Don't feel bad. Bronco is sitting in the back yard. Front axle wasted with a bad U-joint I blew back in December. The garage should have a hole in it tomorrow. The Ranger is back together and started for the first time tonight since November/December. It was suppose to be out of the garage before New Years. Little problems like a bound torque converter that blew the thrust out of the crank, discovering the existance of a cast roller cam that galled the roller distributer drive gear, the spare cam that was going to go in that was found to hav a couple bad lobes that looked like the lifter were skipping over the lobes instead of rolling, just the normal stuff.
That and $2000 worth of trees being planted on Monday and the drip line must be up and running (bought parts today).
Simply put, if there are any surprises during the axle swap the Bronco will not be at the Stampede. I will, don't know what I will drive, but I will be there. They have already set me to be a trip leader, I agreed to lead a lunch run up to Crown King (it's not really a trail, UPS goes the same road every day). But I can't say if I will have a chance to play this year.
Too many project taking too long, and some have deadlines based on the needs of others.