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    1998 XJ – The purpose bought vacation mobile

    April 18, 2016 /

    I’ve had mixed luck with purchasing vehicles for the sole purpose of running out west on vacation in. The last time we did this was in 2009 (Click Here) in on of the 1992 XJ’s (Click Here) I purchased for the task. In 2012, we decided to roll the dice again with another XJ. So one month to the day before we left, I came across this guy on Craigslist:

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    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 – Wednesday

    April 6, 2016 /

    Another 186 windy miles covered today:

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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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