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Back To Horsley Mill

Here we are again at Horsley Mill. The jeep’s first stuck.

I was late but had no trouble finding the first Land Cruiser.

And the the second one!

Tony G. brought his new Sahara.

Backing into position to hook up the yank strap.

Tone’s LC frees my jeep and then temporarily gets stuck. He powered his way out.

And stuck again. This time Tony G. pulled me out with the other jeep. Lesson learned? Buy some real tires.

Some locals show us how it’s done.

Chris’ mighty LC.

No worse for wear.

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Caffeine & Octane With A Dash Of Mountain Air

On the road early on a Sunday yet again to visit the smorgasbord of cars at Caffeine & Octane.

Stopped at Starbucks to meet Miguel.

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The slider covers the pinch seam all the way back into the wheel well. This seam is sometimes trimmed back or folded to make room for the largest tires. Might end up cutting these down a little later when the tires go on.

They turned out great. You’d never know they didn’t leave the lot on this Jeep. With no step and 2.5″ of lift I’ll have to get some “You must be this tall to ride” signs.

These are going on Craigslist if anyone is interested.

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July 31, 2012

Paint It Black

My Craigslist vigilance has paid off. Finally a set of rock sliders from a Rubicon appeared for sale. I had to drive all the way to Lawrenceville to get them but it was worth it. They’re off a 2009 Rubicon which was sitting in the seller’s garage. Nice 8 inch lift, 35 inch tires, etc. These had been swapped out for some factory chrome sidesteps. Now they will replace my factory sidesteps and offer a bit of body protection because it sucks to get a shopping cart or pedestrian stuck under there. One second you’re cruising the mall lot, next thing you know some old lady’s walker has dented up your undercarriage. We can’t have that!

Here’s a 4-door Rubicon showing off its factory rock sliders. Once installed mine will look similar (minus the extra doors).

They are “gently” used and not new out of the box so they have some love bites.

And a bit of rust but I have sandpaper and some black paint left! The guy was happy to sell them to me because they had been sitting around his garage. I was happy to get some ever so slightly used ones for almost 1/3 what they cost new. I’m hoping to sell the sidesteps for about the same price to break even.

A little manual labor and they look almost as good as new. I need to add another coat or two and do the other side but I ran out of paint.

Good stuff.

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June 27, 2012

Monument Valley And Valley Of The Gods

Monument Valley is a famous collection of buttes near the Utah-Arizona border and the first place we visited on our trip since we came to Arizona via Albuquerque, NM. Just down the road from Monument Valley is the Valley Of The Gods. This is a collection of images from both places. The tiny dots on the road in the picture above are cars traveling around the valley. It was along this road that most of these pictures were taken.

Our cast of misfits on this outing includes this Jeep and Tiny Brent who stands no more than 4ft tall.

I was really into desert trees this trip because each one is unique.

Of course most of the place looks like Mars.

Tiny Brent moves a pebble that fell out of place.

This looks like a former butte that has collapsed. You can see all around there is absolutely nothing which is exactly why southern Utah is worth visiting.

A path to nowhere in particular.

A view over Valley Of The Gods… brought to you by Chrysler Corporation.

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June 27, 2012

Driving Around Canyonlands National Park

If you have 12 minutes of your life you don’t need back you can listen to our mundane banter and 80′s music as we drive the Jeep down the Shaffer Pass, around the White Rim Road, and down Potash Road. This is a compilation of several videos we made on the iPhone as we drove around so the quality isn’t great.