Due to what I believed to be a broken motor mount, I parked the FJ and hopped in with Jeff (CactusCruzer) for a day of wheeling and generally taking it easy.  First stop was Lake Pleasent for lunch where we met SealClubber, Miss R2, Remcon, TRIPHX and FJFEVER.  Unfortunately the entire day passed before I realized I had the exposure comp on my camera set waaay down (just in case you're wondering why it's so dark).

JP from Expeditioneers happen to be in California near the location of the BajaRack facility and was nice enough to have my roof rack installed on his truck in order to bring it back to AZ and save us some shipping! So, in the evening I met him at his home for a quick install.

Later that evening it was off to Gillette to enjoy the campfire with some AZFJ folks. We talked about the new rack some and decided that it must be put through the most grueling and shocking performance test imaginable.... would it survive?

Image credit: SealClubber

Leaving school about noon, the first task for the day was to pick up my new ARB fridge from a house in Cave Creek. This was perfect, as just when I was about to leave I heard from 'Juan' BluePeace of an invitation for Guitar Hero and sandwiches. Since I can't pass up anything that involves Guitar Hero or sandwiches, I went by his house after picking up the fridge. There, of course, I was greeted by his meatball of a dog.

We head out for Gillette and since BluePeace had not done so before, made our way to Table Mesa via the pipeline road from New River. We made radio contact with homedad and fredwood, who were on the highway headed for the Table Mesa exit and decided to meet at the white staircase obstacle on the pipeline road.