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Weekend - was Gettin ready for the weekend!
Man, what a gooey, sloppy mess.
Looks like a pretty place but I'm fairly certain that I wouldn't like it quite as muddy. Some mud is a blast, but all mud kinda makes it work. Thanks for posting the pics Jenn. My favorite is the one with Mudball and your buddy, showing your custom mud stripes. Kate "jbjeep" > wrote in message ... http://jbjeep.terahex.com/Elbe08/Elbe08.htm On Tue, 27 May 2008 09:04:31 -0500, "Kate" > wrote: >>Sounds like quite a workout. >> >>Our group petered out. It turns out that Rough Country is having a fun run >>on the 6th of June, everyone changed their minds and decided LAST minute >>to >>wait till then. >> >>I suppose it wasn't a bad thing, I heard some funny noises under mine and >>Dick crawled under it. Turns out that there was a couple of issues under >>there that may have really scred something up if they had come loose on >>the >>trail. >> >>I dont mind so much because we generally try to avoid doing anything on >>three day weekends anyway. Too much booze, too many idiots. >>In the neantime, I have everything ready to go except the food bax. That's >>not so bad! >> >>I'm looking forward to seeing your photos! >> >>K. >> >>"jbjeep" > wrote in message . .. >>>>I had to laugh when you said geocaches, I forgot that it's all YOUR >>>>fault >>>>that I even got into it. >>>>I got my GPS and my PDA all loaded up this afternoon. We'll have to swap >>>>lies when we get back. >>>> >>>>Have fun Jenn... I'll hop a rock in your honor >>>>You sling some mud for me. >> >>We only managed to hit two caches. Just dropped some bugs and coins. It >>was fun >>tho. 5 of us piled into one truck and went out for a couple of hours on >>Sunday. >> >>Saturday we headed up to Elbe Hills, OMFG!!!! I now remember why I dont >>like to >>wheel on holidays! There must have been several hundred people up there. >>Luckily, >>most of them didnt seem equipt to be on the trail we were running. It was >>wet, >>slimey, and disgusting (also double diamond trail). The second set of mud >>holes were >>deeper than the top of the tub in one spot. All went well, just lots of >>winching and >>things until later in the day... when I got stretched out going down a >>rock >>with a >>3-4 foot drop, then about 10 feet of mud, then you climb up a knarly root >>wad... >>well, 1/2 way up the root wad the Jeep dies. Everything works except the >>gas gauge >>and it wont start. It cranks and tries, but no go. The guys dink around >>a >>while. >>Figure I must have screwed up when filling it (and not gotten a full >>tank), >>so we >>siphone 3 gallons out of another rig and put it in mine. No luck. We >>finally got >>the rig pulled back out of the hole, and to the bypass that was only a few >>feet >>behind it. Started down that with one guy pulling me front the front and >>another >>hitched on the back, no power brakes and no power steering. I made it all >>of maybe >>50 feet before getting caught by a tree. This obviously was not going to >>work. The >>bypass is narrow and very very twisty. So we stop to look at stuff >>underneath now >>that we are in a "dryer" spot (rather than 6" of mud - everything was wet, >>it stormed >>and howled and poured and there was lightening all weekend). Lucky for me >>Robin is >>the one who crawled under to look. After much thought and conversation he >>was able >>to find the problem, where an electrical connector had pulled apart - >>obviously the >>one to the gas gauge and the fuel pump. He also was the only one of us >>who >>could >>have reached it easily. He popped it back together and the Jeep fired >>right >>up and >>was fine the whole way back to camp.... we got in about midnight. It was >>just >>getting dark when we got off the trail, but then we had to get down the >>mountain and >>had an hours drive back to our camp once we hit the highways. We went >>thru >>a lot of >>big parties on our way out, lots of kids and boozing, I hope no one ended >>up >>hurt >>this weekend. After that the only trouble I had was discovering a flat >>tire >>on the >>Jeep when I went to load it up this morning. I will have to fix that >>soon. >>The >>truck and trailer worked like a champ and it was delightful to just pull >>in >>and let >>everything sit while I got a shower and stuff. In fact, I will probably >>just leave >>the Jeep on the trailer and the trailer hitched up because in 4 weeks we >>head out for >>the Fordyce trail and the Rubicon trail. >> >>I'll try to get pics up by the weekend... >>-jenn >> |
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