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Mark - that property seriously resembles some that my family owns out in Tuscon... up in the mountains... can't remember where exactly, I haven't been there for years but I looked at it and said "geez take the house out and its the same land!" of course I suppose it all looks the same... we've got about 20 acres up there if I remember right? now that would be a good playground, except you'd have to watch out for rattlers 
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Newbz,
He's not touching my swimming pool. I had to fight long and hard to convince him to get one. There's no way I'm letting him turn it into a mud bog. Nice try!
He's not touching my swimming pool. I had to fight long and hard to convince him to get one. There's no way I'm letting him turn it into a mud bog. Nice try!
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Matt,
We bought the 5 acres from someone who just split 20 acres up. The land is in the Rincon Valley which is by Colossal Cave, South East of Tucson (look on a map for highway 83 and I-10.. we are a little north/east of the intersection). Nice area and you can't own less than 4 acres in that part of the county so close neighbors are not a problem..
I still can't believe Yolanda agreed to a 4x4 play area.. but I figure since I lost my garage to get the land she is letting me have a small piece of it to play with.
We bought the 5 acres from someone who just split 20 acres up. The land is in the Rincon Valley which is by Colossal Cave, South East of Tucson (look on a map for highway 83 and I-10.. we are a little north/east of the intersection). Nice area and you can't own less than 4 acres in that part of the county so close neighbors are not a problem..
I still can't believe Yolanda agreed to a 4x4 play area.. but I figure since I lost my garage to get the land she is letting me have a small piece of it to play with.
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My most embarrassing off-road moment came in my backyard...
I had just "inherited" my dad's '93 (he had gotten a '98 EB) and I didn't have anywhere to park, so we pulled up the backyard fence (boy, was my Mom thrilled about that one...)and I parked in the backyard (at least until we could pour a driveway extension). Well, one night we got one of those wonderful spring rains...I come out the next morning to go to school...the Explorer had sunk to its rims in mud! I throw some lumber down, inch across the bog to the car and try to back it out, but could only spin the wheels. I first try 4x2 w/some 2x6's under the tires for traction, rocking the wheel back and forth, but no go. Well, says I, let's try 4x4...again, no go, the transfer case wouldn't even engage (the motor would make noise like it was going to, but it wouldn't send any power to the front wheels)! I'm thinking, "Holy crap! I'm really stuck!" By now, I was an hour late for school...to make a long story short, a neighbor who happened to have the day off came over and winched me out. In a J**p. He was laughing the whole time...it was even less funny when I got it to the dealership and my dad saw the bill: $500 + labor (if I remember correctly) for a new transfer case. Needless to say, not one of my better moments...
I had just "inherited" my dad's '93 (he had gotten a '98 EB) and I didn't have anywhere to park, so we pulled up the backyard fence (boy, was my Mom thrilled about that one...)and I parked in the backyard (at least until we could pour a driveway extension). Well, one night we got one of those wonderful spring rains...I come out the next morning to go to school...the Explorer had sunk to its rims in mud! I throw some lumber down, inch across the bog to the car and try to back it out, but could only spin the wheels. I first try 4x2 w/some 2x6's under the tires for traction, rocking the wheel back and forth, but no go. Well, says I, let's try 4x4...again, no go, the transfer case wouldn't even engage (the motor would make noise like it was going to, but it wouldn't send any power to the front wheels)! I'm thinking, "Holy crap! I'm really stuck!" By now, I was an hour late for school...to make a long story short, a neighbor who happened to have the day off came over and winched me out. In a J**p. He was laughing the whole time...it was even less funny when I got it to the dealership and my dad saw the bill: $500 + labor (if I remember correctly) for a new transfer case. Needless to say, not one of my better moments...
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