A Dirt Head's JK

So we planned on getting a quick desert camping trip in this weekend. All was well when we dropped in, except those clouds…

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And after a few meager water crossings we inevitably ran into this barreling down the entire wash…

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I pushed through as much as we could, waited it out for a while, but the rain was getting heavier and being with one vehicle I didn’t want to risk getting stuck. I’ve never seen it like this out here. It was DEEP the more we pushed north. My wiper motor is toast from all the work, which also made the dark, foggy, and rainy drive home pretty perilous.

While it was fun going from crossing to crossing, it got old after a little while and we were bummed we couldn’t camp anymore. I eventually turned around after waiting it out on some high ground for a while.

An XJ from further up the trail stopped by to say hi and show me a video of the flash flood starting on his phone. He said he had been waiting it out for a while too and ended up following me out. Pretty much water fording in fender deep water the entire way back out, was pretty wild. The weather said it was clear and sunny in the afternoon we went and had rained the night before, boy was that wrong. Just glad we went in the afternoon and still made it out before dark.

And for reference for those of you who haven’t been here, this is what it usually looks like this time of year:

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DirtHeadDavis said:
So we planned on getting a quick desert camping trip in this weekend. All was well when we dropped in, except those clouds…

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And after a few meager water crossings we inevitably ran into this barreling down the entire wash…

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I pushed through as much as we could, waited it out for a while, but the rain was getting heavier and being with one vehicle I didn’t want to risk getting stuck. I’ve never seen it like this out here. It was DEEP the more we pushed north. My wiper motor is toast from all the work, which also made the dark, foggy, and rainy drive home pretty perilous.

While it was fun going from crossing to crossing, it got old after a little while and we were bummed we couldn’t camp anymore. I eventually turned around after waiting it out on some high ground for a while.

An XJ from further up the trail stopped by to say hi and show me a video of the flash flood starting on his phone. He said he had been waiting it out for a while too and ended up following me out. Pretty much water fording in fender deep water the entire way back out, was pretty wild. The weather said it was clear and sunny in the afternoon we went and had rained the night before, boy was that wrong. Just glad we went in the afternoon and still made it out before dark.
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Wow, that’s crazy how fast the water picks up and turns to flash floods. Bummer you weren’t able to continue the trip but it looked like a good time while you were able.
 
DirtHeadDavis said:
So we planned on getting a quick desert camping trip in this weekend. All was well when we dropped in, except those clouds…

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And after a few meager water crossings we inevitably ran into this barreling down the entire wash…

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I pushed through as much as we could, waited it out for a while, but the rain was getting heavier and being with one vehicle I didn’t want to risk getting stuck. I’ve never seen it like this out here. It was DEEP the more we pushed north. My wiper motor is toast from all the work, which also made the dark, foggy, and rainy drive home pretty perilous.

While it was fun going from crossing to crossing, it got old after a little while and we were bummed we couldn’t camp anymore. I eventually turned around after waiting it out on some high ground for a while.

An XJ from further up the trail stopped by to say hi and show me a video of the flash flood starting on his phone. He said he had been waiting it out for a while too and ended up following me out. Pretty much water fording in fender deep water the entire way back out, was pretty wild. The weather said it was clear and sunny in the afternoon we went and had rained the night before, boy was that wrong. Just glad we went in the afternoon and still made it out before dark.

And for reference for those of you who haven’t been here, this is what it usually looks like this time of year:

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Wow - haven't seen it like that in years. Bummer you couldn't go camping but it still looked like a fun trip.
 
DirtHeadDavis said:
So we planned on getting a quick desert camping trip in this weekend. All was well when we dropped in, except those clouds…

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And after a few meager water crossings we inevitably ran into this barreling down the entire wash…

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I pushed through as much as we could, waited it out for a while, but the rain was getting heavier and being with one vehicle I didn’t want to risk getting stuck. I’ve never seen it like this out here. It was DEEP the more we pushed north. My wiper motor is toast from all the work, which also made the dark, foggy, and rainy drive home pretty perilous.

While it was fun going from crossing to crossing, it got old after a little while and we were bummed we couldn’t camp anymore. I eventually turned around after waiting it out on some high ground for a while.

An XJ from further up the trail stopped by to say hi and show me a video of the flash flood starting on his phone. He said he had been waiting it out for a while too and ended up following me out. Pretty much water fording in fender deep water the entire way back out, was pretty wild. The weather said it was clear and sunny in the afternoon we went and had rained the night before, boy was that wrong. Just glad we went in the afternoon and still made it out before dark.

And for reference for those of you who haven’t been here, this is what it usually looks like this time of year:

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One of my brothers was out there hiking all Saturday. I noticed that he was on the wrong side of some washes. Maybe whatever happened was over with by 5:30 PM when he was done with the hike.
 
DirtHeadDavis said:
So we planned on getting a quick desert camping trip in this weekend. All was well when we dropped in, except those clouds…

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And after a few meager water crossings we inevitably ran into this barreling down the entire wash…

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I pushed through as much as we could, waited it out for a while, but the rain was getting heavier and being with one vehicle I didn’t want to risk getting stuck. I’ve never seen it like this out here. It was DEEP the more we pushed north. My wiper motor is toast from all the work, which also made the dark, foggy, and rainy drive home pretty perilous.

While it was fun going from crossing to crossing, it got old after a little while and we were bummed we couldn’t camp anymore. I eventually turned around after waiting it out on some high ground for a while.

An XJ from further up the trail stopped by to say hi and show me a video of the flash flood starting on his phone. He said he had been waiting it out for a while too and ended up following me out. Pretty much water fording in fender deep water the entire way back out, was pretty wild. The weather said it was clear and sunny in the afternoon we went and had rained the night before, boy was that wrong. Just glad we went in the afternoon and still made it out before dark.

And for reference for those of you who haven’t been here, this is what it usually looks like this time of year:

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Damn! Cool video! I heard about all the rain in SoCal. Glad you made it out all good. As much as weather can be sketchy, there’s something awesome about being in your jeep in intense weather and just powering through…
 
damn, very cool but happy to see you make the right decision and bug out.

This hillside looks like it's about to collapse or already collapsing
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