Enjoyed good company and nice weather during our trail ride yesterday. Jenn was there in here V8 YJ, the Meehan's were test driving the CJ6, Kim drove his Grateful Red TJ, new member Ryan was in his Rubicon and Charlotte and Peter in our soon to be renamed TJ.
The game plan was to try some greens and blues, heading out to the far corner of the west property and then working back from there.
Route was via; A, B, G, Pole Line, Tower Road, H, 11, 14, 11, 19A, 19B, 19C, 11, Power Line, Hills, 101, E, 25, Fire Pit, S, E, B, 2, Frog Hole, 1A, 1A (blue) and B.
Along the way we stopped for some the more adventurous of the group (read: Kim and Jenn) to tackle some blacks.
Kim drove Grateful Red straight up and over Big Rocks - his 6" lift long arm suspension and aggressive tyres helped make Big Rocks an antic climax! The twists and turns on trail 14 gave the drivers a work, John was heard to say that he shed two jackets through that trail. Charlotte came to realise the benefit of PAS. As we drove further in the west property the ice on the puddles got thicker and thicker. Peter was in the lead forging through the frozen puddles, the ice was thick enough in places that as he drove his TJ (HMS Icebreaker??!!) onto the ice the front tyres would stay on top the ice until the ice could not support the weight of the vehicle, then it would drop through the ice only to begin the process of trying to crawl back on top the ice again. From inside the Jeep all we could sense was the constant up and down pitching and see the pieces of broken ice being flung beside the trail and sometimes over the Jeep.
The remainder of the ride was fairly uneventful; Fog Hole was not too deep and Kim and Jenn tried the black loop off of 1A. Our final hill climb on 1A (blue) brought some strange noises from the CJ6. Once we returned to the staging area it was determined that there was a problem with at least the front drive shaft.
Thanks to all that participated in a fun day out with like minded friends.
