Panamint
Valley Days
November 7-9, 2003
Somewhere in the wilderness south of Panamint
Springs, among hundreds of Cal4Wheel members like ourselves,
we set up camp for the weekend.
Most of us headed out on the Desert Mine run Saturday morning.
The trail was moderately difficult, the King's stocker was
leading Rick's CJ through the rocks! Some of us broke off
to explore the old mine at the end of the trail. Marlin, the
trail leader, led us through several levels of the pitch black
maze-like mine.
It was chilly and windy, it rained, and there were 70 Jeeps
on our trail run that day, yet nobody complained. Well, Sarah
did later, about having to sit through a prize raffle in the
rain. So, while Erik was winning a 10-year supply of hand
cleaner and Kirk was trying to get in on that action
too, Rick and Sarah went out for a night run with M1Jeep and
Joe.
Everyone joined back up at camp for some late night smores
and a bonfire. We think Tammy may have been the MVP of the
day – saving the guys from being stuck with her trusty
tow! |
