I went out today with my friend Justin and his son Wyatt so that they could check out Rattlesnake Canyon. It was a perfect day and as the temp was raising we were climbing. So it never really got too hot. The first entertainment was the "free range cattle". There was over a dozen cattle at several locations right on the trail or right next to it.
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0200.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0206.jpg)
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Next we stopped to check out an old mine right off of the trail
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0211.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0214.jpg)
Then after reminding myself that great88 is now a daily driver and I still don't have a job I head right into the play area!
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0218.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0220.jpg)
Being a sucker for the camera..... I feel the need to show off at another rock garden section.
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0231.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0229.jpg)
Everything was going fine till the rocks got bigger and then I was stuck hard! Couldn't back up, couldn't go forward, both diffs stuck on big rocks......
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0235.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0238.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0232.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0233.jpg)
Well we dug rocks, straped rocks, straped great88, and when I was clear 40 minutes later we pryed off the collasped steering stabilizer so I could steer again. A rear spring is bent, no stabilizer.....Oh did I say that I can't afford to tear up my Jeep?
Well that cooled my jets a little, so we finished Rattlesnake while talking about Burritos and Marguaritas in Big Bear.
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0224.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0221.jpg)
We saw some cool flowers and cactus blooming today
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0243.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0244.jpg)
I had not noticed this casulty off of 2N02 near Heartbreak Ridge Trail before
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0246.jpg)
Water crossing heading towards Baldwin Lake
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0200.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0206.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/th_101_0204.jpg)
Next we stopped to check out an old mine right off of the trail
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0211.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0214.jpg)
Then after reminding myself that great88 is now a daily driver and I still don't have a job I head right into the play area!
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0218.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0220.jpg)
Being a sucker for the camera..... I feel the need to show off at another rock garden section.
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0231.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0229.jpg)
Everything was going fine till the rocks got bigger and then I was stuck hard! Couldn't back up, couldn't go forward, both diffs stuck on big rocks......
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0235.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0238.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0232.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0233.jpg)
Well we dug rocks, straped rocks, straped great88, and when I was clear 40 minutes later we pryed off the collasped steering stabilizer so I could steer again. A rear spring is bent, no stabilizer.....Oh did I say that I can't afford to tear up my Jeep?
Well that cooled my jets a little, so we finished Rattlesnake while talking about Burritos and Marguaritas in Big Bear.
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0224.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0221.jpg)
We saw some cool flowers and cactus blooming today
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0243.jpg)
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0244.jpg)
I had not noticed this casulty off of 2N02 near Heartbreak Ridge Trail before
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0246.jpg)
Water crossing heading towards Baldwin Lake
![](http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee259/great88jeep/Rattlesnake%20with%20Justin%206-20-09/101_0252.jpg)
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