Well, the trip out was snowy and slushy. It would have been worse but we left a couple hours late.
A leak had developed at the trans cooler the morning of departure making me a big late.
Then, rear brakes were still dragging too much for my taste and so Scott was kind enough to join me outside getting snowed on to get it sorted out.
We made it by evening. Next morning, we figured we would run Eye of the Whale trail (aka tower arch trail) in Arches.
This commemorates the first wash TC has had in ... A long time.
Nikkormat had a front drive shaft to install and Blake had some repairs. But we got going by late morning. Pretty standard for the FSJ crew. I'd be wrenching the next morning, myself.
We drove a tooth-rattling washboard road awhile. I was stuck behind a slow driver so I couldn't speed up enough to skim over the bumps.
If the bumps hit the tires at a frequency sufficiently outside the resonant frequency of the suspension / body / etc., and into a range that is attenuated, then the amplitude of the signal (bouncing) is minimized. If bumps occur at the resonant frequency then the amplitude is maximized. And your teeth fall out.
By lunch we made it to tower arch, stopped, ate, relaxed, explored.
The rest of the trail was fun, easy rock and sand.
Eye of the Whale arch is near the end. You can hike out and most of us did. My little girl hiked (slid) down the other side. I was too chicken.
We also found some cool dinosaur tracks right before the end of the trail.
Violet had a blast. It was cool seeing her explore. She's loved the Jeep since she was tiny so this was quite an adventure for both of us.
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