The Badlands (6-2-07)

[IntrepidXJ]

My pictures from today. Got to wheel my XJ stock one last time before I start to build it up. Figures that I managed to get a little more body damage and tear up my exhaust a little.

Anyways, here's some pics!

xj4life playing in the water

they made me lead all day, even though I was in a stock rig

not quite

almost

oops

flexy

stock flex.....bald tires

i can still 'get it' in a stock rig

oops x2

loud drive home

oops x3

the tubes

 

[IntrepidXJ]

hello

fun in the dunes

i like this one

flexy on orange

going down

flexin' again

last one

....and as usual......more pics can be found here:

http://www.myxj.net/g2/v/2007_Trips/badlands6-2-07/

 

[IntrepidXJ]

After leaving The Badlands, Amanda and I decided to stop by Williamsport to check out Indiana's tallest freefalling waterfall. Here's a few pics of that:

from the top

then a little hike to the bottom

from the bottom

 

[Big Red]

Thanks for the pics Randy, I wish I could have meet you guys in person and did some wheeling. Way to show the group how it's done in a stock XJ. You can really make a YJ/CJ/Sam look bad with the nice XJ wheelbase and stock flexyness. Time for a Cat back exhaust!!! I just had one put on my 98' for $230 out the door in Sacramento, CA before moving out to Rockford. It sounds really nice with a 40 series Flowmaster!


Troy

 

[IllianaXJ]

Troy must have filled in under the tubes with the loader, we were there a few months ago and when we dropped in through the tubes, the XJ's hood dipped underwater!

 

[IntrepidXJ]

Troy must have filled in under the tubes with the loader, we were there a few months ago and when we dropped in through the tubes, the XJ's hood dipped underwater!

it's been filled in for well over a year........i remember when it used to be very deep.....but since about mid 2005, it was definately filled in, and has been about the same since

 

[IllianaXJ]

hmm... we went through the left tunnel (as you approach), maybe it was dug out more on that side. It had been raining earlier as well.

 

[fatwreck]

My trip report:

I met up with xj4life and intrepidxj for some camping/wheeling at the Badlands in Indiana. The buggy is still down from the last trip, so I decided to take the YJ out. This was my first chance to wheel it.....and it was a lot of fun. I like the SWB. I like the super low gears in the NV4500. I like the TNT Customs coil conversion. I like not having to look over my shoulder every 2 minutes like I had to when I owned an XJ. I like the half doors. I like it.

Nice YJ in the parking lot. It didn't have any part of the factory frame left. It was all tube underneath. Pretty pimp.

Randy testing out the stocker:

Chris getting it:

Oops:

Crawling the YJ up a ledge in the quarry:

Playing in the rocks:

I told Randy that his exhaust was hanging down. He said he knew about it....but when he went to back up off of the steep climb.....the exhaust folded onto itself and basically ripped off.

Back at it after a fixed ujoint:

Some guys we met there with an MJ:

Hmmm....these mud holes are deep:

This is getting worse before it gets better:

Couldn't back out of it and even with a couple of guys pulling on a strap....it wouldn't settle.....so we hooked it up to another rig and it came right down:

 

[fatwreck]

Rock garden on orange:

A deer we found in the rock garden area. It was pretty scared, young, and weak. We just moved it over to a different area and let it be:

Finishing out the rocks:

Funny car I saw on the way home while taking the back roads: