2013 GATR MOAB Photos and Stories

[cru9]

Just got home, 1:15am. Great trip but a long drive! Everyone else out there still driving be safe.

When did you leave Moab?

[Scott F.]

Just got home, 1:15am. Great trip but a long drive! Everyone else out there still driving be safe.

When did you leave Moab?

Thursday 12:30pm mountain time.

[Scott F.]

We hit some snow flurries on Vail pass and around the Eisenhower tunnel.

Here is a pic from the continental divide in the tunnel, at the crest we hit 11,1xx ft!

[DOUG]

Back in GA.

Thanks Tony and Hayden for sharing a tow pig with us.

Lost another trailer tire on the way home.  2 JKs are heavy!

Trip was awesome.  Could not ask for more from our club members or the Moab folks that rode with us all but one day.

Thanks to everyone for all they did helping each other including me.  Scotts friend Eric always jumped right in too.

Hats off to Moab 4x4 Outpost for some awesome quick repairs.

Sent off camber

[Danny Kinder]

Gary & Melissa were absolutely awesome! They really went above and beyond to make sure everyone had a great time! Overall the trip was awesome. We will definitely be back next year! The scenery was great, the people were great, the house was great, we just had an awesome time!

Thanks to everyone that went with Georgia Trail Riders - we had a great group {cheers2}

[kvom]

Glad you all made it back OK.  I'm stopped in Pearl, MS for the night.  400 miles tomorrow.  I went south to avoid OKC and got caught in a traffic mess around Ft. Worth, but otherwise no other delays or weather issues.

[Danny Kinder]

Did you end up finding any other problems with the TJ? Other than the overheating and windshield?

[Scott F.]

The tire sidewall can only grip so much...then it is a long drop.

[kvom]

Did you end up finding any other problems with the TJ? Other than the overheating and windshield?

Driver door dented (window won't roll up), CB antenna broken, clamp bar broken on top, top support bars trashed.

[Uncle Randy]

Arrived safely at 2am this morning. Alternator went out in Arkansas yesterday around 1 pm and I had a 2.5 hr. delay. A guy stopped and called his mechanic to see if he could come help. He lived at the next exit.  Great guy. Billy Rose. Plumerton, Ark.He only charged me 100 bucks. Gave him a $50 tip. He was delighted and I was happy. Now I know how to change out the alternator.
 The light show outside of OKC was amazing. stopped and slept for six hours 10 miles before OKC.
Great times. Great people. Thanks to Gary and Melissa, Jeff, Larry, Dee and the other locals for guiding and spotting. Thanks to all the GATR guys and Scott's friend Eric for all the help. Luckily my breaks were fixable. I am d-e-d, ded. Very tired.  I did get a nap and that helped.  Did not get many pics. Camera died. Battey compartment cover would not close. Did get some on my camera. Thanks to all for all the great pics. Probably won't be wheeling for a while. Need to get the bank account in the black.
I don't think I'll ever forget the feelings I had going up Hell's gate and Escalator. Def pucker moments. there were quite a few of those.

[kvom]

I got back about 3:30 this afternoon.  No drama until going around Birmingham when a trailer tire blew. Other than a cloudburst near Temple, GA the rest of the ride was uneventful.

[lt99ls1]

We got in last night just before midnight.
I dropped off Danny's jeep today at Allsouth and went home and worked on the trailer.
Next weekend I install the front BTF cage stuff.