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[DirtyDog]

Great meeting you Ted! Holy crap, did I have a great time You guys are no slouches at knocking down the brews either!

[EdoHart]

Great meeting you Ted! Holy crap, did I have a great time You guys are no slouches at knocking down the brews either!

I already feel bad about missing the rally, but to know the others could knock down brews...now I only feel miserable.

Actually, I chuckled out loud a few times reading Ted's description and seeing the pictures. I think my favorite picture/story was the one where everyone had to turn around and back up to give the next guy room to turn around. I wondered if something like that might happen. My second favorite picture/story is about crowding the parking at Eureka mine. The poor people in mere cars and suvs must have felt like a Tsunami was upon them.

Thanks for posting, Ted, I like your prose and photographic eye.

[Ted]

"Great meeting you Ted! Holy crap, did I have a great time You guys are no slouches at knocking down the brews either!"


Dear, this is one of those fictitious parts mentioned in my preface.

[DirtyDog]

Dear, this is one of those fictitious parts mentioned in my preface.

Haha! And we didn't forget that you told us your wife reads this board!

[Mark W. Ingalls]

:'(

We were really hoping.

Edna's been hit pretty hard with side effects from the medicine that's keeping her tumor in check, and those side effects are affecting her posterior the most. So sitting in the truck for the two or three days it takes to commute from Houston to DV was preposterous.

Still, and all, we are cheered on by the afterglow of the love of wandering shared by all y'all. We hope -- we hope! -- to join the next rally.

We will rally!

Mark & Edna

[Ted]

We all met back at Skidoo and, since it was getting late, decided to call it a day. We drove down to Stovepipe Wells where Marc, Lawnmowerman, Simimike, and Patrick (pvstoy) were already gathered. We reached maximum camper capacity that evening - 10 rigs!



The next morning Craig had to leave early for his drive home. The rest of us were about to leave for Racetrack Playa when Patrick came waving the morning report. Titus Canyon had just opened! A quick group huddle and we switched to Plan B.

Leaving stovepipe Wells, we pass these dunes. Still haven't stopped to walk them yet. Oh well, have to leave something for future trips.



Starting out on the Titus Canyon Road.



And stopping for lunch in the metropolis of Leadville. Still haven't figured out if DD was pulling my leg when he said lead probably wasn't what they were after here.



Patrick and Carol kickin' it in front of the "toy".



BTW, if you ever wondered what a 400 c.i. engine crammed in an '83 Toyota looks like.

[Ted]

Titus Canyon action shots.

Simimike.


Sunman and Deltarat.


Camelracer.

[Ted]

Lawnmowerman.


Marc.


Dirty Dog.


I'm no techno guy so I hope this works. And for a brief video of driving the narrows, go here:

[Ted]

We regrouped after exiting the canyon



and prepared to head for Teakettle Junction. Simimike was going back to camp from here so I took a departing shot of him and his rig.



We stopped at Ubehebe Crater where DD wanted to get a group shot. He had us line up in front of the crater. Here he is telling us to back up just a little more. I'm telling you, watch yourself around this guy.

[Tomas Tierra]

hang on I need another brew:thumb: