The year Moab got a lot of rain, the hot tubs on Hell's Revenge had about two feet of water in them. This made for an interesting drive out of the hot tub. That year, Jim from the Yota Yard was driving his 4runner with the top off. Jim took a weird line coming out of the water, rolled the runner, and dumped the cooler, lunch, gear, etc, into the water. He yelled at his kids, who were running along side the truck, like Jim's dogs, to jump into the water and retrieve the gear which was now floating in the water. A few of the many spectators managed to roll Jim back onto his wheels.
On that same trail, we had Jim, JT, Captain Crunch, and Brian Price (upnover). These guys decided it would be fun to drive into the last hot tub, the one no one ever seems to be able to drive out of. Although they never did drive out of that hot tub, using gearing and skillful driving, they all backed out of the tub without a strap or a winch. What a Kodak moment.
Cheeseman may have to correct me, but wasn't it Phil from Lake Tahoe in his cammo FJ40 who repaired a broken birfield on the approach to the hot tubs in 20 minutes? It may have been Dan Dilley, but in either case, I think the 20minute record for an on the trail birfield replacement still stands today.
If anyone ever has a chance to wheel with these guys, or any of the awesome drivers in the RS club, go for it. You sure can learn a lot just by watching what they do and how they do it.
Moab is all about the people who attend, the friendships that are made, and the excitement about seeing that a good friend you haven't seen for a year will be wheeling with you at this year's Cruise Moab.
