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We didn't end up doing a second night of camping. I'm sure me or someone else will go into it. For now I just wanted to post up a quick teaser:
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I don't think I could blame you.
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A tiny bit of snow...
Had to dig my tent out.
Had to dig my tent out.
IF THE FISH STOP BITING... HUNT FOR SHELLS!!!
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How many guys showed up?
Did you get any wheeling (other than driving out) before the snow fell?
Did you get any wheeling (other than driving out) before the snow fell?
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6 guys, 6 tents, 4 trucks. I really appreciate all you guys making the effort to travel that distance, especially with snow in the forecast.
We got in some decent trails before snow fell. Snow started at about 6 PM Friday, and didn't stop until about 9 AM Saturday. We did some good exploring Saturday, made dinner, then parted ways before dusk.
We got in some decent trails before snow fell. Snow started at about 6 PM Friday, and didn't stop until about 9 AM Saturday. We did some good exploring Saturday, made dinner, then parted ways before dusk.
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Good times.
they've always worked for me.
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Yay! Snow wheelin!
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I would be still in my tent, huddled up until it all melted. 
With the beer fridge BELOW me. 
And a bunch of yellow snow in the vicinity. 
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fishsticks wrote:Yay! Snow wheelin!
That's funny! I said over the radio yesterday that "finally! Donny isn't the only one with snow wheling vids!"
The reason we bugged out was because our stuff was all wet, and we'd have to set up camp again on top of the (wet) snow, and it was supposed to get colder again last night, etc. etc. etc... It really worked out well that I got to come home today and set up all our stuff in the back yard, to dry, as opposed to camping again in wet stuff, getting home at 11:59PM Sunday night, then getting up for work Monday morning, and the wet stuff staying wet until Monday night, and having to be left up to dry all day Tuesday while I'm at work... If everybody else had wanted to stay, I would have stayed, but I think nearly everybody was about in the same boat...
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Nearly...
Mine's drying in the driveway right now.
Looking forward to those videos Mike!
Mine's drying in the driveway right now.
Looking forward to those videos Mike!
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JamesDowning wrote:Nearly...
Mine's drying in the driveway right now.
Looking forward to those videos Mike!
That's why I said "nearly"... Those whose tents were on top of their vehicles wouldn't have had to worry about setting back up in the snow, and were understandably still "in"...
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I take it people's rigs weren't set up in a such a way that they could pull stuff out of the back and sleep in the trucks?
No matter, I wouldn't want to set up camp on snow unless I HAD to either...
No matter, I wouldn't want to set up camp on snow unless I HAD to either...
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fishsticks wrote:I take it people's rigs weren't set up in a such a way that they could pull stuff out of the back and sleep in the trucks?
No matter, I wouldn't want to set up camp on snow unless I HAD to either...
That's what I was gonna do if we stayed but the guys with a rider in the truck wouldn't be able to without leaving all their stuff out in the snow to get soggy.
IF THE FISH STOP BITING... HUNT FOR SHELLS!!!
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fishsticks wrote:I take it people's rigs weren't set up in a such a way that they could pull stuff out of the back and sleep in the trucks?
No matter, I wouldn't want to set up camp on snow unless I HAD to either...
2 vehicles had 2 people in them, and were PACKED... It wouldn't have actually been bad at all if it hadn't been snowing when we were packing up... Could have just shaken everything out and put it away... But as it happened, it was snowing pretty hard all morning, so everything got put away with a fair amount of snow in/on it...
Some pics:
Proof of Matt mall crawling
We laughed, because this looked suspiciously similar to "pedobear" and had suckers in its... uh... area... This was at a Shoney's
Kyle's tent with a broken pole, from the back of my tent
Kevin, first out of his tent
My tent after waking up, 5 minutes after shaking the snow off of it...
Snow
Kyle's front end in the snow
Venison steaks being cooked in bacon grease, and German potato salad with bacon in it
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No pics for the first bit of the trail. Mike took some good video though... looking forward to seeing that.
Here's an optional obstacle on the way to the top. Kyle went up it... and then Matt and I went down it. Sorry, no pics of Kyle or I... I'm sure someone else has it.
Flagpole:
We would have normally camped at the top of the mountain, but knowing that it was going to snow, we decided to head down to a more protected campsite.
And it started snowing...
Campsite:
And it kept snowing...
Morning, we awoke to about 4" of snow.
An additional inch fell over the morning.
How many men does it take to fit an ezup in it's bag?
Time to hit the trails:
We decided to head up 2nd Mountain.
Dinner time:
Heading back down the mountain.
Here's an optional obstacle on the way to the top. Kyle went up it... and then Matt and I went down it. Sorry, no pics of Kyle or I... I'm sure someone else has it.
Flagpole:
We would have normally camped at the top of the mountain, but knowing that it was going to snow, we decided to head down to a more protected campsite.
And it started snowing...
Campsite:
And it kept snowing...
Morning, we awoke to about 4" of snow.
An additional inch fell over the morning.
How many men does it take to fit an ezup in it's bag?
Time to hit the trails:
We decided to head up 2nd Mountain.
Dinner time:
Heading back down the mountain.
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Wow! Great pics! Love the ones where the trees are covered in snow but still got good foliage. Such crazy weather, sucks it made for a short trip, esp since you guys drove so far, but still looked like fun was had by all.
Def looking forward to getting back out there for the next TECORE...
Def looking forward to getting back out there for the next TECORE...
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Back to stock, had fun while it lasted...
Back to stock, had fun while it lasted...
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I'm jealous of you people and your "cameras"...
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85 Hilux - 3RZ, dual cases, caged, 40s, chromo everything
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JamesDowning wrote:No pics for the first bit of the trail. Mike took some good video though... looking forward to seeing that.
Here's an optional obstacle on the way to the top. Kyle went up it... and then Matt and I went down it. Sorry, no pics of Kyle or I... I'm sure someone else has it.
I dominated that obstacle, now the tree before it is a different story!
Great pics James, I will get mine posted up tomorrow. It was a great time, I do look forward to making the trip again in the future, I want to see what the weather cheated us out of on Saturday.
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So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
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Here's my video from Day 1. You'll see the snow starting in the last shot of the video.
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