Day 2
After watching a video on our little DVD player we hopped into bed. I brought an underpowered inverter that couldn't power my air pump for our matress so I sucked some juice from Matt's rig. The next morning we ate breakfast, packed up and got back on the trail. I was excited to hit the rocks again.
Buck Island Lake
The 60's got to lead the run this time.
Cold diesel in the morning makes for a good anti-mosquito fog.
Beautiful scenery to look at as you bash into more rocks.
Heading down Old Sluice (?). Dora was holding up great and had given me no issues. As I continued down I got a call to stop and had a spotter looking under the rig. I worried for a minute thinking I broke/slashed/screwed something up. Some spectators saw my overloads on the rear packs splayed out and thought I broke a leaf and they were digging into the tires. With repeated flexing my overloads rotate out but get stopped by the Ubolts and are a couple inches away from the tires so from their angle it might look like it's rubbing. I was greatful that fellow wheelers were watching out for others on the trail. I had (and still do) planned to put some retainers on the overloads but ran out of time before the trip. I typically just BFH them back into position after a run. I think this is common for the chevy 63's running overloads since I saw others with the chevys doing the same thing.
Then going over this rock I got a chance to test out my fresh skid plate. After I slid off it I got out to check and the slapped on plates weren't bent so my patch work helded up fine to the weight of the rig. I'll still redo them but glad I got something on there.
I beleive this is on the bump stop if not extremely close.
Portland Crew on the bridge leading to Rubicon Springs
The mud pit. Only one guy tried it and when we saw the other side was taped off the group went around.
Many pulled one wheel stands here but I was a little to far over and got flex instead.
Camping at the springs
The second day took half as long and once we got settled with the tent up it was nice to relax. I even got in the chilly water to wash off. We ate dinner, chatted, watched another movie, and tried going to bed. Once the heavy metal music was turned off at 3am it was easier to fall asleep. I'd like to run the trail again but I think I'll camp away from the slabs next time. That ends day 2.