Mademan925's Trip & Trail Journal 2016.....

I never knew you would need a permit to make a fire. I have to look into this. Also will need to check this Big Sur trip out! We just got back to the Bay Area from a randon trip to Tahoe to get out of the heat. Sadly no ohv or trails were open that we could find.

 

My girlfriend and I are trying to go to Big Sur. Where you camped, did you need to reserve anything or just show up?

 

Nope. Just find the trail head and drive till you see a spot you like. The trail goes on for miles.

Trail head 36.009440, -121.452521

 

Awesome. Actual trail or fire road?

 

Fire road

 

Sweet. Just planning ahead. I might be able to convince the girl to go some weekend.

 

Hey nick I just got back from my trip up there (the same spot) and it was phenomenal I look forward to your next trips

 

Yeah, im hoping to get out again soon

 

I did it last year, you read something online, take a silly little quiz that basically says you know how to take care of your campfire and put it out correctly and they give you a permit for the year. Just saved it to my phone. And it's free.

Nice Trip Report! Looking forward to the rest. Love you rig and trailer setup!

 

Yea i looked into it THAT DAY and already have mine saved to my phone lol. Pretty simple stuff

 

Well, time to add another place I need to visit. Can't wait to see more of your adventures.

 

How do i look this up to get there? We were headed out and sont know how to get directions

 

Just copy and paste the gps coordinates into your maps. That's the trail head.
The numbers in your quote are what you need:
36.009440, -121.452521

 

I tried that on google maps (no results found)
then tried using our nav system on the tacoma, pointless lol
then tried entering them as coordinates into my friends Tom Tom and there were too many numbers to fit AND it was asking for North/South specifications also?

 

Weird. I just put them in maps and it worked

 

Sooooo turned out, needed to pay our phone bill and THAT is why it wasnt coming up...
Turn the gas on dummy!

 

Journey to Rock Therapy 2016

We departed Saturday, May 28th, 2016 after getting my diff rebuilt on Friday and my hard brake lines replaced on Saturday after it tore. We met up in Livermore with @stroM- and @MJonaGS32 .


We headed out on an 8 1/2 hour drive to Valley of Fire just outside of Las Vegas, NV where we camped that night.



In the morning we headed out early to Zion National Park with @MJonaGS32 on a mission to hike the narrows.







The narrows was a crowded place, but well worth the memories. Plus its always funny to see people in wet suits when they are only a foot deep in water on a hot day.

After Zion we searched for a place to camp in the hills outside of the park.



We found our camp spot for the evening with a good wind block.



In the morning we headed back early with @MJonaGS32 to Zion determined to hike Angels Landing before the park was too crowded on Memorial Day.





After completing Angels Landing in less than the 3-6 hours the pamphlet stated, we headed to Bryce National Park.

At Bryce we checked out 18 miles of scenic overlooks. Definitely worth it to see the view since we had the National Parks annual pass.



Once we had our fill of fantastic views, we headed to our planned coordinates for camp between Bryce and Capitol Reef.



We took the opportunity to sleep in the next day and have a relaxing start before heading to Capitol Reef.

After driving around the park and through the canyon at the end,






@Mrs.Mademan925 had the crazy idea to 4-wheel our way backtracking towards Bryce. @MJonaGS32 agreed it was an awesome plan and we headed on our way not knowing what we would find.







We were worried about how the trailer would handle our off-road adventure, but with @Mrs.Mademan925 behind the wheel, there were no problems and the trailer handled like a champ!

After completing our 4-wheel journey we headed on our way to Moab/BFE camp.
We arrived at nightfall and couldn't wait to set up our camp which we could leave up for the following 5 days and 4 nights.



We woke up early to hit the trails of Moab starting with Trifecta; a combination of 3 of the hardest trails in Moab.












It's always great to get a little help from your friends when you become high-centered.


On the final trail, @RelentlessFab snapped an inner tie-rod completely in half on his 4th Gen 4Runner. Too bad the Tacoma spare I had didn't fit the 4Runner. @jberry813 and @JLee sped through the trail and into town in order to find a spare. Thankfully, a fellow Rock Therapy member had one!



We completed the final trail in the dark, running into a Jeep that was unable to climb the last Waterfall obstacle on their own. @JLee gave him a hand by offering an anchor point to winch from.

We took the next day off enjoying all that the town of Moab had to offer in terms of breakfast and fantastic coffee! We reset with showers, grocery shopping, "wine tasting" and some awesome Atomic Burgers.

During this time I took the opportunity to give the truck a once-over. After many trails I had a torn cv boot and a loose lower control-arm uniball bolt. I patched the cv boot with RTV Silicone (which is STILL holding grease in!) and I used my new @RelentlessFab hi-lift base with my new jack to tighten the lower control-arm bolt.



The following day the wives of @MJonaGS32, @RelentlessFab, and @Mademan925 ran Fins N Things taking all the hard lines.





After the ladies were done quickly wheeling Fins N Things, their husbands took the wheel and ran Hell's Revenge.





Saturday we explored more of Moab to beat the heat and the bugs before packing up and scoring some awesome Trail Toys lights from @SMKYTXN at the Rock Therapy raffle. We left shortly after to begin our long 14 hour drive home.

 

Awesome Report dude!

 

Good times for sure. Cant wait til the next trip!