Normally, the trip from the northern Illinois Four Wheeler Midwest Bureau to the Easter Jeep Safari in Moab is a pretty standard affair.  Not this time.  A Sunday snowstorm in Iowa and Nebraska meant a detour way south into Missouri to skirt the south end of the storm to stay on schedule.  This meant project Trailhugger and I would get to spend a few more hours together before I handed it off to the members of the Four Wheeler Los Angeles team.  But more on that swap in a sec.  First, a few random thoughts and observations.     

KANSAS: I'll admit I have a fascination with oil wells.  Maybe it's because we don't have 'em in northern Illinois.  Kansas had plenty.  Along with plenty of headwind.  This had an adverse affect on Trailhugger's MPG.  Which is a gross understatement.

KANSAS ATTRACTIONS YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE OF: Oakley, Kansas has a six-legged steer.  And the world's largest prairie dog.  Really.  That's what the signs said.   If I wouldn't have been so far behind schedule, stopping would've been mandatory.  I'll probably regret not stopping for the rest of my life. 

KANSAS:  Western Kansas still bore the signs of the previous day's winter storm.

COLORADO:  Dry roads, gorgeous scenery.  Near the Eisenhower Tunnel I saw the first convoy of Jeeps that were obviously headed to Moab.

MOAB:  Entering Moab it looked like business as usual during the Easter Jeep Safari.  Jeeps were everywhere, the market was packed as was the Moab Brewery.

NOT TRUCK-RELATED:  In just a short time in Moab we found this Firebird Formula for sale.  Only $7000 takes it home. 

LOW GAS:  Anyone who has followed Trails 'N Tents or H2our De Force knows that Holman loves to annoy me by running vehicles down to virtually no fuel before looking for a gas station.  Today was no exception as this was the first thing I saw when I climbed into our Con Artist JK.

K5 BLAZER:   Another vehicle we saw for sale in Moab was this '72 Blazer.  Only $12,500 and it can be yours.  Cough.

LOWER FORTY:  As usual Jeep has a booth on the main drag.  One of the surprises at the Jeep booth is this rig, named for its lack of suspension lift and its tire size.

IT'S CALLED TRAILHUGGER FOR A REASON:  As if a 1,200-mile flog wasn't enough, the first thing we did when we got to Moab was to point it toward the trail.  Here it is framed by the LaSal Mountains.  Trailhugger is being reassigned to the Four Wheeler Los Angeles Bureau.  I'll be driving  our project Power Wagon back to the Midwest Bureau where the buildup on this awesome truck will continue.