Three Dudes, One Truck - Rubicon or Bust

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Originally I had been planning on going in with Georg. Since the few interested CLC'ers had dropped out long ago, he suggested that I take a look at the Wagon Run. The pace is slower, I'll be with "my kind", and it is more family friendly. But, he'll still drag me through if I want.

Picturing a parade of buggies, monster trucks, hookers, meth, pirate skulls, black knee-high socks and flatbillers, I decide to give Cruiserdrew a holler. He said to send in my resume, some references, and an oil sample. After a lengthy background investigation, he gives me the go ahead to sign up with his run.

I've have already read every possible thread on 'mud, and read every 'Trails article on the Rubicon, but I still didn't know exactly what to expect. Somewhere I stumbled across this old video of some wagons on the Rubicon...

http://vimeo.com/6503377

I still didn't know what to expect. If you read Pirate, the Rubicon is a paved highway with only Grandmas in Buicks to slow you down. And the week before, the trail was made even easier to film some silly Jeep commercial and earn some Trail Rated merit badges. If you read some parts of 'Mud, it's one of the hardest trails on the planet, and to expect major body damage, and if the thought of body damage scares you, STAY HOME.
 
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We are there, but we still aren't quite sure where we are going. We know we are looking for a bunch of wagons. We keep on driving around the lake until we see some trucks on the biggest slab of granite we have ever seen. It almost looks like it is covered with snow.

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We drop down to the bottom, but I decide to hike over to ask where we are supposed to set up camp for the night. I also wanted to see what I'd be driving on first - it looked pretty off camber and, with all of our recently added weight, I didn't want to flop in front of our new friends before hitting the trail.

We ask around and are told to just find the flattest place we can. The whole slab is open for camping. This is quite different from what we're used to. There is absolutely zero dirt to drive tent stakes into.

We find a pretty flat spot and set up the tent. It is a challenge because the wind is starting to pick up and it tries to blow our tent off the mountain. We have to place rocks and gear on it until we have it set up, and the we tie it all down with big rocks instead of stakes.

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I was very thankful that there were some other kids there. Andrew found them immediately and promptly took off...

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We found a granite countertop upon which to cook our
dinner - hot dogs and chips. Hot dogs isn't quite an accurate description of how these tasted. Tonight we were eating Tube Steaks, by Gawd :grinpimp: (but we forgot to buy buns)

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The sun was setting, and the temperature was plummeting along with it. I believe the low was around 30 that night.

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awesome writing and pictures.

What a cool journey for 3 generations to experience together. :beer:
 
FJ60Cam said:
Tonight we were eating Tube Steaks, by Gawd :grinpimp:
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Yep! can definitely tell you've been to cali. Good read, keep it up! cool to hear about it from someone like yourself who traveled so far and need to plan and prep for so long. And not really knowing 100% what your getting into. A lot of us here really do take it for granite. hehe
 
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Yep! can definitely tell you've been to cali. Good read, keep it up! cool to hear about it from someone like yourself who traveled so far and need to plan and prep for so long. And not really knowing 100% what your getting into. A lot of us here really do take it for granite. hehe
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Thanks :cheers:

I'd take it for granite too, if I lived anywhere within a days drive!

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Day Five - Weds 6/19

Sunrise! We've survived the night! Gotta hurry up and get the camp tore down and back in the truck, throw some calories in the boy, and take advantage of our one last "nice" :)lol:) restroom. The wagon train is leaving promptly at 0800.

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We have our driver meeting with Cruiserdrew where he briefs us on the FOUR WHOLE MILES we'll be traveling today. We have a pretty big group, ten to fifteen trucks, but he's confident we can make good time.

I'm a little skeptical - whenever I've been in a group this big the trail usually turns into a parking lot.

We fall in between the designated front, middle, and tailgunners, and head down the backside of the slabs.

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SHUSH said:
awesome writing and pictures.

What a cool journey for 3 generations to experience together. :beer:
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Thanks! Probably the coolest trip I've taken.
 
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