Wishing the 2009 Moab ZooZu Crew a safe and fun journey!

[lasturbo]

Have a safe and fun journey gang!! Still bummed (and jealous) I could not make it this year but look forward to the pics when you all get back and post. I guess I will still be a rookie until I get a VX Moab trip under my belt.

[pbkid]

thanks for the great wishes...cant wait to see the fam!!!

[Marlin]

First near miss. About 400 miles into my trip, had a blowout on the trailer at 70mph. Saw the tire shred and it sucked in part of the fender along with it. Thanks to my super anal retentive packing and planning, I had a 13" pipe wrench and hammer in the ammo can on the roof of the VX so we were able to bend/bang the fender back out so the tire would fit.
It was a little after 7pm, we called the closest walmart, they offered to stay open late for us...200 bucks and 2 hours later, we were back on the road. Not a good start to a 2500 mile journey. Making good time though, drove 560 miles in a little over 9 hours, including stops. Very little traffic, made for good traveling.

See you all in a few days.

[rowhard]

First near miss. About 400 miles into my trip, had a blowout on the trailer at 70mph. Saw the tire shred and it sucked in part of the fender along with it. Thanks to my super anal retentive packing and planning, I had a 13" pipe wrench and hammer in the ammo can on the roof of the VX so we were able to bend/bang the fender back out so the tire would fit.
It was a little after 7pm, we called the closest walmart, they offered to stay open late for us...200 bucks and 2 hours later, we were back on the road. Not a good start to a 2500 mile journey. Making good time though, drove 560 miles in a little over 9 hours, including stops. Very little traffic, made for good traveling.

See you all in a few days.

Be safe, looking forward to meeting you in SLC

[Sprey]

Gee! some of you definitly have a long way to drive.
Over here you can go from the bottom of the north island to near in the top in around 9 or so hours.

Good luck with the trip and have fun !

[BigSwede]

Heh, I expect to drive 14 hours tomorrow just to get to Denver. And I bet none of it is as interesting as NZ...Sunday gets more interesting scenically, 6 hours through the Rockie Mountains, into the desert, to Moab...