Three Dudes, One Truck - Rubicon or Bust

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great read and write up! I really look forward to the day I get to take my son on an epic trip like this!
 
Nooo Not The End! say it aint so!

Make up some s*** and keep posting up!

Great trip man!
 
Great write-up Cam. Very nice seeing the East Coast depiction of what most people out west take for granted.

Seeing the vistas that you spoke of so eloquently day-in, day-out, we take it for granted.

Definitely a return trip is necessary. But not to Rubithon. We need to do the Dusy-Ershim trip that Andy puts together every August or so. I went this past year and Dusy "blows away" the Rubicon trail.

:cheers:
 
beno said:
Definitely a return trip is necessary. But not to Rubithon. We need to do the Dusy-Ershim trip that Andy puts together every August or so. I went this past year and Dusy "blows away" the Rubicon trail.

:cheers:
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Duuuude....

I smell another trip brewing!
 
beno said:
...Very nice seeing the East Coast depiction of what most people out west take for granted.

Seeing the vistas that you spoke of so eloquently day-in, day-out, we take it for granted...
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It also made me appreciate what I take for granted - trees. And the best part about them - shade.

When I woke up the first time in my own bed, and there wasn't blinding sun streaming in the window, I thought I was in a tropical jungle.

Speaking of the vistas, I was dizzy, seasick almost, for three days when I got back. I think it had to do with having an infinite view for two weeks (being able to see all the way to the horizon), and suddenly having to focus only on things up close. Weird.

It was about two weeks before I quit waking up thinking I was still traveling.
 
FJ60Cam said:
Ige and Pighead are standing nearby, watching and warming up beers with their hands, covered head to toe in oil and grease. Later we'll find out that is what they normally look like, no idea if they were actually helping or not.

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That's such a great quote i just had to stop my reading to quote it... now i will go back to finishing your report!! :bounce::clap::popcorn:
 
So who was that blonde!!! Wowwwserr

That was such a great write-up Cameron! It was a pleasure meeting you and your crew. We had a great time as well and there is no way i can write up my experience as eloquently as you have. My dad really enjoyed hanging with your dad.

Also i commend you on your trip dedication. My old man and I started getting tired after we left Moab and were just focused on getting home. We blew past a lot of cool things that i kind of wish we stopped for at least a picture.

I echo your comments about the views. They are just amazing out there and Huge!

Caddillac Hill was epic. I got a real nice door ding from one of those boulders. It will remain a memory with the truck.
 
concretejungle said:
That's such a great quote i just had to stop my reading to quote it... now i will go back to finishing your report!! :bounce::clap::popcorn:
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LOL

When I dropped by to see the progress they were both sitting in camp chairs.

I guess warming beers by hand is hard on you.

Great write up Cam, I thurougly enjoyed it. It was great wheeling with you guys.
 
Great story. It was good to meet you on the trail. Somehow I missed the wagon exit up Cadillac Hill, Not sure if I was in front of or behind the group. I stole some of your pictures (especially the ones of the kids on the rocks in the springs).
 
You sir, are one awesome dad.

You have seen more of my home state in two weeks than I have in my 19 years on this planet, not to mention all the other sites outside of California along the way. I have no doubt your son is going to be dreaming of the next roadtrip with dad for years to come, and will undoubtedly look back on this trip decades from now with nothing short of reverence for what it took to do a trip like this.

This was one hell of a read and I'm glad I took the time to get through it all, it was well worth it. ...Except now you've got me wanting to build up my 60 and do the Rubithon with my dad! :doh:


The part with HWY 395 really got me thinking about my next trip, I love that road, and I especially have a soft spot for the Bridgeport area. My family has been camping there since I was like 4 years old, and my Dad has been camping there with my grandparents since he was about 4 years old, and at the same campground to boot!

There was a picture you had in there from Yosemite of your dad and your son standing near the gravel sandbar in the middle of the river; it put a smile on my face right when I saw it. There is a picture in our home office of my Mom, younger brother, and I standing in out on what I think is the same sandbar when we were 3 or 4 years old. :)


Untitled by Darrell Vaughn, on Flickr




PS: Who has the skinny on that DV trip... I'm game.
 
Stole some pics from The Black Hand...

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nice pics!

I wanna have my Bday on the Rubicon Trail toooo!

who owns the silver 40?
 
FJ60Cam said:
At some point in the day, Alvaro comes around trying to wrangle up another team for the Rock Chef Competition. He hears me joke about my WAG bag chili and starts trying to talk me in to participating. I explain that this is all I have to enter, and haven't planned to enter and couldn't make the other two food entries if I wanted.

He pairs me up with Chad, who is in the same boat. He has some crazy bloomin' onion recipe that he's gonna serve in an aluminum foil birfield (the food has to be Landcruiser related.) Awesome, but we still don't have a dessert.

We take inventory of our supplies and find a pouch of biscuit mix, some brown sugar, and a can of peaches. BAM. Peach Cobbler. DONE. We are gonna win this thing.

I get to thinking... I don't have enough chili to serve the five judges and Alvaro. I look around in my kitchen box and find a can of chili left over from our New Year's Ride. I left it in there to be used only in an emergency.

This classifies as an emergency.




Fast forward to the event...



I'm not sure what we were thinking.

Chad and I are both first timers to Alvaro's "Chef" competitions and had no idea what we are up against. The other teams have obviously been planning for months. They look like they are just took the weekend off from their full time chef jobs just to compete in some competition in the mountains. They even have uniforms. We're also competing against Ross Woody, who cooks the tri-tip (for 200 people) at the raffle dinner. Guess what he's cooking... tri-tip. This is not looking good.

We get to work. Chad gets his onion started, and I find some extra mystery meat to add to the chili. I pour in the canned chili and my leftovers while nobody is looking. Everything has to be made on the spot, so we aren't really sure if this is a legal move or not:D

Meanwhile the competition is serving up food to the judges. Stuff like asparagus spears with mashed potatoes and pork tenderloin, Hamburgers & onion rings, tri-tip, stuff like that.






(pics stolen from Fast Eddy)





Then Chad's onion creation is ready, and it BLOWS. THE. JUDGES. MINDS. The other teams fight back by bribing the judges with booze.

My chili is about ready, so we serve it up in an honest-to-goodness WAG bag! BAM! Presentation Points!

Desserts start coming out and some of them look they were flown in for the event.

In the end, we came in third place, only a few points behind second. At least we didn't come in last. Not bad for some canned goods and leftovers. And only a few hours of planning.

If only we had brought some booze...
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I'm still waiting for the onion recipe, IT ROCKED!!!!!!!:bounce::bounce2::clap::beer:
 
Great write up Cameron. I'm really glad you and your family enjoyed yourselves. You are a bad a$$ dad for doing all that with your son and I bet it meant the world to your dad to be with you both! Looking forward to seeing you in 2015!
 
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