Thank goodness Mike Bourdon was not along. That evening most of the group went to dinner at the Mexican restaurant a few blocks from the campground. We did get hung up on the last climb and needed a tug. We pulled off to the side and changed tires. We were near the last obstacle when the Wohlers vehicle suffered a broken valve stem. It turned out he was a doctor and his girlfriend was a nurse! The JK was righted and continued on the trail. No one was hurt, but he did suffer quite a bit of damage to the body, the cage and bent a wheel hub. It turned out it was 4-5 feet to the rock he thought he could make and he rolled it.
A real pretty and well equipped four door JK decided to go down a different way than the rest of the group. The return trip did have some excitement. He was brave enough to fly over the edge and it came back with no issues. One of the folk in the group had a quad copter that we watched catch GoPro video. The next major obstacle before lunch break is a little climb, with an immediate right turn where you creep along the edge, hoping not to slip off and roll. It is not that difficult, but it is intimidating. You goof up too bad and 1500 feet later you hit bottom. Getting to the area where Cliff Hanger gets its name is always fun. The group moved on and made all of the obstacles. It is not tough, but as always, tire placement helps. Just after the river is the first obstacle. We got to the trailhead and headed down the steps before crossing the river. It was a beautiful day, unlike Sunday which had rain and hail in Moab and a little snow in the mountains. The group headed off to the assigned meeting place and got in line with about 30 other folk and the parade took off around 9 AM. It stayed nice the rest of the week with daytime temperatures in the 60’s and nights in the low 30’s to 40’s by the end of the week. By the time we all arrived the skies had cleared, the sun came out and it started to get beautiful.
The LaSal Mountains got a fresh batch of snow. Early in the day, the weather was nasty cold, windy, rainy with a bit of hail. We stayed at a great RV Campground within close walking distance of everything we needed in town. A few of the group came in yesterday, the majority today.