April Big Bear Run

[Rick]

Found them: http://www.rockequipment.com/crossover.htm $169.00 ea.

 

[jobunn]

Well Joe, at least you were not denied this time. You actually ran a trail in BB!!

Hey Brian, the John Bull trail was a lotta fun. I need to go with you guys though cause after one trail most of my buddies are ready to call it a day and crack a few cold ones. I wanted to do Holcomb and/or Deep Creek after that.

Joe - here are a few pics of our trip nearly 1 month ago. These trails are great fun aren't they!?!

Maybe I'll see you out there sometime...

You're gettin some good flex outta that Rubicon Ken. Nice. We'll get a trip up there together this year yet. Maybe make a day of it with the ladies.

 

[Stic-o]

You're gettin some good flex outta that Rubicon Ken. Nice. We'll get a trip up there together this year yet. Maybe make a day of it with the ladies.

Hey Joe let me know when your gonna go next...maybe I can make up this time

 

[410Fortune]

Iam down too...it was really nice up there, with the snow it was just like wheeling in CO.....except with bigger rock gardens.......

 

[jobunn]

I'll definitely post here when I plan to go next, I am hoping in early June. And if anyone is going up before that let us know. I may be able to get away for a day.

 

[DB_1]

I'll be ready for the next run too, I know a lot of you will be going to Moab soon so maybe when you guys get back we can plan a trip.

 

[Jefe]

I'll be ready for the next run too, I know a lot of you will be going to Moab soon so maybe when you guys get back we can plan a trip.

Sounds good

 

[BKennedy]

The wife, kid and our dogs are going to BB the last weekend of this month (I think its memorial day) for a quiet, relaxing campout. My wife wants to spend one day wheelin' and one day hanging out around the camp watching the wind blow through the trees. We will be at the same spot as last time if no one beats us to it. Let me know if anybody wants to come up for a day and we can wheel a few moderate trails. Deep creek might still be closed, so we can do Holcomb Creek or???

Camp spot GPS

34Degrees 17.662N
117Degrees 01.067W
6537 feet elevation.

 

[DB_1]

I'd be down to campout with you Brian, I'll have to let you know for sure what
my schedule will be.

 

[BKennedy]

You are welcome to come along, but its going to be a kickback kind of weekend, not much wheelin, mostly relaxing.

 

[DB_1]

I'll let you guys enjoy a quiet camp out and wait for the next run when everyone can make it out...have fun up there.

 

[Brother_of_Jefe]

So? . . . . .How was the weekend?

 

[BKennedy]

So? . . . . .How was the weekend?

It was pretty good. Got there Saturday around 11am, no one was at my favorite spot, set up camp and hung out for the day. Sunday went wheelin, driving all through Holcomb Valley and went to check out John Bull. Several groups on it so we ran it solo, figuring if something happened, we could get help from one of them. It was really rough compaired to April's run. Ran it with no problems.
We were back at camp by 4pm, just in time to have a group of about ten people show up in two POS vehicles. They drove up to where we were, made a u-turn and camped about 75 feet away; kids running around crying, Dads yelling at the kids, Moms yelling at the dads, bearded Grampa laughing at all of the above, you get the picture. No more peace and quiet. And..my dogs were barking at them non-stop for the first hour. I couldn't believe they would camp so close with the whole mountain to camp in, what a bunch of losers. We left first thing in the morning, right after breakfast. Drove out through 3N16 to Green Valley where I bent the trailer's left side bumper back on a submerged rock driving through the stream crossing (that thing stuck out too far anyway, cut the ends off when I got home). At home I noticed my steering box is leaking out of the top pretty bad and two of my Superrunner steering system's bushings were blown. I bought a new steering box last year with a lifetime warranty so its back to the parts store with a return.

 

[jobunn]

It's old news (last April) and not really that impressive (and no sound) but here is the video of Jefe breaking his steering knuckle in Big Bear. You can see him backing up the boulder turning the steering wheel but the wheels do not move.

Video

 

[Jefe]

It's old news (last April) and not really that impressive (and no sound) but here is the video of Jefe breaking his steering knuckle in Big Bear. You can see him backing up the boulder turning the steering wheel but the wheels do not move.

Video

Yup. . .shows how impressive it is when I break something <yawn>

 

[jobunn]

The exciting part was the trail fixing and escape.