Well, TD and I went and hit both Taskers Gap and Peters Mill Run - that was enough to shake out our respective set-ups. A good time was had by all.
Since the Edinburg Gap entrance is closed to PMR, we went about 2/3ds of the way from Little Fort Campground to the Edindburg Gap, and turned around. On our way out of TG we ran into some rangers who kindly verified our wristbands were filled out correctly, and clarified the closed sections of PMR.
PMR is much more technical than TG, so it's a good idea to do TG first. PMR has some sections that look easy one direction, and on your way back are much more intimidating. There are some reinforced stream crossings that are narrow for our class of vehicle, and the first one from the campground side looks like if you lost a wheel off the side it would be up to the axle quite quick.
Lessons Learned:
1. Talking about where not paying attention makes it easy to damage your vehicle while negotiating said section is not smart.
2. I think mountain biking is less exhausting. My 4Runner's sport seats work against you on the trail, since you spend a lot of energy preventing your head from wiggling.
3. I am impressed with TD's LC.
4. My wife makes fun of me when I try to turn on all the high tech stuff.
Quick previews of the photos - I'll post some more later with the license plates, err, "tags" blacked out. These are all on TG - PMR was much narrower, and other than spotting the above crossing we didn't really get out of the vehicles.
Since the Edinburg Gap entrance is closed to PMR, we went about 2/3ds of the way from Little Fort Campground to the Edindburg Gap, and turned around. On our way out of TG we ran into some rangers who kindly verified our wristbands were filled out correctly, and clarified the closed sections of PMR.
PMR is much more technical than TG, so it's a good idea to do TG first. PMR has some sections that look easy one direction, and on your way back are much more intimidating. There are some reinforced stream crossings that are narrow for our class of vehicle, and the first one from the campground side looks like if you lost a wheel off the side it would be up to the axle quite quick.
Lessons Learned:
1. Talking about where not paying attention makes it easy to damage your vehicle while negotiating said section is not smart.
2. I think mountain biking is less exhausting. My 4Runner's sport seats work against you on the trail, since you spend a lot of energy preventing your head from wiggling.
3. I am impressed with TD's LC.
4. My wife makes fun of me when I try to turn on all the high tech stuff.
Quick previews of the photos - I'll post some more later with the license plates, err, "tags" blacked out. These are all on TG - PMR was much narrower, and other than spotting the above crossing we didn't really get out of the vehicles.
