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Had fun today, got to see some old friends, and take Waterwagon3 out for it's first actually challenging day off pavement :lol: (wouldn't have been if I had decent tires...) But anyway- here are all the photos -

 

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Thanks for the fun time everyone!

 

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more pics in a little bit....

 

Oh, and along the way home I went offroad on a little hill climb, and sorta bent up my exhaust system... it was... uhh... dragging on the ground whenever I hit bumps or dips in the road all the way home, so when I got to my neighborhood auto parts store, I crawled under the car and hack-sawed the muffler right off and took it in to size up the pipe for a cherry bomb and adapter fittings! (although, need to re-arrange things under there so it fits without hanging down so low this time..) so I have open exhaust for now till its fixed! haha

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Nice pics guys. That last one is me trying to pull Jesse up the hill. :lol:

 

My favorits pic that I took. Can you tell we were having a good time? (Keep in mind, Bill is 6'6, that's a TALL car!)

 

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20 rigs in all, here's most of them.

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If Bill is 6'6, then I'm 6'5 :eek:

 

Anyone get stuck on the way down waiting for the tree cutters?

It looked like a group of local(?) snowmobilers took it upon themselves to take down trees along the road if they looked like they were going to fall.

I was behind our Ms Congeniality Forest Ranger and she was out helping move branches. So I guess it was approved, just rotten timing :rolleyes:

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Thank you everyone who came out. It was a great group this year. The weather had us scared at first but it turned out to be a great day.

 

Thank you to Naomi and Craig for being good sports. Those there know why!!

 

A new group this year made this a fun event. My wife commented that there were only a few familiar faces at first. Thanks again to our old and new friends for joining us on our little annual winter adventure!!

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It was a fun time up there met some new folks and ran into a some of the folks I havn't seen in years. Next year I'm bringing Butters or what ever car might replace butters, it wasnt too much fun in a Stock brat, I forgot just how low they are...........:)

 

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Nice pics guys. That last one is me trying to pull Jesse up the hill.

Yeah, what you can't see in the pic is my tires spinning backwards.:grin:

 

Here's some of my pics.

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Here's Eric (right before he "pulled" me up the hill):rolleyes::lol:

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Found a great veiw where we went sleding up FR7010.

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Hey Ken did you of anyone else happen to find a boot at the gravel pit before you left? My brother Josh thinks it might have fell out of his truck while he was there.

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Little late to the party here, but better late than never!

 

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone who helped get me unstuck! :rolleyes: I hate being that guy :mad: Oh well :)

 

Lessons learned: You NEED good tires if you don't want to get stuck, trust me! Second lesson, I should have installed my paddle shifters and DCCD knob. Then I could do 2nd gear starts and lock up my AWD. I was not able to do that so that kinda hindered me. So I should have installed those before heading up there.

 

Next year I will have my 3" SJR lift installed with some 27" Bighorns, so traction and clearence shouldn't be an issue! I should also have my paddle shifter setup installed, so hopefully I won't be that guy again! Maybe I will be able to stay longer too if I am not so tired from working GY, meh. :-\

 

It was great meeting everyone and being able to put a face to the name. Thanks again Qman, Zap, Turbone, and anyone else involved with setting this up, it was fun! Hope to see you all next year!

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