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 Way up North, still in AZ
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04/08/14 03:36 AM
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This week Stacey and I are headed for the AZ Strip, all that Tuweep nonsense and Mt Trumbull and whatever other insanity we can get into out there.. heading out Thursday AM toward Lee's Ferry, returning through Las Vegas. Plus the route sorta looks like a heart! I know it's short notice and a long distance.. still if you're in the mood to roll out there and explore, get in touch with me and we can coordinate. I'll post up photos for the curious after the trip in any case! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />
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Re: Way up North, still in AZ
[Re: wrenchwench]
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04/08/14 04:29 AM
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1999 Montero SAS'd on Kings and stuff
1998 Montero trying to get a V8 Swapped
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Re: Way up North, still in AZ
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04/13/14 06:25 PM
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We didn't die!
Also everything everywhere is closed. The BLM is now the BLC, Bureau of Land Closing, tasked with making nature ugly by covering it with fences and big signs telling you all the things you can't do.
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Re: Way up North, still in AZ
[Re: wrenchwench]
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04/13/14 08:48 PM
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The sad loss of freedom in this country marches on. I notice on your link that they tell you to hike the Tuck Up 4x4 trail, I bet that was amazing at one time....So hard to even begin to stop these closures. Environmentalist have unlimited resources and involvement, and we have the opposite. I had the sorrow of discovering a LOOP trail IN the Grand Canyon(seriously) and once I did it realized it had not been documented on the just finished inventory so they locked it up. Not like there is much access to the Grand Canyon so why not allow the what, 3 or 4 interior canyon 4x4 trails stay open? Nope, that's us being too un-reasonable wanting trails everywhere. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Once life gets a little easier I want to start a new non-profit focused on RE-OPENING historic trails.
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Re: Way up North, still in AZ
[Re: Lloyd Swartz]
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04/14/14 01:26 AM
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The best I've been able to do so far is to write a couple letters saying as politely as I could that the most depressing thing I ever see in the wilderness isn't trash, and it isn't trampling... it's fences and "NO" signs - especially when they say "NO" to something I've personally done there (legally, harmlessly) in the past. In any case, if you're interested in 45 minutes of video documenting the drive from Vulcan's Throne to Las Vegas here's a little film http://youtu.be/2lvZIXUNF1w
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Re: Way up North, still in AZ
[Re: Lloyd Swartz]
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04/14/14 05:18 PM
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The sad loss of freedom in this country marches on. I notice on your link that they tell you to hike the Tuck Up 4x4 trail, I bet that was amazing at one time....So hard to even begin to stop these closures. Environmentalist have unlimited resources and involvement, and we have the opposite. I had the sorrow of discovering a LOOP trail IN the Grand Canyon(seriously) and once I did it realized it had not been documented on the just finished inventory so they locked it up. Not like there is much access to the Grand Canyon so why not allow the what, 3 or 4 interior canyon 4x4 trails stay open? Nope, that's us being too un-reasonable wanting trails everywhere. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> Once life gets a little easier I want to start a new non-profit focused on RE-OPENING historic trails. I think a 4wd trail into the grand canyon interior would be a good one to re-open
1999 Montero SAS'd on Kings and stuff
1998 Montero trying to get a V8 Swapped
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Re: Way up North, still in AZ
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04/15/14 06:18 PM
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Here's a second video of the drive back from Las Vegas, with a dirt road detour past the Chloride, AZ hippie art starting about 3:30 In case you want to experience 5 hours of highway boredom in 25 minutes...
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