Jeepaholics Anonymous Other Coasters
Makeshift Jamboree 2002 (page 2)
Here is the scene at the staging area
Heres how the seating ended up:
- Pete driving his Blue CJ with Jim as the passenger
- Trish driving her Black YJ with no passenger
- Nate driving his Blue YJ Islander with Mike as a passenger
- Jason driving his Silver TJ with no passenger
- Rich driving his Blue TJ with Heather as a passenger
- Adam driving his Black TJ with no passenger
- Rob driving his Blue TJ with Dustin as a passenger
- Travis driving his Green TJ with MaryAnne as a passenger
- Brad the camera bitch on his quad
So, after registering and getting our flags (which you can see a few of in the photo) we headed into the park with our guide, Kyle. It wasnt long before we were on a trail worth 4wd. Right near the beginning of the trail, there was a dip followed by a turn, this was my first problem. I took the turn a little wide and we leaned a little further to the drivers side than i wanted to, so i backed up and tried it again with Mikes eyes and judgement to aid me. Here is a photo of Travis (who was behind me) going through that same dip.
A little further down the trail Trish bumped into a tree, and it retaliated. It dropped a branch on her head. Leaving a dent in her cowel as well. This was the first dammage on the trail, however insignificant. I believe this trail was called "Chicken Run". It brougt us back out on to the road that we started on, which looks like an old access road. After coming back to the road, Kyle informed us that the next secion was optional. So of course all of the larger jeeps dove right in. I was somewhat hesitant, but decicded to at least get up to the "Optional" part and see what it was about. Right after entering the trail there was a small obstacle which Rich kept wacking his front axle tube off of. So I took the job of spotting him through it. Then I tried my hand at it. If i remember correctlty someone spotted me here, but i dont remember who. The pictures are courtesy of Travis.
The rock with the scratches on it is the one that Rich kept hitting. Next was the optional hill. This hill was a little scarey. To me anyway, I opted to NOT try this hill, but a few others decided to give it a shot. Pete, Trish, and Rob took a wack at it. None of which made it over the crest. Trish almost backed into a tree on this obstacle. Here are some pictures.
The main problem here was getting the right line, and staying there. Vehicles with lockers just ended up sliding to the right, and carb'd vehicles had a problem witht he incline. I got razzed for it, but opted to NOT try this hill. The trail lead us right back to that same access road as before.