Jan. 19-21 Trail Ride

[Hugh Heifer]

Great pics guys. I think my oil leaks are taken care of so I am all that much closer!

[DSLTOY]

Originally Posted by Landcruizerdude

Roger,

The sand quarry is where I initially tried to lead the group from the northern side when we encountered the closed trail signs/barriers. Glad to see you got access from the south. FYI - getting to the sand quarry is alot easier from the northern side for those interested. Hopefully it will open up at some point. We plan to explore the area soon. Thanks for letting us hang!

We exited the quarry to the north on Monday. On Saturday when we came out of the upper titus trail (the mud hole trail) we turned right and came out at Exit 141, if we had turned left we would have ended up at the sand Quarry.
Roger

[LDowney]

Originally Posted by sk8salomon

Newcomer Aaron with his FJC survived the trip with only scratches to the paint (hopefully). Good to meet you Aaron and hope you had fun. I was truly impressed what a stock FJC would do but some tires would have made a huge improvement. Welcome to the addiction!

Here are few more shots of Aaron and his FJ. My favorite is where Aaron must be pulling Sean's Bronco up the trail, because what other explanation could there be based on the picture (pictures don't lie).

[sk8salomon]

Originally Posted by LDowney

. My favorite is where Aaron must be pulling Sean's Bronco up the trail, because what other explanation could there be based on the picture (pictures don't lie).

yeah, damn Fords ain't worth a flip! great pics, that was fun, i want to go back when it gets warmer and i don't need 12 layers of clothes!

[LDowney]

Originally Posted by Hugh Heifer

Great pics guys.

and gals ...

My navigator also normally handles the camera and she has eclectic taste in some of the pictures she takes. As a result, it is always a blast to down load the pictures and see what Melissa shot during the trip. These two met her 'eclectic' standard and had me smiling when I saw them.

[DBrown2]

Guys looks like you all had fun... From the Videos.. I think the more Hardcore FJ40's I herd where bored... Which from the trail pics... it looks like that would be the case..

When you are moving to line up on the one rock on the trail, just to feel like rockcrawling, then thats not so good..

Loved the pics and Videos...

[chattfj40]

You are quite correct, I wouldn't say I was bored. but there sure wasn't alot interesting to me on Sat...I couldn't get bored for dodging all the trees. Now Sun and Mon were a different story. We found some better stuff in the form of trails that hadn't been run in years on Sun and that proved interesting...still no rocks, and that explains why I was climbing the wood pile

Monday we found the rocks and several good trails. I'd love to go back and play in that area as well as the Caryville Mtn area. I think it would have enough to keep you interested for a few days. I/we just need to find someone who knows the Caryville Mtn side, its not marked well on the map.

[sk8salomon]

Originally Posted by LDowney

and gals ...

My navigator also normally handles the camera and she has eclectic taste in some of the pictures she takes. As a result, it is always a blast to down load the pictures and see what Melissa shot during the trip. These two met her 'eclectic' standard and had me smiling when I saw them.

she's not afraid to jump outta the truck and get a close up either! i was amazed how she would jump right in with all the wheelin' guy fun! have you started her cruiser yet?

[LDowney]

Originally Posted by sk8salomon

she's not afraid to jump outta the truck and get a close up either! i was amazed how she would jump right in with all the wheelin' guy fun! have you started her cruiser yet?

For me, she is very good about asking permission before getting out of the truck, then following safety instructions and guidelines when she does get out to take pictures and watch the activity. Once several years ago, she did violate the rules when she joined some other kids playing tag on Helicopter Pad at Tellico. She quickly got a long time out which I am sure she has not forgotten yet.

I do have a couple of 40 frames, firewalls and titles that would be great starting points for a build project for Sport, but the reality is I need to finish a couple of my other projects first. She is already learning to drive the BJ70 so she won't get left out regardless.