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Old 07-14-2009, 04:17 PM
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Here are some pics and videos of our trip this last weekend.

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The good looking side of a Land Rover.

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The natural beauty of a Disco.

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Army guys practicing

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Fake tanks

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Deer in a stream drinking and cooling off.

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A Disco in its natural habitat...

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And here is a video, go to youtube and you can watch the rest of my videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83HZ2WuyF4g
 
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Old 07-14-2009, 04:31 PM
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Daaaaang that looks like an awesome place to off road!
 
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Old 07-14-2009, 07:01 PM
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Did you watch all the videos?
62 trail miles in 2 days, 441 miles total from Sat to Mon and used 1.5 tanks of gas for all of it.
The one trail around the air gunnery range is 17.5 miles if you dont stop and play anywhere. (it takes a full hour if you drive fast)
LOTS of DEEP sand, a few bits of water, lots of hills and some washouts and steep hills in the trail, Princess and his wife was there with us, he took video too and is going to send it to me.
That is one of my favorite places to off road.
100's of miles of trails there, you could easily get lost.
You have seen deer crossing signs on the side of the road...they have tank crossing signs, no lie, tank crossing signs, tank crossing...on the shoulder of the road that you take your kids to school on...a sign...to warn you of the possiblilty of a freaking tank running you over on your way to the grocery store.
 
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Old 07-14-2009, 07:48 PM
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Nice pictures Spike, I'm digging the white Disco. There's someone around my neighborhood that has a DI just like that. I would love to get a second Disco, white DI.
 
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Old 07-14-2009, 08:15 PM
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I originally didnt want white, I wanted the Epson Green, it is kinda like a army green, but I really dig the black on white, it hides the dirt really well and is going to look just awesome when it is all kitted out and repainted with zebra stripes.
 
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Originally Posted by Spike555
I really dig it when it is all kitted out and repainted with zebra stripes.
I like, kitted with zebra stripes and maybe 22'' rims?

No just teasing
 
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Old 07-14-2009, 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Torancis_LR
I like, kitted with zebra stripes and maybe 22'' rims?
lol.
Spinners no less.
 
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Originally Posted by Spike555
lol.
Spinners no less.
Spinners, forgot those even existed. Haven't seem them as much these days.
 
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Old 07-14-2009, 10:20 PM
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Wow! That's an awesome trip off road. I would just also want to share my off road trip together with my friend. That was a year ago in Arizona. I brought my Land Rover truck and competed with my friend who brought his toyota truck with new toyota parts installed in it. It was a cool trip too. We were able to compete on who among us has a better truck running on the dessert!
 
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Old 07-15-2009, 11:32 AM
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Spike looks like you had a great trip. My wife and I were through ******* several times this last weekend. We went to Mio on friday to test my 99 d2 on some seasonal roads and trails.Then on sat. we went to the Saint Hellen trail system, secondary roads,and some orv routes. Nice weather, Saint Hellen was much more fun than Mio. We were almost completely alone on the trails, picked a great weekend I guess..Would like to explore some more in that area...PM me some time if you would like someone to tag along...
 
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