COVID19 Compliant - Evening Fewbie Desert Drive - Faqa To Solar Park - Dubai - 2 Oct 2020

[Sinol]

Thanks @Frederic, @Brette @Desert Dweller for the great 

 drive.

[Frederic]

DRIVE REPORT

As being a personal favorite of mine, Faqa and the route towards Solar Park can be scaled up or down massively thanks to the long range dunes and technical area that can give a complete experience for every Fewbie.

Due to my own mistake it seemed that on the drive topic that starting time was still mentioned as 04:30PM, while the calendar was showing the correct timing (3:30PM). Because of that i had to make some quick phone calls but most people were already on the way, and with @Melenany making it on time we could quickly deflate his tyres and off we went.

The first part of the drive was a nice combo of long ranges dunes, but i wanted to give our team some technical challenges as well and decided to head into the technical dunes, which really woke us all up and brought some nice recoveries and crests  

A bit later @Senthil Kumar experienced a pop-out but with @Brette his brand new floorjack and some elbow grease this was all quickly resolved. As soon as we reached the sabkha from where the second part of the drive goes north towards Solar park, i invited Brette to take over the lead, which he did perfectly by following the route we had planned a few days earlier. Into the first technical area where it was genuinely pitch dark i took back the lead as we both agreed this was challenging terrain and without night lights even more challenging. We found an easy route through, and ended up in "Little Sweihan", that i initially wanted to pass, but after spending some time on flat tracks i decided to go out with a bang and head into this beautiful yet tricky area which is already challenging in daytime but with a Fewbie convoy at night is really pushing the boundaries 😅

To my sheer amazement, all drivers did so amazingly well. Brand-new Fewbies @Senthil Kumar and @AviG took the challenges with a smile, and @Melenany his F150 felt like cresting and resting a few times to watch the moonlit sky.

A big shout-out to @Sinol in my second lead who drove so well and never struggled anywhere.

After seeing @Desert Dweller doing some re-routing to bring @Heisem over some technical tracks i was amazed to see her skills as well, and are looking so forward to the day she will be leading drives, and that will be here soon !

Eventually, two dunes away from the exit track, we had another pop-out, but again all was resolved in a matter of minutes, while @Desert Dweller was rescuing the mighty F150 in the back of the convoy. 

Most of all what i love in these drives is the team spirit, and the help that our support is able to give on a weekly basis. @Brette and @Desert Dweller did their fair share of recoveries and did them all in a professional way and i trust them for 200% to deal with recoveries when i am not around. 

To the other drivers which i have not mentioned, again you guys really surprised me again with your skills. It's amazing to see you guys growing so fast and taking all challenges with a smile and eagerness.

See you guys back soon !