swamp lake run
Posted: August 5th, 2014, 6:21 amwe were off to a good start, it looked as if we would get out of town on time, and then:
just as i'm walking out of my office door, "dirt mover's" girl friend sends me a text>>
"rob is in the hospital, and won't be making the run" (rob is the only guy going, who knows where the trails are
)
We are an adventurous group,, so we struck out on our own
[color=#40FF00]first[/color] we leave "micky's" rig at a truckstop> death wobble
too crazy to carry on
i had copied a hand drawn map of the trails off the internet, which gave us the trail number
9S09, that just happened to be the trail that dirt mover sent us to camp on, so we figured
we had this.
nothing went smooth after that:
our first mistake friday morning>>> my buddy says he has all of the trails marked on his
GPS, so we follow IT,, rather than the signs posted for the trail heads
(fucking drunk people
)
after driving in circles for hours, i was getting impatient and just started running up trails, most of which were dead ends. lorax ends up hitting a rut going to fast and smashes his tie rod in to his oil pan>> he's out for the remainder of the weekend.
we finally get back to camp> eat, have cocktails, and calm down.
that afternoon, after speaking to some rangers, we found some FUN>>> [color=#40FF00]the mirror lake trail.[/color] we only did a small portion of this trail since the only other rig still running, besides mine, was a stock toy pickup with one locker.
Saturday morning we got a late start
after breakfast, we ran into town for some much needed supplies
then headed out to swamp> just me, and the stock toyota (4 guys and a dog)
we took the stock toy as far as we dare, left it on the side of the trail, stuck the dog up front between bruces feet, and put the other 2 guys on top of my ice chest, hanging on to my cage
and off we went.
we must have gone 2 to 3 hundred more feet up the trail, when my new "short throw" shifter broke off just under the floor> stuck in 3rd.
we managed to get her turned around, and headed back to camp> drunk ourselves to sleep, woke up early, packed up and hauled ass.
it was all,, just bad timing>> there is some very good wheelin up there, great scenery.
I WILL BE GOING BACK
pics and vid to come
just as i'm walking out of my office door, "dirt mover's" girl friend sends me a text>>
"rob is in the hospital, and won't be making the run" (rob is the only guy going, who knows where the trails are
)We are an adventurous group,, so we struck out on our own
[color=#40FF00]first[/color] we leave "micky's" rig at a truckstop> death wobble
too crazy to carry on
i had copied a hand drawn map of the trails off the internet, which gave us the trail number
9S09, that just happened to be the trail that dirt mover sent us to camp on, so we figured
we had this.
nothing went smooth after that:
our first mistake friday morning>>> my buddy says he has all of the trails marked on his
GPS, so we follow IT,, rather than the signs posted for the trail heads
(fucking drunk people
)after driving in circles for hours, i was getting impatient and just started running up trails, most of which were dead ends. lorax ends up hitting a rut going to fast and smashes his tie rod in to his oil pan>> he's out for the remainder of the weekend.
we finally get back to camp> eat, have cocktails, and calm down.
that afternoon, after speaking to some rangers, we found some FUN>>> [color=#40FF00]the mirror lake trail.[/color] we only did a small portion of this trail since the only other rig still running, besides mine, was a stock toy pickup with one locker.
Saturday morning we got a late start
after breakfast, we ran into town for some much needed supplies
then headed out to swamp> just me, and the stock toyota (4 guys and a dog)
we took the stock toy as far as we dare, left it on the side of the trail, stuck the dog up front between bruces feet, and put the other 2 guys on top of my ice chest, hanging on to my cage
and off we went.we must have gone 2 to 3 hundred more feet up the trail, when my new "short throw" shifter broke off just under the floor> stuck in 3rd.
we managed to get her turned around, and headed back to camp> drunk ourselves to sleep, woke up early, packed up and hauled ass.
it was all,, just bad timing>> there is some very good wheelin up there, great scenery.
I WILL BE GOING BACK
pics and vid to come
. Still better than a day at work though 
