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Here ya go. And the ones I already posted in the trip report, but here they are w/o the watermarked logos embedded on them from the gallery

haha no problemo Mike! I felt it was a great day that deserved to be shared with the DDR community. I still have a couple pics I need to email ya. Or I'll just post them here and you can right click/ save them

MAD PROPS TO YOU GUYS! Thank you for taking the time, energy, and effort to go out in the middle of the desert early in the morning to clean up where we play. Not to mention dealing with the heat and spending the $ in gas too! It looks great!!! You guys rock!

Arrived at 4PM? Glad you made it back alive! Those dunes were so smooth. We were just there sunday am.

Hey guys, thanks to all for stepping up and taking the initiative to clean these jerks' mess up. I'd be there with you to help but there is no way Saturday works for me. I already have other commitments. Please take some pics of the cleanup if you could to share with us when you get back. Hopefully it's a quick easy job. Side note: livetodrag (jay) did pm me after the last night drags to offer his help to clean this up the same way but I thought it would interfere with the way BLM needs to handle it. Turns out I was wrong.

so sad. I can't believe some people.

Good thinking. I like it.

Nice! Looks very clean. Is that a glove box!?

Tell me about it. I have 18's and there are very few options these days.

Nope, we were thee ONLY people out there. Funny you mentioned the singing dunes. When we were sitting at the north pole we thought we heard a very faint noise like a bike or something off in the distance. We were thinking, damn we aren't the only ones here, then as we got back to camp....not one truck or ANYONE else was out there. Just us. I bet it was those dunes. It sounded like that deep frequency hum noise typical of dunes in the summer. They were super steep so that would make sense.

It wasn't that hot the 4 hours we were there. Mostly in the 90's. What...you can't handle that? We'll put a post up again. Just chime in if you wanna go. It's a possibility!

It was posted in the trip report from the last night drag races that a group that was camped next to this shitter did this that night or following morning.

Wow, whoever did this gets the douchebag duner of the year award! Do you sh*t where you eat too??? I wonder if it was the same BIG E that is member on here did this and was smart enough to tag his name right on the side of shitter 7! This really pisses me off to see, I wish people like this would stay the eff away from Dumont.

Should have went with! :dumbass: Thanks Cheese. Nick's battery that took a :poop: wasn't his new odyssey. That was his old one. He didn't have time to put the new one in before we left. Thanks Chad. Don't worry...we'll be due for another one as soon as you get back in town! Maybe Aaron, Mike & Bert will be able to make this one as well.

one more pic that I forgot. EMPTY CAMP. We had Dumont all to ourselves today! Not 1 other lunatic out there like us. :freakin_nuts:

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....a sand fix! :dumbass: Me, ISBB, chris1223, badass24racing and my buddy Wes all met up at the gas station at 3:30am. We managed to roll into Dumont about 5am...just before sunrise. We watched some pretty cool lightening storms off in the distance on the way there. We were hoping to catch a little bit of rain, but the storm never reached D. I think it was in the upper 80's/ lower 90's when we pulled in. crappy pic along the super wash boarded road. Holy hell it was rough! We got unloaded and geared up to ride before the sun even came up. ready to ride! It was a little difficult at first reading the dunes with no shadows at all and super smooth sand. Here we are at the north pole enjoying the view waiting for the sun to come up. It took forever for the sun to rise so we got back to riding. Then we stopped for a couple pics as the sun poked up. Then Mike's battery took a crap so we just pull started it each time unless we parked at the top of a dune. Back at the truck for some grub. It's already 95 at about 7AM. Ahh now that the sun is out check out those dunes! Then we were off again for another ride. We played around at comp for a bit for some pics. I brought my DSLR this ride for some better pics. Looking toward the south pole Looking north. Stupid lens flare. Peak of comp on the left side... A quick stop at the south pole. Pole is still there and so is the troops mailbax. Here's some dunes on the north end when we stopped for a minute. It shows you how steep and soft they are right now. We took another break for some dune pics. So gorgeous out there in summertime! Then on the last ride Nick's battery took a crap and the bike wouldn't even run. SO needless to say my Rappy got a WORKOUT! I towed Nick and his DS out of the middle of the dunes. That pig was heavy! And his DS was too! :fight: jk I managed to snap a pic of me towing Nick... Luckily the battery issue happened on the very last ride. It was an epic day of riding out there. I think we got 4 total ride in...all very long and good paced. We made tracks everywhere! Those dunes were so smooth like always in the summertime. We had a great group of guys, but we hope to have a few more next time since a few friends couldn't make it this round. There will be more runs this to come though. I love riding out there in the early morning in summer. We rode from 5AM to 9AM almost exactly. It wasn't even that warm. We had a nice breeze and even had some cloud cover for some short periods of time. Until next time...my sand fix feels great! Great ride guys! :freakin_nuts:

epic morning run fo sho! Trip report to follow. Going through my pics now.

:dumbass: :freakin_nuts:

wow those look schwweeeeet!

:freakin_nuts: sh*t was funny Nothing a sand fix won't fix whatever it was!

^ sweet! See you then Chris. We'll be there ready to hit the road about 3:30 at the last gas station on Blue Diamond. Looks like it's me, ISBB, chris1223, badas24racing, and my buddy Wes. Can't wait to get out there again!

Heat is always helpful. Heat that sucker up good and hot and get that ball joint press cranking with a GOOD 1/2" drive impact. It'll budge.

I don't think Terrible's has diesel so let's meet at the 159 (Redrock) turnoff no name gas station on Blue Diamond at 3:30.

Anyone doing any summer upgrades to their cars? Before next season I'd like to put in a headset/ intercom system in my car. That and I think it's time to swap out those over-the-bolt CV boots. I like to be able to check my bolts from time to time. Other than that, she's ready to go. I know bpguy & andydew are doing some paint upgrades. How about everyone else? Got anything on the wish list for next season?