Latest Trip, North of Vegas
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Kraut_n_Rice
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Your fascinations with kids toys (70s), clowns (kiss) and D*ck have me worried, Andy. You might wanna seek help.
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dbart
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Thought I would share since I have the 2500 HD Gasser.
The last leg, I filled up at Valley of Fire Exit North of Vegas 10.4 mpg.
Total round trip mileage was 10.0
The last leg, I filled up at Valley of Fire Exit North of Vegas 10.4 mpg.
Total round trip mileage was 10.0
Crusty
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Smiles per mile is all that matters.
tjZ06
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As I mentioned on the book of faces: awesome trip! I've camped in that area a few times before (but all truck-based aka Broverlanding vs. SxS). I'd be interested in your input on park/camp/staging areas and stuff doing it with SxSs. Happy to share my tracks 'n stuff too. I've gone all through Gold Butte National Monument, the Paiute Wilderness, Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument etc. BTW, great pics!
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dbart
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@tjZ06 The area was really cool, however.... the 20 mile drive in on Gold Butte road, sucked Donkey Balls!
Potholes everywhere, washed out, rutted mess! That's an hour drive at least, but once you are there it was worth it.
If you have a back way in to the area or another area to camp close to there, I'd be up for it.
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Potholes everywhere, washed out, rutted mess! That's an hour drive at least, but once you are there it was worth it.
If you have a back way in to the area or another area to camp close to there, I'd be up for it.
:cheers:
Esco
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trip looks like it was TOP s
tjZ06
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Yeah, that rode blows. The first time I went out there I came in the "back way" and we left that way. I made the mistake of stopping and airing up when we hit "pavement" only to find it was way worse than the dirt, lol. The back way is via Lime Kiln, I'll post the track later...
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Great pictures , Thanks
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tjZ06
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Sorry... few days behind getting you this stuff. So this is the trail down out of Mesquite I use: https://www.trailsoffroad.com/US/nevada/trails/4176-lime-kiln-canyon I can't add my track or screenshots or anything from the machine I'm at right now, so I'll add that stuff later. You take Line Kiln down just like that link above, but at the end of the trail at (point 17 in that link) you turn Southwest onto "County Highway 101" and run that 'til you hit New Gold Butte road. IIRC you still have some of that crappy pavement section, but you cut most of it off, might have been all. That said, if you turn Northeast at that same junction you can run trails all the way up to St. George and there are some stunning views and awesome campsites. If you've already done the "tourist" thing and done the whole Gold Butte Backcountry Byway, I'd go the other way. As you come out of Mesquite on Lime Kiln there are plenty of areas you could stage trucks/trailers and I often seem some out there. I'm not super sure how I'd feel about security, but I can't imagine it's any different than leaving them at the start of the GBBB
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