Miller Jeep Trail 5/30/10

[Desert Dog]

Well its really finally open!!!

There was about 30 loosely affiliated rigs that showed up for this run. Some Calmini rigs, some infectious Jeeps, Some JKO Jeeps, Some JK Adventure Jeeps, Some CI4x4 club, some Frazier Park jeeps, and some folks that just heard about it and wanted to go. There really wasn't much organization to the affair, folks just broke off into groups of a few jeeps and ran it at their own pace, which worked out really well.

As before, the trail was pretty easy. A stock Jeep that carefully picked their lines can make it with little trouble. Being that the trail has been closed for over a year, coupled with one of the wettest winter/springs in a long time, I expected the trail to be very rutted and overgrown. This was not the case; as a matter of fact, the trail looked very well traveled. With all of the rigs on the trail, this was definitely one of the dustiest runs I had been on in a while.

In order to satisfy the appetites of those that wanted play on something more challenging, most of the group headed over to the Hungry Valley 4x4 practice area to run the sluice box and rock climb.

The whole infectious crew went through the sluice box, while the JK Adventure crew was doing the rock climb. Brad ran up the rock climb, and after finally settling on a spotter and finding the right line, I also ran up it successfully. A guy in a Rubi that joined our group (sorry, forgot his name) also had a good run up it.

We had a great time and met a lot of new people.

Damage observed; Broken hydro steer line, overheating trans, bent Fox Shock

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[Desert Dog]

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[VICTORG93307]

Darn it I was in pismo, wish i could of made it.

[Mickey]

I seen u victor... I was the big red diesel that honked at you... lol I wavied... lol

[TJer]

you for got me in the dameg report melted gas tank

[VICTORG93307]

I saw and waived at you, I tried honking but my horn didn't honk I gotta check the fuse on it. How was it for you guys at pismo? The weather was perfect wasn't windy at all and it was nice and warm. We had to stay in a bed and breakfast for the first time ever needless to say there was a bed but breakfast was knowhere to be seen.

[Desert Dog]

[quote="TJer"]you for got me in the dameg report melted gas tank[/quote]

Melted Fuel tank!!! Was it because of your new exhaust?

Your very lucky that nothing bad happened.

[Dirt Princess]

I was from JKA and wanted to say nice meeting you all! Good day at Miller, perfect weather and amount of fun! Hope to see you all again.

[abendx]

Melted fuel tank... when did that happen and how did we get you off the trail without gas??

Dirt Princess... welcome to Infectious. I am guessing you're the girl with the pink spyder?

I have a lot of video that I need to go through and Christian took a bunch of stills that I am trying to get from him. I'll upload some video soon, but in the mean time, here are a couple of stills I pulled out of the video. I will spare you all from Christian's surprise. Not sure why, but he decided to show off his nuts while Chris was climbing that last rock climb in Hungry Valley. It is rather disgusting and I guess it proves out my point about boys in the Navy.

Aside from Christian's balls... the only downer to this trip is that we ran with members of Kim Jong-il's Army. The upside is that we may have educated these few poor souls to the truth. Time will tell.

And... to the pictures.

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[abendx]

A few more...

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[abendx]

And more......

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[VICTORG93307]

[quote="abendx"]A few more...

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Look at Desert Dog posing for a photo shoot on the third pic. Hes got the whole male model thing down.

[VICTORG93307]

Its the pic where hes under his jeep.

[Desert Dog]

[quote="VICTORG93307"]Look at Desert Dog posing for a photo shoot on the third pic. Hes got the whole male model thing down. [/quote]

Trust me, the sound byte is way better than the picture.

[VICTORG93307]

what happend did you break something??

[abendx]

[quote="desert dog"][quote="VICTORG93307"]Look at Desert Dog posing for a photo shoot on the third pic. Hes got the whole male model thing down. [/quote]

Trust me, the sound byte is way better than the picture.[/quote]

Does the sound byte matter much here???

I doubt it.... but you never know where people hate North Korea.

[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4-ABs9eJK8[/url]

[VICTORG93307]

This is the pic that i was talking about desert dog possing in the background.
A famous quote comes to mind.

"Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?"

[TJer]

[quote="desert dog"][quote="TJer"]you for got me in the dameg report melted gas tank[/quote]

Melted Fuel tank!!! Was it because of your new exhaust?

Your very lucky that nothing bad happened.[/quote]
ya it came upart and melted it it had to have hapend on the way home big hole in it

[TheBigDogg]

[quote="TJer"][quote="desert dog"][quote="TJer"]you for got me in the dameg report melted gas tank[/quote]

Melted Fuel tank!!! Was it because of your new exhaust?

Your very lucky that nothing bad happened.[/quote]
ya it came upart and melted it it had to have hapend on the way home big hole in it [/quote]


we want pics!!!

[abendx]

TJer.... I wanted to thank you for helping me out of that hole. I am not sure I thanked you on the trail or not?

[abendx]

More pics (Christian's camera).....

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[abendx]

More...
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[abendx]

Few more....

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[abendx]

Even more....
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[abendx]

And lastly.... the most important pic of the trip..... The Little Pizza Eater!

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Whom looks to be dreaming of pizza!