Eileen and I spent a number of days in Escalante NP. Stuck one day when the road fell out. Then a torrential downpour turned the dry stream beds into rocker deep rivers. Fun times.
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'91 K5 Four Wheel Camper
This is the build for my 1991 V1500 Blazer, AKA the K5.3. It started out life being sold to the U.S. Government with a 350 TBI/700r4/241 combo. 4 years with a 5.3/700r4 Combo and now moving to an 8.1L Vortec and NV4500 5-speed.
Greetings from Cortez, CO. Had some great days on dirt, some highs and lows. Mechanical/electrical, changed plans and directions and currently on the quest to get home.
Yesterday was a crazy day in its own right with more mechanical issues on the Navajo res. Which as some of you know a 4pack of whities are not looked too highly on. We usually haul ass to avoid conflict but when the truck breaks the situation changes quickly. I’ll go into the details later but it got tense for about 15 minutes and it got took a ton of restraint on my sons part and showing of strength between the rest of us to de-escalate the situation. I’ve had some crazy interactions on the res before but this one takes the prize.
We limped the truck up 160 off the res, past four corners and made it here. Got a U-Haul lined up to carry the beast home. I’ve got a couple of theory’s but if it’s what I think it is I don’t want to attack it on the side of the road. As it is we have A lot of winding narrow mountain roads that lack shoulders. So it’s just the safest to carry it back. I’ll keep the tracking up. But once loaded we’ll take it easy.
Yesterday was a crazy day in its own right with more mechanical issues on the Navajo res. Which as some of you know a 4pack of whities are not looked too highly on. We usually haul ass to avoid conflict but when the truck breaks the situation changes quickly. I’ll go into the details later but it got tense for about 15 minutes and it got took a ton of restraint on my sons part and showing of strength between the rest of us to de-escalate the situation. I’ve had some crazy interactions on the res before but this one takes the prize.
We limped the truck up 160 off the res, past four corners and made it here. Got a U-Haul lined up to carry the beast home. I’ve got a couple of theory’s but if it’s what I think it is I don’t want to attack it on the side of the road. As it is we have A lot of winding narrow mountain roads that lack shoulders. So it’s just the safest to carry it back. I’ll keep the tracking up. But once loaded we’ll take it easy.
You made the right call, the res is not a good place to break down
I have never changed a flat with as much urgency as I did in the badlands on the reservation. As I was getting into the truck, a reservation cop pulled up. I waited. He just wanted to make sure I was good. I blew through Yuba City and kept going. So thankful I had put the 57 gallon tank in the truck.
I stopped for fuel once on the way to Moab, luckily I had my Hispanic friend and they thought he was native. He is a big dude so he bulked up and they moved away from the trailer.
