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Old Apr 9, 2022 | 12:52 PM
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Fun little side trip on the way down from Mt. Baker earlier today.
Your posts always make me want a Summer house. Florida's great with all the beaches and water but we could use a few rocks, some real dirt, and a couple mountains.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2022 | 01:52 PM
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Top of Engineers Pass in Colorado last year and first real off-roading for the Defender


 
Old Apr 9, 2022 | 03:54 PM
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^^ Excellent! I’ll be driving mine from Atlanta to Ouray/Silverton/Telluride with a buddy in July and August and doing Engineers and Imogene and some other off-roading.
 
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Old Apr 9, 2022 | 07:00 PM
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Originally Posted by _Allegedly
Your posts always make me want a Summer house. Florida's has florida man though....(sic).
Beaches here are a little chilly. Spring break is a little different I guess.



A real barnstormer of a day today. Most excellent in the Defender. Took my Blizzaks off last week but plenty of grip in the Wranglers nonetheless.


Spring Break Powder! Woohoo!


 
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Old Apr 9, 2022 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by NoGaBiker
^^ Excellent! I’ll be driving mine from Atlanta to Ouray/Silverton/Telluride with a buddy in July and August and doing Engineers and Imogene and some other off-roading.
Ha! might be going there in summer too! by then my son will have two defenders, so we might make a trip to the san juan mountains, been there twice with the jeep, done most passes: Engineer, Cinnamon, corkscrew, imogene, ophir, black bear. I'd do them all with the Defender except black bear, actually I have no desire to ever drive black bear again, last summer jeep in front of me almost fell off the cliff (my jeep is the dark one to the left, look at the traffic coming down higher up). Luckily jeep had a winch so we tied it to a tree and using a ****** block we also used the winch from the white jeep, took us about an hour and half to recover. That spot was loose shale and it had been raining so the ground was pretty loose and the jeep kept sliding towards the abyss.
I do love that whole area, so many 14'ers to climb that are very approachable with an off road vehicle.
 

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Old Apr 9, 2022 | 07:54 PM
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Ha! might be going there in summer too! by then my son will have two defenders, so we might make a trip to the san juan mountains, been there twice with the jeep, done most passes: Engineer, Cinnamon, corkscrew, imogene, ophir, black bear. I'd do them all with the Defender except black bear, actually I have no desire to ever drive black bear again, last summer jeep in front of me almost fell off the cliff (my jeep is the dark one to the left, look at the traffic coming down higher up). Luckily jeep had a winch so we tied it to a tree and using a ****** block we also used the winch from the white jeep, took us about an hour and half to recover. That spot was loose shale and it had been raining so the ground was pretty loose and the jeep kept sliding towards the abyss.
I do love that whole area, so many 14'ers to climb that are very approachable with an off road vehicle.
Oh man, that’s scary. I’m sure you saw the video of the
last year? If not, it’s about the scariest thing I’ve ever seen.

 
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Old Apr 10, 2022 | 01:21 AM
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^^ Awesome shots! Where is it? What’s the town we’re looking at?
Similkameen Valley, South Okanagan, BC.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2022 | 05:15 AM
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Similkameen Valley, South Okanagan, BC.
I haven’t heard of it — only been to BC 3 times, twice along the coast, and once coming in from Alberta.

But those names! You coulda put “Tanzania” at the end rather than BC and I’d have believed it.
 
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Old Apr 10, 2022 | 06:35 AM
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Originally Posted by NoGaBiker
Oh man, that’s scary. I’m sure you saw the video of the Red jeep rolling off black bear last year? If not, it’s about the scariest thing I’ve ever seen.
Oh yes, I have seen that video many times. This jeep in front of me could have easily had the same fate as that red jeep. So many people were ready with their cell phones in case the jeep went over the cliff!

 
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Old Apr 10, 2022 | 02:36 PM
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A nice day for a ride and walk along the beach here in Massachusetts. Can’t wait until it warms up a bit.

 
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