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A snowy New Years in Moab - 12/29/15 - 1/01/16

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  1. Jan 2, 2016 at 10:46 AM
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    Met up with @Wishbone Runner for a few days in Moab over the last couple days. First off, big thanks to James for planning this trip, convincing me to go, and organizing a place to stay. It would have been a tad bit chilly to be camping.

    Anyways, I was unfortunately stuck doing adult things on Tuesday, so I didn't roll in until that evening, and James made a quick solo run to Picture Frame Arch. At first a little disappointed to see snow on the ground, but this only added to the beautiful scenery, and prompted us to explore some areas we wouldn't otherwise hit.

    Wednesday was spent exploring a lot of roads Northwest of town, including the Bartlett wash area, Dellenbaugh tunnel, Secret Spire, Spring Canyon Point, a bit of Crystal Geyser, and ending with Long Canyon.

    Usually I never take pictures, but I got a DSLR, and I know nothing about cameras, so I was was playing with it quite a lot. Some pictures came out pretty good, a lot didn't.

    [​IMG]IMG_0095 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_0097 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_0098 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_0108 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_0109 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

    The new puppy was a little timid around the ledges:

    [​IMG]IMG_0111 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

    Can't leave Moab with tossing some rocks off the cliffs:

    [​IMG]IMG_0121 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_0128 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_0130 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr
     
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  2. Jan 2, 2016 at 10:52 AM
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  3. Jan 2, 2016 at 10:57 AM
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    Friday we hit Onion Creek, hoping to make it to the bottom on Rose Garden Hill. We both knew Rose Garden in the snow would be next to impossible, but we wanted to check out it. What we found was much more snow up that way, some slick slip and slides, and we did some winching. We ended up turning around before we even made it to the bottom on the actual hill.

    [​IMG]IMG_0153 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_0154 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_0155 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_0158 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_0159 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_0168 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr

    [​IMG]IMG_0169 by brettbjorgum, on Flickr


    Anyways, you can never go wrong in Moab, even in the snow!
     
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  4. Jan 2, 2016 at 11:34 AM
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    Bueno, except for the sideways pics o_O

    I have a few cool ones on my phone.

    Also, almost lost a wheel on the way home yesterday?!?!?!? Missing a sheared stud and all the lugs on that wheel were hand tight :eek:
     
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  5. Jan 2, 2016 at 11:48 AM
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    Great pictures! I almost feel like winter is a great time to go because there are so few people around. When I ran fins and things I only ran into a father and son in there side-by-sides. Camping gets a little chilly though.
     
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  6. Jan 2, 2016 at 11:54 AM
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    It was nice with few people around, only saw maybe 10 other people in 4 days on the trails. Thought about camping but glad we didn't, never got above freezing, and was 0 or so every night.
     
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  7. Jan 2, 2016 at 11:54 AM
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    Short amount of daylight sucks too.
     
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  8. Jan 2, 2016 at 12:04 PM
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    I'll try to fix those. Photobucket has given me issues recently, so trying Flickr. The pictures appeared correct on Flickr, but not when I linked them. Who knows.

    I should probably also link smaller ones, as they take forever to load...

    And that's crazy! Did you feel a vibration and check it?
     
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  9. Jan 2, 2016 at 12:06 PM
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    Yup, it was fine straight, but turning got mad vibes.
     
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  10. Jan 2, 2016 at 12:14 PM
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    Glad you caught it before you lost the wheel at interstate speeds!


    And sideways pics fixed.
     
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    Enough to make it a lot of fun!
    Wish I could have joined you guys. If work hadn't decided to work this week, I would have been there. But I guess being an adult come first some times.
     
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  12. Jan 2, 2016 at 12:25 PM
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    A lesson Brett has yet to learn :p
     
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    Looks like fun. I hope to make it there in winter someday.
     
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  14. Jan 2, 2016 at 12:35 PM
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    Never! :lalala:











    Unfortunately, I'll have to learn it if I want all that fancy truck stuff. Got tired of getting beat up trying to chase good suspension with my OME. Some of those roads would have been so much more fun with a proper mid-travel setup.
     
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    Enough to make it a lot of fun!
    The question is will he ever learn. :rofl:but he might have to if, he wants to do everything he is planning to do to his truck.
     
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    Nice trip! :thumbsup:
    Wish I could have made this one
    I like how the snow in this pick shows how you scampered up like a little bunny to get the shot
     
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    Looks like a sweet way to ring in the new year! Thanks for posting pictures guys!
     
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    It was a great time, very cool to see Moab in a completely different way, bummed you couldn't make it but you have a good excuse :D
     
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    Here are my pics.

    488.jpg 491.jpg 512.jpg 497.jpg
     
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