Panamint Valley Days / Nov. 7-9

Just got back from the dealership. I gave the Jeep the Jeep equivilent of a day at the spa (deserves it). After a bath and an oil change and lube the dealer said that the Jeep was in top form and nothing damaged. Just some rock kisses.

I did that Lookout City Sunset run and it went around by Waterfall Zero (which I nearly drove through in the dark if I hadn't remembered a particular boulder and did a hard right to get to the bypass.) That was pretty technical for me. I was completely exhausted by that run. It scared the bejeezus out of me several times. Especially coming back in the dark.

Otherwise the trails were fun. I had to pay very close attention due to my short stature, but nothing out of hand. I had one spot where I thought I would have to get a strap. I got both front wheels in the air. I had to ride the belly plate to get out of it. I had no choice...there was no where to put my wheels.

Many thanks to you guys...TJTerry...Thank you for the air. Kirk, Al and Erik...great company. The Kings...had a great time with you. Tam ...your daughter can hold my raffle tickets any time...the girl is illegally lucky. Glad to meet you Jim...look forward to having some of your work on my Jeep.

Sorry I couldn't find more time to hang with you Sarah...everyone just ran off in all sorts of directions and I was pretty much stuck on the baby Jeep trails.

Brian...shoulda been there. We missed you.

Originally posted by blkTJ
that's it? you were wheeling for 3 days and that's all you can say about it?:confused: :mad:

Hey! 3 days of wheeling...exhaustion. When you are driving the event's low-rider you have to expend a lot of energy trying not to rip the underside of your Jeep apart.

Pics later...I have to fight with Earthlink or get my Image Station to work...one or the other.

[sarah]

it's ok you didn't wake us up, we weren't mad. i was pretty beat from climbing around taking all the pics -- i'm working on them now, here's a sneak preview!

Head for the hills!


ROCKIN!


Oooh, FLEXY!


Aren't they cute ...



SEE THE PIXS

[Dukes69]

Rick and Sarah, Sorry for leaving with out saying good bye. We tried to wake you up, but we were unsucessful. Tammy says sorry for leaving the trash. She was having the kids pick up their mess and we forgot to throw it in the Jeep.

We Went to the Pinnacles for like a half an hour or so . . . thats some pretty cool stuff.

Panamint was fun!!! Its was good to see some old faces and put some old names to faces Defense mine was cool! Walking through that stuff was Awesome. Plus the wheeling was pretty damn good to get there. Where are the pics SARAH!!!! I'm liking my jeep mose and more everytime I take it out.

[sarah]

wow you guys - those pictures look totally awesome!! how do we sleep so long? i dunno, us young kids need our beauty sleep LOL

did you guys go to the pinnacles?

[Cetrov]

My little one just dreaming of the day she can join in!


She can hardly wait - made me show her the video from the weekend.

[NAILER341]

great weekend! i had a wonderful time
rick, and sarah, how in the world can you guys sleep soooo long?
i wound up not getting anything welded. i thought i broke my u bolt while re-torqueing them. turns out that i just pulled the threads out of the nut.
great pics kirk.. i really enjoyed the defence mine run.. especially the little offshoot at the end.
here are some pics.




i won some hand cleaner from the drawing, which got chris all wound up, and he couldnt control himself.



kirks ticket was called for some prizes too, but the caller had some personal problems with the raffle and kirk wound up not getting his 10 year supply of hand cleaner.


little zoie got underfoot again, and al went DOWN LOL LOL!!

[Cetrov]

[king4wd]

Wow, now that was a weekend!

4 long days, 3 nice trails, 2 scared/ cheering/ whining kids and 1 slighty banged up jeep. What a run. Many thanks to Rick, Chris, Terry and joe for the rockstacking to get us through to the defense mine We made it from the start to the top of waterfall "zero" (the easy way up the waterfall ) without strapping or winching, however we did aquire a little rocker damage and a big dent in the gas tank skid Thanks to all for the friendly campfires! See you guys at the next run!

[sarah]

wow, kirk, sa-weet pixs!!! we got the official wake-up by the kid across the wash, matt, practically banging on our tent, LOL. that finally woke us. what did erik need to be welded?

just got back from ridgecrest ... purse and all.

and last but not least ...
rick and i would like to thank dukes69, jeepgal, tjterry, and anyone else who helped with the signs/banners -- we were so excited to see them in action when we pulled into camp! thanks to everyone who bought a shirt and/or sticker and especially a super-big thanks to parkin' your jeep with us

pixs coming soon.

[Cetrov]

Well, when we got up, you guys were still sleeping.
then Erik got Jim to weld up his jeep, you guys were still sleeping
We went to breakfast - you guys were still sleeping
We aired up, packed up, you guys were still sleeping
We tried to make lots of noise, you guys were still sleeping.
I brought over your mjr sign and set it by your trailer, you guys were still sleeping.

I had to get back by 2,
we went to say good bye to jim but they were gone too.



In front of the Defense Mine


watching the sunrise.


inside the mine

[sarah]

We just made it back ... there's another orange glow from behind the mtns so it looks like the fires are at it again?

We had a great weekend! Most of us did the later morning run on Saturday which was not too difficult, but really fun. King4wd's did incredibly awesome - they lead the CJ right thru the trail! The trail got more difficult towards the end where we got to explore a few levels a rockin' mine and dodge some rocks of my own (feeling much better). It rained on the raffle so Rick, M1Jeep, Joe and I did a right run around Ballerat ghost town. We made it back in time to hang out around the fire and toast smores! It was pretty windy and chilly most of the weekend but especially last nite.

We woke up this morning to an empty camp minus Qwicksilver who helped us pick up camp a bit and the Kings who were getting back from a morning run as we were heading out. Thanks to whoever left a full kitchen garbage bag next to our couch!

On the way back we stopped by the Pinnacles for a bit and then I proceeded to leave my purse at Denny's in Ridgecrest. Ridgecrest ... here I come. Eeeh.

[blkTJ]

Originally posted by qwiksilver
Just got back...tired...sleep now.:yawn:

that's it? you were wheeling for 3 days and that's all you can say about it?:confused: :mad:

[Jeepskickass]

Originally posted by qwiksilver
Just got back...tired...sleep now.:yawn:

No sleep! Pictures first, then sleep!

Just got back...tired...sleep now.:yawn: