Saturday morning, we started with the usual introductions and then broke into 101 and 201 groups for the informational portion of the weekend. After all of the information was given, we all has a quick lunch and then hit the trails.
Our group included:
Chip Woods and Scott LeLacheur - '04 TJ
Gabby and Suzzy Lewis - '93 YJ
Bryan Folts and Michael Ball - '87 YJ
Benjamin DeVore - '13 JKU
Brian Connelly - '13 JK
David Roden - '12 JK
Glover Castro - '12 JKU
Melissa Burn - '00 VX
Michael Schreiber - '11 JKU
Mike and Melanie Powell with baby girl - '97 TJ
Rich Roudybush - '05 Excursion
Rich Verjinski - '07 JK
Stephen Gibbs - '03 TJ
Terry and Sally Dunlap - '10 JK
Travis Davidson - CJ7
Vitaly Bekkerman - '01 TJ
William Becones - '07 JKU
Since most of our group were new to wheeling, I took everyone over to the 101 area to let them all play around a little bit. While there, I also had to rewire the electric fan in the YJ that Gabby was driving. Once everyone got their feet wet, so to speak, we took the access roads back around the property and hit Middle Road. We took that almost all the way to the end, and did the bowl of Funnel. Everyone did fine and some of the newbies were surprised to find out how their transmission would keep the rig slow and steady though the bowl. After that we went up Moose. Once again, it was mostly uneventful, with a couple of spots, it was golden. Until the last climb to Upper Road, there we needed to pull straps for two rigs and we all got to see an Isuzu Vehicross go airborne. From there, we took Upper Road back to the unnamed trail back to the clearing of Middle Road. Then we took Middle Road to the ATV area and back past Camp 3, around
the bath house to our camp.
I would like to give thanks to all of our experienced spotters, and also to all of the new offroad drivers that listened and learned. I hope to see all of you on the trails again and again.
Scott LeLacheur
Our group included:
Chip Woods and Scott LeLacheur - '04 TJ
Gabby and Suzzy Lewis - '93 YJ
Bryan Folts and Michael Ball - '87 YJ
Benjamin DeVore - '13 JKU
Brian Connelly - '13 JK
David Roden - '12 JK
Glover Castro - '12 JKU
Melissa Burn - '00 VX
Michael Schreiber - '11 JKU
Mike and Melanie Powell with baby girl - '97 TJ
Rich Roudybush - '05 Excursion
Rich Verjinski - '07 JK
Stephen Gibbs - '03 TJ
Terry and Sally Dunlap - '10 JK
Travis Davidson - CJ7
Vitaly Bekkerman - '01 TJ
William Becones - '07 JKU
Since most of our group were new to wheeling, I took everyone over to the 101 area to let them all play around a little bit. While there, I also had to rewire the electric fan in the YJ that Gabby was driving. Once everyone got their feet wet, so to speak, we took the access roads back around the property and hit Middle Road. We took that almost all the way to the end, and did the bowl of Funnel. Everyone did fine and some of the newbies were surprised to find out how their transmission would keep the rig slow and steady though the bowl. After that we went up Moose. Once again, it was mostly uneventful, with a couple of spots, it was golden. Until the last climb to Upper Road, there we needed to pull straps for two rigs and we all got to see an Isuzu Vehicross go airborne. From there, we took Upper Road back to the unnamed trail back to the clearing of Middle Road. Then we took Middle Road to the ATV area and back past Camp 3, around
the bath house to our camp.
I would like to give thanks to all of our experienced spotters, and also to all of the new offroad drivers that listened and learned. I hope to see all of you on the trails again and again.
Scott LeLacheur