I stole this recap from my instagram post because Im super busy and fly out to Vegas for a week tomorrow hah. Had one of the most ************ weeks of my life camping in Moab, mountain biking, hiking at Arches National Park, flying kites, teaching kids how to ride a bike, playing with bugs, drinking lots of beer and whiskey, sleeping in the back of my truck, not showering for 5 days, not really doing anything Jeep related even though it was Easter Jeep Safari, except for hangin with some offroad industry friends for a day.
Long story short, truck setup works. Theres a few tweaks Ill make which I will surely cover in this thread but I like it a lot the way it is. Cot is comfy, window covers work, awning works but I need a second one over the rear of the truck or switch to a 270 degree awning.
It was my friends 30th birthday and hes a moto geek so we camped in an actual campsite instead of typical Utah middle of knowhere spots because he wanted to be at dirtbike trailheads. This was good and bad; there was a bathroom = good, there was a ton of other people around = bad. We had about 20 people that came into and out of our camp over 6 days. I was the first there and almost last to leave. The first night this rad guy pulled up in a super duty with a HUGE trailer and proceeded to unload every toy under the sun. We were the only two people within earshot on the first night(Tuesday) and just drank whiskey around the camp fire and shot the ******** about cars, trucks, skiing, cycling etc. Turns out it was retired pro skier Gordy Peifer. I could not believe it when he told me his name, I grew up watching this guy in ski videos. What an awesome stars aligning experience.
Anyway, I know the term is way overused these days but it was quite literally an epic trip.
Delicate Arch. This is the one on the license plates and all the tourism pictures of Utah, its unofficially the official image of Utah. If you haven't been to Arches National Park. Go. If you happen to be there today its free for Earth Day, as all National Parks are. :thumbup:
Cheesy grin, 3 mile hike to this spot.
When in the desert one must drink beer so you have something to stabilize your kite in high winds and also something to shoot at. :laugh:
Sorry about the vertical video, it was hard to get everything in the shot and be close enough to actually see anything hah!
We did not shoot at the nicer kite hah.
Big bugs in the desert.
My buddies 1970s Airstream "Landyacht" that he pulls with a 1970s Dodge Ram with a 12v cummins regular cab long bed with 2 motos in the back! He's been rebuilding the airstream from the ground up for two years and its about 95% done, this was its maiden voyage. Its ridiculously awesome. Literally awe inspiring.
You had to climb up the ~200 foot high rocks to get cell service. This is a view of our campsite before everyone showed up, except Gordy. You can see a Jeep caravan in the distance.
This was my nook between a bunch of huge rocks for the first two nights.
I didnt take a lot of pictures in town of EJS Jeeps because I only spent one afternoon down there. It was just too ********** crazy to even waste your time, and I like busy bustling cities. I did snap this pic of a JKU with a pop top and a Wagoneer front end, saw a bunch of them, apparently its popular. I like it.
When Jeeps make your full size truck on 37s look small. Red Jeep is on 40s. White Jeep is an LS swapped stretched coilovered TJ on 42 inch sticky Trepadors. :Wow1:
