Wheel'in Hackberry Creek

[Triathlete]

ME (Triathlete), Jeff (TucsonVX) and Victor (VCAMILO) took a little trip this weekend to do some wheel'in and camp'in. We met up Saturday morning in Superior, Az. and then headed out and hit Hackberry Creek. This trail has some beautiful scenery and enough rocks, ruts and fun to keep you on your toes. After that we refueled and headed to Walnut Canyon. Lots of big towering cliffs and we wheeled into the dark. We found a clearing, sat up camp, grilled some steaks and ,thanks to Victor and his 17" laptop, watched "Starsky & Hutch" (well at least all of it except the last 20 minutes when the battery went dead :homer: Doh!). Woke in the morning, ate some omeletes and packed the gear. Then we finished the trail with only a few "planned" detours. Okay, so we got lost a few times! But then again we've been there done that before;Dy; . Here are a few pics from the trip...
The entrance to Hackberry Creek
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On the trail (Hackberry Creek)
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more to come...

[Triathlete]

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Rocks
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[Triathlete]

and more...
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[Triathlete]

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[Triathlete]

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Walnut Canyon pics will be here soon...

[jayfotos]

....and nobody called me.

.....But I would probably be to much of a puss to take it off road.

[jimbo]

Thanks for posting the pics for us city folks. ;Db;

[Triathlete]

And now for Walnut Canyon...
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Tight squeeze!
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[Triathlete]

Sum mo pics...
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Posing;Dy;
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[Triathlete]

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The faces behind the VX...Victor;Dy;
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[Triathlete]

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[Triathlete]

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[Triathlete]

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[johnnyapollo]

Beautiful scenery! And the landscapes aren't bad either!

-- Best, John

[SlowPro48]

Thanks for sharing your adventures. You westerners have so much beautiful country to wheel thru. Lots of rocks too! How in the world do you keep your VXs in such good shape? Are they all lifted? I just can't imagine my stocker making it thru that stuff without the rocker panels, etc. getting totally beat up...

[Triathlete]

All 3 are lifted (OME springs/torsion bar cranked up)! Don't have to worry about those rockers if you drive with a little finese!

[Soulpower]

wow! Now, thats what a camping trip should look like. Great pics, man!

[crager34]

Beautiful shots! I sure do miss the alpine and desert scenery of the Rocky Mountain States..including AZ. Thanks for sharing.

[TucsonVX]

Originally posted by Triathlete
All 3 are lifted (OME springs/torsion bar cranked up)! Don't have to worry about those rockers if you drive with a little finese! Also if you have a good spotter when go over big rocks.

[coachreed]

Man! I'm sooooooooo jealous! I wanna play! I almost think I might relocate to the southwest so I can enjoy scenery like that on a regular basis... I'm definitely lookin forward to hitting Moab this year. Any y'all comin up for that? Great pics!

[Ldub]

Coach,
Is the "Frankeshtein VX" gonna make it's debut at Moab???
****e, I might show up just 4 a peek unter th hood of that bad boy.
How'z the wiring thing goin? Updat ?

Hope all'z well, Ldub

[Ldub]

OH...BTW,

TRI, just finished looking at the rest of the photos...I too, am most envious of what y'all get to wheel through...nuthin but flat blak durt here in estrn ND. . . Well done,too fun.

Ldub

[WormGod]

Originally posted by jimbo
Thanks for posting the pics for us city folks. ;Db;

Ya know?! Heck, so that's what it looks like over the bridge and through the tunnel? ;)

[GOVEHIX]

wow, awesome trip and ns vews!! thats what an offroad camping trip should be like~
and question for one of the black vx, how much does the sun roof costs? and can u do that in any body shops or some requirements like the designing graph or something?

[Triathlete]

The "sunroofed" ebony belongs to VCAMILO on this site. Drop him an email and I'm sure he'd be happy to answer your questions. There are several VXers on this site that have opened there roofs. Do a search and you should find quite a bit of info.