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Colorado and Utah 2012 in a 2 Door XJ – Wednesday
Another 186 windy miles covered today:
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Colorado and Utah 2012 in a 2 Door XJ – Tuesday
I’ll start this post with the preface of ‘This is one of those days that pictures don’t do it justice’. We stumbled through quite a few ‘pretty’ things while putting another 256 miles on the XJ on our way up to the Capitol Reef area Travel:
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The Mighty Merc – Intro Background
This thing started out as a bit of a work in progress as I wasn’t quite sure what the future plans were for it. For the past three years it was being used as a baby hauler, tow rig, and light exploring. Currently everything is stock (ish) with a 5.0/4R70W/AWD combo running 31” tires. Since it’s a Mercury, all the options are present (and working!). At this time, the RBV (Ranger Based Vehicles) are laughably cheap. While the price has…
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Colorado and Utah 2012 – In a 2 Door XJ -Monday
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 and Utah 2012 – In a 2 Door XJ – Sunday
Dumped another 200 photos in that top link… I forget how awesome the weather is here. This mornings Temp was 46°F and I was comfortable in shorts and a T shirt. This afternoon was in the upper 80’s and again, completely comfortable. I could get used to this! Looking out from our hotel room, we see this: