And shortly thereafter I ran into my first issue of the day, I lost front wheel drive. I’ve been having odd issue’s with what I though was my front ARB locker for a while now, but it turns out that it’s actually my ADD actuator or my 4WD computer. Luckily I had my front locker, which meant I had the driver side front wheel when it was locked.
I continued on, the snow got heavier and the trail narrower.
At the summit!
The topography and weather conditions made the area feel very desolate.
I drove for a while, taking in the scenery and the snow. I got out to take some more pictures and to my absolute disbelief the spare tire was missing, along with the carrier!!!
I never heard a thing, and it never touched or hit the rear hatch. I removed the interior rear view mirror a while back, so I couldn’t see the spare unless I totally turned around in my seat. I ended up driving almost a mile back up the trail to find it!