Colorado Fall Color Tours 2017!! - Event Date: 17 Sep. 2017 - 23 Sep. 2017

aboyandhisdog wrote: Fred, bring some extra copies and put me down for one of each - well, AFTER the raffle that is.

Tom;

I'll bring plenty of extra books for those raffle winners who redeem their tickets on other prizes, and for those whose numerous raffle tickets did not have all the right numerals on them.    See you and everyone else in one too-long week!

Almost forgot but I had 30 zerks on the 2a!

mriceflinter, thank you for following my advice.  We don't usually stock water pumps in our trail spare parts collection.  I'm glad you're getting it done before you get here.  And 30 zerks?!  We'll have to compare jeeps to see if I missed a couple on mine.  I hope everyone else is paying attention and crawling under your jeeps to see what else needs maintenance or repair. 

Jeeprobbins, thanks for coming a bit early to help with the preparations.  Seems like each year I've got more to do to get ready.  This year, with many thanks to Ray, we've got a pavillion tent to set up so we'll have more room to sit and eat for our Thursday evening pot luck banquet.  I've still got a parts jeep and a stock trailer to move, lawn to mow, septic to pump, portable toilets to place, clean the bar-b-que room under the deck, finish repairing Sam's jeep, continue fixing the Blue Mule, clean up the shop, haul the next load of trash to the dump, and still take time to relax with a beer.

Nancy and I did a midnight recovery mission to haul Traci's new/used "Tater" Jeep to the Thirsty Dirt Ranch on Sunday night.  Now she's got to put new tires on it before it'll be ready for the trails.  That and outfit it with tools and parts.  Why is it called "Tater"?  Because it's a Tater (potato) salad of at least 4 kinds of jeeps all mixed together.

Ron came over last evening to help me with Sam's carb problems.  We found the leaking problem quickly.  It was a missing screw and seal.  But it still wasn't running smoothly so we took it apart and found the throttle plunger was dried out and not sealing well.  As a result, there was a hesitation when I would try to accelerate.  We've got a new one coming today.  And today I hope to finish getting the locking hubs mounted on Sam's jeep.  And thanks to some miscommunication with my county clerk's office, and the subsequent mistake by the state DMV, I won't have a license on Sam's Jeep for this year's tours.  Good story for telling over a beer. 


Edited by m38mike - 12 Sep. 2017 at 12:58pm

Tater? More like Tater Salad...

WOW, I am missing a good trek this year

we will miss you and carol!  Look forward to seeing you on the trail soon.

Sarah, this is cool!

Edited by Bruce W - 13 Sep. 2017 at 5:15am

White, I think.  BW

This might be a long winded request but I'll try anyway.  I would like to modify the first picture you have posted with the grill and fender logo.  Place that logo over the heart position, size appropriate, like on a pocket T but slightly larger.  Below the logo, in a semi-script font, my jeeps name..."Lumpy", to be no wider than the logo.  If you can add skinny tires and a bumper, that would be cool, but I'll take it with your current logo.