Fruita Fat Tire Festival 2018 - Heading West! (WIP)๐Ÿ‘Š

This is going to be an interesting post... and a long one.. .and one that probably won't make sense, at first.  It is about a trip I am about to embark on.  The destination itself is not what is important, or significant.   Moab / Fruita is a place I have wanted to visit for quite some time, but.. had I never made it there, I am not sure I would be very disappointed.  I just knew I had to take a trip again this year... and the stars aligned that Parker would be at the Fruita Fat Tire Festival and I had some banked vacation I had to burn up.  I also decided to pursue a few more notches in my "ride a trail in each state in the US" quest.

Life's Prologue
It is now funny to me how a number of things that my Dad would go on-and-on about... actually are pretty bad-ass.  It's clear that I was listening to my Dad (as I still remember the conversations) but, sadly I was not "hearing" him.   Case in point:  The Power Wagon.  I used to think - what a big, stupid pickup.  Fortunately after growing tired of the Ford Dealer's bullshit of marking up the Raptor $5k to $10k over MSRP, I started to consider what the other amazing options were out there.  For it's intended purpose, there is not a better pickup than the Power Wagon.

Now, he was talking about one from the 70's.... early 70's at that.  When Gimme Shelter was  still on the radio.


The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter

It's unfortunate that my Dad is not around to participate in my shenanigans, but I think he would have probably found my recent vehicle acquisition fairly amusing.  Thankfully RAM did the legacy of the Power Wagon proud... and I thin my Dad would agree.

2018 Ram Power Wagon - absolutely ridiculous.





The Overland Build
I'm not sure how many hotel nights or campground fees I would have to forego to offset the cost of the upgrades to my Power Wagon to make it a tenement on wheels but I'm having fun planning and doing....

First upgrade: A.R.E. Overland Topper

Pic from Pinterest... (Ryan Underwood)

Second upgrade: TopperEZlift 




The Maiden Voyage
From Google Maps

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