Mojave Road, Mojave Desert, California October 10-12 2009

off-roader

Expedition Leader
Just finished the trip. 14 rigs, 25 people.

Trip started in Laughlin Nevada traversing the Mojave Road through the Mojave National Park/Desert and ended just west of Barstow California.
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Rigs kept fairly separated in order to avoid dust on the trails & overall the total length on the road was nearly if not over a mile.
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The trip itself was mostly uneventful with the exception of a few event and surprisingly some vehicle casualties

One driver (04 Isuzu Axiom) accidentally locked his keys in his running rig. Fortunately it had electric windows and we were able to use a tape measure to hit the window switches to gain access.
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Another driver (09 Jeep Grand Cherokee w/ ~2000 miles") over-ran his bow wave while crossing the Mojave River, ingested water and threw a rod requiring AAA premium (200 mile towing) for a +100mile tow to S. Cal.
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Another driver (Isuzu Vehicross) had electrical issues when his voltage regulator quit while we were on the trail. He was able to complete the run and limped most of the way home before is Transmission Computer finally gave out. Unfortunately it looks like the tranny will need a complete rebuild. We used AAA+ to tow him much of the 100+ miles home.

Another driver (01 Isuzu Trooper) also encountered issues when his front axle disconnect got stuck in the midway position. Fortunately he was able to drive it home and knows it can be fixed easily enough.

Aside from these 3 issues, the trip was a total success and everyone including those with issue are hoping to go again on another of my trips in the near future.

Pictures for those interested...
https://picasaweb.google.com/106549032426268326943/MojaveTrailOctober10122009
 
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tdesanto

Expedition Leader
Can you double-check the link? There may be a permissions setting that needs to be changed. All I get is the following message: "
Oops... there's nothing to see here. Either you do not have access to these photos, or they don't exist at this web address. Please contact the owner directly to gain access."
 

off-roader

Expedition Leader
Can you double-check the link? There may be a permissions setting that needs to be changed. All I get is the following message: "
Oops... there's nothing to see here. Either you do not have access to these photos, or they don't exist at this web address. Please contact the owner directly to gain access."

Thanks for the insight & sorry about that. Seems Picasa won't let me link directly to the album even though I've already made the album a public one. I'm a new Picasa user to perhaps I've done something wrong.

Regardless to see the pictures, after you get to the page above you can click on the View imspamless's Gallery link and get to the album that way.:smiley_drive:
 

slimtwo

Adventurer
Thank you for sharing the pictures, I can hardly wait for next weekend, it will be great to be back out there. This will be my third time on the MR, and I'm sure it will be just as thrilling as it was the first time.

Happy trails!
 

slimtwo

Adventurer
Can you double-check the link? There may be a permissions setting that needs to be changed. All I get is the following message: "
Oops... there's nothing to see here. Either you do not have access to these photos, or they don't exist at this web address. Please contact the owner directly to gain access."

Just click on the link, then click on the image on the left side of your screen (click on Im's gallery), then double click on the picture to open the album.
 

off-roader

Expedition Leader
Did the water bra do it's job? lol

Surprisingly yes. It was relatively dry in his engine bay. Another rig was not so lucky... ingested water and had a catastrophic failure.

Everyone else had no issues crossing it though. Just be sure to make everyone aware that when they go into the water, the rig will automatically create a wake. Stay behind the wake and all will be well on the crossing.

I even crossed with the 'power' windows down and had absolutely ZERO water intrusion.
 

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