I'd like to thank everyone who put time and effort the 101/201 a great success once again. Especially the board members and the instructors. Rob C. was very entertaining and insightful in the 201.

As Charles reported after the instruction period, the 201 group started out as one big
group of 17 vehicles. Some of the vehicles with smaller tires and less experienced drivers had a little trouble making past some obstacles. So the decision was made to break the group into 2. I led a few vehicle off wahoo at one of the bail outs and we formed a group on the access road. The group consisted of:

Rich Martinez, leader in a black JK
Morgan Franklin, white YJ
Jeff Fox, silver JK
Dana Gramling and company, yellow FJ
John and Terri [what was wrong Sunday morning? :)] Crowe, YJ
Rich Quaye, black Rubi TJ
Vance Middleton, JK
Don and Barbara, blue TJ
Pete and Thomas McCaughey, camo YJ
Jim Atwell, green XJ
Doug Masnick, tailgunner, green Forerunner

Rich Q. got stuck on a long near the beginning of Wahoo. So Rich Martinez who was near the end of the line winched him backwards. After another attempt and another winch pull Rich Q. took a different line and made it. There were other sections that made the going very slow we Rich M. led a couple of people at the bailout and met up with the big group on the access road. That's where the decision was made to divide the big group into two.

Rich led the second group up Cobra with very little problems...just some spotting here and there. Then we decided to take U-Turn Hard to get back down to the main access road. It was great to see the group help each other out as they learned the best line to take in certain spots.

This group had very little trail damage until Doug reported his broken axle arms a couple of days later.

From U-Turn the group headed back to camp. Some decided to take a refreshing swim in the lake. It was a great way to close out the day's activities.

Rich Martinez

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