GRBA

Ok, getting close to the present... We left for our current trip this last Monday, September 28th. Before we could leave though we had to get our truck working. Last week we had to test out some new rutbar controller boards (we wanted to have a spare around, but we wanted a spare that worked). Unfortunately when we tested the boards we made a boo boo and connected some wires backwards... not good. After much testing (~8 hours)... we figured out we needed 4 new boards in our rutbar (not the one we were testing in the first place). Those boards were located in Canada though and we were leaving that afternoon for middle of nowhere Nevada. Trust Baker, NV is not a thriving metropolis...

We had to get to Great Basin National Park (Eastern Nevada) by the next day since it was gonna snow on Tuesday night. So we had our friends at Roadware in Canada (current supporter of our truck) overnight our boards to the park. We left Denver about 4pm (after we had troubleshot since 730am). We drove to Grand Junction, CO (13 hour day).

So the next day we got up at 730am, drove from Grand Junction to Baker, NV; got the boards installed around 2pm, collected all of the park by 730pm, ate a quick dinner along the loneliest road in America (US 50). And then drove 2 more hours on an even lonelier road since we didn't see another car for about an hour and 45 minutes on it. We made it to Beaver UT around 1030pm. Then I checked my work, sent my daily emails and was off to bed by 1130pm. A nice 16 hour day for me... But we got the park done.

Here's a map of our drive on Monday and Tuesday...


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Wish I could've spent more than a couple hours at GRBA... but grabbed a couple of pics.
Great Basin NP is dominated by the 13,000 ft Mt Wheeler. Rises above the desert to the East quite magnificently.

Here is a look Eastward onto the Great Basin and the Sevier Desert from about 8500 ft.

Forgot to mention... Beaver, UT high school mascot? You guessed it... Beavers... Yes it's the Beaver Beavers.... classic.