4th Annual UY MRE - REALLY "Off The Road" Trip - March 13-15, 2014
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Here are a few highlight pictures that John took:
Starting Friday morning:
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At the bottom of Colosseum Mine:
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Looking for Jose:
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Remember when we thought this was going to be the hard part?
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This about the point where we realized this was just a Donkey Trail and no longer a "passable" road.
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This was the worst of the obstacles, but with some good planning and a bit of rock stacking, we all walked up it like it was no big deal!
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Even though we missed our Friday night camp site by about 25 miles (due to looking for Jose and that Donkey Trail taking about 4 times longer than I had originally estimated), we had a great camp site next to an old cabin and mine. The sunrise was...
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Saturday was another day of mines. Evening Star was up first:
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Marc at Hole in the Wall. (highly recommended for a short hike):
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Yet another Mine Shaft. This one was pretty modern, research says 1940's was when this tunnel was started.
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This looks slightly older:
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Vulcan Mine:
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Yet another amazing sunset in the desert:
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Working on Troy's busted brake line:
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Water crossings were deeper than usual this year:
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Rest of the pictures are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/985500...7649181608033/
Highlights (in some order):
Jose was late.
We went down some 2-tracks that had Model T imprints in the sand.
We went up a Donkey trail. Interestingly enough, 4Runners (and Tundras) are NOT donkeys.
We had a couple of AMAZING camp sites.
Troy fought with his shock and the shock one.
Troy's truck leaks more than an 80 year old man.
Marc had a flat.
Jose's dogs are awesome.
I nearly lost a wheel due to my own ineptitude.
JD cooked Saturday dinner in a crock pot. And this is normal.
We didn't run out of gas and got to see most of the stuff we went to see.
It was a great trip with a great bunch of guys. I would wheel with you guys ANY day!
Post up your pictures and stories!