COVID19 Compliant - Newbie Morning Desert Drive - Solar Park - Dubai - 24 Jul 2020

[Bassam Dayani]

@Frederic Thanks! I just noticed that one and RSVP'd to it, appreciate it 😁

[Mels Wolf]

Morning guys,

What an amazing drive with all of you, great pace and I and @Frederic didn’t have to break much sweat on the very few stucks. But a great hand goes out to all who have practiced and mostly successfully done their self-recoveries. 
 

@Melenany, showing how mostly not to get crested with the insanely long F-150!!

@Islam Soliman which I have almost not seen or heard which means an amazing drive!

All FJ’s showing how to drive them @Christian Andras who has made a GoPro video, @David Ortells and @Heisem showing they don’t get stuck!

Also the Xterra crew lead by @Chaitanya D who was awarded father of the day by his son! And @Mukundan Nair and @Ahmed Farghaly closing the Xterra’s.

The Wranglers have shown how not to get stuck or hit any dunes; @Neale Faulkner, @Taha Elghuel and @Jeandre Bezuidenhout.

Attached the route of today with some pics in-between! I’ll upload the separate photos in the gallery...

 

[Frederic]

Drive Report

The early morning always has something in store for us, when i left the house I felt a cool breeze and was excited to head out to Al Qudra for some morning exercises !

Our plan was to head out south to the long range dunes near Solar Park. A target we reached within the hour, which says a lot about the quality of drivers and support team.
 

We passed by the little bowl we found several months back and both @Chaitanya D and @Mels Wolf made the perfect sidey from all the way around. Spot on !

I decided to cross the road and go to the other side, which I have explored in the past but not with a Newbie convoy. We all kept our momentum and passed some creamy but also technical dunes where we had to be very focused and rely on good communication. Thankfully with @Melenany in second lead  that gave good tips and hints to the rest of the convoy, and @Chaitanya D that was super helpful as my center forward, we were able to put down 48kms in just a bit less than three hours. We exited near the love lakes entry and looking at the smiles of the drivers I felt it was another good drive. @Mels Wolf who brought his father in law to help shoveling could stay in the car most of the time today 😜

I thank you all for this amazing drive and was really impressed with all of you. Even the biggest cars were sliding through the scenery without any hassles. 

On to the next one !!

[Chaitanya D]

Fantastic morning drive @Frederic and @Mels Wolf. Kudos to all drivers for maintaining good pace and managing well. The smile on my son's face said it all 😊, thanks Mels.

Meanwhile the camels we saw were also moving like in a convoy, maintaining distance . I wonder if they ever get stuck? 🤣

Edited July 24, 2020 by Chaitanya D