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Getting close to dinner time. On
our way back up out of the valley, heading away from the Tree
Stand, we decided to take a small side trail that Jeff Scouted
out and reported back that it reconnected back up with the
main trail. It wasn't too over grown and looked
passable. So we headed down. Behind Jeff, Paul in
his CJ5 with front and rear lockers turning 33" Super
Swamper Boggers, serious Mud Tires, had no trouble climbing up
the couple hundred feet of soft, grassy trail. I on the
other hand had to apply moderate amounts of throttle to ascend
the hill. My Super Swamper SSRs had broke the grass loose and
under the grass was soft, slimy mud. Heading up hill,
trying to get over logs with slimy mud covering everything
made quite a challenge. In a few of the shots it looks
like I had a tire or two off the ground as the Jeep bucked
bronco style over the logs and struggled for traction.
Thanks to the fresh AMC 360 and the Super Swampers though, I got a
little further with each attempt and finally made it to the
top.
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More throttle outta ... do it ... this time. |
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Never mess with an 11 year old
swinging a jagged stick. |
| Next up was Stephen in his Land Cruiser. I
think you can made the turn at the top Stephen. Its not too
sharp. Now Stephen's Land Cruiser had lockers front and
rear along with Super Swamper SSRs so getting up wasn't a huge
challenge but it did make for some interesting steering as the
nose of the Land Cruise darted towards a tree. So He had to
back up and give it a more direct shot. Once up towards
the top there's a sharp right dog-leg bend that required a 4 point turn,
then up to the main trail. One interesting thing was an exhaust
leak Stephen had in his muffler that made his Toyota Land Cruiser sound like it
had a turbo diesel as it whistled up the hill. Pretty
cool sound if you ask me. I wouldn't fix the leak
anytime soon. |
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Ok, enough if that fun stuff. It's time for some good
eats. |
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