brian r
February 28th, 2004, 22:27
My wife and i went back and forth for a week or so,trying to decide if drive to little saharra,for a few hours of playing in the sand was worth it.
the meeting time was 9 am,we had a soccer game at 10 am,so we decided against it.
big joe calls me on his cell around 9.30am he was loosing reception because they were almost there,told me the weather was slowing them down ,then we were cut off. :eyes: we couldnt help ourselves we had the itch to go.
my wife goes to the soccer game while i get things together for the trip.(an hour is not alot of time to prepare)but well try!
after topping off all the fluids,loading what i could think well need for tools,and forgetting the things i really needed,like a gas can,fuses,flash light etc, we were off to the dunes.
left slc around 11.30 grabbed lunch in santa quin ,we made it to the the meeting place a few hour late ,(oops) .took a guess and headed to big sand mtn, couldnt see any jeeps,of course my cb decides not to work again :(
start havin fun ,through some berms ,heading to a bowl,when my jeep just dies,with no advanced warning were done!!!!sitting at the bottom of a bowl,
and no one in site,i start fiddling under the hood,hoping for something obvious. :laugh: :laugh: ya right.
along comes an atv he stops and tells me he's seen some jeeps not to far away,hell send them my way if he sees them again.
now my 3 kids have been in the jeep for almost 3.5 hours there doing fine ,but im stresin ,asking my self why did we come here again????
when it happens, i here engines revin through the dunes,and getting close,
looking up to the top i see an xj ,its Jeff, and then Jared, then Ace now Itzack,then dead eye (Jared) and now climbon, woooo hooo what a site to see party1:
jeffs doing donuts around me with a big old smile on his face ,while dead eye rips threw the bowl.eventually everyone comes to a stop,to look at my dead in the sand jeep, after about an hour of guessing were still not totally sure,
(its tow time)out of the bowl to the main gate(thanks dead eye) he goes back for some more fun. its been 2hours or more since we arrived at the dunes and were back where we started (oh well)
since i had some time to spare, i removed the in tank fuel pump,and noticed
a wire on the pump had come off,(couldnt be this easy ,could it?) put every thing back together and tuned the key,YIPEEEE we wern't stranded after all.
of course now its almost 5 pm,its cold,im still crankey,and its starting to snow(again). i did'nt want to leave with out telling the group what the problem wa
and to say thank you for helping!!!!
So was it worth it????? Hell ya it was. (sure beats sittin on the couch)
my wife the kids and i were just glad to be there. besides these NAXJA guys
make a pretty fun group to hang with.
Thanks again.
hey joe thanks for calling sorry i missed you See Ya :peace: out.
Brian .R
the meeting time was 9 am,we had a soccer game at 10 am,so we decided against it.
big joe calls me on his cell around 9.30am he was loosing reception because they were almost there,told me the weather was slowing them down ,then we were cut off. :eyes: we couldnt help ourselves we had the itch to go.
my wife goes to the soccer game while i get things together for the trip.(an hour is not alot of time to prepare)but well try!
after topping off all the fluids,loading what i could think well need for tools,and forgetting the things i really needed,like a gas can,fuses,flash light etc, we were off to the dunes.
left slc around 11.30 grabbed lunch in santa quin ,we made it to the the meeting place a few hour late ,(oops) .took a guess and headed to big sand mtn, couldnt see any jeeps,of course my cb decides not to work again :(
start havin fun ,through some berms ,heading to a bowl,when my jeep just dies,with no advanced warning were done!!!!sitting at the bottom of a bowl,
and no one in site,i start fiddling under the hood,hoping for something obvious. :laugh: :laugh: ya right.
along comes an atv he stops and tells me he's seen some jeeps not to far away,hell send them my way if he sees them again.
now my 3 kids have been in the jeep for almost 3.5 hours there doing fine ,but im stresin ,asking my self why did we come here again????
when it happens, i here engines revin through the dunes,and getting close,
looking up to the top i see an xj ,its Jeff, and then Jared, then Ace now Itzack,then dead eye (Jared) and now climbon, woooo hooo what a site to see party1:
jeffs doing donuts around me with a big old smile on his face ,while dead eye rips threw the bowl.eventually everyone comes to a stop,to look at my dead in the sand jeep, after about an hour of guessing were still not totally sure,
(its tow time)out of the bowl to the main gate(thanks dead eye) he goes back for some more fun. its been 2hours or more since we arrived at the dunes and were back where we started (oh well)
since i had some time to spare, i removed the in tank fuel pump,and noticed
a wire on the pump had come off,(couldnt be this easy ,could it?) put every thing back together and tuned the key,YIPEEEE we wern't stranded after all.
of course now its almost 5 pm,its cold,im still crankey,and its starting to snow(again). i did'nt want to leave with out telling the group what the problem wa
and to say thank you for helping!!!!
So was it worth it????? Hell ya it was. (sure beats sittin on the couch)
my wife the kids and i were just glad to be there. besides these NAXJA guys
make a pretty fun group to hang with.
Thanks again.
hey joe thanks for calling sorry i missed you See Ya :peace: out.
Brian .R