I'm back too and buried in work and Joe is on his Goldwing flying for Austin (looking to buy a '94 Sport for a builder?).
Runs are best because of the participants... I enjoyed meeting Trace, Dave, Paul & Paul and getting to run with Rick yet again.
Hotel Rock was quite an ancient place and Arch Canyon, with its arches, creek, cliff dwellings, lion tracks, hiking, etc., absolutely ethereal. With only a small ding in Maj's rocker panel minimized by "trail trained physicists" and Paul's slightly banged diff housing, we all survived with a little new Utah pinstriping. A couple of the rigs (Trace and Paul's) proved that it's the driver not the lockers (OK, well almost every time) that's the most important. I think looking at each others rigs has got us hungry to see how much more we can deplete the family bank account!
I especially want to thank Rick for all his help pulling this one off and the use of his fantastic web site to do so, Joe for his great spotter skill's, Paul for showing us what real trannies can do with only one gear, Trace for defying gravity without any lockers or limited slips at all, Maj for teaching me how to make a thermonuclear warhead out of an empty plastic bottle of lemonade, Mary for the comfy rooms at a great price, the BLM's help getting this together and trust in us to leave it as we found it taking only pictures with us, and all the fine people in Blanding who fed us and showed us a great time. We'll be back...
Finally, these runs are more fun than humans should be allowed to have. Any of you who didn't get the chance to go on this one, we are already looking forward to August in Southern California and an October run in the mining ruins of Colorado Rockies when the aspen trees decide to light up the autumn sky. In short, let's do this again.
