Snow Run / Mud Hole Photos (56k needs to upgrade)

[samo]

Yesterday, Eric, Ken, Matt, and I cruised up to Greenwater to play in the dirt and the snow.

 

Group photo at the top of one of the pits. Ken is in his Brat, Eric in the Impreza, Matt in his Legacy, and I'm in the EA82.

 

Matt hits the puddle

 

Me trying to climb a rock wall... not going to happen without low range and a lift

 

So we mobbed up and down a few trails, until both Ken and Matt punctured a tire on some sharp rocks. I was able to loan Ken my spare snow tire, so he could still play, but Matt only had a donut. So we left Matt's car and the Explorer carrying a couple of Eric's friends that we met up with up on the mountain, and cruised back up to the top.

 

Eric climing the snow wall

 

Ken climing the snow wall. I eventually made it to the top too, but say goodbye to my clutch ...

 

So we all cruised back down the mountain at this point. Eric went home, and I followed Ken back to his house to get a replacement wheel.

 

But wait... what's this?

MUD HOLE!

 

YAY FOR MUD!

 

It was time to bring out the big guns.

Ken and I went back to his place (thanks for the wheels, by the way), and he welded up a spot on the BEAST.

 

Unfortunately, it was too dark to take good photos of the mudding...

...but here's the aftermath

 

Ken even gave me a ride in the beast, which, I have to say, is probably the most fun I've had in a long time. That thing is incredible.

[ezapar]

Thanks for the photos Samo. That was indeed a blast yesterday. The impreza is good and dirty. Bummer I messed the pumpkin patch fun.

 

Also sorry I didn't say goodbye. But I looked up and saw Brian and Kelly so I jumped in to catch them. And did.

 

And it's Eric

[samo]

Sorry about the misspelling. Fixed .

 

You missed out on a hell of a lot of fun at the pumpkin patch. Ken's Brat is a blast.

 

Thanks again for the awesome time. My wagon is so filthy it's funny.

[Qman]

The blue beast belongs to a friend of mine named Tom. He runs Aerofab.com

 

That is mostly a Ford Ranger. It has complete air bag suspension on it. It made very light work of the mud hole the first couple times through. But after the owner decided too many people were making it through he added about 10-15 yards of dirt/mud to the run making the main part of the bog nearly unpassible. Tom got stuck the first time and made it the second. I went in and made it about 2/3 of the way before getting stuck. $10.00 to the owner for the extraction. The second attempt was a success. I made it to about the same place I got stuck the first time and started to bog down. I quickly hit reverse and cleared a bit of the mud and then hit it hard going forward. Much to the surprise of everyone it made it through.

 

After that we went out and killed some pumpkins. Rear wheel drive is great for that sort of thing. There were all sorts of rigs there from Tom's completely radical Ford, a crew cab Ford with at least 48's to stock Dodges and Jeeps and such. It should be open at least one more week. Stock and lifted Subes will have a blast in the pumpkin patch but attempting the mud bog would be suicide for most, if not all.

 

BTW, the reason we were running amock in the pumpkin patch was they had a hay ride there. After all the rain and such the very large John Deere tractor pulling the trailer got stuck then the dozer got stuck trying to pull out the JD. They finally managed to pull them both out with yet a bigger piece of machinery. One of the emplytees stated that he could make it through with his 4X4. The owner said he'd give him $100.00 he couldn't but that if he got stuck he would have to pay $10.00 to get pulled out. The word spread and it was a serious show after that.

 

Unfortunately, I was a bit busy driving and it got a bit too dark to shoot good pics but you'll have to take our word on it.

[Snowman]

Looks like you guys were having way too much fun!