dooohhoooohhooods,,,,sw winds are aligning perfectly as cold fronts approach the eastern desert!!!

i wanna be der already!1!!

Good luck my friend, I hope you make your goal!!!!!!!!! :singing:

Pics? Videos? Crazy stories? Do tell... envious.

just got back last night.....whoooollly #@%$#!e it was windy...started kiting as soon as we arrived. oh, at 5:30 a.m.

I'm pooped....but I will be a regular at Alovrd

details? weather, wind, buggy speed, who went with you, come on don't hold back.

It was a great trip, although be it a short one. Was still well worth it.

We arrived on the lake bed about 5am and was trying to find Dave Grimm in the dark to no avail. So we just parked it and as it was just starting to get light out, the wind was blowing a steady 8-10 or so. Funny how we were so exhausted just 20 minutes prior to arriving but then finally arriving, being awed by the beauty and with the wind blowing... nothing but excitement.

Eli was suggesting I change my name now to SUNRISE-jim, but... there's no place like home, I'll stick with sunset thank you...smile

After the sun did come up saw a trailer off over yonder and buggied over to it only to find Dave with his head sticking out the window to greet us. After all that searching in the dark, he was only about a half mile from us. And since the playa is ONLY 7mi by 12mi, not too shabby.

The wind did pick up later in the day although it was rather gusty and dust devils galore. At one point I saw one in front of me and approaching so I turned around, only to find 2 of em right behind me and now I'm going right into em. Since 1 is better than 2, I made another quick turn around.

Managed to get quite a few runs in the 40's and topping out at 48.9 while Eli managed to sneak in a 58 or 59 I believe. What I liked even more though was getting in almost 70 miles for the day. Boy that lake bed is HUGE! And what scenery. Pictures to follow.

The wind even provided some excitement late that night. It would be all nice n quiet, then you hear what sounded like a freight train approaching, and then all of a sudden BAM get hit by a huge gust of wind. We all thought at any time our tents and trailers were going over. I can't even count how many times that repeated itself but it was thru most of the night.

Unfortunately it blew itself out and for tuesday and wednesday the wind was pretty much gone.

Hot springs, infamous hamburger and shakes in Fields and then time to hit the road back and thinking about when to plan the next trip back.

Yeah buddy, I have some pics, just gotta crop and chop...

sunrise-Jim scoring first tracks at 5:30 am Monday the 20th of october on his 5m rm +

wakey wakey egss and bakey: elihigh at 5:30 a.m. on a 5m Haka!

yeah, 5 hour energy,,, GET SOME!!

CLOUDS WERE DOING SOME AWESOME STUFF...LAYERING RISING AND FALLING ALL AT ONCE...UNSTABLE FOW SHOW!

IN GOT COLD SO WE HAD TO FIND SOME WOOD,,,AND I'M NOT DOING THAT WITHOUT A BEER!!!

I'm not sure what kinda motor he had on it...but it made me jealous

:wow::wow::wow:73.8 YIKES :wow::wow::wow:

Is that MPH, KPH or knots ?

Either way it's NUTS :roll:

Tell us more about this run please !

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Originally posted by USA_Eli_A I'm not sure what kinda motor he had on it...but it made me jealous

he was on a dirt bike

I went faster than all the landsailors there!

niiice :P Dude awesome job showin' up those landsailors :wee:

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Originally posted by USA_Eli_A wakey wakey egss and bakey: elihigh at 5:30 a.m. on a 5m Haka!

Can I get a full size of this picture? Would make a sweet background :D

sorry I'm putting them up slow...but the whole gallery will be up on napkra website

BUT HERE IS THE SECOND GENERATION Proto-type buggy i'm designing...NEED ELLIS TO FINISH IT.