While I want to caution how we exclaim how fun Rubithon was, I think we should recount the event from the How Lucky We Were aspect.
The Friday before Rubithon, I seriously doubted our ability to pull this event off. Thanks to my excellent trail committee and the experience they bring to the event, along with a fast melt these last few days, we were able to safely enter Rubicon Springs.
As James notes, the trail was as tough as its ever been and claimed 3 third members, one solid flop (to just mention a few), and I joked it was the largest Double Locker Run ever had at 74 trucks (74 registered trucks made it in)!!
Fortunately no one was hurt in all the wheeling TLCA members did this year at Rubithon, and despite the limited event activities due to the snow conditions, everyone seemed to have a good time meeting and socializing in the Springs.
I want to thank everyone who attended or helped or worked or offered parts or offered a strap or offered a spot or got their gloves dirty tossing a rock or bought a raffle ticket or cooked me a meal or bought a T-shirt or ran for parts or got a ticket or ran back for camping gear or lead a run or pulled some cable or tossed a bottle of water or tossed a log on the fire or tossed a shrimp on the barbie or pitched a tent or .... said hello, smiled and waved.
Thank you Dave Thomas! We all owe you the most heart felt thanks for the time and effort you personally put into making this years Rubithon a success. While I held the microphone, it was you who did the work.
Thanks everyone for making what seemed to be a losing situation into a most excellent time spent with friends on one of the most wonderful trails the Sierra Nevada has to offer.
While I have some near term plans afoot for Aug 19 - 22nd (keep that weekend free), I can say I look forward to applying some Lessons Learned from this years Rubithon towards next year.
I want to post this link to the PMC forum and of Dion's truck... (#154 on page 8)
https://forum.ih8mud.com/ca-pacific-mountain-cruisers/365441-rubithon-10-whos-8.html#post5646817