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I drove around 3200 miles round trip to go to one of the best Toyota wheeling events there is, and I figured I'd post up a trip report. The first weekend in May, the TLCA clubs Rising Sun 4x4 and Wasatch Cruisers put on Cruise Moab. I'm not sure how many years its been going on, but it's a really well run event. There are all sorts of Toyota rigs there, and it was a lot of fun to see what everyone was driving.
I drove to Dallas, TX on Monday, and we headed out of Dallas on Tuesday morning at 7:00 AM.
Leaving Dallas:
From Dallas, we drove up to Amarillo, and then took I-40W over into NM, and then drove up to Santa Fe, NM where we camped for the night. We stopped in historic downtown Santa Fe for dinner at the Sleeping Dog Tavern.
After dinner, my buddy hopped in the back of my truck so I could give him a lift to his 4Runner, and we continued the trek up the mountain to our camp site in Black Canyon.
The campsite was about 8000' ASL according to one of the folks staying there. It was absolutely spotless, and we were one of three tents in the whole thing. It was in the 50's when we got there, and we were quite comfortable setting up camp for the night. However, once the sun dipped out of sight, it cooled off really quickly. It was eerie how silent it was late in the day. There weren't even animal noises at all. It was almost like being in a soundproof booth. There also was no cell signal, so I ended up relaying an email to my wife via ham radio (2M) to let her know we were safe in camp, and in for the night.
The temp when we woke up was 29*F:
We were comfortable overnight, but rolling out of a 20* bag when it's that cold sure took some motivation.
I drove to Dallas, TX on Monday, and we headed out of Dallas on Tuesday morning at 7:00 AM.
Leaving Dallas:
From Dallas, we drove up to Amarillo, and then took I-40W over into NM, and then drove up to Santa Fe, NM where we camped for the night. We stopped in historic downtown Santa Fe for dinner at the Sleeping Dog Tavern.
After dinner, my buddy hopped in the back of my truck so I could give him a lift to his 4Runner, and we continued the trek up the mountain to our camp site in Black Canyon.
The campsite was about 8000' ASL according to one of the folks staying there. It was absolutely spotless, and we were one of three tents in the whole thing. It was in the 50's when we got there, and we were quite comfortable setting up camp for the night. However, once the sun dipped out of sight, it cooled off really quickly. It was eerie how silent it was late in the day. There weren't even animal noises at all. It was almost like being in a soundproof booth. There also was no cell signal, so I ended up relaying an email to my wife via ham radio (2M) to let her know we were safe in camp, and in for the night.
The temp when we woke up was 29*F:
We were comfortable overnight, but rolling out of a 20* bag when it's that cold sure took some motivation.
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