Playing in FJ on Oct 24th

[jeepcj5nut]

TanTJJim and I are going to be headin out to Upper Woody " http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/showthread.php?t=13850" and what ever else we can run in the little amount of time we have on Wednesday morning.

This is an open invite to come play in the middle of the week.

We will be heading out and meeting at the first flagpole at "or around" 8am and I need to be back in Chandler at 2pm.

As always we'll be on CB channel 4.

So..... Who wants to go play????

[TanTJJim]

See you there Shawn!

[GRUNT]

Drat on you guys... :( I am in union/management meetings all day. Pppffffftttt....

Just curious - I have never run UW, but I thought I saw something that looks like "firehole" off of Martinez. Is this the start of UW?

[TanTJJim]

I'm not that great with directions but the beginning of UW is further West of Martinez. Don't quote me on that though. I do know that the firehole is up the trail a ways, window rock is right at the beginning of the trail.

And yet another time I'll miss wheeling with you Allen, and you were the one that talked me into making the run Saturday night and you didn't show:( J/K I'm sure I'll see you on the trail soon.

[GRUNT]

I planned on going! I promise! Jeez, you have already forgotten about me anyway, I see you are hanging with cj5nut now... :D j/k

We will meet again my friend. Now you have been through those you can lead me. Between our tools and spares we should be okay.:rolleyes:

[TanTJJim]

:D:D:D

After seeing what happened to a certain white tj on ck it got me thinking. I now have a lower control arm bracket sitting in the back of my jeep....seriously. There used to be two but I used one already:(

[GRUNT]

Geez, don't make me come bail you out too! :D That was a tuff fix but we got it. I look forward with running with you again.
Side note - Did you have a lift that night? I can't remember...

[TanTJJim]

Yeah, it was lifted then. Come to think if it I don't think anything has really changed since then. I've been spending more money on spare parts, recovery gear, etc lately. And the control arm bracket got replaced in the shop before it had a chance to detach itself on the trail.

[Gil T. Azell]

Stupid State Championships! :mad:

Have fun everyone.

[kemolewis]

Still dont have my shackels or new tires yet but I might show just depends on what the wife wants me to do I will call you in the morning Jim. By the way you get a new tierod yet

[TanTJJim]

Hope you can make it Kevin. Looks like it will just be me and Shawn so far. And yes, I got a new tie rod today, that was an ordeal. I ordered one Monday from Tempe Dodge, they said it would be in Tues afternoon. I call today at 3pm and they accidentally sent it to Superstion Springs, great:mad: So I leave work a little early to run and pick it up so I can put it on tonight before the run. Allen told me about a heavier duty replacement that he found so I'll get one of those on order soon too, now all I need is 413 spare tires to take with me and I should be good to go:D

[kemolewis]

I should make it but I may have to ride bish with you

[TanTJJim]

You'll have to fight with the cooler for the passenger seat:D J/K, I'll give you a call in the a.m. and see if you want to come.

[GRUNT]

Well, I am gonna be sitting in the dang meeting tomorrow staring out the damn window knowing you ya-hoos will be out there! You better post pics of your trip so I can see them when I get home! :D

[kemolewis]

I had a great time today even though I didnt drive I was the spotter/picture taker. Jim and Shawn did great today. With his front locker in and a little goating from me about my 11 year old taking some of the lines that he was going to bypass, Jim let it all hang out today and Shawn made the harder lines look easy and although I did my best to spot him cleanly over the fire hole we had a little difficulty because of the soot from the burned out forester on the approach face and caused him to slide a little to far left but with a little forward thinking by Jim we managed to get him through it without him completely falling in.
We ran the trail clean and in about 2 1/2 hours like I said it was a great time

[kemolewis]

Here are some pics from the day
Jim making window rock look easy
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/036.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/037.jpg
Shawn on window rock and fire hole
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/038.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/039.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/040.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/041.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/042.jpg
Some more pics of the day
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/043.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/044.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/047.jpg

[kemolewis]

Yep even more pix
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/048.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/049.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/050.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/051.jpg

Jim and Shawn getting some air
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/055.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/056.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/059.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/060.jpg

The last couple of pix for the day
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/062.jpg
http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc313/kemojeepin/065.jpg

[TanTJJim]

Sweet pics Kevin! Thanks again for coming along today and helping spot and take pics. Not having to talk to myself the whole run was nice too, those conversations get old:)

Glad we finally got you back out there Shawn, so when are we going to do Elvis again??? I had a great time wheeling today, I'm glad we set this up.

[jeepcj5nut]

Wow, you guys are quick!!!!
My daughter was a little mad at me because I went and "played" without her but she'll get over it!!! :D

It was a great day to be wheeling!!! Thank you Jim and Kevin for making this run such an enjoyable experiance!!!!

Thank you Kevin for your great spotting all day, even if you did try to drop me into the hole!!! :rolleyes: :D

I will post up the pictures I took a little later..

Thanks again guys!!!

[kemolewis]

Thanks Jim I just went back to look at the full size pics they look good

[TanTJJim]

I didn't get a whole lot of pics but here's a couple of them.

Petroglyphs on LW-took these last week, just thought they were cool
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z314/neonrosie/woodpecker008.jpg

I love this obstacle
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z314/neonrosie/woodpecker006.jpg

This looked like a good parking space
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z314/neonrosie/woodpecker005.jpg

One of the mines
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z314/neonrosie/woodpecker003.jpg

That's about it, now that I won't melt in the sun I'll have to come back out here more often. I love wheeling in FJ.

[kemolewis]

Dang those are good pics from a camara phone

[ademster]

it looks so much different during the day then it does at night.


as soon as I get my jeep back up and running... I will post up

[TanTJJim]

Dang those are good pics from a camara phone

I can't complain, they are a pita to transfer to my computer though.

I had alot of fun running it in the day. I think we did a couple more obstacles today that I missed Saturday night.

[kemolewis]

Hey Jim my 11 year would do that one why you drivin by it?

[TanTJJim]

:D:D:D Maybe we need to get him out there next time and show me the right way to wheel.

[RokNRich]

Great pic's guys, wish I would have played hookey from work and came out.

Other than the soot, the firehole looks clean :cool:

[TanTJJim]

Yeah, I heard some a-hole left his Subaru parked there. Glad they finally moved it:)

[kemolewis]

If I would have had my jeep we could have cleaned up some of the other debris around there, the alternator, radio, steel belts from the tires, partially melted rim, and some other stuff just laying around there.

Maybe an FJ cleanup is in order soon

[RokNRich]

If I would have had my jeep we could have cleaned up some of the other debris around there, the alternator, radio, steel belts from the tires, partially melted rim, and some other stuff just laying around there.

Maybe an FJ cleanup is in order soon

I got some heavy duty bags, we'll stop and clean it up some this weekend. Thanks

[jeepcj5nut]

Again excellent time on the rocks and sorry for the delay in posting pictures!!

Jim at window rock:
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14904&d=1193671712

Me at window rock:
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14910&d=1193671712

Firehole: Good spotting by Kevin!!
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14916&d=1193671751

On top:
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14911&d=1193671712

Jim added my name to his strap!!
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14906&d=1193671712

Pivot rock, That was cool! :
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14913&d=1193671751

Jim playing:
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14914&d=1193671751

Me playing:
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14907&d=1193671712

Jim again:
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14915&d=1193671751

Me again:
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14908&d=1193671712

Continued....

[jeepcj5nut]

Jim Posing:
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14903&d=1193671712

Jim's new scar!! : :cool:
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14905&d=1193671712

Me posing:
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14909&d=1193671712

Over it:
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=14912&d=1193671712

So, with Kevin spotting us all morning we ended up having a great run and getting back right on time. Thanks goes to Jim for not allowing me to fall into firehole !!! :D

I can't wait to do it again guys!!!

[kemolewis]

Whenever you want to go back out there Shawn I'm game, Like I said I am off Wednesdays and Sundays. I should have my new tires in a week or so if I ever get paid.

BTW great pix

[TanTJJim]

Hell yeah Shawn, that was a great time out there! Nice pics too, those ones of the firehole turned out pretty good. Did you wind up making it back home in time? I know it was cutting it close.

[jeepcj5nut]

Kevin, I will call!! Maybe you can bring your kid and he can show us all how to wheel!! :D

Jim, I just barely made it!! It was my fault though because standing around bs'ing is addictive to me!!! :D

[TanTJJim]

Glad you made it there on time. I'm guilty of standing around and bs'ing forever too, if you didn't look at the time we'd probably still be out there:)

[kemolewis]

If we go on a Sunday he will be there if a Wednesday he will be in school but I am ready to go back out