Added 23 August 1999
THE DISCLAIMER: With the exception of stock ponds, and the occasional necessity of turning around, I *ALWAYS* drive on established roads and trails. Doing otherwise is not only bad karma, but it leads to ill-will towards four-wheelers/four-wheeling and makes people want to close vehicles out of the beautiful environs that we all enjoy. Please be respectful of private property (don't trespass!) and public lands, as other people want to enjoy them too. Also leave gates as you find them (closed if closed, and open if open.) If a road has a big mud hole in the middle of it, do NOT go around it, as it only makes the road wider, eventually making the mud hole wider. This cycle of foolishness can get out of control. If you can't make it through the puddle, you shouldn't be there. Turn around and find someplace else to explore. TREAD LIGHTLY! For more information on responsible wheeling, go HERE or HERE Ziggy at dirtroad.com says it best, "Use your 4-wheel drive to enjoy the environment, don't use the environment to enjoy your 4-wheel drive!"
I've decided to make a page dedicated to the exploits of my truck (with me at the wheel) in the beautiful state of Arizona. Here you'll find some pics of me enjoying some great places in a great truck.
Here I am right after getting hung up by a large lip at the edge of the pond. It stopped my momentum forwards, and started my momentum downwards. Oops. Who'd a thunk it? I had already been through the pond a number of times, this this time I tried to exit in the wrong place.
Here's the same story from the other side.
After about 30 minutes of trying to figure out how to get 50 feet of cable reach a tree 55 feet away, someone showed up with a full-size GMC pickup, and was nice enough to give me a little pull. As a side note, I tried using some large boulders to pull myself out with, but I was sunk too deep, and pulled the boulders out of the ground. As another side note, I have since purchased more cable.
I'm not stuck this time. Just playing around a bit. This one was taken later in the day, near the Empire-Cienega ranch area.
(By the way, I never go off-road where it will damage plants, habitat, etc. The pond was a stock pond (and pretty much devoid of life), and the above pic was purely wheeling of the on-road variety.
If you're in the Tucson area, drop me a line and we can go wheelin' sometime.
Speaking of which, if you own a Highrider/ZR2/BlaZeR2, or want to find out more about the best little 4X4's around, check out these great sites:
http://www.zr2.com and http://www.zr2hr.org
There is also a ZR2 discussion group, which is very fun for talking about our special trucks and in getting ideas, help, and useful information. I have learned a great deal from the list. You can join by sending an e-mail to mailto:zr2@zr2hr.org with the word "SUBSCRIBE" (without the quotes) in the subject line.
ENJOY!
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