4/5 - 4/7/2013 The Rug Road

[dzJeepChic 2,433]

 

The Offroad Passport trip to The Rug Road starts tomorrow!

 

We're meeting in Mammoth, AZ and going off pavement around 1 or 2 PM Friday and we'll turn our SPOT Messengers on then. Click this link to follow along and see where we are exploring over the weekend: http://share.findmespot.com/shared/faces/viewspots.jsp?glId=0rVBhURxBd7BqIvqhnh5brOz3Zqgl9qvQ

 

more info on the SPOT system: http://offroadpassport.com/where.php

[crgeorge 1]

Hey everyone,

 

Here are just a few of my pics:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[dzJeepChic 2,433]

Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the trip.

 

Meet up & air down near Mammoth, AZ:

 

 

1st stop to regroup along the trail:

 

 

2nd Day regroup at the top of 'Carpet Hill'

 

 

At the summit after leaving camp 2nd day:

 

 

Camp 2nd Day at Turkey Creek:

 

 

Did anyone else see this from camp last night?

 

 

Superb trip, more pictures and possible trip report later.

[crgeorge 1]

Oops, I'll get the posting in the correct section down sometime. Thanks for moving my photos Diane.

 

Chad.

[dzJeepChic 2,433]

Oops, I'll get the posting in the correct section down sometime. Thanks for moving my photos Diane.

 

Chad.

 

I didn't. You did it correctly. It's all good.

[UnderlyVerbose 1]

So to cap off an awesome weekend, some crazy person has barricaded himself into his house (in our neighborhood) with his kid and a rifle. Before I start, it's all winding down and thankfully, nobody got hurt.

 

All this took place while we went to pick up dinner, and the police will not let anyone into the neighborhood. So we're sitting in the Jeep (like we haven't done that enough this weekend) with all our gear still loaded up, eating take out, and watching the cops stand around looking at each other.

 

UPDATE: The situation was resolved peacefully. They didn't give us any details other than that the child was safe. But that's the only important thing anyway.

[crgeorge 1]

Wow, what an end to a great weekend. Chad

[dzJeepChic 2,433]

So to cap off an awesome weekend, some crazy person has barricaded himself into his house (in our neighborhood) with his kid and a rifle. Before I start, it's all winding down and thankfully, nobody got hurt.

 

All this took place while we went to pick up dinner, and the police will not let anyone into the neighborhood. So we're sitting in the Jeep (like we haven't done that enough this weekend) with all our gear still loaded up, eating take out, and watching the cops stand around looking at each other.

 

UPDATE: The situation was resolved peacefully. They didn't give us any details other than that the child was safe. But that's the only important thing anyway.

 

That's for sure a topper for odd events at the end of a trip weekend, in close competition with when G&I hit an elk coming home from Monument Valley. In both cases I'm glad no one was hurt.

[theksmith 3,828]

I didn't. You did it correctly. It's all good.

 

i moved it from the sign-up thread - it's all good, no worries!

[Curly 837]

Some pics from this weekend:

Starting down carpet hill (notice the carpet shreds in the foreground)

 

A view from the start of Carpet hill

 

Looking back at the hill from the saddle on the other side:

 

LofreqJeff starting down a steep section of road:

Underly Verbose takes his turn:

 

Visiting around at the Turkey creek camp:

 

Curly