FAWKING MIND BOGGLING - HitR 2016 (2 Viewers)

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Whew. You boys been saved by a ginger.


Yes. The story. It was 78 and 4% humidity with stunning views in all directions and endless "best ever" sunsets.....


...and NO mosquitos...
 
...and we decide to take a day trip into the oxbow via the dry wash.

We hope to make it completely around the giant rock middle and end up right back into our camp.
 
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For the ladies that are listening, @beno will be running double-topless. In fact, he is barely clothed.

I am covered up like a mummy, though because I am a tender skinned white boy.
 
In fact, we aren't positive he is even wearing pants
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(this one is actually from the day before, but it is a great pic of the oxbow)

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We follow the wash as far as we can, but it narrows until we can go no further. We have a beer before turning back.

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I'm blessed enough to live in one the most scenic places on earth...but damn this doesn't doesn't suck! Entertaining story telling helps too, thanks boys.
 
Oh no. I see cruiserdrew spotting cam'ron in reverse. This has got to be good.
 
We stop periodically on the way back to throw some dead tree-bushes on the roof, when, out of the corner of my eye, up on a hill...
 
ok. As an uncertified plant dork. I was totally geeking out on the flora everywhere on the trip, but right here in this moment especially!

The desert is beautiful in bloom.

The sight of the wash growing thicker as it disappeared towards the clif and the obvious source of water becoming a thick oasis of trees and shade. All with the backdrop of endless oranges, purples and whites of the wild flowers. Mind blown ..... Again. Nature at its finest.
 
We stop periodically on the way back to throw some dead tree-bushes on the roof, when, out of the corner of my eye, up on a hill...

Oh no. I see cruiserdrew spotting cam'ron in reverse. This has got to be good.

... I spot the mother-of-the-mother-of-all-firewood firewoods. This is a behemoth. It makes last night's haul look like mere kindling.
 
I have to crash through a few dead bush-trees to climb the hill with the log-beast, and C-Drew spots me back to it. We choke it with a tow strap, and I whisper theough the air vent to my motor that she is strong enough - that she was built for this...

And we haul ass back to camp, the log bouncing along behind us.

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Dang. I'm away from 'mud for a few days and suddenly there's 16 pages of posts in this thread?!!? You guys were way too active on this trip. Maybe I can catch up within the next week or so.
 
Hey Tom! We missed you buddy.
One log to rule them all...Twice the length of an 80 ....that fawker should burn all night long, we'll have coals a plenty for breakfast grillin!

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...and NO mosquitos...
or ants, or spiders, or knats...pretty much only a stink bug here and there. oh, and a cow or two.
 
Don't worry. You guys will be eating Spam with ketchup on Wonder Bread buns and hot dogs.

Repeat.

Every.

Damn.

Day.

In.

The.

MUD.

and Rain.

And bogs....

:)


So I've been on the Alaska Cruiser Trek and this is not far from the truth. Except it wasn't spam, it was hot dogs, and instead of wonder bread, it was more hotdogs. The condiment of choice is Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce. Seriously, I saw one of the guys eat nothing but hot dogs and beer for a week, and the buns were gone on day 2, and the beer by day 3. It was still awesome. Wet, but awesome.
 

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