Thanks to Chris (pictured here), Greg, and the entire Rugged Radios team for taking us into the 22nd Century.
I departed Felton at 4 a.m. this morning, which sounds hardcore until I tell you that Crusty departed Soquel in his rat rod 1951 car carrier with 1107 on top around 8 p.m. Monday night. Both of us bound for San Luis Obispo. I have no idea where Crusty ended up, but I parked in a bar parking lot and started making phone calls around 7 a.m.
By 9 a.m. Amanda had retrieved Crusty, we’d offloaded 1107 and Team Rugged Radios set to work. Greg, who designs and manufactures his own equipment, has taken us under his wing. Thanks to his team, we have a comm system that’s the envy of Trophy Truck teams, integrates smart phone and digital music players, and, for the first time, allows us to hear who’s talking to us when we’re outside the car trying the figure out how to get it unstuck.
Here’s a shot of Jason and Kevin testing our new helmets.
And here’s some photos from the trip. We depart for the USA 500 in a few hours. You can follow us on the Twitter at @desertdingo, the USA 500 festivities using the Twitter hashtag #USA500 and Rugged Radios on the Twitter at @ruggedradios.