.

Justin

I am in GJ now Kelly and I spent Saturday and Sunday there. Ran RustyaNail, camped out, pretty awesome!
Well in my first post I said what to expect and suprises was on that list. On top of the big cliff above the golden crack I asked Kelly to marry me, she said yes :D Thats how this trip is starting off! Gonna be a good trip.
Kelly lost the cable from the camera to computer, I will go get another and get um posted up here. Billings Canyon tomorrow, 21 road than down to Montrose.

Congrats. She is definatly a keeper.

edit: Cant believe she wants to keep you around....

Congrats!!!

congrats on the big news!

That's awesome, congratulations!!!! :)

Congratulations Justin! now stay focused...

I am in GJ now Kelly and I spent Saturday and Sunday there. Ran RustyaNail, camped out, pretty awesome!
Well in my first post I said what to expect and suprises was on that list. On top of the big cliff above the golden crack I asked Kelly to marry me, she said yes :D Thats how this trip is starting off! Gonna be a good trip.
Kelly lost the cable from the camera to computer, I will go get another and get um posted up here. Billings Canyon tomorrow, 21 road than down to Montrose.

Quick, change it and say you did it on Rusty Nail!!!

Congrats :beer:

congrats bro. i guess you don't need an x-mas present then, huh?!


:beer:

Hey thanks a lot guys! I am pretty happy, 32 years old and never thought I would marry, just a very independent person but Kelly is awesome.

Well here we go pictures...
landing in Moab every thing covered in mag chloride :( shit is nasty
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Randy scoutin the route, Kelly did most of the drivin
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I never get tired of this place! I have wheeled this area for over 16 years and just love the hell out of this area. Wehhelin is wheeling but this place touches the soul
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Well we just spent a little time in Moab for right now, and headed for Grand Junction. Today we hit a very, very slick Billings Canyon. The trail is alwas in top notch condition, no trash of people building bypasses. The Grand Mesa Jeep club and the BLM do an outstanding job of taking care of this amazing area.
Once again Kelly took most of the driving duties, she is a good driver and likes the pratice. The icy conditions made a tough trail very chalanging. Just her, me, and the dogs
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Ralph likes watching momma drive :D
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Me and Kelly back at the staging area
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Pic from our Christmas card. Not this trip, from this EJS..
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Congrats on the engagement! You two look well suited for each other. Have a great trip and be safe. See ya at KOH.

Thats it for tonight. We are headed to the Mountains to dig my moms snow machines out of the last storm, they are in 5' deep snow! Then back to Junction for 21 road then back to Montrose. There has been several inches in the last few days, should make Montrose awesome!!!
Still got Farmington then back to Moab stay tuned

Congrats on the engagement! You two look well suited for each other. Have a great trip and be safe. See ya at KOH.

Thanks Mark!
Hey we are not doing our annual Moab New years run but insted hitting Farmington any interest in joining us?
Most likley just James Berry and I

Damn, and she's cute too! Lucky guy. :)

BTW I hate you :D This is an epic trip, I hope to do something similar one day.

Thanks Mark!
Hey we are not doing our annual Moab New years run but insted hitting Farmington any interest in joining us?
Most likley just James Berry and I

After a two year buggy build, I am deep in the depths of my Honeydo list. :laughing: Tileing bathrooms,six panel doors, flooring, the list go's on. I hate that HGTV ! My wife watch's it religiously.LOL I also plan on doing a couple of engine mods in the next couple of weeks , but thanks for the offer. Enjoy your trip and time together you lucky Bastard.:flipoff2::D

yes, she is a cutie!! Does she know you are like, gone all spring, summer and fall (fighting fires all over the US)?? Does she know what she's signing on for?

Yep, too dang cute for you! Better bring her to the Hammers next Fall.

Nice xmas card shot. Kudos.

She works for the goverment and hikes wilderness areas all summer.

Well we just spent a little time in Moab for right now, and headed for Grand Junction. Today we hit a very, very slick Billings Canyon. The trail is alwas in top notch condition, no trash of people building bypasses. The Grand Mesa Jeep club and the BLM do an outstanding job of taking care of this amazing area.
Once again Kelly took most of the driving duties, she is a good driver and likes the pratice. The icy conditions made a tough trail very chalanging. Just her, me, and the dogs
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e266/RustyNailJustin/100_2927.jpg

Ralph likes watching momma drive :D
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Find any traps out there.. :(

Pic from our Christmas card. Not this trip, from this EJS..
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I just want to tell you that you are an asset to this sport. A breath of fresh air. Obviously educated, employed, a true passion for the sport. I am over here in the Norwood area and if I had my rig up and running I would join you in Montrose for sure. The snow can make an easy trail really hard!

Congradulations on the marraige. She is certainly a looker and if she likes to wheel a keeper for sure!

So good to see people in here that aren't bashing other user groups etc. Will you be in Moab this EJS. Maybe we can run a trail together? Always good to wheel with people like yourselves. Enjoy the rest of your vacation. Is Redmountain Pass open? Enjoy Farmington.

I asked Kelly to marry me, she said yes Awsome dude! Super happy for you two! Kelly's a great girl, nice to see Randy & Ralf too! They probably took the nice picture of the two of you! Have fun,

Thanks a lot guys. Hope people are enjoying the trip updates.
Today we went up near Gunnison 10 degrees and blowing hard. No wheelin but some snow machine diggin and awesome views. we were at about 9500 feet most the day. Few pics. Spending the night in Montrose tonight with family.
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Dogs are whooped after bustin 4 foot deep snow all day
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Ran into this big boy at the end of the day...
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Snow machine as in snow mobile's?? On the east coast snow machines are what we call the things that make snow at the ski resorts, but I don't think you need any of those out there :D

Snow machine as in snow mobile's?? On the east coast snow machines are what we call the things that make snow at the ski resorts, but I don't think you need any of those out there :D

You got it, snow mobile's:laughing:
Here in the west they are called snow makers.

Snow machines, snow makers, same thing.

I've just always heard them called snowmobiles or sleds.

So where are the pics of you tearing it up on the snow machines? :D

Quick update...
We have been in Montrose for a few days, snowin like a sob! 4* out right now. We are staying with James Berry (you have seen him in most of my wheeling trip threads)
I am at his house working on his buggy getting it ready for Farmington.
Kelly is at work with him for a ride a long, hes a cop.
Montrose trails are going to be insane with several feet of snow there has to be at leaset 1.5 feet in the lower areas off spring creek. Updates to follow :D

Quick update...
We have been in Montrose for a few days, snowin like a sob! 4* out right now. We are staying with James Berry (you have seen him in most of my wheeling trip threads)
I am at his house working on his buggy getting it ready for Farmington.
Kelly is at work with him for a ride a long, hes a cop.
Montrose trails are going to be insane with several feet of snow there has to be at leaset 1.5 feet in the lower areas off spring creek. Updates to follow :D

Bring the updates!!!

Quick update...
We have been in Montrose for a few days, snowin like a sob! 4* out right now. We are staying with James Berry (you have seen him in most of my wheeling trip threads)
I am at his house working on his buggy getting it ready for Farmington.
Kelly is at work with him for a ride a long, hes a cop.
Montrose trails are going to be insane with several feet of snow there has to be at leaset 1.5 feet in the lower areas off spring creek. Updates to follow :D



Of course everything is last minute with him. Which buggy is he taking?

Of course everything is last minute with him. Which buggy is he taking?


The tube chassis one...
We would not be talking about James if it was not last min:laughing:
Got the motor and tranny back in and running. Battery boxes built, link bushings replaced. He has a few odds and ends to finish but its dam near good to go.

Back in Grand Junction for tonight and Christmas day. Headed back up to the mountains in the afternoon. Lots of snow playing coming the next few days then down to farmington.
Have a good Christmas everyone!!!

great trip..... got an aunt and uncle that live in Montrose, up on transfer road.......awesome country.

Merry Christmas !

Like your cruiser, hate you :flipoff2:
This trip is the definition of a bad ass vacation, congrats on the marriage.

4' of snow in the next 24 hours with wind to 80mph predicted. We are at 9400' I guess it's winter up here :D
Lots of pics coming the next few days, likley me stuck on a snow mobile

Whew, we back in Moab! I have lots of pics for the update I will do asap I am whiped out tonight. 3 awesome days in Farmington, big thanks to the 667 crew. I will post um as soon as I get a little sleep.

Can't wait for the pics!

Loving the trail reports, wish I was able to do something like that :(

Well gotta update all the way back to Christmas. We spent 4 days up at my moms house near Gunnison Colorado. She lives at 9400' so snow was in full affect! The days were filled with ridin snow Mobiles, snow shoeing, and building a big ass snow cave.
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Kelly, my brother and I spent about one whole day working on a big snow cave. About 50' of tunnels and one big room, fits 3 or 4 people and as many dogs as you can talk into coming in:D
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The plan was to meet up with James on New Years Eve morning bout 730 depart Montrose and head for Farmington. Well Kelly and I were a little late so James had to standby in the Walmart parking lot for a bit:shaking: Sorry dude.
Snow covered San Juans...
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We got to Farmington at about 2 and meet up with Rod and his co-pilot, they were our trail guides while we were in town. Not only is Rod one of the nicest guys in the world he also put on a clinic for how to wheel Farmington in snow and mud. He flat gets it!:smokin:

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Kelly and I camped at Brown Springs, thanks to Rod we had lots of fresh cut Juniper and Pinion to burn. Nights were just right for car campin!
Thanks again for the wood!!!
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Family Truckster...
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New Years Eve James and I wheeled till about 1am then called it. The next day Rod and a few guys from the 667 Crew cam out and we wheeled pretty much all day.
Kelly did not get a very many pics so if you guys got any post um up!
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Randy Wishing I drove like Rod:laughing:

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Most of these ledges and climbs did not look like shit but James and I got served several times.
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start posting justin, want to see the full throttle assaults!!!!!

The last day James and I were on our own we did RJ's and Cobra both trails were dry and we were able to do wvery thing with no issues. THere is a really cool climb out of a ravine on RJ's that I wish we had some pics of. James has a bunch of pics but we will see if he posts um. Come on James!
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James on top of the Money Pit
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start posting justin, want to see the full throttle assaults!!!!!

I was hopeing you would find this thread!
Thanks again for everything it was great wheeling with you guys! We will see eachother at KOH but we should do another trip this fall or next winter, summer is out for me:(
Let me see if Kelly got any video of some serious wheel speed!!!:D

I forgot my camera both days. I always remember when I'm unloading

Here is one of my usual assualts I got deinied on 4 or 5 obsticals man I thought I was a pretty good wheeler until I went wheeling in Farmington lol
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James having similar issues
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Looks like a good time... although a bit frozen. :eek:

Congrats on the engagement.

Looks like a good time... although a bit frozen. :eek:

Congrats on the engagement.

Thanks Parker, long time no see. You gonna be in Moab this winter or spring at all??

Going to try and make a couple of appearances this spring. You gonna' be around for JS?

Going to try and make a couple of appearances this spring. You gonna' be around for JS?

JS falls to late for me this year so we are planing on coming down with the north west crowd a couple weeks before.
Things are a little tight after Hammers this fall 3 week long road trip, Koh coming up but I think we will make it pre EJS. I am glad Diesel is not 5$ a gallon right now cause I have been travelin like a mofo!

Even the big dog had to give it more than one shot in a few places. Shit has Zero traction!
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Even the big dog had to give it more than one shot in a few places. Shit has Zero traction!
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I have been denied right there myself :D

Thanks for the story, it was fun to travel with you.

The snow cave is just kick ass :smokin:

I have been denied right there myself :D

Thanks for the story, it was fun to travel with you.

The snow cave is just kick ass :smokin:



It was a fun trip but it feels really good to be home. Back to work, working on the house remodel and preping for KOH.
Thanks for following along guys. I will be doing another thread next month on our King Of The Hammers adventure.

Pic from our Christmas card. Not this trip, from this EJS..
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Congrats, nearing almost 20 years myself and pretty much had a cruiser from day one.

2.5 kids a dog and two cats.....

Great pics, thanks.

Must be nice to get that much time off to go wheel. Thanks for pictures man there always awesome.:beer::beer:

awsome trip. It's always great to hear your trip reports:smokin:
And congrats on the engagement!

Must be nice to get that much time off to go wheel. Thanks for pictures man there always awesome.:beer::beer:

I get about 2 months give or take a couple weeks off a year. But you gotta remember, a normal 40 hour a week job is 2080 hours a year, I work more than that in 6 month period. So I dont get to do jack shit becides work from April to some time in October.

awsome trip. It's always great to hear your trip reports:smokin:
And congrats on the engagement!

Thanks Phil! Good to see you on here. Hope the new hous and all is going well :)

I really miss our old work schedule (Toyin and I). 4 on 4 off. Sucked while working but the time off was nice.

I really miss our old work schedule (Toyin and I). 4 on 4 off. Sucked while working but the time off was nice.

Try 14 on 1 or 2 off you little baby:flipoff2:
Granted I don't have one of those fancy engineering degrees ether.

Toyin... When did you move from Grand Junction?

Thanks Phil! Good to see you on here. Hope the new hous and all is going well :)

I don't get on Pirate that much. But the house is great, thanks for askin'. I just got the shop dialed so now it's time to start fixin' my junk. I just can't decide to patch up the 40 after the hammers beating first or rebuild the buggy after the endover end backflip roll at Donner?:shaking:

Justin,

It looks like you guys had a pretty good trip. I look forward to hearing about it in person one of these days. Maybe we could grab a beer or something this weekend if we both have time. School started back up this week so I'm going to be pretty busy for a while. I would love to stop by the shop and shoot the sh*t sometime. Let me know.

Joe

Stop by the shop tonight! Lets drink lots of beers! I need um