roofersontop

Road trip to Moab, UT. I'm in the very early stages of planning a road trip to Moab. As most of you know Moab is probably 4x4 heaven in the states. Looking at mid/late July/into early August 2015, I know summer in the desert...........but It's dry heat. I plan on making it about 9-11 days for me since I will be traveling from Atlanta. Travels will be off grid/self sustaining 4x's/camping etc...(with replenishment of course). Open to all input/discussion, hope to see you on the trails.

habanero

And you can camp up in the LaSals if you need a break from the heat. We usually stay at Sand Flats otherwise. Milt's has a great burger after a day of fun. I like the Moab Diner and Eklectica for breakfast. Free filtered water can be had at GearHeads along with all sorts of fun gear and the grocery store's across the street. Excellent hiking, biking and wheeling opportunities abound!

roofersontop

Thx for the info habanero, definitely looking forward to it (first trip thru the Rockies, otta be fun and slowly checking off the upgrades to the rig.

habanero

Just getting over the mountains can be a great time too, like doing all or part of the Alpine Loop....lots to be had, lots of skill and capability choices.

Moab's got a decent info center too, a library with interweb computers and a small city park with green grass, trees and a cool musical playground. It's a nice place to picnic. The recycle center is on the way up to Sand Flats, or there's bins at the info center too. Drink lots, something with some electrolytes. It's certainly nothing like the soup you're used to dealing with (surprisingly, there are mosquitoes). Watch those afternoon storms and downpours. There's trip reports on here, if you're looking for ideas.

roofersontop

I was looking @ the alpine pass/loop today, talking w/ the wifey and that is def on the to do list, lake como, miles and miles of trails, cant wait. Layover in St. Louis, Kansas City, KS, then to Denver, gonna be awesome.

habanero

Lemme know if you want any St. Louis info, that's sorta my neck of the woods. Gonna be awesome barely scratches it.

roofersontop

Your right about that. I had a project for work a few years back in ST. Louis, did the Arch and some of the night life, still open for more though. Probably looking to camp the night there and spend half a day or so that next morning.

blaster0476

I just finished my toy my dad and I have been talking about going out to the moab if yall don't mind im interested it's just a bit of a hike for us from va to ut is close to 2,000 miles if not more and the problem of fitting the Yota into the 44foot enclosed car trailer

roofersontop

trailer rig huh, guess you'll just have to get a flat bed. You guys down for the trip?

Rowdydudeman

I'm starting to put together a motor swap that will be taking place (probably all of) this year, depending on cost and availability of parts. Once that's done I would very much like to take part in a trip like this. unfortunately I very much doubt it will be happening this year.. You'd better take lots of pics for me!

blaster0476

Well I mean im 2,000 miles away that pretty far to drive but we have a flat bed car trailer too. But I'm down for a ride in the moab

roofersontop

sounds good, we're about 1800 miles so yea its a trek. I'm planning on wheeling in southwest colorado at least a day or so as well, then move onto moab.

roofersontop

will do. when you get one of those rigs runnin, we'll go whellin.

Rowdydudeman

Well TECHNICALLY both of them run, one of them is just in dire need of a rebuild and the other is about 30k from needing a refresher. So I figured I'd have a little fun and get better mpg doing it. now all i need is an extra LSJ and the trans to go behind it... Then I'll get to work. went prowling the junkyards today, no luck yet for a motor but I did find a promising candidate for a snorkel air box.