Monday, May 14, 2012

IX Encuentro Nacional Land Rover, Alcañiz

Well we did it again,
it was such a great event.

This time, we camped in one of the parking lots of Motorland, quite a racing complex they have there. Most of the stuff is related to superbikes and fast cars or go karts, so no interest there for me, but still quite impressive.

This is a view of the camping site where we stayed:

 Saturday, we started the day with a route around Alcañiz, pretty easy, but beautiful views everywhere, with maybe a couple spots where you had to pay attention, most of it, really easy and doable with a stock Land Rover.

 A group picture

 Our 95 Disco is doing great with the new mods, I had 0 problems or issues with it during the whole trip, and it was *HOT*, still no cooling issues at all.
Here are 2 shots where it's resting a bit...

 Picturesque surroundings
 After we finished the route, this is the view from the Motorland complex, this lake is very nice:

 Alcañiz is a charming village, it has many architectural features, this is just a sample, but for more info check here and here
 Sunday, we did the off-road courses both levels 1 (easy) and 2 (not that easy), going there, a view from the camping place.
 This was the start of the area 1, the easy one, this first descent was quite something:

 Waiting ....
 This is the drop you do, in just a handful of meters, very cool, your heart pumping....

 Showing off the new tires and suspension system :), this was the easy section.



 This is the middle difficulty section, not a single issue with all the flex done, no rubbing or suspension problems at all. My daughters had a lot of fun with this one.






 With some of our friends, one of the best things of this kind of event is meeting new people and getting to know better the friends you made in other editions.

 Walking grandpa' by the hand :) the series 109 of Tequila, did a superb job, it's exactly from the same year as mine 1977:


 Testing, the "waters" just a little bit...
 ... OK, let's dive in...

 ... TAKE OFF! :)
 So, which way is it??
 This is what Land Rovers is about, having fun with these machines, everyone on his or her own way, some of us enjoy fixing/upgrading them, wheeling them, helping others to learn, organizing events, ... you get the "big family" feeling whenever you go to one of this events... if you want to try it, join us, next year! We'll be there...