This was a fun day! Perfect weather, killer trail, and nice friends. Dang....I was really lucky. I knew everyone!
Being the trip leader sucked today. On the first obstacle I mangled my Lexus on a huge rock. That scared Alvin from trying (sorry buddy!) and I can understand why. I even dented the sheet metal!
Rod in his 100-series Cruiser and our Jeepers, Lonnie and Helen did great:
I promised wheel-lifts. Here's Alvin:
I promised steep grades:
I promised excitement though Alvin got more than he asked for on this very tough climb. He almost flopped. I stopped him then backed him on down and after several attempts he made it up safely. He was sweatin' it out but his daughter Zoe kept her cool.
Next up was Rod. He drove up before we could get a decent shot. Poo poo on you Rod! :gunt: I must say...Rod's driving and his 100-series made easy work of this difficult trail. My 80-series with 7" list had one thing going for it over Rod's 100......it was tippier!
Then it turns out that Lonnie didn't want Alvin to get all the attention so Lonnie pulled this manuever out of his seat in that same spot:
Trust me...Lonnie almost rolled that Jeep! Helen ran into the same troubles and she was smart :costumed-smiley-007 she took a strap. (Sorry Lonnie...I just had to drill ya!)
OK.....so we're on our way back down.....Alvin....Alvin....he got swallowed again by that huge washout. He couldn't back up so for safety's sake Rod winched him down with his 100.
After lining him back up, I spotted him down and Alvin took his instruction perfectly. (Now if I could have only done the same by that huge rock that bit me).
Rod straddled that hole perfectly. No surpises on his decent.
Coming down another hill. It's very steep and there's this one sharp turn. Go PS and all is well (Alvin). Go DS and all is wheel lift (Rod).
Then the ROCKY return to the trailhead:
And lastly....who would run that crack the opposite way?
NOT SHOTTS!
NOT ALVIN!
NOT ROD!
Lonnie and Helen put on a Jeeping Event showing us their RTI scores of 256985223. They made it look EZ!
Thanks again to everybody for coming out. It was a great trip for us as we won't be out for a bit due to Becky's foot surgery (BOO!). I still have Wlaking Sticks and Grasshoppers inside the Lexus. I gotta run now....need a new rear tail light. The Sutherland bit me!
Being the trip leader sucked today. On the first obstacle I mangled my Lexus on a huge rock. That scared Alvin from trying (sorry buddy!) and I can understand why. I even dented the sheet metal!
Rod in his 100-series Cruiser and our Jeepers, Lonnie and Helen did great:
I promised wheel-lifts. Here's Alvin:
I promised steep grades:
I promised excitement though Alvin got more than he asked for on this very tough climb. He almost flopped. I stopped him then backed him on down and after several attempts he made it up safely. He was sweatin' it out but his daughter Zoe kept her cool.
Next up was Rod. He drove up before we could get a decent shot. Poo poo on you Rod! :gunt: I must say...Rod's driving and his 100-series made easy work of this difficult trail. My 80-series with 7" list had one thing going for it over Rod's 100......it was tippier!
Then it turns out that Lonnie didn't want Alvin to get all the attention so Lonnie pulled this manuever out of his seat in that same spot:
Trust me...Lonnie almost rolled that Jeep! Helen ran into the same troubles and she was smart :costumed-smiley-007 she took a strap. (Sorry Lonnie...I just had to drill ya!)
OK.....so we're on our way back down.....Alvin....Alvin....he got swallowed again by that huge washout. He couldn't back up so for safety's sake Rod winched him down with his 100.
After lining him back up, I spotted him down and Alvin took his instruction perfectly. (Now if I could have only done the same by that huge rock that bit me).
Rod straddled that hole perfectly. No surpises on his decent.
Coming down another hill. It's very steep and there's this one sharp turn. Go PS and all is well (Alvin). Go DS and all is wheel lift (Rod).
Then the ROCKY return to the trailhead:
And lastly....who would run that crack the opposite way?
NOT SHOTTS!
NOT ALVIN!
NOT ROD!
Lonnie and Helen put on a Jeeping Event showing us their RTI scores of 256985223. They made it look EZ!
Thanks again to everybody for coming out. It was a great trip for us as we won't be out for a bit due to Becky's foot surgery (BOO!). I still have Wlaking Sticks and Grasshoppers inside the Lexus. I gotta run now....need a new rear tail light. The Sutherland bit me!
It's the hottest Cruiser Series on the planet!
