Peter Carey
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 | | 14 Mar 2007 02:55 PM |
| This weekend Kim and
I will be booking on down to Canyonlands National Park as well as Arches and
then home. The true purpose of the trip is to pick up some equipment in
Provo for work related topics, but we are taking the weekend as a
mini-vacation. We have a campspot on the White Rim trail for Friday night
and plan to camp Saturday some place in Arches. We'll be driving our
Chevy Suburban diesel which is currently loaded with 40 gallons of biodiesel in
the tank and another 50 gallons in fuel cans. This should get us to Salt
Lake where there are some biodiesel pumps. Boise has some but mostly just
B10 and B20, plus we plan to be there in the middle of the night. Our plan
is to fill up in SLC on the way down and pack. We get maybe 13MPG out of
the truck and it'll be loaded down on the way back with servers and such.
It looks to be 1086 miles from Clinton to Canyonlands and the fuel we have on
board will get us about 1170, so we have some buffer. I might leave some
behind as it's only about 850 miles to SLC. Many pictures will
be taken and much fun is planned. While the Suburban wasn't our first
choice, the 110 with the rooftop tent isn't quite ready, so we'll do the best
with what we got. Kim's got all our food packed and I need to get some
work done before filling up the rest of the space in the truck. Oil just
got changed, fluids/batteries checked, positive attitude is working its way to
the surface and soon we'll be off! More
tomorrow. |
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Peter Carey
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| | 14 Mar 2007 09:12 PM |
| The truck is just about packed. The nice thing about a Suburban is
its ability to swallow up 6 5' long sand mats sideways across the foot
well.  The biodiesel is also all set. I'm only carrying 40
gallons in the back and 40 gallons in the tank. I found two stations
open 24 hours in South Salt Lake (Midvale) and will fill up there. This
means pouring 40 gallons out of the cans into the tank some time around
Boise I think. |
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Andy Berglund
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| | 14 Mar 2007 09:16 PM |
| sounds like a cool weekend trip. take lots of pics!
a<-wishes he could go to UT |
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Peter Carey
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| | 14 Mar 2007 09:17 PM |
| Hmmmm...the pictures didn't come through. trying again, this time with
HTML mail |
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Peter Carey
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| | 14 Mar 2007 09:22 PM |
| Well, the pictures work from my work laptop and not the home computer. Right now I'm planning on taking the work laptop with me, so I won't worry about it. The smiley came through in the above email so I know thatworks, and sometimes, a smiley is all you need.
Back to packing. Here's the pictures |
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Peter Carey
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Ryan McDonald
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| | 15 Mar 2007 07:34 AM |
| What are the sand mats for? White Rim? I doubt you'll need them; Ive been there 6 times and never considered bringing a set after the 1st trip. if you want some really good insight to the area check out the Utah Xterra's Owner Club (UXOC.org). Enjoy the ride! Cheers, Ryan |
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Peter Carey
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| | 15 Mar 2007 08:12 AM |
| The mats are for Arches. I remember an area I was wandering oh so many years ago with only one truck. Small sections of sand to get to some other Arch. We got a little stuck then wised up and went back.
It looks like the first adventure of the morning is to head back to Les Schwab and get a now completely flat driver's tire fixed. : ( Not the best way to start a road trip. And the tape player ate our cassette adapter for the satellite radio. Other than that, it's going well! |
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Craig Miller
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| | 15 Mar 2007 08:27 AM |
| Looking good Peter. Where are you going to fit the servers? ;)
Craig
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Peter Carey
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| | 15 Mar 2007 09:00 AM |
| The servers go on the roof and we pray it doesn't rain. :p
Oh yeah, and we had to jump start the suburban this morning. Now I sit at Les Schwab watching the Today Show. |
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Ryan McDonald
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| | 15 Mar 2007 09:46 AM |
| Peter, If you have and on-board air supply I reccomend airing down to 25 psi for the sandy places and ditching the mats for enhanced payload. I will send a pic and GPS coords of a really nice Arch which requires only a 1.5 hr hike and is quite secluded. The link for the arch, you will not be disappointed! http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=d172ec44-d717-4c12-8456-08f06b6d916a |
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Ryan McDonald
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| | 15 Mar 2007 09:47 AM |
| Sorry, click on the gallery for the pics of the Phipps Arch... |
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Peter Carey
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| | 15 Mar 2007 11:16 AM |
| Thanks for information on phillips arch. We'll check it out if we have time. Even on the phone the pictures look great!!
The tire was just a stuck valve. Whew. We have air and the mats and a 6.5L diesel, so payload is not a worry. |
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Andy Berglund
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| | 15 Mar 2007 12:39 PM |
| huh, those arches look a lot like the sound from a wa state ferry.
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Peter Carey
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| | 15 Mar 2007 01:00 PM |
| No no no....the arches in Ryan's post. I'm at my parents' jsut getting ready to shove off. Eating a nice big lunch then dirnking some cafinated tea oughta do it!! |
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Andy Berglund
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| | 15 Mar 2007 01:26 PM |
| well cool, have fun and be safe. remember, no one's coming to get you  andy |
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Peter Carey
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Peter Carey
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| | 16 Mar 2007 04:16 AM |
| We're now sitting at the rest stop just outside Prosser. Got some oil, got some atf and now we're making tea. Kinda grey over here but all is well so far. 204 miles driven so far. 64.4 mph moving average. 56.7 mph overall average
Wsdot charges for wifi at the reststops. |
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Isaac Fain
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| | 16 Mar 2007 09:59 AM |
| excellent - I'm looking forward to your posts here, Peter. You'll be well glad you've got all that window tinting on the 'burban. Smokeys might mistake you for some kinda terr'ist from the IRA this time of year lol . . . . *pin drop* ok ... back on topic! Glad to see the mighty BFG TracEdges, 8th wonder of the world, did not suffer permanent damage. Looking forward to reading about your guys trip. Be safe! |
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Andy Berglund
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| | 16 Mar 2007 10:09 AM |
| i too was impressed at seeing real life trac-edges. cool man.
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