Return from Uwharrie 12-02/03-06

[LBarr2002]

Here is a link to some of the pictures from our "professional photographer." He was downloading pictures from his camera on the trial and uploading them with his Verizon aircard while on the ride home. More will be up later.

http://www.trippwilliamson.com/UwharrieNationalForest/

Saturday John led me. We did everything but Daniel and most of Rocky Mountain Loop with no major problems.

Sunday, Scott and I ran the greens. I was letting my friend Michael drive my truck, and he hung the spring perch once and had to get snatched off. My power steering quit working for a while, but again no major problems.

My truckload were the only ones to camp, but we stayed in Arrowhead campground. $12 for a site with no electricity right beside the bathhouse. It was nice to have Tripp's laptop with internet in the middle of nowhere.

I'm sure Scott will be in on this too, but after the park reopens (April 1st) we're going to try to get a good group together. I want to go back, and will probably bring 4wheelers and my brother and his truck along. So start planning now!! It wouldn't be the first couple weekends opened because of the crowd, and I'm getting married May 5th, so we'll have to work around that.

 

[zhanx]

this one is the one with no load on that tire and i was tipping back and forth

http://www.trippwilliamson.com/UwharrieNationalForest/d_canon12.html

 

[LBarr2002]

Yes, I forgot to mention that John about rolled on "the easiest trail out here" (his words). That section got pretty tough but there is a bypass.

 

[Josh Adams]

Looks like y'all had fun. Also looks like more mud than when Patrick and I were up there in June. I wish could have made it. I owe that place something, it's where I warped my driveshaft at. LOL

 

[LBarr2002]

Yeah, it was a blast even with just the 2 trucks a day. When it reopens I will have sliders and hope to have lockers and lower gears...so we'll attempt the rest of the area.

 

[zhanx]

falls dam is the easiest trail out there.. or was.. not any more

 

[LBarr2002]

Yeah, Michael hung my truck up on the first rock section on that trail...right in front of a JEEP!!! embarassing...

 

[Dopler174]

It was just a small miss judgement. That heep didn't have anything on our rock parking skills. HA-HA!

 

[zhanx]

michael aka "eagle eye" is alright with me

 

[Dopler174]

Oh yea...Pretty good spoter. He spoted my truck on that one rock till I got the rear wheel off the ground.

 

[mitch]

good pics, look like it was a pretty fun trip

 

[Dopler174]

Oh yea. I got the wife to drive through some mud for the first time...she's hooked for life.

 

[Dopler174]

I just rinsed the mud off the truck today. I bent the crap out of my bumper when I hit A hump in one of the mud holes. Oh well! Just A good excuse to get A diamond plate bumper like I want.

 

[LBarr2002]

I talked to Tripp last night. He's got a lot of school work to finish up, but said he would have the rest of the pictures up by Friday night.

 

[zhanx]

hey larry, tripp said he would make the original available to me online via ftp can you pm me the info from him?

 

[LBarr2002]

He hasn't gotten them up yet. I just talked to him and he said he'd burn me a DVD, but I'll talk to him about getting them up for you and Scott.

If not, I can mail you a DVD...

 

[Dopler174]

Yea. I was wondering about the rest of the pictures also.

 

[LBarr2002]

I'm going home today and I'll probably talk to Tripp tomorrow. I won't have internet until Tuesday most likely, so I'll let ya'll know then.

 

[LBarr2002]

good news/bad news:

Good news: I have a cd from Tripp with all his pictures.

Bad news: My fiance has her camera with the rest of the pictures with her at the beach.

Next week, after finals are over, I'll get all of them together and I can mail John and Scott a CD if you give me your addresses.

Sorry for the delay guys.

 

[Dopler174]

HAHAHA! No reason to be sorry! I'll PM you my address.