Last shake down on First Day of Spring

We took SuziQ out for a short shake down this morning.  We left home and drove The Well Road (FR 119) to FR 618 and then over past Sacred Mountain to the Deadwood Road.  That's just before (west of) Walker Creek.  We headed up Deadwood until we got to a series of volcanic ledges that were just slightly beyond a stock Zuk's capabilities.  We would want at least 2 inches of lift, skidplates and rock rails to attempt those ledges.  Anyway, we got in some nice maneuvering in a lot of SOB rocks (SOB = Same Old Basalt rocks).
The road leading up to the rocky parts was heavily eroded and rutted and stretched out our stock articulation.  Nothing shook loose aside from some body panel clips.  The newly installed hardtop didn't flex and was dust free on the very dusty FR 618.  We are running 10 pounds in the General Grabbers and they handled the washboards real nicely.  The tires did a fine job on the SOB rocks, too.  Susun drove it back down the hill and home and she's as happy as I am with this rig.  We'd like to get some skidplates soon but, if we don't, we're good to go wheelin' on some classic Arizona and Utah back roads and trails on our way up north to Idaho in mid-April.  Life is good!  Cheers, jp