- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
Not me, sorry man.
Southwest/Central XN Meet & Greet (April 12-14th) OVER
- Thread starter dhyde79
- Start date
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
Cool, figured I'd throw the idea out there...
- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
Don't get me wrong, it sounds delicious.
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
Agreed, but, enough shrimp and crawfish and whatnot would be terribly expensive....
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
Crawfish would probably be 2.75/lb and not sure how high the shrimp would be...
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
Wife demands crawfish, so, we'll do a crawfish/chicken/potatoes/corn boil along side the ribs. Crawfish...I'll be getting 10-15lbs, and will be adding 6-8 chicken breasts to the mix, as well as a bag of red potatoes and a few corn coblets....along with the ribs...
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
And now this may be up in the air. If I can't find someplace that'll sell me a quantity less than 35lbs for about $100, we'll just be doing the chicken and veggies in the boil...I'm not dropping an extra $100 for one meal out there...she can demand in one hand, and sh** in the other and see which fills faster...
- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
Lol!
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
OK, so, I know it's been asked on TNX, here's the directions from the I-27/I-40 junction, out to the river.
1. regardless of what direction you're coming from, when you get to the I27/I40 junction, go north, toward down town.
It doesn't matter if you go left or right branch, they both get where you're going, but, for sanity's sake, stay right, on Buchanan (I think).
2. Keep going, you're going to end up on Highway 87 northbound toward Dumas Texas (FYI: it's pronounced "Do Miss", not "Du Mah" or "Dumb Ass", though, I think the latter is most fitting)
3. you'll go about 18 miles (17.8 I think?) and then you'll come up on the bridge, pull off before the bridge, you'll see a road that goes down into the OHV area.
4. This is a PERFECT time to STOP, check your load, put yourself in 4HI, and turn VDC off. Seriously, STOP, make sure anything that could bounce is tightened down as best you can, the road has some "rhythm sections" and gets a bit bouncy if you are going too quick, and, if it's soupy sand, you'll thank me for being in 4HI already. Flip your CB to Channel 12, and, try to give me a call (I'll answer to Hyde or Derek, on the CB, and, I'm going to assume if you're coming, you have my cellphone number, so you can actually call me) if you're not in the convoy with everyone else, and I'll let you know where to find us for sure.
5. Once you're in the OHV area, turn right, stay on the road, and keep going.
6. You'll see a sign for Rosita Flats, which, is the marker that you're on national park property. as soon as the area "opens up" you should see us back to your left.
6a. GPS Coordinates for the campsite are 35.46596 N -101.85224 W or 35° 27' 57.456" N -101° 51' 8.0634" W if you prefer Degrees Minutes Seconds instead of decimal coordinates
7. Here's a video of me going from the turnoff at the bridge, back to the campsite to help you out:
well, it took all night, but, here ya go...
[video=youtube_share;VldLur0QgLs]http://youtu.be/VldLur0QgLs[/video]
1. regardless of what direction you're coming from, when you get to the I27/I40 junction, go north, toward down town.
It doesn't matter if you go left or right branch, they both get where you're going, but, for sanity's sake, stay right, on Buchanan (I think).
2. Keep going, you're going to end up on Highway 87 northbound toward Dumas Texas (FYI: it's pronounced "Do Miss", not "Du Mah" or "Dumb Ass", though, I think the latter is most fitting)
3. you'll go about 18 miles (17.8 I think?) and then you'll come up on the bridge, pull off before the bridge, you'll see a road that goes down into the OHV area.
4. This is a PERFECT time to STOP, check your load, put yourself in 4HI, and turn VDC off. Seriously, STOP, make sure anything that could bounce is tightened down as best you can, the road has some "rhythm sections" and gets a bit bouncy if you are going too quick, and, if it's soupy sand, you'll thank me for being in 4HI already. Flip your CB to Channel 12, and, try to give me a call (I'll answer to Hyde or Derek, on the CB, and, I'm going to assume if you're coming, you have my cellphone number, so you can actually call me) if you're not in the convoy with everyone else, and I'll let you know where to find us for sure.
5. Once you're in the OHV area, turn right, stay on the road, and keep going.
6. You'll see a sign for Rosita Flats, which, is the marker that you're on national park property. as soon as the area "opens up" you should see us back to your left.
6a. GPS Coordinates for the campsite are 35.46596 N -101.85224 W or 35° 27' 57.456" N -101° 51' 8.0634" W if you prefer Degrees Minutes Seconds instead of decimal coordinates
7. Here's a video of me going from the turnoff at the bridge, back to the campsite to help you out:
well, it took all night, but, here ya go...
[video=youtube_share;VldLur0QgLs]http://youtu.be/VldLur0QgLs[/video]
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- Location
- Amarillo, TX
went out playing with the gopro yesterday, so, here are some videos to tease you with a few areas to play in...
"Big Red"
[video=youtube_share;bsY9aRoBqIM]http://youtu.be/bsY9aRoBqIM[/video]
"Chicken Creek"
[video=youtube_share;JXvCwmoeAGw]http://youtu.be/JXvCwmoeAGw[/video]
[video=youtube_share;tHG3vXtZpdw]http://youtu.be/tHG3vXtZpdw[/video]
"The Waterfall"
[video=youtube_share;Hz0SkSUBVMM]http://youtu.be/Hz0SkSUBVMM[/video]
Light wheeling through a few other areas...
(this video probably won't work initially, but, once they finish processing it, it will)
[video=youtube_share;DFNvsSKCDYk]http://youtu.be/DFNvsSKCDYk[/video]
"Big Red"
[video=youtube_share;bsY9aRoBqIM]http://youtu.be/bsY9aRoBqIM[/video]
"Chicken Creek"
[video=youtube_share;JXvCwmoeAGw]http://youtu.be/JXvCwmoeAGw[/video]
[video=youtube_share;tHG3vXtZpdw]http://youtu.be/tHG3vXtZpdw[/video]
"The Waterfall"
[video=youtube_share;Hz0SkSUBVMM]http://youtu.be/Hz0SkSUBVMM[/video]
Light wheeling through a few other areas...
(this video probably won't work initially, but, once they finish processing it, it will)
[video=youtube_share;DFNvsSKCDYk]http://youtu.be/DFNvsSKCDYk[/video]
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
about an hour left on the last video according to the site....but, I gotta run for work very soon so....someone let me know if it's not up and working by about 11?
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- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
It's working.
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
Sweet....any of em make ya antsy to come play?
- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
I think I recognized some spots on big red. I didn't get the chance to watch any other videos. Of course in raring to go though!
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
Yup, big red should have looked familiar, I think I led you up where I drove down, and I know I drove up that trail with ya'll riding shotgun, but, the washouts are pretty crappy...
- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
I looked at the forecast for the next ten days and that takes us to next Wednesday. Looks like a little bit of rain between now and then as well as some rain in the days right before.
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
Sounds good...rain = fun!
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
The nice thing about rain is that it makes the fire pit safer and easier to dig. As long as it's warm rain I don't mind it while wheeling or camping either...
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
Deeb! Mac and the gang on tnx had a fantastic idea...meet at shamrock at 10:30 that Friday, group pic in front of the gas station from Cars...
- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
It should only add 20 to 30 minutes to the trip depending on where you leave from in the Dallas area.
- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
The U-drop Inn.
NMTerras
Suspension Lift
- Location
- New Mexico
Well kids, I am sorry to say I am definitely out. Tried to make it work, but just can't that weekend. :-(
- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
I may not make the shamrock part...wife is displeased at the idea of me going that far when I don't need to
- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
Yeah, it'd probably cost you between $25 and $30 worth of gas.
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
That's what I'd estimated with her, but, I'll be more realistic and say it'll really be $50 in fuel...
- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
I used a spreadsheet with formulas
I used "210 miles at 15mpg with fuel at about 3.40/gal = about $50"
BigTim55
Banned
- Location
- San Antonio
I used "210 miles at 15mpg with fuel at about 3.40/gal = about $50"
You're only gettin 15 mpg?
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- Location
- Amarillo, TX
I average 15 in town and 18 highway....at least around here...
BigTim55
Banned
- Location
- San Antonio
Oh I thought you were saying you got 15 highway.
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- Location
- Amarillo, TX
That's what I plan for when budgeting fuel...
BigTim55
Banned
- Location
- San Antonio
I got 16 on the highway the other day :-(
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Love to, but I can't get out that early. Mrs has to be at school at 7, and Mk1 can't be at school before 7:15. I'll be leaving here around 9, so it'll be 2 or 3 before I'm there.
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NMTerras
Suspension Lift
- Location
- New Mexico
There's always next time
Indeed. Those goPro vids got me pumped. Dang it.
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
so come wheel with me sometime....the two of us can run a majority of the trails over here in one day....with 5-6 vehicles it becomes a multiple days thing.
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
ok, you've got my cell number right? if you try to call and I don't answer, text, and I'll get back to ya as soon as the text pops in...
- Location
- SW OK & formerly Eastern NM
Haha, I just sent him our numbers.
- Location
- Amarillo, TX
nice....well, if for some reason you can't get ahold of either of us, increase the last digit of MY cell by one, and you'll get my wife....