ALL LEVEL DRIVE ON FRIDAY THE 1st OF JANUARY 2016

After a Long gap, am IN. Waiting to see u all :drive:

Unfortunately out of country. Enjoy the drive guys and wishing u all a happy new year with lots of happiness and offroading 😉 😀

This will be my first trip with DO and second offroad drive of my life.
I am really excited and waiting for the big day.

i wanna come :(( but already invited to friends patty…
Considering how to escape from party and :drive:
Happy New Year mates :ymparty:

What more can one ask for on the first day of the year other than the sand, wind and the freedom …!!!! This should be fun, especially since a couple of us would still be “recovering”;)

I could not have thought of a better way to spend New Year’s Day afternoon :yesss: I intentionally did not party too much on NYE so that I would be in good form for this drive and it was a great decision :ymparty: . We had a large turnout for the drive. I do not know exactly but somewhere around 25 cars. Ahmad and Baher led a newbie convoy. Joe led the fewbee convoy (for which I had the honor to support as sweeper). Abdalla led the intermediate convoy. With enough cars and marshals to support 3 convoys today, DO offered its members a fantastic afternoon! :ymhug: :thanks:

The fewbee convoy was very exciting and rather uneventful. Yes, we had our typical stucks, second attempts, pop-out, and a nice dose of night driving 😀 😀 . Our convoy was around 10 cars and everyone got on quite well. Joe did his great job of taking it speedily easy in the beginning and then picking up the level as everyone found their “wheels in the sand.” :drive: We had a few drivers who had been out of the sand for a while so it was nice to see each of them get back into and find their zone. :ymparty: Paul, who was driving as second lead had a decent stuck in a small bowl, which resulted in a popout. Within five minutes Joe was able to get it properly back on the rim (I swear I think Joe has a tyre shop on the side…he is a master at fixing popouts :thanks: ). The desert nights do come early these days so as the sun began to set, visibility became its usual nuscience with the shadows and glare in your eyes. the convoy handled it well, however even into complete darkness. We safely exited the dunes having covered approximately 40 kms in about 3 hours. :ymapplause: :ymapplause:

Once again DO, its marshals, and its members never fail and we all had an extreme blast. Thanks again everyone and what a fantastic way to start 2016!! :ymapplause: :ymapplause: :ymapplause: :thanks: :thanks: :thanks:

This was my first drive in the desert and I have to say that it was an exceptionally amazing experience!

I did however get stuck a few times but with such experienced drivers around me advising what gears to use and which way to move the steering, I managed to recover myself.

The sunset was stunning and the briefings were very helpful.

I’m glad to be a part of this group and eagerly looking forward to meeting everyone in the sand again.

Thanks Marshal and everyone else in the newbie convoy