I am planning on being there. Not sure yet if it will be Fri or Sat.

It was a great trip and would run with Paul, Noon and all the others anytime! Thank you so much for inviting me/us and hope to see everyone out there soon. Did someone say Mojave Road run??? 

Yes, of course!

I've got some scheduled classes this fall but if I'm not out-of-town I'm good-to-go.

Hey guys,
It was great meeting everyone Sat morning in Lone Pine, sorry we were not up for the trip!  Paul appears to be a very capable leader, glad it was such a good weekend run weather wise.  Had a few snow flurries up there yesterday....
There is a fantastic run out of Bishop, going over the northern Whites into Nevada and back.  Lot's of fall colors, mining and wild horses too!  Also may see Antelope, one never knows.
I have done it 4 times now, it never gets old!!
Juat a thought....

Yes, I was struggling to make mud guards for the rear.  What you see are belts from an Artic Cat snow machine.  Now that the wheels and tires are done, I see the gremlins are at work to set up some new issues, as usual.  With the bigger tires (33 inch) I went to the local motocross track to check the room left around the tires under extreme articulation.  I noticed now that I get a small rub at the very back of the wheel well, at the Nissan mud flap, and at the very top of the well, due to my mud flaps at the top of the well.  So, I have cut the rear of the flaps back even more to avoid that rub, and have ordered the Pacer Idustries flaps to match the ones up front.  Thanks to J.C Whitney, they arrived just today.
Next is to figure out the installation, and to see if I can cut the fender well metal up vertically about 3/4 an inch and fold the metal over as done in the front wheels.  I may elect to go higher with the flaps, covering above the rear door edge with the new flap, and then cutting appropriately to allow the door to open, of course!   i just need to see how much material might show under that rubber flap, cause it's gotta look nifty!!

I finally ended up ordering 2 of the KM2's vs 4 of the Treadwrights.  I was about to order the retreads instead but found too many reasons not to.

I guess I'll have to wait another week or two before I can complete the order...  and then yet another wait before I can order the 5th (spare) lol.

Very nicely done    always great to see another Beautiful run!

Want to go back and hit some trails around bishop (Sand Cyn, Bristlecone Pines, out  Silver Cyn) for some fall colors like part of route we did back in 9/07 with these.

So true...tried very hard this summer to spend as much quality time as possible.  The geocaching this past weekend was very cool, as we discovered Virtual Caches.  You visit a spot and there is no traditional cache, just a view, or in this case, a historical marker that you answer questions on and then send to the cache owner to "log" your find.  This landmark was involved in the experiments done with reflective light, and measuring the speed of light in the mid to early 1920's.  So, it was not only a fun weekend, but educationally stealthy! 

Kind of like putting cheese sauce on brocolli....

Congratulations Phil!!  Great news on the new arrival, would love to see him on an Xcursion in a few years. 

Great news! Congrats Grandpa! Sounds like a future wheeler!