Well, the early start did not happen today. We ended up sleeping until 7:20. We started our morning with hot tea and a breakfast of pancakes and bacon with maple syrup. We are fanatics about real maple syrup and purchase it by the gallon from an organic farm in Virginia. The morning started with...
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Day one of our spring 2009 adventure trip started at 4:30am when I got up to finish loading the FJ. The trailer was loaded and in the garage so all I had to do was roll it out and hook it up. Our goal for the day was to make Bull Frog Marina on...
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The Moki Dugway is a part of Utah Highway 261. This is a fantastic drive is a 1100 foot climb up the side of Cedar Mesa. The Moki Dugway was built in the 1950s by Texas Zinc Minerals to transport zinc ore from the Happy Jack Mine on the mountain to a mill near...
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For our spring 2009 Adventure trip we decided to try a new tent. Our old Cabelas dome tent was starting to breakdown. The fabric is getting old and we had a large tear in the fly on our last trip. Having experienced tent destruction due to high winds on a trip years ago I...
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Ever wonder what it’s like to be a truck driver and lose your brakes? I have been traveling Colorado Passes since I was 5 years old I this is the first time I have seen a runaway truck. We were on our way down the south side of Wolf Creek Pass and this driver...
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