We were wondering about accommodations in Silver City. We didn't know that the Hotel was now open in the summer time, and nothing else was coming up in our searches.
Nancy says that the hotel is probably haunted because it is so old, and isn't sure she wants to stay there

Wow, none of them could figure out it was a two stroke? And I guess none of them paid any attention to that tank on the firewall either... This was actually meant as an indictment of the current state of hired help at motor vehicle repair and parts stores. If something doesn't appear in their 'comp...

I've been instructed that I need to say the previous story line was completely fictitious, and that any resemblance to Nancy is coincidental.
Besides, Nancy would never, ever, take a vehicle in for a oil change

This is Nancy. Must have been his first wife who did that.

Phone call to husband at work 250 miles away: " Mr Howlett, this is **** from kwicklube. Your wife is here with your truck, and it doesn't appear to be in our repair database. Could you please tell us what grade and where to put the new oil...."

Shoulda been a video. Apparently, not one of the staff, including the manager, could find the oil drain plug....

Wife takes LJ10/20 to local kwicklube place to have engine oil changed while hubby is out of town. Hilarity ensues....

More pics Sunnysidemine.JPG That top photo of the concrete structure is from the Sunnyside mine, one of the oldest, largest and most important mines in the Silverton area. It's actually the foundation of the HUGE, dual piston direct-drive steam driven winch that hauled the ore skips up from the min...

PS: I did hear Stevec say (just before he threw my fat butt out of his LJ10 trying to climb a hill) "I shoulda brought my Samurai". Which is what I had been saying to myself every since Mouser crapped his coupling. LJ's lack a little something (power) at over 12,000 feet. Lack of power? I...

Some photos from the 2011 LJ meet in Silverton, Colorado: cinnpass2_small.jpg engpass2_small.jpg engpasssummit_small.jpg gotoxygen_small.jpg Cinnamon Pass: 12,640 ft, Engineer Pass: 12,800 ft. More then a few of us were having problems breathing. treasmtn_small.jpg We had a snowball fight here, in J...

Have made it to our room at the Prospector Motel in Silverton, after an uneventful trip from Texas. Our Nissan minitruck didn't really like pulling the trailer up the mountain from Durango to well, but it did it. Have already done an initial exploration of the area, and it looks like It's going to b...

From the looks of the weather for Silverton for the coming week, we won't have to worry about dusty conditions. Bring a coat, the highs are around 50 (F) with lows almost Freezing!

I see as of July 5, Black Bear Road is still closed

Tom H.

We're planning in being at the meet for the whole week. My job has me working up in the TX Panhandle right up to the time we have to leave. I'll be getting off the worksite about 6-ish, Check out of the hotel, drive 4.5 hrs back to Sweetwater, load up the trailer, pack the gear, and leave for a 14 (...

The May/June 2011 issue of Sand Sports Magazine has an article about two-stroke expansion chambers that is worth reading. It covers the basics of chamber design in fairly simplistic detail. Although it doesn't go into actual chamber design, it gives some information into why they are designed like t...

We've got train reservations for Sunday (kids are free :D ), but it doesn't return until 7:30pm, and I don't want to drive that road in the dark! Nancy and I did the train to Silverton a few years ago, and they had buses waiting in Silverton for passengers that didn't want to do the train back to D...

stevec wrote:We're still tentatively planning for the last weekend in June, but we have a bunch of other stuff going on, so we may end up only doing part of the route (i.e. the southern half).

That would probably be much more practical for us, too.

Tom

Great job!

You can use a piece of speedometer cable to run through the fuel pickup line to knock anything loose that may be plugging that up too.

Sounds like the instructions are pretty much the same as the ones that came with the KBS coating I used.

Tom

Pirate wrote:How many cars does normaly shows up??

There's always room for one more!

That's in my backyard - I've been planning a trip with my local club for this summer. They have mostly newer Suzuki's, but I'm planning to take my LJ81. Did you have a specific time in mind? My summer is already filling up fast; I think we were thinking the week before the July 4th weekend, dependi...

Not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but this year I graduate to 4 weeks of vacation time, and I've been looking for a good long 4wd road trip to take the LJ on. In my research of possible trips, I came across this one that sounds like it would be fun: "The Washington Backcountry...

I hate mud too.
I learned very early in the my 4 wheeling career that you never, ever, drive up to the waterline of a stock tank (pond), no matter how dry the ground looks....

Skyhiranger with lotsa ground clearance: Edit by Smuz: Lft-Dr is 6'6" for reference.

We clocked about 13 miles each day, but the LJ's all peeled off about 1pm, so they didn't get that much in. Wish I'd known that you guys were going to go play on some harder obstacles Sunday afternoon. We would have followed you over to watch the carnage! Thank you for letting us follow along with ...

SuzukiTom has a coupla scuffs. I didn't think I'd have to worry about getting body damage above the hood line. :oops: After tweaking the windshield frame back on the drivers side in that ravine against a tree stump, I at least managed to even it out by tweaking the passengers side back to match in ...

Smuz wrote:Small change of plans.
Since I'm gonna be staying 20 miles away, I'm not bringing my LJ10, just my Sammi.

Is Wilson still sick?

Tom H.