Yesterday at 1:40 am
Since only one person has posted a review in 2025, I thought I would start such a thread.
7 women, led/taught by Mandy, who did everything possible to make us happy and satisfied.
All of us were essentially new to off roading, and so while driving, we had tons of questions.
Of course we got to try several new things, but the first real obstacle was really interesting.
With Mandy as the spotter, and the rear locker on, all of us made it up without issues. We asked about how hard this was. Mandy said that on a the 1 to 10 scale, it was a 2, or maybe a 3.
I was sort of shocked since it took a fair bit of work to get up it. But nobody scraped bottom, so I guess that is fair.
Lunch was appreciated, but the view at lunch was even more appreciated.
There were a couple of other stops, where we could see into Arches NP. When I went there 2 days later, I thought that we had better views on our drive, and no one else was there.
The day was over all too soon. Dinner was OK, but I don't think it got to "Good." The dinner had interesting demographics. There were 7 Bronco Sports, and 7 women in our class, but the Big Bronco version had 18 cars, and nearly 40 women. I asked the Marketing lady about this. She said that early on, BS outsold B by a lot. But this year, Big Broncos are selling as well or better than Sports. Interesting...
On a side note, I spent the next 3 days doing various trails in the area. I had no problems on trails rated 2. I scraped once or twice on trails rated 3, and I scraped multiple times on the three trails rated 4 that I did. This was highly disappointing to me. I had hoped the 8.8" in my Badlands would be sufficient to get by on 3s and 4s, but at my skill level, that was not true. It made me think that I need about 1" more clearance. Larger tires would be good, but 30 or 31s will rub. Lifting has on road driving issues. Maybe I need to upgrade to the full size Bronco...
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The Red Cliffs Lodge was a beautiful place, and the view out on my patio was exceptional. With the renovations going on, it is not a 3 star hotel, even. The food was mediocre at best, and a very limited selection. The movie museum on prem is one of the things closed for renovation. Looking back, if I went to another OffRodeo in Moab, I would stay in a cheaper hotel in town, and be happy about the 30 minute commute to the site.
7 women, led/taught by Mandy, who did everything possible to make us happy and satisfied.
All of us were essentially new to off roading, and so while driving, we had tons of questions.
Of course we got to try several new things, but the first real obstacle was really interesting.
With Mandy as the spotter, and the rear locker on, all of us made it up without issues. We asked about how hard this was. Mandy said that on a the 1 to 10 scale, it was a 2, or maybe a 3.
I was sort of shocked since it took a fair bit of work to get up it. But nobody scraped bottom, so I guess that is fair.
Lunch was appreciated, but the view at lunch was even more appreciated.
There were a couple of other stops, where we could see into Arches NP. When I went there 2 days later, I thought that we had better views on our drive, and no one else was there.
The day was over all too soon. Dinner was OK, but I don't think it got to "Good." The dinner had interesting demographics. There were 7 Bronco Sports, and 7 women in our class, but the Big Bronco version had 18 cars, and nearly 40 women. I asked the Marketing lady about this. She said that early on, BS outsold B by a lot. But this year, Big Broncos are selling as well or better than Sports. Interesting...
On a side note, I spent the next 3 days doing various trails in the area. I had no problems on trails rated 2. I scraped once or twice on trails rated 3, and I scraped multiple times on the three trails rated 4 that I did. This was highly disappointing to me. I had hoped the 8.8" in my Badlands would be sufficient to get by on 3s and 4s, but at my skill level, that was not true. It made me think that I need about 1" more clearance. Larger tires would be good, but 30 or 31s will rub. Lifting has on road driving issues. Maybe I need to upgrade to the full size Bronco...
š
The Red Cliffs Lodge was a beautiful place, and the view out on my patio was exceptional. With the renovations going on, it is not a 3 star hotel, even. The food was mediocre at best, and a very limited selection. The movie museum on prem is one of the things closed for renovation. Looking back, if I went to another OffRodeo in Moab, I would stay in a cheaper hotel in town, and be happy about the 30 minute commute to the site.
Jakob1972, Kenneth