Thanks Chris, great photos I wouldn't mind getting a disc with those. Hope to make it next year in the 40, you guys were great and would like to run in with you all again.
Rubithon 2008 June 18th- 22nd, 2008
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Thanks Chris, great photos I wouldn't mind getting a disc with those. Hope to make it next year in the 40, you guys were great and would like to run in with you all again.
Otis thank you for that link, Great photos of not only our run but great pictures overal!!! And thank you again for all of your help and wisdom along the trail!
Emerald is fine. She was bummed that I would not let her swim but the pools down by Dirty Dozen are shallow enough that she could have plenty of water fun. She hunted crawdads with Derek Trents son all weekend. I was so relieved that your wife was there to calm her and have that motherly touch. Tell her thank you from the heart.
I want to hear about the wet stuff when you unpacked.
I want to hear about the wet stuff when you unpacked.
Great trip to all who were involved, Thanks Tony, I can't even begin to imagine how much work it takes you, your wife, and the rest of the TLCA Rubithon crew to put on this event, my hats off.
Travis & Garrett glad to here you guys got out safe, And the kids are Okay, Travis, your raffle tickets, didn't win (neither did mine), but had they, Jerod (2ndgentoyotafan) had offered to drive them up North for you.
Jerod, Ben, & all the others who's names escape me, great meeting you all,
Chris H. already posted a link to his photos of Rubithon on our club website, (post #636) so check them out,
Here is a picture from the "back of the pack" 7am straight thru group....
and one of the soon to be wife, she was a trooper on this trip (can you say, MOSQUITOES!)
BTW: thanks Robert, Rich & kids, Chris H. & David
Chris F
Travis & Garrett glad to here you guys got out safe, And the kids are Okay, Travis, your raffle tickets, didn't win (neither did mine), but had they, Jerod (2ndgentoyotafan) had offered to drive them up North for you.
Jerod, Ben, & all the others who's names escape me, great meeting you all,
Chris H. already posted a link to his photos of Rubithon on our club website, (post #636) so check them out,
Here is a picture from the "back of the pack" 7am straight thru group....
and one of the soon to be wife, she was a trooper on this trip (can you say, MOSQUITOES!)
BTW: thanks Robert, Rich & kids, Chris H. & David
Chris F
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She'll be so glad to hear she's okay!!! The whole way home she was all stressed worrying about her. Keepin' her out of the muck was probably a great idea, none of that water was too clean.
As for the wet stuff all of our gear was in 3mm constrction bags, a requirment for packing anything I take backpacking or in my rig when wheelin'. The Marines taught me a couple of things that help me in life
. The DVD player we picked up on the way for this trip dried out and is working fine. The only reall cassualty is Becca's Lion that we got in Placerville, it will never be the same color again. I do need to pull that whole rubberized floor out soon so that it can dry, but all and all I think all is well. Oh the inverter seems to be working again as well 
I think...Thank you again for getting us out of that water hazard, without your assistance we would have been
with a capital , !!!!!! Sorry we took off on Friday mornin' with Toy, we had a coupld of cases of 
for to share when we got to the springs. With our early departure only one was consumed the whole trip! Next year we'll get our official thank you's out there. Couple of weeks before next years trip shoot me a PM or post yer beverage of choice!
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Thanks Chris, great photos I wouldn't mind getting a disc with those. Hope to make it next year in the 40, you guys were great and would like to run in with you all again.
Garrett,
PM me your address and I will send you a disc with higher resolution photos...
Chris
Finally made it home a day late, due to a broken serpentine belt pulley on the tow rig in WY. As Zornff said, I "must have sucked up all the bad ju-ju for the club" this past week.
Thanks to Tony & Cindy, the Committee and crew for a great time. We appreciated all the hospitality and extra attention given us. Having David walk the trail with us was a nice touch and surely saved us additional carnage. I am eternally grateful to Mudrak for supplying me with he right parts to fix me up the first time, and the parts and labor the second. Thanks to Tien Do for the knuckle bearings. I will replenish your supplies. Thanks to Mark A. for the carb work. I think it's time for a new fuel tank. And thanks to Jim Adams for the bumper repair job in the staging area before I even hit the trail! Tony, I think your exit strategy was fine. Sorry I put a little kink in it.
As always, it was great to see old friends, and make some new ones.
I also want to thank my fellow Rising Sun members who I thoroughly enjoyed traveling and hanging with, and who were there for me when I needed some help.
I've already got a few upgrades in the works. I'll be back, better prepared next time.
Thanks to Tony & Cindy, the Committee and crew for a great time. We appreciated all the hospitality and extra attention given us. Having David walk the trail with us was a nice touch and surely saved us additional carnage. I am eternally grateful to Mudrak for supplying me with he right parts to fix me up the first time, and the parts and labor the second. Thanks to Tien Do for the knuckle bearings. I will replenish your supplies. Thanks to Mark A. for the carb work. I think it's time for a new fuel tank. And thanks to Jim Adams for the bumper repair job in the staging area before I even hit the trail! Tony, I think your exit strategy was fine. Sorry I put a little kink in it.
As always, it was great to see old friends, and make some new ones.
I also want to thank my fellow Rising Sun members who I thoroughly enjoyed traveling and hanging with, and who were there for me when I needed some help.
I've already got a few upgrades in the works. I'll be back, better prepared next time.
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no worries Chris, all part of the adventure. For me personally, having Rising Sun attend in force, and more importantly... enjoy themselves, the trail and the event, is what I will remember the most from the Hall of Fame run. Having attended CM so many times, It was nice to share our premier CA event with you guys and gals.
By the way, I had the best time at CM this year. Hope you folks can say the same about Rubithon!
By the way, I had the best time at CM this year. Hope you folks can say the same about Rubithon!
Absolutely, Tony. You went out with a bang!! Sounds like a few more of our guys that didn't make it this year are thinking about going out next year.
Speaking of bang...what the hell was that every night?
Pighead has one of those highly sought-after Official Rubithon aprons...slightly used, near-mint condition (still has the tag on it...). What's it worth to you woody?
Yes Chef!
Rumor has it that that was part of Tony's exit strategy! In the middle of the night random Tards lost their trucks in a flash! No tard...no problem! ;p
Oh...that's what happened to the white wrangler camping next to us then. I woke up one morning and it was just gone.
Maybe that's what happened to the unfortunate Heep that got towed through the middle of the raffle. DOH!
No worries, glad I could be of service. I know that I've gained a tremendous amount of knowledge over the trip and I know my daughters have a much greater respect for what it takes to take on such an adventure. They became "seasoned" off-roaders also...