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Thanks all. It's fun to share our adventures.

We got a early start hoping to beat the wind we got beat up in the week before between Grand Junction and Delta. Our campground was just down the street from a truckstop on the west side of town where we stopped for some fuel and fast food breakfast. While eating our food in the parking lot...

Going off of what time we thought Bill would be taking off we would have time for a lazy morning. We get up and we cleaned out the pantry cooking breakfast for the group. It’s around this point Larry checked on Bill’s location with his Garmin Inreach and saw he was already 50 miles East of...

Totally worked. Larry and Ian figured out the dimensions of the repair parts. We drilled the holes needed to match up the fuel tank mount bolts and then “cut” them to length. Once we had the steel cut to fit it was a simple matter of bolting them in. Larry hopped in and moved the truck...

The next morning we would be heading deep into Canyonlands and while we were close to the trail that leads into the Dollhouse part of the Maze district it would require us to get to the ranger station and check in for camping. Instead we decide to check out the Maze overlook trail...

The next morning we would be heading deep into Canyonlands and while we were close to the trail that leads into the Dollhouse part of the Maze district it would require us to get to the ranger station and check in for camping. Instead we decide to check out the Maze overlook trail...

Our view looking east: We set up camp and each take a shower to clean the trail dust off and snack on munchies. Dinner tonight would be Ian’s ribeye steaks on the skottle and Larry chopped up potatoes, onions and green chilies for me to fry up in my big skillet. Unfortunately the wind...

The views were majestic. At one point I commented over the radio it looked like we were wheeling in the bottom of the Grand Canyon and climbing out. Each turn of the trail brought a new vista that was better than the last. That’s the Dirty Devil River we just crossed down there. You can’t...

***I went a little pic heavy on this one. It was hard not to with what we saw.*** By mornings light we all emerged from our shelters for another day of adventure. Problem was we were not 100% sure of our location and how to get to a main road as some of the supplies were getting light. My...

We came back to the rest area where we last saw the Waggys and Yota as somebody didn’t want to pass up the opportunity to use the facilities without being in the open. On the way out we did come across a pictograph site of our own and stopped to check it out too. Pretty impressive. This is...

The next morning has the group working their respective morning routines. I wake up when the sun is lighting up the camper. I get up and prepare my PB&J sammich for lunch and start stowing gear to prepare for dropping the top. I hop outside and see who else is up and start putting the gear I...

Not sure where to go from there I did some digital recon on my Gaia maps and saw a promising campsite not to far away that promised to have some epic views of Reds canyon. I set the group in motion and may have put us on a ATV trail that was pretty tight for those of us with campers, but not so...

Eventually the trail ends by popping up on a local side road about 50 yards from I-70. Driving down the highway you’d never know this gem of a trail was even there. I stopped on that road to let the trail regroup so we could all get down to the start of Eagle Canyon together. After a...

One last shot of our first campsite from Nick’s drone: Morning came with the sun lighting our little section of canyon and our sleeping in was cut short due to the bright sunshine. Everybody went about the mode of making breakfast and then breaking up camp. I had a couple of good trails line...

Lunch consumed we pressed onward on the trail and in a little while we came upon the summit of the pass and the known hard spot that we would be coming down. It was right above that spot when we could see a lone side by side coming up. I call it out to the group for them to stay at the summit...

The plan was made to meet up at the Loves on the west side of town at 9:00 am for the departure for dirt. With the fleet gassed up and ready for some “social distancing” from the rest of the world we hit I-70 west to the trailhead 30 miles away for Fix It Pass. I was deemed trail boss with...

My fuel mileage took a hell of a hit but we got in before dark and allowed us to meet up with all that had got there before we did. We met newcomers to the group and greeted those we hadn’t seen for a year. Next up first day on the trail..

Details prior to the start of the trip: Discussions started in January between the core group deciding the target week and location of choice. General location is central Utah within the San Raphael Swell. We all do our own research for trail choices and voiced ideas and I went to work...

That was not any insane size 15 boot to the floor action to lift the tire. I barely got off idle in 4lo, but it just wanted to go up instead of forward. I'd bet a more flexible set of front springs *might* have allowed some more flex to keep the driver front planted. But as far as next week...

Here's a quick example that reinforced the idea that my truck with a camper could not take the same line 5 other regular K5 Blazers just went through in front of me. This was on Flat Iron Mesa south of Moab last year. Yes, the pucker factor was immense. Thankfully the spotter knew the...

I haven't found the capability of my Blazer diminished by the camper. Yes I know my CG changed some. I can feel that. Off camber stuff gets a little pucker factor, but going slow and watching/feeling what the truck is doing I can drive through most of the stuff. Hell's Revenge in Moab being...

In the type of travel myself and my buddies do, we tend to move daily to explore so on a week long trip we are setting up camp daily. Level is the first priority in my case. Everything else is optional. I'm using a ARB compressor fridge that is not set against any wall and has the insulating...

Been a little busy in the quarantine. I really wanted to tint the windows in the camper as the sun has already started to bleach the curtains. I've never done any kind of window tinting ever before. That shows. I got a cheap kit off of Amazon with 35% tint and got after it. This shows I...

That's not a bad plan at all. I've got a factory 31 Gallon tank in my K5 with even my most dismal fuel economy of 11 mpg if I got my foot buried in it I still have a 300+ mile range. Add two Jerry cans on my bumper rack and I've got another 100 miles of range. The type of travel I do really...

I get the idea going with the pre-emissions diesel over a more modern one. I can tell you how many times we get a pre-emissions diesel truck in on trade and it's out the door within the week it came in. Many times we've got names of customers waiting for us to call them when one hits the...