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  • Colorado,  Hikes,  Off Road Trips,  Trips,  Utah

    Colorado and Utah 2012 in a 2 Door XJ – Friday

    April 12, 2016 /

    243 more miles covered today as we continue to move back east:

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    Colorado and Utah 2012 in a 2 Door XJ – Thursday

    April 7, 2016 /

    373 more miles on the XJ today as we made our way back to Colorful Colorado:

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    Colorado and Utah 2012 – In a 2 Door XJ -Monday

    April 4, 2016 /

    Another hot day out here, which found us putting another 154 miles on the ole XJ today. So far the silly thing is ticking happily along, but the lack of A/C in the thing makes for some warm times while riding around (I swear that we’ve managed to melt our shoes a little bit from the heat coming off the floor!). I’ve put over another 200 photos in that top link from today’s adventures. Daily Travel:

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    Colorado – Utah in a borrowed TJ 2010

    April 20, 2015 /

    Riding high on our success of the 2009 Colorado trip, we were amped up to head out west again in 2010. But our plans were nearly ruined when I was unable to obtain a suitable 4×4 to take out west (the Cherokee market dried up, thanks Cash for Clunkers!). But all was not lost due to an offer from a very generous friend. We were able to make the trek out west in his essentially stock (save for 30” tires)…

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    Our first west trip – Colorado 2009

    April 8, 2015 /

    After several years of marriage, home ownership, and general financial stability, we were finally able to make our first trip out west. This trip started a long term trend of us making a yearly trek to some western state to see Gods beauty first hand. Now some folks seem to think that you need quite a bit of cash and a fancy vehicle to see all the beauty in the mountains. We were able to disprove that thought process as…

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