Pig run
I'll have to agree that the pig run this past weekend went very well. Weather was about perfect- good days and good nights for those camping. Rausch wasn't particularly crowded, just the normal weekend swarm of jeepers and this time, a group of Rovers. No traffic anywhere in the park either day- that's a good thing.
On Friday we had five capable vehicles in the handseasoned drivers- consequently we covered a lot of ground. We did CV trail, O, all of the hill climbs off CV, then headed down into the west property and did 12, 14, 11, 10, and then up around 15. Back through the park on B then attacked the hill climb (forget the name of it) off B. All went well, everybody was pretty happy with the way their rigs performed. Friday was Felix in his new (to him anyway) 80, Steve in his very capable white 60, Charlton in his 40, Bill Smith in his 66 FJ40 and me in my 76 FJ40.
Saturday we were joined by Ben Delp in his toy truck, John Merkey in his 80, Craig Merkey in his 40, Jeeper Jim, Chris Bury in his 80, Todd Oldenburg in his cool 70 series and Todd's brother Eric in his goat pig!!!!! We headed across the road to the northeast property (pay $10 extra to wheel there), me navigating and riding with whomever's truck was in the lead. I had a bad oil leak from my transfer case and didn't drive Saturday.
The new property is cool- I'd been over there a few times but for the last two years. Different wheeling over there, I don't recall exactly what trails we did but they were all fun. We wheeled a bit then headed out to area 51- then up trail R. Ben Delp did Outer Limits in his truck and after lunch we started on trail 32. It was not too rough but really off camber- we have some pictures especially of Steve's 60 to show just how tippy that ride was. After that we split up and let the more adventurous (and less tired) souls do some tougher trails and the majority of the group drove back through the property and back to the staging area.
There is an interesting short but very steep and slippery hill climb on the NE property that made for some exciting moments- slippery clay with some pebbles on it and a big muddle at the bottom approach. There's some good shots of a screamin' 70 gonna be posted this week with at least two wheels in the air.
All in all I'd call it an exceptional weekend of wheeling. Good people good weather and good wheeling, what more can you ask for. Thanks Bill Smith for all your help and for the stickers; thanks Steve for the entertainment and for all the Fat Tire bottles; thanks, too, to everyone who showed up and wheeled. Gary S