Jeep Safari 2010

This last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Jon, Patti, and I went down to the infamous Moab Easter Jeep Safari. Basically anyone who has a jeep, or a truck with four wheel drive and their dog go to Moab and show off their awesomeness. We just bought a jeep a week ago. I thought that it was pretty sweet. It has a little lift and some oversized tires. We put the bike rack on the back and headed out late Thursday night. We rolled into Moab around midnight (did I mention it is only a 4 cylinder?) As we got to what we hoped was camp, Jon got out and noticed that my bike was no longer on the rack. We had driven through some pretty bumpy roads and as we backtracked we found my bike lonely and deserted. We finally made it to camp and settled in for the night.

The next morning we looked a little more at my bike and decided that it needed some professional help. We drove into town and had to buy a new rim. So, $90 later we were back in business. We biked a slickrock trail right by where we were camping. The dog loved running through the sand as we biked.
That night we went into Moab and did a little shopping. We also went and watched some people doing a trail called Potato Salad. There were hundreds of people just sitting on the rocks watching guys in their big truck try and make it to the top.
The next day we did two trails called "Fins n' Things" and "Hells Revenge". There were so many people on Hells Revenge that there was a traffic jam. After that we went and watched some more people on Potato Salad. Two guys rolled and one guy's wheel came off. It was pretty entertaining.
We got back to camp around 9:30 and packed up in the dark. On the way home there was a blizzard and we honestly couldn't even see the road in some places. We got home at three in the morning and all three of us slept all day Sunday. The dog was so exhausted that she did not even want to play at all. Maybe we should go to Moab every weekend.Jon driving down Fins n' thingsTraffic jam on Hell's RevengeThat tire was literally being dragged by the truck. It was driving on three wheels