Up at 6:00 a.m., feeling like a dirtbag, weather looks doubtful, sleet coming down outside. Jeez, nobody’s going to come out in this mess. On to Gary T’s up at the top of the hill in Coquitlam, Christ its snowing hard. Onward to Harrison Township, hope somebody shows up besides us. Here we are, what’s this, three Cruisers waiting. Here comes a couple more, hey, now we got us a convoy -- 9 in all.
Mat in his leaky 60, Martin in his elder 40, Pawel with Rob Cz in the HDJ81 sporting an impressive laptop station, Aaron with dad Walter in his very cool ’89 BJ74 and new tires,
Justin VanH in his BJ70, Greg VanT in his BJ60, Gary T in the BJ74 with Bill as bitch. Guests were Mat, Mike & Ryan in a lifted 4Runner, and Clayton in his V8 Gran Cherokee.
Down de road, lots of potholes and mud flying, but NO DUST! Some ugly new clear-cuts and they talk about us tramping on the environment! Fun on the lake with a few pulls needed and Martin got soaked by Gary’s wall of water. Mild temperatures and no wind on the lake. Mat busts a shock absorber for the only real mechanical problem of the day. Clayton hangs up the front of his Cherokee on a stump but Aaron cuts him out with his trusty chainsaw. Shiskabob BBQ on the hibachi and warm fire on the beach, complete with Polish warm spiced wine and hearty grub for midwinter winter fare.
Onward down de road past the sand piles and on up the Clear Creek trail. Not even halfway up, the snow’s getting deeper. We pass some down coming vehicles that tell us to go back; Hell No, No Pain, No Gain! We’re brain damaged! Keep going, then pass 3 Samaris killing time waiting for springs for a busted 4Runner. They tell us to go back, but we keep going of course but the snow keeps getting deeper. Gary gets stuck at the same spot he put his chains on last year, and where Rob Millson left his 60 last year. The Cherokee keeps going with that V8 power but snows getting deeper. Mud and s*** flying all over the place. He gets stuck too. Greg and Aaron pull them out and Martin carries on in his FJ40. Finally Martin gets stuck and Mat had to go up and pull him out. It’s getting dark now, time to pack up and go home for a hot rum. Down the hill and play on the sand piles for a while. Quick run through the Silver Creek camping area. Finally stop in Bear Creek Park and find a small smoldering fire and get it going again. Martin stays to warm up some grub and we finally call it a day and hit the highway for home.
What a great day, Happy New Year to everybody.
Next CC meeting February 14 – NO LAME EXCUSES CANDY ASSES!
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