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[womb raider 940]

[Schmo]

That was a great day of wheelin', I had a blast! Ray, Jose, Randy, Russ, Josh, and I met in Arrowhead and ran Dishpan, Gold Mtn, and John Bull. We made it off of John Bull at about 9:30 and all went our separate ways . . . I wasn't feeling very good so hit the road and headed home vs. pitching a tent. Thanks for the pics Josh . . . can't wait to see more Sure was great wheelin' with you all . . . looking forward to the next trip


Hey Ray . . . did you find out what was causing the problem with your Jeep? Hope you made it down the hill safely.

[womb raider 940]

You can see JOE here doing his rain dance.














some great scenery was up there. got some rain on us from dishpan to gold mountain. was really cool the rest of the day in the low 70's. no problems. no breakage. Really smooth day.

[cbrazor1]

had a great time (thats what she said) good scenery, good weather,great people,fun trails, the cb conversations were a blast

[MyBrokenJeep]

Great run this weekend!

Hey! a big Thanks to Josh, Joe, Ray, Jose, Russ and Nancy! We had a great time running Dishpan Springs, Gold Mountain and John Bull with you guys!

Here are a few more pictures from the day (Mrs. MyBrokenJeep is the photographer).

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Jose couldn't resist this rock!


Josh making his own line on the Dishpan waterfall...


Joe finishing the waterfall at Dishpan...


Ray saying "Now that's articulation! (That's what she said!)"


Airing down for Gold Mountain...


Josh took a wrong turn and ended up on this rock :haha:


Drive it like you stole it... I mean are sponsored...[/CENTER]

It was a pleasure wheeling with you guys and look forward to doing it again...

and Hey... Barney1... learned how to spot up the falls from one of the best! Thanks!

[Russ Chung]

Dishpan Trail

Jose (Ray's son) gets some air in his TJ on the Dishpan waterfall:



On the next try, Jose makes it up the right side:



Next, it was Ray's (cbrazor1) turn. He drove his white YJ up the right side of the waterfall:





This was Josh's (Tomb Raider 940) first time driving in Big Bear. He said that he rode motorbikes there when he was younger. He took his Rubicon up the Dishpan waterfall using a different route (one that I have never seen anyone take before):



After getting through the hard part of the obstacle, he got stuck:





I tried the right side of the waterfall, but couldn't make it, so I took the left side:



I didn't even notice that I "tweaked" my left fender until I saw this picture:



Joe (Schmo) made it up the right side of the obstacle so quickly, we hardly had time to snap his picture:



Randy (mybrokenjeep) took his red CJ-7 up the right side:

[Russ Chung]

Gold Mountain Trail

After we ran Dishpan, we aired up so we could take the paved roads to Gold Mountain. My friend, Nancy Cox, is visiting from Florida and had never driven a 4WD vehicle, so I decided to initiate her on the Gold Mountain trail. First, I had to get her appropriately dressed for the trail:



We are following Joe (Schmo) and Jose (Cbrazor's son) just after the start of the trail:



Nancy is nervously gripping the wheel as she takes my TJ over a small ledge. Notice the white knuckles and the tweaked left fender from my earlier mishap (see earlier post):



A few raindrops on the windshield; it helped keep the dust down. I didn't use my dust mask the rest of the day:



A view of the Lucerne Valley from the Gold Mountain trail:



Nancy driving my Jeep on the Gold Mountain trail:



After the rain stopped, we got a nice view of Big Bear Lake:



Nancy had some difficulty with this wash out, and Randy helped spot her. We eventually used a recovery strap to get her through. She felt bad about needing the strap, but I explained that my Jeep has open diffs and is on 31 inch tires, so it was the "weakest" Jeep in the group:





After finishing the Gold Mountain trail, the rest of the group went over to John Bull, but Nancy and I decided that a margarita at the Sonora Cantina was beckoning, so we headed back. Along the way, we stopped at the mine to take a few photos:

[Mitch]

Great photo's everyone! Looks like another fun run in the mountains. Sorry that I missed this one.

Mitch

[New2image]

Again I kicking myself because I couldnt go...Health reasons...not good stuff. Anyways looks like you guys had fun and if anybody needs to get a hold of me email new2image@aol.com I will fill you in.

[Materdaddy]

Your run reports always tell such a good story Russ, you rock! Thanks for sharing! Looks like all you guys had a good time!

[nwoods]

I drove up to Big Bear on Sunday, saw a Jeep that I thought was Josh's (TombRaider) heading the other way, so I called him and he's at home chill'n, said everyone split for home early in the morning.

So I spend the day with my Land Rover buddies. Wow was that slow. They made it through John Bull, but it was an effort. Still, I was impressed that a very stock unlocked Discovery on 31" street tires could make it though, with only a minor tug here and there. We got them through the gatekeeper and first hill surprisingly easy, but had to work hard on the second hill and then the boulder obstacle near the top.