Afternoon Fewbie Desert Drive (Camp Overnight) - Ghafteen Bowl, Nahel - Abu Dhabi - 16 Nov 2024

[Abhilash Kottakkal]

@Looper thank you for the morning adrenaline rush and for organizing such an amazing drive. Frankly I never pushed my car to this limit but I understand that  only on first gear I can make such a run. I never expected transmission over heating though the warning came for just two min@Jon L thank you for the barbeque and new lessons in preparing smokey flavoured meat and great conversations with you and your friend...looking forward to having more drives like this ..

[Looper]

The first time I reached Ghafteen bowl with @M.Seidam, I knew I had to camp. It took some time but finally we did it. (PS: 2nd lead, CF and Sweep from that drive are leads now).

we start a bit late because I was trying to score a power bank and there was a traffic jam on E66. I narrowly escaped being part of an accident when there was a pileup just behind me. I counted 2 patrols 1 lc300 and a defender before moving and narrowly escaped a patrol hitting me when the driver took to the curb side beside me. Later, I also had to take detour to get some ice for my cool box.

@Jon L was on a full camping set up while I & @Abhilash Kottakkal were on a quick setup mode. (I am yet to begin with my full camping gear.) With extra time I set up and dismantled the projector screen and with some more time left I decorated my jeep with lights for the night.

@Jon L’s TRX bbq set up was great and the servings from him and @Abhilash Kottakkal  were mouth watering. We had some lovely discussions and the night ended when it did.

The temps were chillier than I expected, as usual we were short on wood so scavenged some in the bowl that kept going.

The next day started at about 6:30. I put my wake up alarm at 6:00 without any plans for getting up before 7:00 am. The sun had risen but did not reach the bowl. We packed and started at about 7:30. During our talk last evening Nagra hill came up so that’s what we did in the morning and finally ending the drive at 10:00 dot as planned. Thank you @Jon L and @Abhilash Kottakkal for joining the drive and coming. Till next time… 

[Jon L]

Thank you @Looper for organising this drive and camping in the Gafhteen Bowl. It was an awesome experience.

Edited November 20, 2024 by Jon L