ougrad1
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My wife and I took a road trip from Dallas to Moab this past week for our anniversary as a change up from our usual SFO/west coast trips. Unfortunately, I was only able to do one day of off-roading since we had rafting and repelling in the agenda along with Game of Thrones marathon that I promised my wife we would start when we had free time. 
We were able to do Shafer Trail to parts of White Rim trail that took us over to Musselman arch. From there, we headed back to dead Horse lookout point and eventually headed back to Moab through Pucker Pass. I wished we had more time and quite honestly, another off-roader since we were flying blind on our own. That said, the LR4 handled everything like a champ. I have never used the down hill assist before because I always thought I could do a better job controlling the speed and braking. There were a few instances on Shafer Trail and especially on Pucker Pass that were steep and offered me the opportunity to give the down hill assist a shot, which I have to say I was extremely impressed. It allowed me to focus on steering and navigating through my lines while the LR4 kept control and traction.
As far as my impression of Moab, it was awesome not only from an off-roading perspective but also the people and the hospitality. The house rental we stayed at, StellaRuby Cottages, was amazing and the owner's brother provided me the trail path that we ended up taking given we were going alone and my desire to keep it easy. Everyone was so nice and seem to be very happy and proud to represent Moab and all it had to offer. On a side note, I was not aware of how many international folks travel there for vacation, especially Europeans during the summer months. We had quite a few French and German folks on our rafting and repelling tours.
went up a hill off of Shafer Trail:
We were able to do Shafer Trail to parts of White Rim trail that took us over to Musselman arch. From there, we headed back to dead Horse lookout point and eventually headed back to Moab through Pucker Pass. I wished we had more time and quite honestly, another off-roader since we were flying blind on our own. That said, the LR4 handled everything like a champ. I have never used the down hill assist before because I always thought I could do a better job controlling the speed and braking. There were a few instances on Shafer Trail and especially on Pucker Pass that were steep and offered me the opportunity to give the down hill assist a shot, which I have to say I was extremely impressed. It allowed me to focus on steering and navigating through my lines while the LR4 kept control and traction.
As far as my impression of Moab, it was awesome not only from an off-roading perspective but also the people and the hospitality. The house rental we stayed at, StellaRuby Cottages, was amazing and the owner's brother provided me the trail path that we ended up taking given we were going alone and my desire to keep it easy. Everyone was so nice and seem to be very happy and proud to represent Moab and all it had to offer. On a side note, I was not aware of how many international folks travel there for vacation, especially Europeans during the summer months. We had quite a few French and German folks on our rafting and repelling tours.
went up a hill off of Shafer Trail:
