FJ Cruisers of Northern California

Death Valley Jan 2012 Blog post complete!

Wow, this was a project. Especially the videos.

Here is my new blog post: http://www.shamanrawb.com/wpblog/2012/02/death-valley-offroad-exped...

I have a total of 10 x2 speed trails videos from Goler Canyon to The Racetrack.

I also included a Flickr link to the 300+ pictures we took.

I put 600 miles on my car while there. 1200 total including the drive down and back.

Please check it out and let me know any input, suggestions, or feedback.

Thanks all! This was the most AMAZING ADVENTURE of my LIFE!

-Rob

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Permalink Reply by Cowboy on February 3, 2012 at 9:38pm

Heck yeah Shaman Rawb! One heck of a nice trail report!

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Permalink Reply by Shaman Rawb on February 3, 2012 at 9:39pm

Thanks Cowboy! One heck of a ride!

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Permalink Reply by Overlander36 on February 3, 2012 at 10:02pm

Hey nice write up. My 15 year old son and I went there the first week of january. We had a great time. It's a very cool place. The racetrack was super cool and titus canyon was spectacular. We got a flat tire 40 miles from our camp at panamint springs and found out our lug wrench didn't fit our aftermarket lug nuts. All part of a great adventure. We did a 6 day trip and didn't come close to seeing everything.

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Permalink Reply by Shaman Rawb on February 3, 2012 at 10:08pm

Thanks Overlander!

We did two full days and wished we could see more. I couldn't imagine a flat! Ugh!

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Permalink Reply by Cowboy on February 3, 2012 at 10:14pm

"A flat without the correct lug nut wrench" Double Ugh!!

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Permalink Reply by Overlander36 on February 3, 2012 at 10:18pm

Sure made me feel dumb. Luckily I had my co2 tank and was able to fill the tire 8 times to make it back to camp. It could have been worse!

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Permalink Reply by Cowboy on February 3, 2012 at 10:29pm

Not dumb at all. More like bitchen solution! I have seen that happen before. Stoked that you had you Co2 tank!

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Permalink Reply by Overlander36 on February 3, 2012 at 10:46pm

The only other solution was a VERY long walk. I would recommend that anyone with aftermarket wheels checks to make sure the lug wrench still fits the new lug nuts! The tire shop will not always tell you they switched lug nut sizes.