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Silverthorne and Dillon are cool places, have traveled there many times for work. Coming down from Eisenhower tunnel must have been an experience with what you were carrying, holy poo poo. 
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Oh dang the wife and I were just there, stayed in Dillon even. Beautiful scenery.
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Feb 6, 2018 14:34
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The Locator posted:Vegas is actually in a really fantastic location to visit more gorgeous scenery than you can possibly imagine, not only in Utah, but in Nevada itself, as well as northern Arizona and even the mountains of California aren't very far away. It is absolutely worth it to roll far enough out that you get away from the light pollution and watch the Milky Way come up over the desert. Black Rock is ~500 miles north, but there are places closer to LV where you can get it, and it's humbling.
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Feb 6, 2018 15:23
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Liquid Communism posted:It is absolutely worth it to roll far enough out that you get away from the light pollution and watch the Milky Way come up over the desert. Black Rock is ~500 miles north, but there are places closer to LV where you can get it, and it's humbling. Yea, from the center of LV it's only about 250 miles to the north rim of the Grand Canyon (north rim, best rim), but it's closed in the winter since hwy 67 is buried under snow. That drive along 89A from Fredonia to the Colorado river at Lee's Ferry is just amazing though.
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Feb 6, 2018 15:35
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bolind posted:How does it work with the steering on the SUV in this case? Is it locked in place? If so, how? We had the wheels locked via the steering lock, and also had a tie down strap holding the wheel in place. Seemed to work just fine.
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Feb 6, 2018 19:22
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So let's talk Utah now. Utah, I very much thought was going to be like Kansas. Empty and boring. Well I had the empty part right, but boring? Not at all.      I can pretty much count the number of other cars I saw on the road on one hand.      So, at one point I pulled off the road to get a better look at some scenery off in the distance. At first I thought I'd just get a good shot of this mesa:  Then I turned around and realized what was behind me. Like, you take a few steps out of the parking lot, and are greeted by this:    That was just mindblowing. Utah was easily one of my favorite legs of the trip  At this point though, it got dark. And it gets pitch black out there, so the picture taking pretty much stopped. At least, until I got to Vegas. Managed to get one good pic of the lights coming in: 
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Feb 7, 2018 04:17
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Yeah Utah is cool, check out Bryce Canyon whenever you get a chance, it's not too far from Vegas and totally worth the trip.
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Feb 7, 2018 05:11
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The Locator posted:Yea, from the center of LV it's only about 250 miles to the north rim of the Grand Canyon (north rim, best rim), but it's closed in the winter since hwy 67 is buried under snow. That drive along 89A from Fredonia to the Colorado river at Lee's Ferry is just amazing though. I have a soft spot for the black rock desert as a big bowl of black mountains around a tannish-white desert plain makes for spectacular night views. 
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Feb 7, 2018 06:15
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The boring part of utah is 80 west of slc.
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Feb 7, 2018 06:22
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ExplodingSims posted:That was just mindblowing. Utah was easily one of my favorite legs of the trip Dude... that is the 'mediocre' part of Utah.  As was mentioned, go visit Bryce when you can. Really a huge portion of southern Utah is just amazingly scenic.
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Feb 7, 2018 06:39
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Yeah Utah is cool, check out Bryce Canyon whenever you get a chance, it's not too far from Vegas and totally worth the trip. Seconding this. We stumbled upon it on a road trip and it instantly became one of the highlights of the trip. We were climbing around and found some guys ashes in a brass urn.
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Feb 7, 2018 14:23
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Yeah there's a reason the Mormons got to Utah and decided to kick it there
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Feb 7, 2018 15:02
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ExplodingSims posted:So let's talk Utah now. Utah, I very much thought was going to be like Kansas. Empty and boring. That Vegas valley entrance is so familiar to me. Really let's me know I'm almost home, even if your 70 miles out.
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Feb 7, 2018 20:44
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So yesterday I decided to go out and explore the area around Vegas a bit. Got about 40 mins outside of town and then my high temp alarm started going off. Popped the hood, found the engine soaked in coolant. I squeezed the upper hose and could see steam shooting out of the tstat housing. gently caress. Luckily I have AAA 100 miles, so about 3 hrs later I was at Autozone getting a new part. Gets towed for 4000 miles with no issues. Drives 40 and barfs up all its coolant. 
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Feb 11, 2018 01:03
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Lol
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Feb 11, 2018 01:26
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Thoughts and prayers
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Feb 11, 2018 01:37
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Like= 1 prayer, Share= 1 amen.
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Feb 11, 2018 21:05
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One  = five amens
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ExplodingSims posted:So yesterday I decided to go out and explore the area around Vegas a bit. Got about 40 mins outside of town and then my high temp alarm started going off. What in the gently caress is that plastic abomination? BMW? Plastic, in a cooling system: never even once.
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Feb 14, 2018 17:23
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:One 5'd
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Feb 14, 2018 18:18
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Darchangel posted:What in the gently caress is that plastic abomination? BMW? Guess you have to avoid every modern car then.  That... is a strange abortion though. I would have expected that from ze Gemans, or the Brits.
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Guess you have to avoid every modern car then. Well, kind of stuck with regards to radiators, I guess. Expansion tanks are meh, but that thing is critical with radiator hoses and... the cap? attached. edit: Closest my Crown Vic gets is the pressurized expansion tank. Darchangel fucked around with this message at 00:56 on Feb 16, 2018 |
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Feb 16, 2018 00:40
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My expansion tank is pressurized.  Well, it is now. I was slowly loosing coolant for several months and kept smelling it, finally figured out the original (all plastic) cap wasn't holding pressure anymore. Whenever it does rupture, the tank w/coolant level sensor is all of $35 or $40, but usually the sensor fails first.
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Darchangel posted:Well, kind of stuck with regards to radiators, I guess. Expansion tanks are meh, but that thing is critical with radiator hoses and... the cap? attached. Suprised. The aussie ford falcon has similar pressurized tank as normal for ford, but the rad also plastic on the sides (think intercooler style sides - rather than old traditional radiator top and bottom caps). With the falcon it's side caps for the rad and they're plastic. I found that out when I had a small split on the side plastic and needed a new rad. Oh well it was 15 yrs old. E: lasted longer than the hose that burst 3 years earlier. Fo3 fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Feb 16, 2018 |
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Fo3 posted:Suprised. The aussie ford falcon has similar pressurized tank as normal for ford, but the rad also plastic on the sides (think intercooler style sides - rather than old traditional radiator top and bottom caps). With the falcon it's side caps for the rad and they're plastic. Sorry, I should point out that the radiator has plastic tanks, too. That's what I meant by "kind of stuck with regards to radiators, I guess". Pretty much everything has those now, since the '90s, possibly earlier.
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So, now that I'm all settled in Vegas, I'm going to be flying out to Virginia next week for like 3 weeks to begin training for my now job.  Then I guess I'll be going all over the place, since I now have a traveling job! In the meantime, I've started exploring around Vegas a bit more. Mostly going out into the outer parts of the City and seeing the mountains and desert and stuff. Today I went up Mt. Charleston:    The Desert Overlook spot is a fantastic sight:     And I also discovered the simple joys of an empty, snowfilled parking lot:  Yesterday I went the opposite way, North-ish out of town. Nothing too exciting up that way, but I did find the shootin' car: 
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Feb 28, 2018 06:29
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ExplodingSims posted:So, now that I'm all settled in Vegas, I'm going to be flying out to Virginia next week for like 3 weeks to begin training for my now job. Whoa awesome you picked a great time to come through, this is the week we got winter! You should hit up Red Rock Canyon and Bonnie Springs, for some quick awesome wilderness sights. How long you staying around?
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Feb 28, 2018 08:35
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ExplodingSims posted:So, now that I'm all settled in Vegas, I'm going to be flying out to Virginia next week for like 3 weeks to begin training for my now job. Beautiful!
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Wasabi the J posted:Whoa awesome you picked a great time to come through, this is the week we got winter! I'm staying for like the next ~5 years or so. And I totally do plan to hit up those places!
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Feb 28, 2018 20:37
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ExplodingSims posted:I'm staying for like the next ~5 years or so. Holy lol I didn't know you moved out here. I just thought you were hanging around a few days. There's a ton of cool outdoors spots.
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You, uh, might want to read the last few pages of the thread or so then. Also go check out the last 11-15 pages of Dave's thread, since he posted more updates from the move.
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Yeah uh about that move. How do you think I got to meet both Dave and Sims?  e: huge congrats on the new job man randomidiot fucked around with this message at 08:39 on Mar 1, 2018 |
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Mar 1, 2018 08:13
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Yu-Gi-Ho! posted:Yeah uh about that move. How do you think I got to meet both Dave and Sims? Is this how you caught the straight?
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no, I caught that before they got here.  If anything I caught a little bit of gay from them. 
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Still a bit miffed I didn't get to meet more goons when they came through. Might say something about my life that I'm excited to meet goons, though. Not sure what.
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Sims, what part of Virginia? If you're anywhere near Roanoke, I should very much like to buy you a beer or three.
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Mar 1, 2018 16:57
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I keep losing track of this thread; I knew the truck was moving, didn't remember where. Sorry.
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JacquelineDempsey posted:Sims, what part of Virginia? If you're anywhere near Roanoke, I should very much like to buy you a beer or three. I'm going to the training facility in a town called Lyndhurst I have no idea where that is in relation to Roanoke.
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ExplodingSims posted:I'm going to the training facility in a town called Lyndhurst Thats an awfully long way from anywhere?
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The one in VA doesn't look that close to anything either. Appears to be about 90 minutes from Roanoke, give or take.
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