Get out your extreme gear out for this run! There's a good thread goin' on JF Rubicon Run (http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=248213) and the schedule is as follows:
Leave Loon Lake staging area 0800 18 July, camp first night at Spider Lake.
Leave Spider Lake 0800 19 July, camp second night at Rubicon Springs. ($10 camping fee)
Depart Rubicon Springs A.M. 20 July for Cadilac Hill and home.
Everyone who can make it is welcome, we'll have the CJ-7 out.

hmmm . . . I'm in for this. Either in my XJ (if I fix it), or if I get that TJ, I'll take that. Or I'll ride shotgun

shotgun?!? who's gonna want to haul your ass around all weekend?

when ya gettin' that TJ?

Originally posted by sarah
shotgun?!? who's gonna want to haul your FAT ass around all weekend?

when ya gettin' that TJ?

fixed that post for you :D ummmmmmm someone will let me ride shotgun :( Maybe in the next week or 2 that TJ might be mine

too bad i'll miss this run

that is a shame, evil. maybe you can cart yourself back here again? at least we'll have some KY members ... LOL.

Originally posted by bacon
that is a shame, evil. maybe you can cart yourself back here again? at least we'll have some KY members ... LOL.

Hmmmmm . . . KY members, as in?!? :eek: :yawn:

I will be filming this whole trip and the burning down to DVD.
A good video will come of this.

wow!! awesome! can't wait to see that one ... can't wait for the trip!! :)

Rock and Roll

This trip is going to ROCK!!!!

in case you haven't been keeping up with it, make sure you check out the thread linked in the first post if you're going on the trip. preparation has begun!

I cant wait . . . Looks like I'll be riding shotgun. This TJ thing is taking way too long and I dont think I'll have enough time to get in shape for the 'con. But HEY, at least I'll be there making fun of people and getting made fun of :D

YAY :yay:

But HEY, at least I'll be there making fun of people and getting made fun of
heh! you're going to be the trail bitch! you are just going to do what you are told... now put your hands in yopur pockets, and sit down!:D

Originally posted by NAILER341
heh! you're going to be the trail bitch! you are just going to do what you are told... now put your hands in yopur pockets, and sit down!:D
STICK IT!!! You better watch it, or else you'll see what the trail bitch is capable of :P

dont make me edit your posts of that vile middle finger stuff :D

Originally posted by NAILER341
dont make me edit your posts of that vile middle finger stuff :D

but it was a happy face smile . . . I dont get it

happy flipper offer is more like it

nailer, do you konw where we can get a few camel spiders for the trip?

i think "duke" has a few of them arround :)

Originally posted by NAILER341
i think "duke" has a few of them arround :)

STICK IT!!!:D :D :P

Ahem, didn't Nailer already seeee what the trail beeatch is capable of....???? LOL rick <-- (ducks and runs)

Originally posted by rick
Ahem, didn't Nailer already seeee what the trail beeatch is capable of....???? LOL rick <-- (ducks and runs)
Whats that crack supposeta mean? :mad: ;):D

lol! good one rick! i think we'll have to limit his "trail b!tch" chores to fetching drinks, and stacking rocks:D

Originally posted by NAILER341
lol! good one rick! i think we'll have to limit his "trail b!tch" chores to fetching drinks, and stacking rocks:D

You flamming sack, you better watch it!!! I know where you sleep!!! ;)

HEY! HANDS OFF ...HE'S MINE...

Im bringing him up there...hes gonna spot me!

T

Originally posted by JeepGal
HEY! HANDS OFF ...HE'S MINE...

Im bringing him up there...hes gonna spot me!

T
:duke: :eek: :D :P :duke:

ha! he'll be fetching the rest of us drinks, and stacking rocks :)

Originally posted by NAILER341
ha! he'll be fetching the rest of us drinks, and stacking rocks :)

WATCH IT!!!

Originally posted by JeepGal
HEY! HANDS OFF ...HE'S MINE...

Im bringing him up there...hes gonna spot me!

T

GET your Cameras READY !!!! :D :P :P

Well, we should figure out who is bringing what.
Gear oil, Power steering fluids, JB weld- engine oil etc.

Gonna be fun.

i'm planning on being part of the adventure; looking forward to meeting fellow adventurists. Rock on!!! See ya there.

awesome dan, we'll be glad to have you along!

Right on . . . see ya on the trail :8

Sarah really likes this information about the Rubicon:

Mmmmm.....bears (http://www.rubicon-trail.com/what.html)

She also likes this little tidbit:

Bears want your steaks (http://www.rubicon-trail.com/bear.html)

I can't wait to see one of these bastards, I haven't seen a bear since I lived in the Upper Peninsula in Michigan! Whooohoooo! Anyone else packin heat? I might.....ROFL!

Originally posted by rick
Sarah really likes this information about the Rubicon:

Mmmmm.....bears (http://www.rubicon-trail.com/what.html)

She also likes this little tidbit:

Bears want your steaks (http://www.rubicon-trail.com/bear.html)

I can't wait to see one of these bastards, I haven't seen a bear since I lived in the Upper Peninsula in Michigan! Whooohoooo! Anyone else packin heat? I might.....ROFL!

As long as the bear doesnt eat my meat, I'll be happy.

The only heat I'm packin is in my pants. And its only a single shooter :D

Damn I hope these Bears are'nt into Carne Asada ! If you see one wearing a Sombrero Run for your lives !!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by jim79cj7
If you see one wearing a Sombrero Run for your lives !!!!!!!!!

Can I take a picture first?!? :D

steaks cool. bears not cool. sarah is skeered.

Originally posted by sarah
steaks cool. bears not cool. sarah is skeered.

Sarah, you don't weigh very much so you wouldn't even be a snack.

Last year I didn't see any bears.

steaks, and bears are both cool. :) if we are going to be in the "out back" we may as well get the full experience. generally bears dont want people. they will just go after their food. in a p[lace like this, i expect these bears are relatively civilized, and know what a cooler looks like :)
everything will be just fine. we arent the first campers here.lol

:(

:duh: <-- never seen a bear before, but that's encouraging news.

rick has also assured me it would be fine ... but still expect me to freak out! LOL

:duh: <--------------- SPAZZ !

Originally posted by NAILER341
...i expect these bears are relatively civilized, and know what a cooler looks like :)...

Yes, many bears do know what a cooler looks like, and what they are used for. It is not uncommon to hear about bears literally breaking into cars to get at the coolers (they rip the doors off).

I have had several encounters with bears in the back country, they are generally pretty easy to get rid of (even for a short fat guy like me). Just be prepared to make noise on short notice (yell at them, kick dirt and rocks, wave your arms around over your head, and basically act like a lunatic---should be natural for some of us :rolleyes: ), and they generally go away.

Anytime I am in bear country, I always cover my cooler with a blanket so it doesn't look so much like a cooler, and store anything that "smells" (soap, toothpaste, sunscreen, food, etc) in a "bear can" (available in the backpacking section of most large sporting goods stores) away from camp. Also, I leave duffle bags, back packs etc with all the pockets open--if a bear wants in, they will get in. If you leave it open, there is a greater chance that the bag won't get torn apart while the bear goes through it.

FYI, if you do encounter a bear don't turn your back to walk (or run) away. It will be less likely to charge if you are facing it. just my $.02

And if the damn thing is eating my food, I'm sure as hell not going to lie down and play dead!!!

I'll be camping

Originally posted by tequiladan
I'll be camping

while the bear attacks are going on ?

Tequila Dan are you coming with us ?

Originally posted by sarah
steaks cool. bears not cool. sarah is skeered.

here ya go Sarah... I found this in the paper today...

for Sarah's eyes only (http://groups.msn.com/myTJpics/miscpics.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=285)

Originally posted by blkTJ
here ya go Sarah... I found this in the paper today...

for Sarah's eyes only (http://groups.msn.com/myTJpics/miscpics.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=285)

Sorry , I looked at it !

Damn it Jim!!!....


somehow a star trek quote is comming to mind... I'll spare you.:yay:

Originally posted by blkTJ
here ya go Sarah... I found this in the paper today...

for Sarah's eyes only (http://groups.msn.com/myTJpics/miscpics.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=285)
sorry i looked too! lol dont forget your pepper spray :)

waaaaa ... that's it, i'm bailing. :)

all you have to do is soak rick in salmon juice.. that way they take him first. thatll give you time to make a get-away:D

rick has a good idea on how to keep bears out of the tent. it has something to do with the fact that bears don't like the smell of poop. :rolleyes: :eek: :confused:

Originally posted by sarah
rick has a good idea on how to keep bears out of the tent. it has something to do with the fact that bears don't like the smell of poop. :rolleyes: :eek: :confused:

ok . . . you guys camp over there.

Originally posted by NAILER341
all you have to do is soak rick in salmon juice.. that way they take him first. thatll give you time to make a get-away:D

Cod juice will do:D

Yep, I'll get to meet everyone there. I'll be at Loon Lake @ 8 am. I'm planning my route up now.

Originally posted by tequiladan
Yep, I'll get to meet everyone there. I'll be at Loon Lake @ 8 am. I'm planning my route up now.

Right on Dan. See you there!

Originally posted by tequiladan
Yep, I'll get to meet everyone there. I'll be at Loon Lake @ 8 am. I'm planning my route up now.

Cool...but ummm...you dont want to Jeep-a-Van up with us?

And one other question...do you have a CB? (I didnt see an antenna on your jeep...:)) If you dont, I have an extra...:D

Hows the skids coming???

Tam

Skids go on Tuesday; thanks for the CB offer but I have a hand held. My plans just got re-mixed so I'm not sure of my schedule what time R U leaving & who's traveling?

Originally posted by tequiladan
Skids go on Tuesday; thanks for the CB offer but I have a hand held. My plans just got re-mixed so I'm not sure of my schedule what time R U leaving & who's traveling?

Ill be leaving Temecula around 730 am Thursday Morning...cant forget about rush hour traffic :(...Were sposed to meet up with the group at 10am in Frasier Park, at the Flying J, and head up with everyone from there.

Let me know if youll be traveling with us...way more fun with a group...:)

Tam

Originally posted by JeepGal
cant forget about rush hour traffic
Tam


Ahhh yes, those poor bastards that have to work. hahahaha ;)
:D

That sounds great & it works with all my shifted plans. I'm headed to Baja now, till Tuesday. Let me know where to meet up with you Thursday am. I live in Redhawk.
I'm looking forward to meeting everyone for some great fun!!!

Originally posted by tequiladan
That sounds great & it works with all my shifted plans. I'm headed to Baja now, till Tuesday. Let me know where to meet up with you Thursday am. I live in Redhawk.
I'm looking forward to meeting everyone for some great fun!!!

PM me your phone number and Ill call ya :)

Have fun in Baja!

T.

FYI ....

Jim is having difficulties getting online, so I am the bearer of this news.

Jim's best friend's mom died and the funeral is this weekend. He can't make the trip, Paul is out too. :( There will also be nowhere to store the extra doors.

Jim, you'll truly be missed. Our deepest sympathies to the family.

we're gonna miss you guys out there (jim/paul) but dont worrry, we will be representing jcbabdesign. sorry to hear of this guys.

http://216.98.133.11/box2/Spider.jpg

A present for Chris and Tammy.

haha, real funny Al :rolleyes: :P I saw that too, over at Jeep BBS (http://www.jeepbbs.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4576)

<shudder>
<screams like a girl and runs away>

I'm very disapointed in the news that Jim and Paul won't be making it... the trip won't be quite the same.

Sarah... if you could, please bring that mirror thing, I guess I'll be leaving my doors at Al's and I'd like to be "legal" for the trip up.

I guess we've lost our welder... what else was Jim gonna bring that we have to think about?

i WILL NOT CLICK ON THAT LINK!!
tammy has tricked me enough times into clicking on spider links!! LMAO
:yay:

////skeered
////bears!! AH!

brian, i'll put those mirrors on my list. i'm not sure if we're going to go sans doors from that far. other than spare parts, i'm not really sure what jim was bringing that ya'll were sharing.

tammy said that rick and i could join your "group" since ours is no longer. all we really need is a grill/stove. we're going to bring our little one, but it takes forever to cook.

we'll be staying at the icehouse inn or whatever it's called thursday nite.
can't wait!! :D :)

Does anyone else have a welder? If not I will try to see if I can hi-jack one for the weekend (don't know how sucessful I will be though).

Thanks Sarah, I'll try and remind you Wednesday night if I'm not overwelmed with my oun junk. I will be bringing a camp stove FYI.

The one thing I can't help but think about is that we no longer have any tow vehicles going. That means we might not be able to get a seriously broke Jeep home. Hopefully we won't have any.:rolleyes: :confused: :D :yay:

Originally posted by blkTJ
The one thing I can't help but think about is that we no longer have any tow vehicles going. That means we might not be able to get a seriously broke Jeep home. Hopefully we won't have any.:rolleyes: :confused: :D :yay:

That is a good point. I thought about towing my jeep, but since there were going to be a couple others doing that, I figured we would be covered if we really needed to tow something home.

I suppose I could still do it, but it would be a long, slow drive up (the truck has 175K on it), and I would need to put a fan in it tomorrow. I don't have a trailer though, and don't really have the $$$ to rent one.

What do you guys (& gals) think, should we make a effort to find a trailer? For that matter, does anyone have a trailer? Would it be worth the effort to find one?

if worse comes to worst, we can always rent a u-haul truck one way. i'm sure they have one big enough to fit a jeep!

FYI : If any vehicle encounters problems and need's to be towed i can lend out my garage for any fixes or repairs that would have to be done after the trip and my AAA card works that far away I'm only 1 1/2 hours away from the trail head in Citrus heights (suburb of Sacramento) not to mention i know all the 4wd parts stores and shops so i can get replacement parts pretty quickly.

Originally posted by calipup
FYI : If any vehicle encounters problems and need's to be towed i can lend out my garage for any fixes or repairs that would have to be done after the trip and my AAA card works that far away I'm only 1 1/2 hours away from the trail head in Citrus heights (suburb of Sacramento) not to mention i know all the 4wd parts stores and shops so i can get replacement parts pretty quickly.

Good deal! I wasn't really looking forward to towing the heep up there. I really need a set of rings and a decent cam in that old GMC before I start dragging things around too much.:rolleyes:

Besides, at 6 or 7 mpg, it makes for a expensive trip!

that is indeed, a good thing to know. i'm not anticiating any problems though:) i think i'm all cought up on my break crap to runs ratio... i hope! knock on wood:wave:

I don't see that there will be anything broken on this trip- as long as you use your head- it should be a nice slow scenic drive- I think everyone will drive out and home with no problems.

Yay Triple A!!! Sarah and I are proud members also, so we can just drag whatever busted CJ (oops, are we the only one now?) to the trailhead and have em haul it away....lol.

I have AAA as well, just incase:D And with the way I drive its a nice thing to have :D

I don't expect any major problems either...but it is always nice to know there is a plan in place if something does happen.

LOL @ "break crap to run ration"

Good Ol' Diamler Chrysler covers my Jeep for Towing, lock outs and gas...:) I wonder if theyll come to the Rubicon?

I was reading an article on Jeep jamborees today and how they chopper drop in supplies , I wonder what it would cost me and the jeep to be airlifted in ? :P Damn i am gonna miss you guys . Have a great trip !!

JIM :{>

here's somebodys trail report from the rubicon, good reading, don't let the damages page fool you the rubi has both easy and difficult trail runs.

after looking at a map (finally) it seems like it'd be alot easier for us to meet you dudes in bakersfield. what do you guys think? what time do you expect to be there? maybe it'd be a good spot to stop for lunch.

FYI: apparently Hurricane Claudette's effects will be felt all the way up north here. So do be prepared for potental showers, if any they will be very light and most likely just make it more humid. yay!

great! maybe that can be our shower then, no leeches for me! are there leeches up there? bring extra garbage bags to keep your sleeping bag in! :D

Originally posted by sarah
after looking at a map (finally) it seems like it'd be alot easier for us to meet you dudes in bakersfield. what do you guys think? what time do you expect to be there? maybe it'd be a good spot to stop for lunch. They aren't going through Bakersfield. We all can meet you in Fresno around 2:00. I can tell you where when we decide. If you do decide to meet us in Fresno, it will take you 3 hours from Mojave to get there.

We think thats the best way for us to go. Otherwise, we are just going further west. Where should we meet? We don't know anything about Fresno, so its really up to you! We'll check back lata tonight and see whats up, or drop us a PM.

I've been having problems posting messages; somebody please have JeepGal call me @ 909-265-5565 so I'll know where to meet her for the trip up.

does anyone have a spare CV that will work on the front drive shaft?

You have a CV on the front? Or are you talking about a double cardan joint? Either way, I don't. But I do have a big hammer. Does that help? :P

Does anyone have any spare 1203 U-joints (driveshaft)? I haven't been able to find any locally.

its that time boys and girls! wooo i'm ready for this.
see you at the flying j at 10:00am
562 244 8638
562 big tofu

Originally posted by blkTJ
does anyone have a spare CV that will work on the front drive shaft?

Brian, if you need one we can get it at Fresno driveline. It is on the way.

thanks Al, we'll check it out.

ok! ready, and getting on the road!
see you at frazier park :)

Hopefully someone take alot of pictures. I was there in 2001 it's a great place to be for a week. Have fun.

http://socalxj.neophytes.org/albums/album11/rubicon_trail_sign_vert.jpg

Joe

Damn we are here and they are there ! I hope all is well .

It feels weird, in a time when there is so much communication available, yet we don't know how they are doing.

Originally posted by Trailbst
It feels weird, in a time when there is so much communication available, yet we don't know how they are doing.

Hopefully they are tearing there Bumpers and Rockers apart ! So they can buy some JC Fab & Design Stuff !!!!!!!

Amen to that Jim! They need some cool looking JCFab stuff on their rides. My little old Jeep almost went under the knife (Sawzall) yesterday. Has some pencil lines on it right now. Soon, real soon.

Update : they finished the trail and are all ok and on there way home !!!

Cant wait to here about it !!!!1

Awesome, I want to see the pics and hear the stories!

apperantley Tequila dan had a nasty rollover ! Dont know the details But we will know soon .......... Haven't heard from the bosses yet Hope they had a good time ... '

JIM :{>

YAY!! I"M THE FIRST TO COMMENT!!!

We made it back alive, well, at least rick and i did. heard something from jim about erik having trouble near sacto.

i think the best way to sum up the trip was: it was like an extreme jeep commercial!! it was so wild, so beautiful, and so fun. the trail just kept going! every turn, every corner was another obstacle. each nite we camped at a lake or river on giant slabs of rock. we have so many pictures it's going to take a whole day to go through them! rick brought the laptop so we could wipe the cf card and we had a slideshow the last nite.

i gota run, just wanted to check in and say we're all good. jim, we really missed ya on this one. chuck too. RUBICON OR BUST BABY!!

Awesome trip everyone!

I got home about 11:00 last night....no problems, but still unpacking the heep.

Erik--I still have your cooler.

this indeed, was an incredible trip! the first day was ROUGH! but we made it through without any people injured. there was a major roll over while towing a broken jeep back to the camp for it to be AA'd out to the town.
i think the quote for that day was,
"things just got REAL ugly" and, "thingd just went from bad to worse"
well, after this roll over, a couple of us stuck arround to see tequila dan, and his jeep off of the trail to a safe camp, and the rest of the group moved to continue the fun.
after getting dan up the narly hill to camp, those of us that stayed to get him out hauled ass to camp, and showed up about an hour before dark.
what a gorgeous place this is! FANTASTIC! the rock gardens seemed to go on forever, and the slabs were great. for a wheeler, you can really have it ALL. you get water (deep), rocks galore, off camber, hill climbs.... you really get it all here.
we had a great group of people out there, and everyone made it off of the trail.
kirk went through 4 tires, and a lower control arm bracket.
seaphan got a couple of nice body scars, and a bent control arm.i got a bubble in a tire, and a couple of strress cracks in the front fenders.
i think that is about it for real damage on the trail besides dan, whose jeep took the roll.
great trip guys! lets do it again.
DUCY ERSHIM in september?
i limped my jeep home about 20-30 miles at a time, and got home at 6:00 this morning! thanks for sticking arround til we got to town brian! :)
i am absolutely exhausted.
i think it is fuel line, or fuel filter related. i never got it resolved on the road... just limped the whole 400 miles:eek:
pictures will come later..

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p2ffd13e2b750527f63d1604b6f3b3db8/fb9d1063.jpg
the gate keeper :)
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p7b2bf6ebe1dc615ac0ef4cf8c79a1bc8/fb9d0bc0.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p85679e2cfe9984eada4a39e42a62fb6c/fb9d0f40.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p16f20f95939c426bb30a0f3cac822d1d/fb9d0f11.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pfd14b60c74bd2925ee1f5d833c0ce5e3/fb9d0af8.jpg

here's the group!

as erik, brian, tammy, chris, rick and i were leaving tahoe, we encountered a thunderstorm that brought lots of rain! awesome with the doors off - especially when it turned to hail!

here is a view from 395 of mono lake! we took the scenic route home and got in at about 1am. more pixs to come tonite in the gallery!

damn you guys!!! looks like ya had a fun time.

i'll post pics of my next crappy run.. lots of cool scenery and a few waterfalls to climb.. but nothing decent.

Awesome you guys. What gorgeous looking country.

Looks like you had fun!

Glad to hear that everyone made it home safe.

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Well you guys covered it... what a great trip. I got back to the apartment at 4:39am. Pics will be up soon.

Erik... no problem... I think I owe everybody a favor for the display Saturday night.:eek:

I can't believe I haven't seen one mention of socks....:yay:


pics are here:rubicon (http://groups.msn.com/myTJpics/rubiconjuly2003.msnw?Page=1)

glad to hear you guys made it ok, gosh, so late! all of the pics looks so awesome! brian, your panos rock! were you able to get the pics i screwed around with off your cf card?

our photos are a work in progress, check em out here
MJR Rubicon Photos (www.myjeeprocks.com/jeeps/rubicon)

as of right now some of the links don't work, oh wait! rick's the man! he fixed em! day 2 and 3 on the way tonite! :D

yeah Sarah, I meant to call you, all the pics were fine.:D

AWESOME TRIP!!!

Even with the early mishaps and such, it was absolutly amazing.

I can not wait to run it again!!
Thank you everyone for making this trip so enjoyable! It was everything I dreamed of and more!

:D :D

... and all of those bear comments were just plain torture - there were no bears! lots of mosquitoes - lots and lots! - and quite a few lizards, but other than that there were no annoying wild creatures.

Originally posted by sarah
... and all of those bear comments were just plain torture - there were no bears! lots of mosquitoes - lots and lots! - and quite a few lizards, but other than that there were no annoying wild creatures.

and leaches!!!:D :P Tammy has some really good pics that I'll try to post . . . if I can break into her Imagestation :P

nope! no leeches either! john found some strange little buggers in the water tho ... and we did see crawfish or whatever they are in the rubicon springs! there we met up with a dude named jeff and his crew ... he's supposed to log on and see how cool we are ... LOL.

Whatsup everyone! Just joined here :) I should have my pics up sometime tonight or tomorrow the latest ... so many good ones ... so many I wish I had taken but couldn't.

This was a strange trail ... I was often too worried about the lines I was taking than worrying about taking pics of the action! I am so glad I squeezed this trip in before I moved out of the west :8 :D

dude your jeep rocked! it did awesome, both yours and brian's. i was really impressed, and of course there are the drivers to give credit to also! and i'm glad you made it! welcome to the site!

WOW.

That trip was sooooo incredible it was surreal. The scenary was like a back drop in a movie. The Rubicon Trail was everything Id hoped it would be and MORE.

Beautiful sunny days, warm nights...swimming in a clear mountain lake or river everynight to wash off the trail dirt. GREAT friends, good food and AWESOME wheeling. The only thing that could have made it better is if Dan didnt have the problems that he did.

My sincere condolences to Dan. Im soooo sorry :( Ive called a few times and left a message. Im concerned about his whereabouts and how he's fairing. As soon as I hear from him, Ill post. Id also like to take this opportunity to thank Chris, Erik and Brandon for going ABOVE and BEYOND the call of duty...How in the world you guys managed to not only right Dans Jeep and how Chris was able to get it running, and the three of you to get it back to base camp Ill never know. Dan asked me to Thankyou for your efforts. I want to thank you as well. I could only hope that the one day you need something from me, Ill be there and able to help.

Here are the pics I snapped...a whole lot of them!. And this is after I deleted a bunch.

http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4289609659

After we picked up our doors at Chris' friends house, we visited for a little bit, then went down to the river and went swimming. Finally, we left and drove till dark, staying in Angels Camp. We wiggled our way down 49, driving thru all the old gold mining towns. The old buildings and towns are incredible. We drove through Yosemite on Monday Afternoon...and finally made it back home Monday night around 10pm. Im glad we didnt rush home.

Id like to do this trip again, soon. Id really like to take it a bit slower...stay a few days at Spider Lake...explore some of the area. Maybe we could get a few folks that would like to do it again...Im sure we could coerce Jim into going. :D

Im thrilled at how well Emily did! Not bad for a little girlie Jeep! Thankyou to Chris and John for some awesome spotting! I couldnt have done it without you! No damage, except the license plate...and a few nice dings on the undercarriage, the tcase skid is kinda flattened on one side too...and a new dent in my oil pan. The Kilby Steering box skid was nicely broken in, and the heavy duty tie rod and diff gaurd were well used and abused. (Thankyou CHRIS!) And my sweet ass gas tank skid (customized and strengthened by Erik and Chris) performed admirably!

Once again Thankyou everyone for making this an awesome trip. Im looking forward to the next one already!

Originally posted by sarah
dude your jeep rocked! it did awesome, both yours and brian's. i was really impressed, and of course there are the drivers to give credit to also! and i'm glad you made it! welcome to the site!

Thanks and thanks! Now I have my work cut out for me ... first fix all the dings and bruises and then start working on the lift :)

Here (http://zr2.cs.ucla.edu/seapahn/gal/rubicon) are a few of my pics ... instead of viewing them online, you can download the whole gallery as a zip file (http://zr2.cs.ucla.edu/seapahn/gal/rubicon.zip). Let me know if you want the full size version of any of them.

Whoever has pictures and or video- if you send me a copy- i will add it to a DVD- The DVD's cost me about $12.00 to make each copy- including the Disc, case, printing, burning- and hours and hours of editing- I will let everyone have a copy at just what it is costing me to make- I can make a slide show with all the still pictures and a movie with the Video- Anolog or Digital.

Let me know if you have something to add!!!

So ... what was everyone's "damage" like?

I just swapped my two bent lower control arms ... nothing too bad but both driver sides were a bit outa shape. Thanks to goodtimes for the pair of spares!

Other than those, both rear bumper end caps are in the trash. Good thing I had them on since they saved my rear quarters. The passenger side rear quarter is a bit bent .. I seem to have landed hard on something (so many I can't remember exactly when) since the plastic in the wheel well is a bit busted. I got some VERY good ideas from Eric and what he has done with his jeep on how to "fix" this (sometime in the future).

I have a good idea on how to "fix" the infamous dent in the front ... I'll try to post pics once that's done.

My front driver side tire won't hold pressure ... it has a slow leak at the bead. I tried to pop the bead and redo it but it still leaks. I'll have to take it to a tire store and have them remount and balance it I guess.

That's about it ... the rest, as far as I can tell is just the normal bumps and bruises on the skids and whatnot underneath. The wheels are also nicely scratched up after I washed the mud off :D

My wheels suffered the same damage... all are holding air but there's a lot less of the outer rim. oh well, just that much closer to beadlocks. I haven't washed the mud off the bottom yet so I'm not sure what I'll find then. We'll see.:yay:

one blown drivers side front shock and lots of loose bolts.

I took my leaking wheel to be remounted and balanced (weights were all gone) and this is what the lady working there tells me when I went back to pick it up ...

"Sir, your wheel had about 6" of mud about 1" thick inside the bead. Our technician thinks you may have been offroading and the pressure got too low. But it's fixed now."

I said: "hmmm ... really? That's odd but thanks!"

:D :D :D The look on her face was kinda funny when she was trying to explain to me what the problem may be. :D

ROFL!! that is classic!! do you have a photo of your screwed up tire? that would be a funny story for the new section!

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