Today was exciting and interesting. We started the day with Snake trail. It was the only trail I did when I came here by myself on the way back from Moab last year. As it turns out the only difficult part of the trail had a bypass I wasn’t aware of. One of my favorite trails, it includes some tight switch backs and endless rocks.
We also did the Fun Run and the new Quartz Canyon trails. I bottomed out and thought I needed to be winched, but with all the experienced Jeepers on the ride, I was guided off the rut with little effort
A few minutes later a Jeep snapped its rear drive shaft. That took a few hours to sort out, since the Jeep was on a steep incline, and involved winching in two directions using two highly modified Jeeps. Happy to report the Jeep got back safely using only the front drive shaft.
During the wait three of us (yes me too!) did our impression of Swan Lake. The ride leader lost his footing and slammed into my Jeep. I heard a loud thud in the back. I turned on my rear view camera and saw our ride leader face planted. He quickly flipped over and assumed the dead man pose. He said it was his way of getting right with God. I think it was because of all the women who were watching.
The second guy lost his footing on an incline and somehow didn’t fall, but he did yell some Irish obscenities. I stepped into a hole and did a minor face-plant. No humans were harmed during our clown acrobatics.
Overlander at large 