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indianpeaksjoe 
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Location: Moab, UT
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 Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2025 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: Where did you take your Baja this weekend? |
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Went for an after work hike , drove the Baja down to the trailhead. Kinda cool, there is a tight banked corner that feels sketchy in my Jeep, the Baja didn’t flinch.
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-Joe
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Wulfthang
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2025 7:14 am Post subject: Re: Where did you take your Baja this weekend? |
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A hike? You drove a Baja to the place to go for a hike? Isn't that what the Baja is for? So you don't have to hike? The only hikes I take when I'm out off roading in my Rat Rod Trail Rail, are you find a convenient Cactus to to empty my onboard holding tank.
All funning aside: That place looks cool. Where is it? |
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indianpeaksjoe
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| Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2025 12:05 pm Post subject: Re: Where did you take your Baja this weekend? |
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Well I bring the hiking boots in case I have to walk home!
This is the Behind the Rocks area of Moab, it has tons of double track and then some super gnarly 4x4 stuff. But hidden among that, tons of hiking and biking.
-Joe
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dustymojave
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| Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2025 5:15 pm Post subject: Re: Where did you take your Baja this weekend? |
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Went for an after work hike , drove the Baja down to the trailhead. Kinda cool, there is a tight banked corner that feels sketchy in my Jeep, the Baja didn’t flinch.
L1031843 by Joe, on Flickr
L1031677 by Joe, on Flickr
L1031673 by Joe, on Flickr
L1031815 by Joe, on Flickr
L1031708 by Joe, on Flickr
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Ya know...
There are some times I REALLY wish Samba had a thumbs up button.
I can always do this:
But that's a relatively new addition.
I really like that part of Utah. Down through Monticello, Blanding and all of that.
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indianpeaksjoe
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| Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2025 7:53 am Post subject: Re: Where did you take your Baja this weekend? |
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Monticello and Blanding are great areas, I do a lot of hiking and biking out that way.
Ran into town to get gas, ran into my friend and his baja and did a little trail ride on the way home.
-Joe
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indianpeaksjoe
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 8:18 am Post subject: Re: Where did you take your Baja this weekend? |
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Where did y'all go this week in your bug?
-Joe
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dustymojave
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 1:15 pm Post subject: Re: Where did you take your Baja this weekend? |
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I'm jealous.
But to make up for not driving my Baja on Moab trails this weekend, I watched a couple of new videos on YouTube of offroading on Moab trails from Rory Irish at TrailMater.
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indianpeaksjoe
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2025 4:35 pm Post subject: Re: Where did you take your Baja this weekend? |
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That Trailmater dude makes some entertaining videos!
I went to that spot to hike in this canyon, it was great, this is about as good as the colors get in a canyon bottom.
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dustymojave
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2025 12:32 am Post subject: Re: Where did you take your Baja this weekend? |
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Funny that his current shop is right up the road from the townhouse we rented for 10 days last time we went to Moab in 19. I keep seeing the townhouse complex in his videos.
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Pez
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| Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2025 7:07 am Post subject: Re: Where did you take your Baja this weekend? |
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Appreciate you sharing your adventures, great motivation to get mine on the road!
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indianpeaksjoe
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| Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2025 12:39 pm Post subject: Re: Where did you take your Baja this weekend? |
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The weather was amazing yesterday, I had to run into town for a hair cut, why not take the baja? A detour might have happened on the way home.
-Joe
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indianpeaksjoe
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| Posted: Sun Nov 16, 2025 1:47 pm Post subject: Re: Where did you take your Baja this weekend? |
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My wife told me she was going to run a marathon from the front door, so I drove around dropping off water and snacks. The baja did amazing.
-Joe
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