Great day, great company, and a fun trail system. Thanks to FINOCJ and PhillipG65 for arranging this. Nice to watch the CJ and F-150 at play.
Great day, great company, and a fun trail system. Thanks to FINOCJ and PhillipG65 for arranging this. Nice to watch the CJ and F-150 at play.
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"A wise and frugal government...shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
Was a fun day - still learning the network of trails above pickle gulch, Still haven't really figured out where we went for the loop. Will get a few pics posted soon.
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James Orofino
1970 CJ5
1958 Willys Wagon
Some pics:
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James Orofino
1970 CJ5
1958 Willys Wagon
Brian (July 12th, 2017),Jamie (July 12th, 2017),JandDGreens (July 12th, 2017),Jim (July 12th, 2017)
It took a few minutes with google earth, but I figured out where we ended up. We ran up pickle gulch to the 4 way intersection where chris went through the mud puddle pit. According to trails offroad this is the end of pickle gulch. We continued straight through onto dakota hill trail for a bit and then veered left onto michigan hill where we had lunch. All of this was as planned and on the mvum I was using. Of course after lunch we followed the sign to silver creek where the big mine and creek crossing was. This was also where I got us off the plan. I took us down to the right where we eventually turned right again and had the most challenging big steep hill climb which brought us back to michigan hill where we had lunch. We choose to go over the hill and down to the apex road.
So what I was hoping to do...if we had gone left at the silver creek crossing and mine we would have come out at the 4way intersection at the top of pickle gulch in about a 1/4 mile. Then we could have descended back down pickle gulch.
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James Orofino
1970 CJ5
1958 Willys Wagon
It turned out fine as the steep hill climb was fun. It got Phillip's blood pumping a bit and I got to use my lockers.
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"A wise and frugal government...shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
INDEED heart beat was quickened and thankful all at the same time......
SSSSSOOOOOOO much fun, all day if you had looked at me, I was grinning ear to ear. After getting home my neighbors were suspicious of that very same grinn....LOL
Thanks to James for finishing the organizing of this run, where we went was where we were and all was terrific fun!!!!!
Thanks to Chris for having such an AWESOME Rubi!!! Such a joy to watch it do it's thing!!! Especially thanks Rubi for the extra pull !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Loved it want to do it again
Phillip
P.S. unfortunately I do not know how to shrink my file sizes and have yet to be able to post pics or vids, But I do have both
I have run Pickle Gulch a few times and have gotten lost every time! I think I know the steep hill you speak of! I remember most of the trail to be fairly easy and the scenery really nice but it's easy to get lost and there are some pucker moments! It's been a while. I need to go back and do it again!
PhillipG65 (July 15th, 2017)
If I can remember where the hole is that I fell in, I'd do it again for sure.
Is that the one where you need to get to the far left before you descend and then hope and pray you don't face-plant on the way down??? A short bit of a hill but potentially a bad landing... The way back up is a lot easier if I recall.
We ran this one uphill, very loose soil with rocks mixed in and easy to dig a hole. Fairly short, but a challenge to get through.
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"A wise and frugal government...shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
Yup! Going down it is really scary! (Or at least it was when I ran it).
It is all fun.
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"A wise and frugal government...shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
I really enjoyed the challenge of going up the loose rock area but if I knew to keep the eyes peeled for the hole I dropped in I'd ok. Not sure I wanna try it again, but if thats the way we all go, then so be it. I love the rest of the trails, even though my nurves were shaken, I am ok
Jakie, Chris and anyone else, let's see if we can plan another run there soon !! I am available week days or weekends but do prefer week day. How you
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"A wise and frugal government...shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government." Thomas Jefferson
I bet so
I'm ready to try again for sure