First of all, a HUGE thanks to fireball for showing up and giving me a ton of direction and information on my first trip into the mud with my 100. Without him I have no doubt I would have damaged my vehicle, or chickened out on the first trail.
We arrived at 8:30am on Sunday to thick fog, but got to see a bunch of Cherokees driving straight up these dirt hills near the registration office.
(excuse some of the sideways photos, photobucket doesn't like to save edited photos for whatever reason, and the person who took them with an iphone)
After we got registered and established our group, we set out into the park. fireball graciously offered to ride along in my truck since he had been there before and be our guide. The first obstacle we encountered I thought to myself (no way this thing will do it, it's stock). But fireball got out and told me where to point my tires, to use both feet when using the gas/brake, how to roll on and off rocks, how to protect the diff, and really showed me what the truck is capable of....I was speechless.
For those of you who do this, you know pics don't show you what it really looks like.
Fallen trees aren't an issue!
End of the day poser shots on the big rock!
At the end of the day, nothing was broken, I had an awesome time and learner a lot.
We arrived at 8:30am on Sunday to thick fog, but got to see a bunch of Cherokees driving straight up these dirt hills near the registration office.
(excuse some of the sideways photos, photobucket doesn't like to save edited photos for whatever reason, and the person who took them with an iphone)
After we got registered and established our group, we set out into the park. fireball graciously offered to ride along in my truck since he had been there before and be our guide. The first obstacle we encountered I thought to myself (no way this thing will do it, it's stock). But fireball got out and told me where to point my tires, to use both feet when using the gas/brake, how to roll on and off rocks, how to protect the diff, and really showed me what the truck is capable of....I was speechless.
For those of you who do this, you know pics don't show you what it really looks like.
Fallen trees aren't an issue!
End of the day poser shots on the big rock!
At the end of the day, nothing was broken, I had an awesome time and learner a lot.