XXXpedition
Explorer
once we are clear with income, etc. and we finally get a truck again, we'll be exploring spain on a few smaller trips. then next year maybe do some more exciting stuff...
What are every one's tentative trip plans for '07?
- Thread starter upcruiser
- Start date
seth_js
Explorer
Here is what I have so far for the first half of the year. This is just stuff I've already thought of. Most of my trips are smaller, spur of the moment outtings.
Kofa: New Years (Just got back)
Devil's Chasm, Sierra Anchas: Jan 6-7
PF Changs Rock 'n Roll Marathon (my first marathon, so yes, it's an adventure
): Jan 14
San Juan River, NM: Feb 16-19
El Golfo/Puerto Penasco: March 23-
Chiricahuas: May 4-7
Havasu Falls: End of May
Baja 500: June 1-3
Backpacking West Clear Creek: June
I've got a trip planned to Yellowstone and San Carlos, MX, but those depend on what happens with my job between now and then.
Kofa: New Years (Just got back)
Devil's Chasm, Sierra Anchas: Jan 6-7
PF Changs Rock 'n Roll Marathon (my first marathon, so yes, it's an adventure
): Jan 14San Juan River, NM: Feb 16-19
El Golfo/Puerto Penasco: March 23-
Chiricahuas: May 4-7
Havasu Falls: End of May
Baja 500: June 1-3
Backpacking West Clear Creek: June
I've got a trip planned to Yellowstone and San Carlos, MX, but those depend on what happens with my job between now and then.
Last edited:
cruiseroutfit
Supporting Sponsor: Cruiser Outfitters
My Utah hitlist...
White Rim Trail
Beef Basin (in Canyonlands)
My remaining trail list in Moab area
Maze area exploration
Henry Mountains
Arch Canyon & Hotel Rock
Hole in the Rock (west side)
Burr Trail
White Rim Trail
Beef Basin (in Canyonlands)
My remaining trail list in Moab area
Maze area exploration
Henry Mountains
Arch Canyon & Hotel Rock
Hole in the Rock (west side)
Burr Trail
Last edited:
Scott Brady
Founder
Here is mine through July:
2007
Jan., 2007 Jeep Patriot Launch, Arizona
Jan., 2007 Off-Road Impact Show
Feb., 2007 Boston and the NE (high points climbing)
Feb., 2007 Baja Race FJ Cruiser Testing and Prep.
Mar. 8-11 International Sportsmans Expo, Tacoma on Display with Adventure Trailers. EW Team on-site
Mar., 2007 Arctic Ocean Expedition, Canadian Arctic
Apr. 20-22 Ehrinburg and Bradshaw Trail Adventure
May., 2007 Baja 500 Pre-running, truck testing. Details coming soon Pre-running
June 1-4 Baja 500, Driver: 4WDTO and Toyota Race
June 13-17 Alaska: Remote Bush Expedition
June 18-23 Ohio and Kentucky
July, 2007 Trans-American Trail Expedition by Moto
2007
Jan., 2007 Jeep Patriot Launch, Arizona
Jan., 2007 Off-Road Impact Show
Feb., 2007 Boston and the NE (high points climbing)
Feb., 2007 Baja Race FJ Cruiser Testing and Prep.
Mar. 8-11 International Sportsmans Expo, Tacoma on Display with Adventure Trailers. EW Team on-site
Mar., 2007 Arctic Ocean Expedition, Canadian Arctic
Apr. 20-22 Ehrinburg and Bradshaw Trail Adventure
May., 2007 Baja 500 Pre-running, truck testing. Details coming soon Pre-running
June 1-4 Baja 500, Driver: 4WDTO and Toyota Race
June 13-17 Alaska: Remote Bush Expedition
June 18-23 Ohio and Kentucky
July, 2007 Trans-American Trail Expedition by Moto
Scott Brady
Founder
Yes; ice is more stable and more light to document the adventure.
Grim Reaper
Expedition Leader
I have two different unrelated events happening in Moab I want to go on. Some of the guys from the Club are shooting for a run end of August beginning of September. www.CK5.com has Blazer bash beginning of Oct at Moab. Very torn as to what one to shoot for.
Club ride would be people I wheel with and socialize with often. Spent all day today with a few of them blowing 500-600 or so rounds through Ak's, AR's all the way down to single shot pink .22 rifles and 3 cases of Skeet today. Good friends ans traveling compainins to say the least.
The Oct event would be a chance to meet quite a few Internet friends I have gotten to know on line over the years. It is also a shorter event so that would allow me to spend a week wandering around.
I can only swing one so very torn on what one that will be.
With some luck I will be spending next weekend installing 4.88's on this E-lock I have and installing it in the truck. That will get my truck ready for some trips finally. Maybe make a 4 day weekend in FL somewhere in March when the kids are out of School.
Like to make a run across the lower US make some stops in TX to visit friends in Dallas and sister in San Angelo and all the way out to Phoenix to visit with a few other friends.
Club ride would be people I wheel with and socialize with often. Spent all day today with a few of them blowing 500-600 or so rounds through Ak's, AR's all the way down to single shot pink .22 rifles and 3 cases of Skeet today. Good friends ans traveling compainins to say the least.
The Oct event would be a chance to meet quite a few Internet friends I have gotten to know on line over the years. It is also a shorter event so that would allow me to spend a week wandering around.
I can only swing one so very torn on what one that will be.
With some luck I will be spending next weekend installing 4.88's on this E-lock I have and installing it in the truck. That will get my truck ready for some trips finally. Maybe make a 4 day weekend in FL somewhere in March when the kids are out of School.
Like to make a run across the lower US make some stops in TX to visit friends in Dallas and sister in San Angelo and all the way out to Phoenix to visit with a few other friends.
Last edited:
blupaddler
Conspirator
Well...
A great deal of my trips are last minute type plans.
But here are the goals for this year...depending on a bunch of "other" factors.
January: Training (work)
February: Still up in the air
March: Baja
April: Training (work)
May: Peru (? is this a good time to go?)
June: Baja 500 (EW Cheering section) + possibly Oregon Discovery Trail/Colorado...or?
July: Secret...just need to start training
September/October: Dunno yet, something, somewhere.
Oh, and hopefully some little weekenders in between
:REExeSquatsHL1: :steak:
A great deal of my trips are last minute type plans.
But here are the goals for this year...depending on a bunch of "other" factors.
January: Training (work)
February: Still up in the air
March: Baja
April: Training (work)
May: Peru (? is this a good time to go?)
June: Baja 500 (EW Cheering section) + possibly Oregon Discovery Trail/Colorado...or?
July: Secret...just need to start training
September/October: Dunno yet, something, somewhere.
Oh, and hopefully some little weekenders in between
:REExeSquatsHL1: :steak:
devinsixtyseven
Explorer
Well, here's the short list...it includes a lot of Utah right now.
March: 4WD and hike in The Maze and Needles districts of canyonlands NP.
Late summer/early fall, leave mountain bikes & a vehicle (emergency backup) at the Needles ranger station, then drive down and take the Beef Basin route over Bear's Ears to Cathedral Butte. Take either the current hiking trail on Park land or the old 4WD prospecting route (on foot) in to the wash, leaving vehicles behind. Backpack north through Salt Creek wash to Needles ranger station, pick up the MTBs, and ride over Elephant Hill, south on Beef Basin Road to pick up the trucks, and return to civilization.
Kayak around in Glen Canyon/Lake Powell for a long weekend...Rainbow Bridge and other sites. I'm interested in learning how to work a sail on a kayak.
Mountain bike White Rim Trail. If someone else is driving it at the same time, I'd be willing to kick in some gas money to work out a semi-supported group trip with MTB and trucks...that way we (the bikers) could ride lightweight and eat better, and you (the drivers) can save a little gas money in exchange for carrying an extra cooler and a bag or two, or something along those lines. The other easy way to do this would be to let someone else drive my truck, but I'm on the fence about that. It can be done unsupported on MTB but imo wouldn't be as fun due to the required load on the bike/rider, and I like to get fresh air under my tires so more than about 20-30# extra on my back is no good.
Hole in the Rock 4WD trip.
Backroads/4WD from Denver to Moab.
MTB in the La Sal mountains.
4WD/hiking/MTB historical (mines and ranches) touring in Colorado and Utah.
Colorado has a ton of places I want to visit...Black Canyon, Telluride/Silverton/Ouray areas in the San Juans, and that's just the beginning. I've always wanted to visit the badlands in the Dakotas as well.
If we have time, and we probably won't, it'd be great fun to go backpacking by XC skis or snowshoes in June around Mt Bachelor, Oregon (skis and skins would be perfect, boards and shoes would be second, shoes only third).
Somewhere in all this, I'll be continuing to improve the truck. The hard part will be finding a weekend when we're not out playing.
None of this stuff has dates yet except the March trip to Canyonlands...a lot of the short adventures will probably get dates a week or two in advance.
-Sean
March: 4WD and hike in The Maze and Needles districts of canyonlands NP.
Late summer/early fall, leave mountain bikes & a vehicle (emergency backup) at the Needles ranger station, then drive down and take the Beef Basin route over Bear's Ears to Cathedral Butte. Take either the current hiking trail on Park land or the old 4WD prospecting route (on foot) in to the wash, leaving vehicles behind. Backpack north through Salt Creek wash to Needles ranger station, pick up the MTBs, and ride over Elephant Hill, south on Beef Basin Road to pick up the trucks, and return to civilization.
Kayak around in Glen Canyon/Lake Powell for a long weekend...Rainbow Bridge and other sites. I'm interested in learning how to work a sail on a kayak.
Mountain bike White Rim Trail. If someone else is driving it at the same time, I'd be willing to kick in some gas money to work out a semi-supported group trip with MTB and trucks...that way we (the bikers) could ride lightweight and eat better, and you (the drivers) can save a little gas money in exchange for carrying an extra cooler and a bag or two, or something along those lines. The other easy way to do this would be to let someone else drive my truck, but I'm on the fence about that. It can be done unsupported on MTB but imo wouldn't be as fun due to the required load on the bike/rider, and I like to get fresh air under my tires so more than about 20-30# extra on my back is no good.
Hole in the Rock 4WD trip.
Backroads/4WD from Denver to Moab.
MTB in the La Sal mountains.
4WD/hiking/MTB historical (mines and ranches) touring in Colorado and Utah.
Colorado has a ton of places I want to visit...Black Canyon, Telluride/Silverton/Ouray areas in the San Juans, and that's just the beginning. I've always wanted to visit the badlands in the Dakotas as well.
If we have time, and we probably won't, it'd be great fun to go backpacking by XC skis or snowshoes in June around Mt Bachelor, Oregon (skis and skins would be perfect, boards and shoes would be second, shoes only third).
Somewhere in all this, I'll be continuing to improve the truck. The hard part will be finding a weekend when we're not out playing.
None of this stuff has dates yet except the March trip to Canyonlands...a lot of the short adventures will probably get dates a week or two in advance.
-Sean
upcruiser
Perpetual Transient
Sean,
White Rim would be much more enjoyable with support. A friend of mine and I did it a couple of springs ago and we wanted to do it totally self supported, right down to the water. We rented bob trailers in Moab and I loaded a 7 gallon water tank on the bottom of my bob. With the water tank and my camping gear the trailer ended up being pretty damn heavy. We were originally planning on doing it as a two day ride but due to campsite availablity (the key to the whole thing) we did it in 3. I was glad we did it in 3 because that bob put a whole world of hurt on me and made my bike pretty scary to handle on some of the descents. I made sure we drank every last drop of water out of that damn tank before we climbed the Schafer Trail back out. Its cool to look back and say we did it self supported but honestly, it would have been MUCH more enjoyable without dragging a 70 pound trailer behind me.
White Rim would be much more enjoyable with support. A friend of mine and I did it a couple of springs ago and we wanted to do it totally self supported, right down to the water. We rented bob trailers in Moab and I loaded a 7 gallon water tank on the bottom of my bob. With the water tank and my camping gear the trailer ended up being pretty damn heavy. We were originally planning on doing it as a two day ride but due to campsite availablity (the key to the whole thing) we did it in 3. I was glad we did it in 3 because that bob put a whole world of hurt on me and made my bike pretty scary to handle on some of the descents. I made sure we drank every last drop of water out of that damn tank before we climbed the Schafer Trail back out. Its cool to look back and say we did it self supported but honestly, it would have been MUCH more enjoyable without dragging a 70 pound trailer behind me.
devinsixtyseven
Explorer
Yeah, I agree completely, I don't even want to think about having to drag close to ten stone around on/behind a racing hardtail!...hence the thought regarding concurrent White Rim trips...it looks like a bunch of people want to make that trip this year, I know I want to...I suspect I can make similar time to a vehicle, considering stops, spotting, obstacles, camp, stuff like that.
If not on the bikes, maybe an ExPo trip...
If not on the bikes, maybe an ExPo trip...
Wanderlusty
Explorer
devinsixtyseven said:
I was noticing too the number of mentions of the White Rim Trail. If the timing was right, I would sure love the opportunity to not only do the WRT, but do it with ExPo.
Is this something others would be interested in? Worthy of it's own thread?
:smiley_drive: