Mojave Road after Thanksgiving
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Mojave Road after Thanksgiving

smritte

smritte

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I lead a group down the Mojave Road every year after Thanksgiving. I leave on the Saturday after. Normally it goes 4 days and I hit all the stuff around it.
The trips are normally no more than six vehicle.
I don't know if anyone here is in my area but if your interested let me know and i can give more info. I normally do a Death Valley trip late winter also.
 
Man, if we were in town, I would in a heartbeat! Between Thanksgiving and Jan 10th each year, we spend time traveling to family and east coast! Please share photos can't wait to see this adventure!
 
If you ever want to go, I've been going out there for years, I live about an hour from the west end of it and spend alot of time out in the eastern Mojave. When I take people, I follow the route but we side track all over. One could run the route in two long days but I've lead trips over five with one trip ending in a Death Valley trip. We were out seven days for that one.
 
I try to limit it to 8 vehicles max. Year before last I did 10 and had a handful on the waiting list. I took most of them out after Christmas.
 
One time of the year that I keep open for family business. That's going to be one hell of a trip. How often are you getting out? I've been following your various threads here and you seem to be a very skilled 'Macgyver' with all your various toys you have made. Speaking of which anything new with that open trailer of yours?
 
I try to get out once or twice a month. I haven't been out since early June and I'm climbing the walls. I do have a trip next weekend, hopefully it will be cooler there. Been over 100 here with high humidity. Heading into the Sierra to go see the Bristle cone pine forest. I have driven past it most of my life and never seen them.

As for building things, I guess its been kind of an obsession with me. I a bit of a nerd when it comes to everything that interests me.

My open trailer, if your referring to my poor battered M-100. Its had a hard life and I'm really not sure what I'm going to do there. I got it....gawd...well over 20 years ago? Rebuilt it and used it to haul stuff on a 4wd trail my club maintained. Later I swapped the axle, lifted it a little and gave it some 33's. Its been drug over the Dusy, Rubicon and about anywhere else I went as well as still serving AAT duty sometimes hauling rock. Then about 15 years ago I saw one at an offroad show with a fridge and RTT. More mods later it became my adventure camping trailer. Now the RTT is gone and I scavenged a few parts for my teardrop. I think when Fall hits I'm going to cut the sheet metal off and rebuild it back to what it used to look like. After that, maybe sell it, not sure yet.
 
I have but normally it will be December/January. A few years back on a new years run, hard rain half of the time and New years eve the temp dropped and we got an ice storm about 1am.
I felt bad for the group I was in. No-one knew what Gore- Tex was. I was the only one dry.
The last several Thanksgiving trips saw temps in the mid 70's during the day and 40-50 night. Nice driving and campfire weather.
 
smritte said:
I try to get out once or twice a month. I haven't been out since early June and I'm climbing the walls. I do have a trip next weekend, hopefully it will be cooler there. Been over 100 here with high humidity. Heading into the Sierra to go see the Bristle cone pine forest. I have driven past it most of my life and never seen them.

As for building things, I guess its been kind of an obsession with me. I a bit of a nerd when it comes to everything that interests me.

My open trailer, if your referring to my poor battered M-100. Its had a hard life and I'm really not sure what I'm going to do there. I got it....gawd...well over 20 years ago? Rebuilt it and used it to haul stuff on a 4wd trail my club maintained. Later I swapped the axle, lifted it a little and gave it some 33's. Its been drug over the Dusy, Rubicon and about anywhere else I went as well as still serving AAT duty sometimes hauling rock. Then about 15 years ago I saw one at an offroad show with a fridge and RTT. More mods later it became my adventure camping trailer. Now the RTT is gone and I scavenged a few parts for my teardrop. I think when Fall hits I'm going to cut the sheet metal off and rebuild it back to what it used to look like. After that, maybe sell it, not sure yet.
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We talking about that large utility trailer you showed here last month with a skeleton frame in the front holding RTT?
 
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This one?

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If so, this is my M-100. I just have this and my teardrop. I sold the RTT from this last year.
 
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