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Yesterday was short sleeves. Today, not so much.

Over cast and chilly this morning. Accuweather says it’s 45f but seems much colder. Winds predicted for later. A noticeable amount of campers left yesterday. Some not getting Monday off we figure. Our camp will disperse Wednesday. Tonight we we cook the DUMONT ribs and dirty rice for everyone then onto comp hill for NYE. Guys with the headache and wallet burning Turbo YXZs have parked them and are once again hauling the family in their 4 seater Rzrs. If you’re considering a YXZ Turbo kit ya might want to talk to them first. They have seen the elephant. I know one model of the new 2019 YXZ has the beefed up connecting rods and a few other Turbo ready features on the engines. Also the Rzr lug pattern BTW. Clutch and mapping issues and a hole in the turbo housing this timeOut. I think they are flirting with $50 to $ $60k on these builds. The “Package” Turbo X3 RS sensational performance and runs dope. Strong winds hit just this minute.

Not that busy a Holiday,, yet. I’d say half of what turned out last year. After the winds the dunes saw action but we didn’t encounter too much cross traffic. A couple married at the North Pole yesterday: Sheriffs wrote a helmet ticket and were checking registration at the North Pole while they were at it. They are running unmarked vehicles. Dune condition outstanding IMHO. Wasnt able to get a video but a new, showroom stock F150 was rolling up and down comp hill and was fantastic. Stock tires too. I’ll shoot some video today if they return. One of our group installed the full blast big turbo package on his new Can Am X3 and it runs flawless and super fast. Beat the turbo YXZ’s, impressive. Has launch control that works dope. A steamer. The guys with the Turbo package YXZs are still dealing with issues and burning through money and patience. Skinner rolled by in his X3 RS max and has the suspension dialed in perfect. Car stays level and straight over the whoops outstanding. Impressive.

My Excursion is 2wd, pulling a WW fs2600. I'm gonna have to punch it at the ranger station to make it through. Watch out!! LOL

Breezy and quiet this Sat morning. 5150 Whips said they read on Facebook someone rolled their sand rail yesterday but driver was OK, rail done for the trip. Winds had mostly been from the east and northeast and that means slippery towing on the flats. Lots of quicksand pits. If if anyone needs assistance we’re unhooked, air downed and can help. 818 4192620. Remember if you needed help getting in you’ll need it getting out. Seem less treacherous between the rockpile and restroom. Between the RR to vendors pretty treacherous. The guys that you expect to ace it got stuck, the guys you’re sure will get stuck aced it. We did a fast group run yesterday evening about 8 vehicles and had a blast. Report back after a few runs today, Saturday. BTW: Wife is a Vegetarian and makes an amazing smoked cantaloupe and rice dish we want to some day some trip run over to you Pete. Off the chain deeeeeelicious.

BLM is here they rolled through our camp yesterday and hung out at vendors. Biggest issue is the loose sands in the main camping areas. Plenty of people getting stuck. Some pits of misery worse than other areas. Everyone is helping everyone in other camps too. Airing down your tow vehicle to 40 lbs seems to be the magic number. First I’ve seen this condition in over 20 years. Cold winds still with us. Killer witch eyes galore. The turbo YFZs still holding up. Stage 5 insane fast up the hill. Now if they could solve the recurring blown head gaskets and fussy 3rd gear sputtering. Fun to watch them jump up comp. Watching the sunset with a brief lull in the winds:

Chilly weekend you say? Us air cooled guys rejoice.

Lost a zip tie in 1985 between comp hill and small dunes. Please let me know if you find it. It was obviously the white / clear style as the colored ones had not been made yet. Thanks in advance.

I can tell you that anyone who regularly comes to this site would "be honest", I can also tell you that regulars here prob make up less than 2% of the people out there this last weekend. Cheers

Car is titled 2005, but was originally built in 2007 Full TIG welded chassis Partially boxed arms front and rear Boxed shock towers 2" Hollow spindles 2.5 KING Triple Bypass in rear 2.5 KING coil overs in front New 17" Douglas Bead Locks w/ Sand tires Unlimited tires Freshly rebuilt 500HP LS1 (91 octane) W/ also freshly rebuilt Mendola 2D w/ Transworks nose cone and all Weddle Gears 2.5 Fortin Power rack 934CV W/ Chromoly Cages 300M Micro Subs Lowrance 480 GPS PCI car to car radio w/ Ipod Hook up and intercom Stereo Headsets LED Headlights LED Light Bar 22 Gal. Fuel Safe Fuel cell 4 Beard wide body Seats Full Body w/ Windshield Fully Wrapped looks like paint 2015 8.5'x20' Tandem axle trailer w/ 12K winch - subtract $2500 if you do not want the trailer New tires Diamond plate deck Tool box DOT approved 45 GAL fuel tank w/ electric Pump Car is located in Tempe, AZ Keith - (602) five-2-nine-five 48 six Sandrail ls ls1 ls2 ls3 buggy dunes long travel glamis tatum utv sand car

It's on racedezert for $40K.

Another great weekend. Plenty of new people to meet and a lot of familiar faces too. Thanks to Pete and Anna for doing what it takes to keep DDR up and running allowing us all to get together for trips like this. I am sure its not said enough but we all appreciate it. Had a blast running around with all the buggies/bikes/can-ams and everything else that joined in. I stayed to the rear just to enjoy the view of all the cars in a LONG-ASS line. It was cool to see us stretch out 4 to 5 bowls as we weaved around Dumont. I have some great videos from my drone, Pete has them and I am sure he will make a sweet video of it all pretty soon. Sandy was pretty relaxed this weekend but she still got around and managed to make it home. Well, after Pete hauled butt in his rail to find me while I was leaving to get her back to me. The Carne/Chicken meal was the highlight topped off with some great fights. Carrie and myself kept on cooking till it was all gone and manage to stuff our faces while doing it. I didn't take many pictures as we duned, but here is what I got around camp and the final sunset of the trip. The circles are steel wool in a wisk and spun around while taking a long exposure picture. Me,Pete,Anna and Steve were laughing our butts off while taking these.

I do. I'll give you my wife's cell, talk her into it Sent from the dune in front of you

Very nice car, it has been in our camp since it was bought from Raw. G is a stand up guy to boot..