'84 Bronco II
El Chingón
The TX granite is similar for traction and actu'ly more destructive on tires. Moab has the good traction without the cheesegrater effect on the tires. I've shed a lotta rubber at Katemcy. You'll learn soon enuf what the 'Moab chirp' is.
July's miserable in Moab for the heat and still lots of snow in the CO mountains. Be lucky if the passes are open that early in the year. Honestly not sure what kinda winter they had this year tho.
I do Moab in early spring (this year gonna be late fall) and CO in mid-August. Hard to combine them two trips weather-wise. Basic'ly ... July ain't real good for neither.
Pretty much all the passes will be open late July. Early July can be touch an go, but typically a good portion of stuff is open by 4th of July weekend. I have found this website really useful for planning purposes when going to the San Juans: http://www.bushducks.com/tripreps/passopen.htm