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Highly doubtful that I’ll see any SoCal peeps out there but I just booked my trip to Moab for my vacation in August. We wanted to do it last year but my wife’s knee replacement sidelined us from going. We’ll be taking her JLU and my JTOD out there instead of just one of us having all the fun. I’m sure we will meet several Jeepers out there but if anyone was thinking about going, that’s when we will be there.
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I'll be in Moab Sept 1-5th but if I decide to add a little time to the beginning of my trip I'll hit you up and see if we can do a run there. I have a lot of BOH trails on my list. :)
 

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I'll be doing the Rubicon with my daughters at the Jeepers Jamboree in Aug. Trying to get out to Moab first week of April during the girls' spring break but it's currently in the 'negotiation' phase ?.
 
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I'll be in Moab Sept 1-5th but if I decide to add a little time to the beginning of my trip I'll hit you up and see if we can do a run there. I have a lot of BOH trails on my list. :)
We’ll be passing by each other on the highway almost ?

My wife can’t drive that far at one time, so after Moab we will be staying in St George for a day or two visiting Zion and all the stuff around it.
 

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Post trip write up, lots to say. If you're not a reader then skip to the videos lol. We arrived on Monday, a day after a crazy monsoon rolled through. The town was under water. Mud, dirt, sand bags, clean up crews, the works. I thought it was a wasted trip, but the trails clear out quickly.

We ran Fins N Things first. First ever Moab trail by ourselves. I rolled up to the kiosk to pay and asked the guy how many people were out there, thinking we could meet up with some people for the trails. He said we were the first ones in, but maybe some more people would be along shortly. Ok great, by ourselves. So we aired down and waited at the trail head for about half hour. Nobody came. We said screw it, just me and the Mrs hit the trails with the help of Trails Offroad app and the 40 dollar book that everyone should own if hitting Moab (I'll let you rent it for $10/week :LOL:)

First obstacle I come to, I hop out to check out my line. Turns out I was a lot higher off the ground that I anticipated, and sprained my ankle jumping out of the Jeep. 5 minutes in... great. Oh well, keep pushing, it was only the left ankle lol. We hit a few obstacles by ourselves and finally saw a lone Wrangler coming up behind us. So we stopped and waited. Very cool guy by the name of Anthony with his 60 year old mom riding shotgun. Coolest people ever. He's from back east somewhere and rented a Rubicon so naturally we let him lead the way. The video below shows quite a bit of what's to be expected out there. You can watch all the videos online you want, it doesn't compare to actually being there. So much missed content that I've never seen before.

Fast forward to roughly 3/4 into the trail. I missed a ledge going down an obstacle and actually bounced so hard I was on one tire for a second. Kinda freaked me out, but I have the wheelbase of a limo so I kept pushing. Wifey comes in right behind me and misses the same ledge (you can't see crap in front of you, can't wait for a front trail cam lol) she puts her Jeep on 2 wheels rocking back and forth off camber, super tippy. Her radio falls to the floor and she has no choice but to scream for me. Luckily I could hear her, jumped out of my Gladiator and rolled my ankle again :angry:

We got her back on track and finished the trail. Little did I know my SD card ran out because of some issue with class or speed or something I still know nothing about. I was recording 30 seconds to a couple minutes at a time. When I got home there were only about 12 videos on there, and they were all 4 minutes and 24 seconds long. Apparently that's the most content I can record at one time, but I was starting and stopping much quicker than that so I don't know what happened.



Hell's Revenge. Great trail, awesome scenery. I was in so much pain, had no camera equipment, and my wife was still shaking from her near rollover. Sad as it sounds, I did not get to enjoy the trail. And for that reason, I can't wait to go back and do it again. We took just about every bypass we could, and it really didn't do any justice. We honestly should have just licked our wounds and came back the next day instead of shoving both trails into an already long day.

Poison Spider. OMG I'm infatuated with this trail! I can't wait to do the trifecta some day! We met up with @Murphydog and @fastguy at 9am on the trailhead. If you ever get the chance to meet up with these two gentlemen and their families, you're in for a great day. Both stand up gentlemen and I wouldn't hesitate to wheel with them again.

This trail does not give you any chance to take a breath. It's obstacle after obstacle right from the start. I'm still gathering and editing footage so give me a couple days on the video. Fins and Things probably has 8 or so good obstacles, I thinkg Poison has about 40. And then you have to turn around and do those 40 in the opposite direction. Even with 4.5" lift and 37s, I bottomed out hard enough to separate two of my skid plates, bend one of them, shaved roughly 1/4" aluminum off my rear hitch slider, bent my tie rod, destroyed my license plate bracket, and broke both the frame mounted brackets on my rear sway bar end link mounts. So I have a few things to straighten out, and the truck has a permanent pull to the left for the time being lol.

The Z turns and waterfalls were amazing on this trail. I'd seen several videos online about some of the more harrier obstacles, and I was ready for them when I got there. My confidence didn't go unnoticed, as I became the guinnea pig for most situations :CWL:

By the time we got to the loop, I was pretty much over it. Wondering where the closest freeway was so I could get the heck off the trails. I thought the loop was just a turn around and come back. Nope, the loop is another 90 minutes of obstacles before you start heading back down the trail. I went from being over it, to just embracing it, and found another love for the trail again. Going down all those waterfalls was much easier and less stressful than going up. I think it took us 2 hours to get through the first part of the trail to where it opens up, and just 24 minutes to get back down. All in all we were out there for about 6-7 hours. I couldn't imagine the trifecta at this point but we were taking lots of breaks and just soaking it all in. I can't wait to go back, Poison Spider has become my all time favorite trail and I learned so much about my rig out there. The technical spots combined with the scenery were amazing. Video to come.

I couldn't find anyone to run up the Top of the World with me, and we were hearing in town that it was washed out pretty bad due to the storm. Either we spent half the day trying to stack rocks, or we skip it this time around. So we skipped it. I'm not happy with our decision, but it was the smart thing to do.



Onion Creek. This was a last minute, we are broke down and tired but let's get one more trail in kind of day. Onion Creek doesn't disappoint as far as scenery goes. It took an hour to go out, and an hour to go back. But I can see how you could spend some time on the trail just taking in the views. I thought with the recent storms that this trail would be under water, but the streams were all very small. I'd recommend if you have a couple hours to spare then take the time to hit this little gem.



Overall I am happy with our trip, and it leaves just enough for me to want to go back again. For anyone wondering, we spent 332 dollars in gas from Southern California to Moab, driving both Jeeps, and 277 dollars on the way back. You couldn't fly there and rent a Jeep for 600 bucks, so I feel like we did well. I averaged about 23mpg and my wife was close to 17. Moab, you will be missed. Till next time.
 
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Looks like an awesome trip (minus the ankle situation). I feel like Moab for me is now going to be a once a year or every 2 year thing.
 
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Looks like an awesome trip (minus the ankle situation). I feel like Moab for me is now going to be a once a year or every 2 year thing.

Totally agree. Probably every other year for us.

Here's the best I could do with Poison Spider BOH Trail

 
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I am lucky I only live 750 miles away so usually go 2X a year and as nice as poison spider is it is barely in my top 5 or 6 trails. one thing about Moab is there is never a bad month to go.
 

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Post trip write up, lots to say. If you're not a reader then skip to the videos lol. We arrived on Monday, a day after a crazy monsoon rolled through. The town was under water. Mud, dirt, sand bags, clean up crews, the works. I thought it was a wasted trip, but the trails clear out quickly.

We ran Fins N Things first. First ever Moab trail by ourselves. I rolled up to the kiosk to pay and asked the guy how many people were out there, thinking we could meet up with some people for the trails. He said we were the first ones in, but maybe some more people would be along shortly. Ok great, by ourselves. So we aired down and waited at the trail head for about half hour. Nobody came. We said screw it, just me and the Mrs hit the trails with the help of Trails Offroad app and the 40 dollar book that everyone should own if hitting Moab (I'll let you rent it for $10/week :LOL:)

First obstacle I come to, I hop out to check out my line. Turns out I was a lot higher off the ground that I anticipated, and sprained my ankle jumping out of the Jeep. 5 minutes in... great. Oh well, keep pushing, it was only the left ankle lol. We hit a few obstacles by ourselves and finally saw a lone Wrangler coming up behind us. So we stopped and waited. Very cool guy by the name of Anthony with his 60 year old mom riding shotgun. Coolest people ever. He's from back east somewhere and rented a Rubicon so naturally we let him lead the way. The video below shows quite a bit of what's to be expected out there. You can watch all the videos online you want, it doesn't compare to actually being there. So much missed content that I've never seen before.

Fast forward to roughly 3/4 into the trail. I missed a ledge going down an obstacle and actually bounced so hard I was on one tire for a second. Kinda freaked me out, but I have the wheelbase of a limo so I kept pushing. Wifey comes in right behind me and misses the same ledge (you can't see crap in front of you, can't wait for a front trail cam lol) she puts her Jeep on 2 wheels rocking back and forth off camber, super tippy. Her radio falls to the floor and she has no choice but to scream for me. Luckily I could hear her, jumped out of my Gladiator and rolled my ankle again :angry:

We got her back on track and finished the trail. Little did I know my SD card ran out because of some issue with class or speed or something I still know nothing about. I was recording 30 seconds to a couple minutes at a time. When I got home there were only about 12 videos on there, and they were all 4 minutes and 24 seconds long. Apparently that's the most content I can record at one time, but I was starting and stopping much quicker than that so I don't know what happened.



Hell's Revenge. Great trail, awesome scenery. I was in so much pain, had no camera equipment, and my wife was still shaking from her near rollover. Sad as it sounds, I did not get to enjoy the trail. And for that reason, I can't wait to go back and do it again. We took just about every bypass we could, and it really didn't do any justice. We honestly should have just licked our wounds and came back the next day instead of shoving both trails into an already long day.

Poison Spider. OMG I'm infatuated with this trail! I can't wait to do the trifecta some day! We met up with @Murphydog and @fastguy at 9am on the trailhead. If you ever get the chance to meet up with these two gentlemen and their families, you're in for a great day. Both stand up gentlemen and I wouldn't hesitate to wheel with them again.

This trail does not give you any chance to take a breath. It's obstacle after obstacle right from the start. I'm still gathering and editing footage so give me a couple days on the video. Fins and Things probably has 8 or so good obstacles, I thinkg Poison has about 40. And then you have to turn around and do those 40 in the opposite direction. Even with 4.5" lift and 37s, I bottomed out hard enough to separate two of my skid plates, bend one of them, shaved roughly 1/4" aluminum off my rear hitch slider, bent my tie rod, destroyed my license plate bracket, and broke both the frame mounted brackets on my rear sway bar end link mounts. So I have a few things to straighten out, and the truck has a permanent pull to the left for the time being lol.

The Z turns and waterfalls were amazing on this trail. I'd seen several videos online about some of the more harrier obstacles, and I was ready for them when I got there. My confidence didn't go unnoticed, as I became the guinnea pig for most situations :CWL:

By the time we got to the loop, I was pretty much over it. Wondering where the closest freeway was so I could get the heck off the trails. I thought the loop was just a turn around and come back. Nope, the loop is another 90 minutes of obstacles before you start heading back down the trail. I went from being over it, to just embracing it, and found another love for the trail again. Going down all those waterfalls was much easier and less stressful than going up. I think it took us 2 hours to get through the first part of the trail to where it opens up, and just 24 minutes to get back down. All in all we were out there for about 6-7 hours. I couldn't imagine the trifecta at this point but we were taking lots of breaks and just soaking it all in. I can't wait to go back, Poison Spider has become my all time favorite trail and I learned so much about my rig out there. The technical spots combined with the scenery were amazing. Video to come.

I couldn't find anyone to run up the Top of the World with me, and we were hearing in town that it was washed out pretty bad due to the storm. Either we spent half the day trying to stack rocks, or we skip it this time around. So we skipped it. I'm not happy with our decision, but it was the smart thing to do.

Onion Creek. This was a last minute, we are broke down and tired but let's get one more trail in kind of day. Onion Creek doesn't disappoint as far as scenery goes. It took an hour to go out, and an hour to go back. But I can see how you could spend some time on the trail just taking in the views. I thought with the recent storms that this trail would be under water, but the streams were all very small. I'd recommend if you have a couple hours to spare then take the time to hit this little gem.



Overall I am happy with our trip, and it leaves just enough for me to want to go back again. For anyone wondering, we spent 332 dollars in gas from Southern California to Moab, driving both Jeeps, and 277 dollars on the way back. You couldn't fly there and rent a Jeep for 600 bucks, so I feel like we did well. I averaged about 23mpg and my wife was close to 17. Moab, you will be missed. Till next time.
Awesome writeup to what sounds like an awesome trip! Sounds like you had your share of adventures and hats off to your wife for pushing through. For me, Moab totally redefined what 'steep' means. And yes, the trifecta is as awesome as you'd imagine.

We end up going there every other year or so - I think next spring we're going to hit Sand Hollow and check out the trails there.
 

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We end up going there every other year or so - I think next spring we're going to hit Sand Hollow and check out the trails there.
Sand Hollow is a whole nother level of crazy. Every now and then I accidentally click on a sand hollow video and it scares me back into funny cat videos 😂

I’d love to hit the Rubicon next year personally but I’m pretty sure the Mrs will veto that for Nashville or something similar. 🤷‍♂️

All I know is I can’t wait to get back to Utah again. Taking 2 Jeeps was certainly a challenge that’s for sure.
 
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Nice videos! Thanks for sharing your adventure.
Absolutely 👍🏻. I don’t know how people can post 5 minute videos of trails like these when there’s so much to see. When I’m stuck on YouTube videos I like to search for 20+ minute clips personally. I didn’t expect to come home with over 2 hours of footage per trail though 😂
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