Zukapalooza 2009
Zukapalooza 2009 was held in in Cottonwood, Arizona on Memorial Day weekend.
The event was sponsored by Zuks of Arizona with the Lion's Share of the work being done by Myron Thorson of ZuksOff Road and Scott Senko. Zuks Off Road was also a major vendor sponsor of this event
Suzuki's and other rigs showed up from as far away as Utah and Arkansas to attend the event. I traveled to Dead Horse Ranch State Park in Cottonwood, AZ from Tucson on Friday for a weekend of camping, wheeling and just a good weekend with good people.
The weather made for a tough weekend. It rained most of the weekend, sometimes so hard it flooded the area. Even with the
weather not cooperating, it was a great weekend and I have all intentions of wheeling at ZP "O" 10.
My
stuff parked at the campground. It was
pretty wet on my arrival. I got my tent set up
as soon as I could because I knew the rain was
on the way.
Some of the camping area.
Quite a bit of mud already.
I ran a trail called Smiley Rock on Saturday.
Here is a picture of Rhinozuki before things
really started getting muddy. It stayed pretty
clear in the area we were running the trail.
Taking a little break
on the trail on the way
to Smiley Rock.
A
break for some rock playing.
Came
off of the trail with a little mud.
There was mud everywhere. In my tools, cooler
and every crevice of Rhinozuki
While
out on the trail, the campground got slammed
by a huge rainstorm. There was also a microburst that
wiped out some of the tents. Some pop up shade Gazebos
were never recovered. This is just a picture of the water
and mud left behind.
A picture of a little bit of the
storm damage. A couple of Shade
Gazebos that were trashed.
This is how I found my tent. It
was a victim of the microburst.
It took a lot of mopping and cleaning
to get to the point of being able to
sleep in it for the night.
This is what was left of my shade Gazebo.
I gave what was left of it to one of the
guys camping nearby.
This is where my tent
originally sat prior to the microburst.
A lot of mud and other nasty stuff
A bunch of folks gathering at the Ramada
Saturday evening. The meal was Pizza and Lasagna brought
in by a local vendor. Great food. I won some springs for
a 3" lift and gave them to a kid here in Tucson to
use on his stock rig.
Another victim of the
microburst. These folks
just went to town and
got a hotel room.
A couple of Love Buggies
playing prior to dinner
Saturday evening.
Water line on a Samurai
parked near the restroom area.
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