GrandpaBob
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I added some pinstripes to my 'pavement princess' when I took her off-road on the Soldier's Pass trail in Sedona, AZ. We went to the parking area for the Seven Sacred Pools. On the way in, I visited with the driver of one of the pink tour jeeps coming out - he was a little reluctant to tell me I'd be okay with my stock Ram. Based on his advice, I did decide against going down the turnoff to the Devils Kitchen Sinkhole. It did look a little too dicey to me as we passed it. Instead, we hiked back to it from the pools. I was a little nervous driving up out of the pools parking area. Shortly before we left, I witnessed a Jeep spinning it's tires trying to get out. But, my Ram just crawled right out in 4 low. I didn't air down my tires because I felt like I might need the extra clearance more than the traction. That turned out to be a good decision as clearance was close in a few spots. If I didn't spend 99.9% of my time on-road, I'd have to consider bigger tires and a lift. Anyway, other than brushing up against the vegetation in a couple of narrow spots, the truck performed great and we had a lot of fun. We passed the same pink tour jeep driver on our way out of the gate and he seemed a little surprised to see that we made it in and back again ;-)
