Impatiently waiting! Yeah, I know your still on the trail but hurry up all ready! :rolly: :rotate: :work: :thanx:
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Impatiently waiting! Yeah, I know your still on the trail but hurry up all ready! :rolly: :rotate: :work: :thanx:
Alright, you slackers, its a day latter and still no pics. Get on those laptops, use some of that free internet service all the campgrounds and hotels offer and post some oics already! Your killing us here! :_confused :_drool: :wave: :_brickwal
You know Bill, maybe their having to damn muchFUN! :group::group::group::group::group::group:
I hope so anyway
rowhard's right. we're having a BLAST!!!!
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we did hell's gate today. more pix to come...
-biju.
Woohoo! Finally some trail pics. Keep um coming guys...
BTW, Billy....
You've been 'one upped' on the carnage front. That's all I'll say for now. More to come soon....
Freaking amazing.
-biju.
:eek: That isn't a very nice thing to do biju! How am I going to sleep now?! :p
Oh no, Beej! What did you do??
We are home now, so I can start posting! More soon.
Bart
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Originally Posted by biju
I have had no carnage! Well, none to noticable any way. :rollo:
Cool pics! Thanks...but don't be so slow next time!
Oh, and please do tell the carnage story!
Not I, my friend. But another VX'er... I don't have any pix of it (my camera died), but most everyone else has plenty!Quote:
Originally Posted by nfpgasmask
-biju.
Oh man... :eek:
Bart
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Originally Posted by biju
I am going to go with Ldub on this one! Just a guess, but since his VX was already scarred up... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by biju
So you guys did Hells Revenge today! Anyone go up the Gate?, Tip Over?, Escalator? (even I didn't go up escalator). Who was the trail leader and who did the spoting? Post some pics!
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Originally Posted by biju
I've seen writing on a hood... Could that be a clue? Me thinks?!
I was thinking maybe Gill also. He was really powering through the trails.
Ahhhh the suspense. Whoever it was, I hope it was just cosmetic and not mechanical! Most of us drove 10+ hours to get there!
Bart
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Originally Posted by Techy-D
My favorite photo is the one where all the VX's make a V on the trail. I bet that would look cool from the air.
Sorry to hear someone might have hurt their VX though. I am anxious to hear what happened now.
k. i've obtained exclusive foto's from the VX paparazzi surrounding the carnage incident at the non-existent moab zuzoo x!
temp: 90 degrees
time: 1ish
place: hells revenge/gate trail
peeps: vx cult followers
ok. ok. enough is enough....................... here ya go!
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Ldub ended up crushing his mirror, and it snapped off sans some wires. Some body damage too. But the worst (smirk) was the hotwheels VX he had in his fuzzy hole compartment. It fell out as he was tipping over, and got wedged in between the VX and the 'bathtub' wall. His hotwheels VX is smooshed. :( All in all it was tough for us to watch unfold before our eyes, but I'm sure even more so for dub to endure. However, he came through it with flying colors! Got back up on the trail, and continued on... Later that evening we got fooobared to help in the reminiscing of the event. By night's end the story had the VX exploding in flames, with Ldub barely escaping with his life!!! funny stuff, from a not so funny situation.
The party was at the FJ's casa that night, where we drank from LEG 01 VX's margarita machine (the 'margarator'?), drank Jägermeister and beer - and had a blast. Everyone was there with smiles on, and partied into the night (until we got shut down by management. ha!)
Some more pix of the day's events:
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i ran the entrance to hell's gate in the proton with the assist of tone. mshardeman ran shotgun. after getting down, i drove up to the exit - but backed out of it with my tail between my legs. without any real experienced spotters with the exit (and some discussion with mark, tom and tone) we decided it was probably best not to...
one day. one day tho....
today some went with the zuzoo.org clan to watch some of the larger rigs play. others went to fins-n-things. me? i didn't wake up (drunk mind you) until 11:15am - so i missed out on all the reindeer games today. :( :(
tomorrow, rumor has it we'll run yet another trail, but nothing's picked out yet.
Oh, and as for who's leading the trails? Tom lead Elephant hill. since then Jay dunford's had some action, kenny's had some lead time, as well as a few others i believe.... it's been great!
stay tunned!
-biju.
Thanks for the update, Biju. I wish I was there to see Ldub in his "fix". Does anyone have video of the incident?
I really wish I could have been there for the hard drinking too. Alas, next year perhaps. And speaking of drinking, I took down an icey cold Easy Street today after work, thanks to you.
Cheers - Bart
Ah, the words on the hood... Didn't fool me a bit :rolleyes: (O.K. so I wasn't even close) :o
Poor Ldub :eek: Brings a whole new meaning to "HEADS UP"
Get that guy a HardHat before he cracks his SKULL! ;)
THANKS EVERYONE FOR ALL THE PICTURES!!!
I'm looking at these Pics and really enjoying ALL of them. It's almost like I'm actually there (for a few seconds at least). Thanks for all the fun so far, stay safe, and watch out for that stuff that keeps ya sawing logs till 11:00am!!! (You drove to far to missout on part of the day) :)
Well I guessed that one! Poor Dub; with the luck he has had lately he needs an exo-skeleton to go with that skull on his VX!
Dub was way off the line....but hey, chicks dig battle scars! A little super glue and duct tape and all will be good!
The bad thing is, that was his good side! He should have put in on the other side. :rolleyes:
Oh no! Sorry that happened. I will probably never be that brave with mine. I parked way out in the far end of the Walmart parking lot today because Walmart is where I returned to my Rodeo and found damage from other cars at least two different times.
I do the same thing and my wife things I am nuts.
I'm sure Ldub will bounce back! :p
Bart
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Originally Posted by TexVx
I am supposed to be in Moab this year and make my video, but too much things to do this year. See you on the next MOAB ZuZu.
Vlad.
ZuZoo won't be ZuZoo without your video Vlad! Hopefully someone will step up to the plate and fill the void! I wasn't able to make it this year either but WILL be there next year ready to do some wheeling!
P.S.
Someone tell all those with heads and limbs hanging out the vehicle on the trail to keep 'em in the VX so we don't read about someone getting injured!
I have quite a bit of video from Elephant Hill. I will hopefully have a little DVD put together in a week or so. I captured all the footage last night so all I need to do is edit it down to something around 1.5-2 hours.
Bart
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Originally Posted by Triathlete
I want to push rewind. go back and do it all over again just as we did. I miss all of you terribly!!!! I am counting the days til next year! hugs and kisses for everyone! And for those who are too chicken to go...This was my first time ever!!! out offroading. I was nervous, but did the same trails as everyone and with Gill (the greatest spotter in the world) at my side, holding my hand...I made it thru without a scratch!!! So you better be going next year!!! Once again, I miss you all!!! XOXO
Cece (chi-chi as Ldub says....)
I just made it back to Dallas from Moab. I'm already a little bumed because I had such a great time and now it's over. There's always next year! For those that couldn't go, start planning now. You will have a blast!
It was great seeing old friends and meeting new ones. The VX community is made up of a lot of great people, and I'm proud to be part of the group.
Peace.
Tom
Steel Bender... and had a great week!
I am in Denver at my cousins' place for a few days, so it will be a while 'til I post any pics. However, a couple of the pics of Larry's VX having a rough go at a hot tub came from my buddy Rich (who had a blast & enjoyed meeting everyone) because Tone burned CDs off of everybody's cards so there may be posts of all the best shots before I even get home.
Moab is a BLAST!!! I did not know how much I missed it until I got there and got on the trails. My 3rd time in Moab, and it just keeps getting better! I loved seeing old friends, meeting new friends (and putting faces to screen-names), re-doing some of my favorite trails, trying new trails, and the dinners & partying... awesome!!!
I started the week on Monday with Steel Bender... following Steve & Joe in a lifted & locked 2-door Trooper and Kasia & John in her lifted & locked VX (thank God for skidplates!!!). John said that was how they knew I was still tagging along... all the scraping & banging noises behind them. :goof: I had sworn off any trail called "Steel Bender", "Metal Masher", "Carnage Carnival", etc., but it really wasn't that bad (and nothing a couple of inches of lift would have helped keep my skidplates/hitch/tow points off the rocks). The only breakage was the red plastic light cover I had in the hitch. Now... they say Kasia repeatedly told me to remove it, but I don't function well before noon so I must have missed the warnings... d'oh! I scrawled "Steel Bender" into the dirt on my hood, my buddy wrote "I survived" on the hood insert, and we wrote the other trail names (among other things) in the dirt at the end of every trail. Good times!
The run to Elephant Hill on day 2 was great for 3 reasons... I had never done it before, there were most all the VXes in attendance, and the scenery is amazing. Very cool trail.
Wednesday's trip to Hell's Revenge ROCKED (except for the tip-over)! A bunch of us did the hot tub even after seeing Larry's on it's side because there was NO WAY we were going to have it be in vain. The steep climbs & decents on the slickrock is such a thrill! Seeing Butters (oops... I meant Biju) try Hell's Gate was good fun durring our lunch break, and he never even needed that strap we had attatched... just in case.
Day 4... Fins 'N Things. One of my favs, and a great trail to wrap up my week of wheelin' in Moab. Wicked fun day!
Some of the guys & gals had lift. Some had rock-sliders, or extra skidplates. Some owners came out with thiers bone-stock (well done Cece!)... the VehiCROSS can take on these trails (and more). Come out next year and see for yourself. I'll be there!
:dance:
Just so you all know...I am still excited over Moab!!! I am going to be talking about this forever. Unfortunately you are the only people who understand my obsession. On my agenda for next year...i am thinking some bigger tires and a lift, skid plates and definitely some more trail stickers for my window...i must add to that collection...still missing all of you!
Cece
Yeah! Thanks everyone and thanks Tom for leading us through E.H. I had a great time, learned alot and enjoyed meeting everyone!
I should have some video ready soon!
See you next year!
Bart
Those are the ones I look for! Where is "Carnage Carnival"? Sounds fun! Done did the other 2 and both were a blast.Quote:
Originally Posted by nocturnalVX
Glad to see everyone making it back safe. I WILL see you all next year for sure.
So here are a 2 questions I have in general, about Moab:
1) What is the weather like there in the fall/early winter?
2) Why the heck do we only do this once a year?
We should have another VX meet out there in the fall or something!
Bart
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Originally Posted by Triathlete
There is a gathering there in the fall called Crawloween. Search the web and you will find more info. Most (me included) only have funds and vacation time for one trip. The rest of my vacation is used for races. ZuZoo, however is usually the one all us fellow VXers strive to make...See you next year !
No, I hear ya, its wishful thinking on my part too. I probably won't have any more vacation time by then either....let alone money!!
:)
Bart
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Originally Posted by Triathlete
Ready for next year already! It was a wonderful time. Nice seeing everyone,new faces and old. You people are fantastic!!!! Thanks for being there. :)
Well, made it back in one piece, all 1600+ miles. :_steering - Renewing the old friendships and making new ones made every mile worth it! (except maybe a few through Nebraska... :rolleyes: :snooz: )
THANK YOU!!!!
I hope to see everyone again next year at "V' Zoo '08" ;) , and more new people.
Cheers all! Time to go to sleep...
Some more pics...
Lunch at Hell's Gate with friends:
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Leaving Elephant Hill in style:
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Hell's Revenge
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Elephant Hill
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Fins n Things
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That is all I can say. My 1st trip 1st offroad in the vx. Well 2nd because 1st was hotel rock the day before. What a great group of people. Tom Thanks for letting me and my buddy tag along and thanks for showing us somethings along the way. What a super nice helpful family and cant wait till next year.
I will put pictures up on here as soon as get some time away from work. Been buisy trying to catch up on sleep from drive (yeah I know :_crying: ) and taking care of some other things.