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| oskar Elite Veteran Date registered: Sep 2006 Location: Lyons, CO Vehicle(s): 1981 280GE, 2002 G500, 280SE 4.5, Audi A4 1.8T Posts: 708  | ||
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hipine Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: US, CO, Bailey Vehicle(s): 460 1980 280GE w. 617A  | RE: G Wagen Treffen Proposal oskar - 9/10/2009 6:00 PM Ahmm, forgot: Are you folks interested in a Saturday morning breakfast - German Farmers style - Bread, smoked sausage, cheese pickles etc ? Oskar Ahmm right back atcha. I think you know the answer to that question without asking.  -Dave G. | |
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| DesertStar Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: San Diego, CA USA Vehicle(s): 85-280GE/95-G320/08-G500 Posts: 2156  | ||
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| hipine Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: US, CO, Bailey Vehicle(s): 460 1980 280GE w. 617A | ||
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| DUTCH Administrator Doppelgänger Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: US, GA, Atlanta Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter Posts: 9963 | RE: G Wagen Treffen Proposal hipine - 9/29/2009 3:16 PM Richard and I continued on to Toroweap, Torroweap is a pretty special place. It's a long ride out there, but well worth it. Killed a W460 steering dampner on that long wash board. Were you lucky enough to get one of the two rim campsites? I've been out there three different times; and was lucky on each visit to get the low one closest to the rim. (Torroweap.jpg) Attachments ----------------  Torroweap.jpg (526KB - 10 downloads) | |
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| DesertStar Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: San Diego, CA USA Vehicle(s): 85-280GE/95-G320/08-G500 Posts: 2156 | RE: G Wagen Treffen Proposal It was fun finally meeting Oskar,Dave(Hipine) and Richard (Kashi123). Oskar cooked up some great food and it was mighty tasty along with the sights around the National Park. Here are a few photos. Mike (IMG_0563 [800x600].JPG) (IMG_0575 [800x600].JPG) (IMG_0582 [800x600].JPG) (IMG_0691 [800x600].JPG) (IMG_0737 [800x600].JPG) (IMG_0734 [800x600].JPG) Attachments ---------------- IMG_0563 [800x600].JPG (171KB - 9 downloads) IMG_0575 [800x600].JPG (138KB - 9 downloads) IMG_0582 [800x600].JPG (144KB - 9 downloads) IMG_0691 [800x600].JPG (107KB - 9 downloads) IMG_0737 [800x600].JPG (74KB - 9 downloads) IMG_0734 [800x600].JPG (173KB - 8 downloads) | |
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| Otiswesty Administrator Date registered: Jun 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Vehicle(s): 463.241, 461.213 Posts: 3006 | ||
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| DUTCH Administrator Doppelgänger Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: US, GA, Atlanta Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter Posts: 9963 | ||
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| DesertStar Expert Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: San Diego, CA USA Vehicle(s): 85-280GE/95-G320/08-G500 Posts: 2156 | Re: G Wagen Treffen Proposal DUTCH - 10/2/2009 1:49 PM otiswesty - 10/2/2009 12:05 PM I love that tree. What a total riot. The time I drove past it my camera wasn't working. What's the story on the tree?There actually are a lot of good shoes (some of them new). Located in Middlegate Nevada, a Google search for "Nevada shoe tree" will yield a little info from blogs...here is the jist of it:
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| hipine Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: US, CO, Bailey Vehicle(s): 460 1980 280GE w. 617A | RE: G Wagen Treffen Proposal DUTCH - 9/29/2009 5:37 PM Torroweap is a pretty special place. It's a long ride out there, but well worth it. Killed a W460 steering dampner on that long wash board. Were you lucky enough to get one of the two rim campsites? I've been out there three different times; and was lucky on each visit to get the low one closest to the rim. I'd remembered you saying that about the rim sites, but when we got there the only area close to the rim was the "Toroweap Overlook" where your picture (and the one on the NPS brochure!) is taken. There were two picnic tables there, but no fire rings and the area was clearly marked "day use only." The campground proper was maybe 3/4 of a mile or so back along the dirt road. There were nine sites in the campground, but none in any proximity to the edge that was at all like the overlook. Having a nice walk out to the overlook didn't diminish the experience at all (you can also drive). I'm not sure what time of year you visited, but it might be a seasonal thing. The pit toilet at the overlook was also closed and there was a sign as you passed the "Y" to the campground that it was the last chance for a toilet. The NPS brochure does pretty distinctly differentiate the overlook from the campground though, so maybe this is something that's changed since you were there. http://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/upload/TuweepBrochure.pdf Oh yeah, and my steering damper has been shot since before I owned the truck, so it didn't get any worse!  We drove in by a slightly more westerly route (the "clayhole route" in the brochure above), not the long way straight out of Cedar City, but down the west side of Mount Trumbull. On the way out we stuck to the more popular easterly route ("sunshine" in the brochure) which was really well graded. Both were like freeways compared to the Hole in the Rock Road I'd driven the week before south of Escalante, UT. The "clayhoe route" that we took on the way in was lots more scenic, passing through fields full of huge volcanic boulders, and lots of different kinds of landscapes. The more easterly sunshine route that we took on the way out was more or less just a nice dirt road. The most entertaining portion was on the way in when Richard had his TOMTOM GPS hooked up and it trying to send us down every over-grown hint of a two track that would branch off to the West of our southerly route, and as we'd pass each one, ignoring its instructions to turn (I was navigating by the Topos loaded into the 276C), it would alterntely either add or subtract 20 minutes from its estimated travel time to our destination. We didn't go out to the Lava Falls trail (2 sets of lava falls can be seen left of center in the 2nd of my pix from teh overlook linked below). Had to leave something for "next time." FWIW to anyone looking here, my pix are on the thread Richard started in the main forum http://69.9.37.142/disc/forums/showthread.php?tid=15335&mid=158506#... Sorry 'bout the wierd colors. Bad camera settings. This is why we shoot a RAW copy too to save me from myself. -Dave G. PS - now that I compare landscape features in your pic vs mine I see that yours is taken from farther north. So I guess the answer is no, there were people in the sites off to the right as you enter the campground. We drove over there, but the only site left over there wasn't good so we went around to the left. The sit you used must have been one of those that was filled and we couldn't explore. I have to admit I was surprised at the number of people we found there. Maybe something to do with the fact we were there on the equinox night (totally by accident), but one night there were 7 sites filled and the other they were all filled. Like the Lava Falls I guess....another reason to go back! Edited by hipine 10/12/2009 1:11 PM | |
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| DUTCH Administrator Doppelgänger Date registered: Apr 2006 Location: US, GA, Atlanta Vehicle(s): 2015 Audi Q7 3.0 TDI,2018 Sprinter Posts: 9963 | ||
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| hipine Date registered: Jul 2006 Location: US, CO, Bailey Vehicle(s): 460 1980 280GE w. 617A | ||
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