ACC Garage Family Reunion, May 14-16, 2021

[OGBeno]

I’m gonna wear my original event shirt...

2014, Rick?

 

[BMThiker]

Actually the event goes back to 2010, but the "Family Reunion" name started in 2014, followed quickly by the ACC/Onur Christmas party in 2014.

They moved to their current location in 2015, so the wheeling event didn't make the calendar, but they had a Grand Opening celebration/sleep-over at the new shop.

 

[BMThiker]

So after a 5 year hiatus, the Family Reunion event returned in 2019. Last year's shirts were the bomb-diggity!

(full color photo realistic printed)

 

[OGBeno]

Yes! I remember the sleep over. That was awesome....

Thanks for the history, Rick. It's been a bit since the last one I was at.

 

[thatcabledude]

Damn near froze to death at that last one.

 

[BMThiker]

Hence, why we moved it to spring

 

[thatcabledude]

Thank you! I'm an enormous puss when it comes to cold temps.

 

[bencallaway]

@MongooseGA @sammybones @Wermz

 

[jynx]

I have my Christmas party t-shirt on today...

Pretty sure we've been to all of them, just don't have that first shirt.

Correction, we were at the second one in 2011.

There is a picture of Hannah sitting with a wrench in her mouth next to @justbecause's 80 while we were replacing his front brake line.

 

[Clutchee]

Any dumb trails there for buggy folks?
With new job, might drag a trailer on a “business trip”.

 

[Wermz]

Im in, probably

 

[BMThiker]

Any dumb trails there for buggy folks?
With new job, might drag a trailer on a “business trip”.

Indeed

 

[jynx]

Any dumb trails there for buggy folks?
With new job, might drag a trailer on a “business trip”.

WarPig will be in attendance, so we can cruise with the top gone together.

Also, does new job mean we won't see you visiting Nissan anymore

 

[GXO]

Have to check the mod/work/covid/infusion/travel schedule

 

[BMThiker]

Red trails are Extreme @jynx & @Clutchee. We ran mostly blue (moderate) trails last time, but only covered a fraction of the park.
If you have the Avenza app on your phone, you can load their geo-referenced PDF map into it. Just check out the park's website for details. The map below is a screen cap of the app view on your phone.

[map with our tracks from 2019]

 

[MongooseGA]

I like how it goes from "great for pretty stock trucks" to "you need a cage and you'll get body damage".

 

[Clutchee]

I like how it goes from "great for pretty stock trucks" to "you need a cage and you'll get body damage".

Don’t let me change the tempo of this, trust me I could ride easy trails and be happy. Just want to challenge myself and also see what a new park has to offer.

 

[MongooseGA]

Don’t let me change the tempo of this, trust me I could ride easy trails and be happy. Just want to challenge myself and also see what a new park has to offer.

Oh I wasn't complaining, I just thought the descriptions of trails was funny. I'm locked, winched, and armored, but I try to avoid body damage if possible. Judging by the descriptions, I can either take a scenic dirt road or leave in a jalopy

 

[BMThiker]

Oh I wasn't complaining, I just thought the descriptions of trails was funny. I'm locked, winched, and armored, but I try to avoid body damage if possible. Judging by the descriptions, I can either take a scenic dirt road or leave in a jalopy

But there are options between those bookends Nobody sustained any body damage last time, but several of us got to test our confidence on this off camber ledge.
@thatcabledude

 

[jynx]

I'm a greenhorn in a buggy... I won't be getting to crazy. And I will likely follow the group, but my try a red line from time to time just to get a little seat time in.

Also, I guess I need to get a helmet...

And that dang off camber ledge on the side of a cliff was interesting to watch. like Rick said, we ended up on some pretty solid moderate trails and there was trail carnage, broken rear shaft if I recall correctly. May have been more, I don't really remember.