You can take the Jeep out of Moab, but it’s really, really hard to get all this Moab dust out of your Jeep. It’s good to be home, but I am not looking forward to cleaning this.
Moab stays with you
SV Seeker
Once of the things I really wanted to do on the way home was to pass through Tulsa, OK and stop and see the SV Seeker. SV Seeker is a 74′ steel hulled sailing vessel being scratch built by Doug Jackson in the front yard of his house. Yes from scratch, from flat steel, folded into a hull.
The thing is huge! And Doug was nice enough to let me stop by and get a tour. His cameras were running while he was trying to fix an air compressor, so who knows, maybe I’ll end up in one of this YouTube videos.
Oklahoma City
Once of the stops I felt was important for me to make is to see the Oklahoma City Memorial. This was the site of a domestic terrorist attack that killed 168 innocent people in 1995, almost 24 years to the day. The space was very somber at night.
Cadillac Ranch
After traveling through Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico, I entered north Texas.
I-40 follows along the same route as the famed Route 66. One of the things to see along this route is Cadillac Ranch. People stop from all over and add their own paint to any of the cars. It had to be an inch thick in places.
Four corners. And puppies!
On the way home from Utah, instead of taking the direct route back via I-70, I decided to head south. I wanted to see a little bit more of this great country.
First stop was the Four Corners monument. This is the spot where Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona all meet. It lies within the Navajo Nation.
Here I am, in all four states. Hahaha!
When I headed back to my truck, I saw a family traveling with a couple American Bulldogs and their pups. I love puppies. 🙂
Time to head home
EJS 2019 is in the books!
7 Mile Rim
Last day for us for this year’s EJS. Decided to do an easier trail – 7 Mile Rim.
The big raffle is here!
I missed the raffle last year because of a break down. Wasn’t going to miss it again. I can’t believe the volume and value of what is being given away. Over $200,000 worth of prizes including a complete Dynatrac 44 front axle and no less than 10 sets of tires.
We didn’t win squat. HAHAHAHAHA!
Fastest woman on 4 wheels
While walking around downtown Moab, popping into the various shops, I just happen to run into the one and only Jessi Combs as she was looking over her Ultra 44 car in the parking lot of one of the downtown businesses. Jessi is the real deal. Not only can she turn a wrench with the best of them, she can weld and can drive anything. I met her last year, but the picture sucked. She was nice enough to let me bother her and take another.
I must admit, I was a bit star struck. 🙂
Shopping in Moab
The plan was always not to run a trail in Friday, the day of the raffle. So I decide to take a walk downtown and do a little shopping. The artwork in some of the galleries is pretty unique.
I decided to bring home a depiction of Kokopelli.
