In the aftermath of my Rausch Creek experience, I've been collecting info from the many lessons learned during the run, in order to improve the overall experience for future runs. Many of the items I mention below are convenience items, not necessities, I'll admit. We had plenty of stock FJ Cruisers along with us during the run and not a single one of them ended up stuck or required retrieval. Most of the things I talk about below are simply designed to enhance the FJ's capabilities...

Or not...it depends on who you are. I discussed this with Jeff this morning - whether or not I should recommend this movie to anyone - and I think we agreed that, if you're a diehard Nascar or Will Ferrell fan, Ricky Bobby would be a good (not great, necessarily, but good) film to see. If you're neither, don't bother going. Jeff likes Will Ferrell (he a little too"off" for me), but neither one of us knows much about Nascar except that there's a bunch of cars going really fast, 'round and...