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COMPLETED Badlands October 19 & 20 2013

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by StaceySS » Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:53 pm

Rock garden.
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by StaceySS » Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:54 pm

My two off-road enthusiasts.
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by TBYODA » Wed Oct 23, 2013 12:05 am

Nice color Erik and Stacy! Lol
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by RyansTBLS » Wed Oct 23, 2013 12:50 am

Nice pictures Stacey! :flex dirty:
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by djthumper » Wed Oct 23, 2013 4:18 am

Nice pics Stacey!
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by v7guy » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:26 am

Something I noticed on this trip was how easy it is to lose track of the vehicle ahead of you at night in muddy conditions. We were having some issues with the vehicle ahead being able to see the vehicles headlights behind, but the vehicle behind not being able to see the taillights. It made for some frustrating instances.

That Rick garden looks like a lot of fun, I wish I brought my truck to climb up it.
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by bartonmd » Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:20 am

Damn, didn't get over to see the rock garden. It looks as worn down as it did when I went up it with 1" of lift (and skids, sliders, bumper).

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by JorDaneeKey » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:26 am

TBYODA wrote:Nice color Erik and Stacy! Lol
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Best looking SS ever right there. :cheers:
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by ErikSS » Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:06 am

Thanks! I wish I could claim I drove out of that hole.... At least I had my own winch on and ready. I had not been lifted 5 full months on this trip. Newbies. Ugh Haha
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by Moots1288 » Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:12 am

ErikSS wrote:Thanks! I wish I could claim I drove out of that hole.... At least I had my own winch on and ready. I had not been lifted 5 full months on this trip. Newbies. Ugh Haha
who needs a winch when I got yours
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by ErikSS » Wed Oct 23, 2013 11:09 am

I'm just glad you still have a mirror and Regulator stayed rubber side down...ish Haha I think getting stuck was the least problematic!
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by Moots1288 » Wed Oct 23, 2013 11:50 am

ErikSS wrote:I'm just glad you still have a mirror and Regulator stayed rubber side down...ish Haha I think getting stuck was the least problematic!

I am also glad haha.. glad to have air of things, it was great
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by ErikSS » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:35 pm

Can anyone decode Moots language for me? "glad to have air of things" ????
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by Moots1288 » Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:25 pm

ErikSS wrote:Can anyone decode Moots language for me? "glad to have air of things" ????

Haha all of those things
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by v7guy » Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:36 pm

ErikSS wrote:Can anyone decode Moots language for me? "glad to have air of things" ????



I spend more than half the time I'm hanging out with him trying to figure out what he's talkin about. I haven't really got the hang of newyorkeese yet, it's an odd dialect. :raspberry:
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by Opeth » Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:50 pm

I think it's metro dialect compared to newyorkeese.... I notice the difference when I am down there and in Boston. I understand red necks more than I do youz guyz... Ha ha!
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by Moots1288 » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:01 pm

Opeth wrote:I think it's metro dialect compared to newyorkeese.... I notice the difference when I am down there and in Boston. I understand red necks more than I do youz guyz... Ha ha!
Whoa that was to far I don't say youz guyz!
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by dvanbramer88 » Thu Oct 24, 2013 6:13 pm

Moots1288 wrote:I am also glad haha.. glad to have air of things, it was great



Jason, next time you see this guy, take his phone away. Every time he posts from his phone, there are people scratching their heads going, WTF did he say?

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by TBYODA » Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:01 pm

dvanbramer88 wrote:
Moots1288 wrote:I am also glad haha.. glad to have air of things, it was great



Jason, next time you see this guy, take his phone away. Every time he posts from his phone, there are people scratching their heads going, WTF did he say?

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by ErikSS » Thu Oct 24, 2013 7:08 pm

dvanbramer88 wrote:Jason, next time you see this guy, take his phone away. Every time he posts from his phone, there are people scratching their heads going, WTF did he say?


Doesn't that assume that we don't scratch our heads wondering WTF did he say... in person?
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