If anyone remembers this from back on the old e-z board, back in March '05 I was a new KJ owner that wanted to try it out on some dirt. I took it out on a part of the Great Western Trail that used to be a section of the old Bush Highway between Phoenix and Payson. I had some fun, flexed my Jeep a bit and generally enjoyed myself. Unfortunately I came to one point where there was a bit of a climb, and since I hadn't done too much off-roading at that point I was hesitant of trying it. Also, shortly after I got there I heard some engine noise and noticed a Hummer coming down the trail. He crawled down the section I was contemplating:
After seeing him crawl down I decided to pack it in and try this another day. So this afternoon I got everything done I needed to do and decided to go out to the Four Peaks area try again. The previous time I had gotten within 1/2 mile of where the Trail intersects with the road up to Four Peaks and I really wanted to finish off that last 1/2 mile. After finding the turn (thanks to Google Earth) I went out and got to the section that had stumped me. After walking it and seeing where I need to go I got in the Jeep and went on down:
After that I was feeling pretty good about life and decided to grab some air:
So now the next task is to go out and do the section from Four Peaks road south to the Butcher Jones parking area at Saguaro Lake. If anyone in the Phoenix area is interested I am thinking about trying this over the 4th of July weekend; I also want to get the Coke Ovens run done that weekend if I can find some takers.
Climbed down, took the picture and climbed back in. It was a nice little run. Oh, and for those of you wondering, that little dark trail coming out from under the front bumper in the first pic was there before I showed up - I scared myself for a minute thinking I had knocked a hole somewhere, but when I traced it's path I figured it was someone going up/down on a different line.
) so I picked some older tracks going north until I could see where to get to Beeline.