05-NOV-2010
Flexing
I just had to get out and see how he was handling the terrain.
05-NOV-2010
the Ark?
Must be! It's stranded in the desert.
05-NOV-2010
Track-side Repairs
Running along at a good "graded dirt road" speed, I look at the monitoring gauges and discover I have almost no air pressure!
Damn, I kinda need that for the air assisted braking.
I let the Draggin' slow and start looking for a space to get off the track. Finding a good size space I pull in, shut him down, and start checking the air system.
05-NOV-2010
Airline
It seems the line to the "GET OUT OF MY WAY" devise had a crease that was able to flex enough, on these rough tracks, that it started cracking through.
I disconnected it, broke it the rest of the way off,and them with some folding and crushing got it to stop leaking.
05-NOV-2010
Missed!
They must have though I couldn't move fast enough to dodge that.
It is interesting what you find on the edge of the Forbidden Mountains.
05-NOV-2010
Headed for the Red Clay
Along this side of those red bluffs will be a wash that I need to venture into. It will take me between the two ranges and let me get to the north side.
This will be my second deep sand wash on this trip, hope all goes well and I don't become stranded like that Ark.
05-NOV-2010
Water cuts
I make the sand wash and climb onto a clay track with loads of cross cut erosions. It makes for slow, but interesting, travel.
05-NOV-2010
Clay Track
At some point this track will get me around those mountains in the distance. I'm sure this could be a messy track if it was wet.
05-NOV-2010
Marblized
I'm marking this down as some place to return to.