First, I want to thank you, Josh, for the BBQ and fun trail ride. Great people, too! I enjoyed meeting and wheeling with everybody! It was an extreme pleasure to finally meet CSP! Looking forward to visiting your ranch (or, should I say ranches!) What a relief it was to get up in the mountains to get away from the 100 degree F temps along the Front Range!
Chef Mark ... simply an amazing guy! There's nothing that doesn't interest this man! Hunting, fishing, ... and Jeeps! If you ever get an opportunity to go jeeping with Mark, you're going to enjoy more than his delicious culinary abilities! Mark's wife, "Princess", is "simply ... marvelous", and will have you laughing continuously with her inteligent wittiness! Thank you, Mark, for the great steak breakfast! It was a great pleasure to meet you, and your wonderful family!
SuperDawg promised an easy trail, so I didn't expect I would be pulling wire rope to recover a 98 TJ! The winch worked well (I should point out, SuperDawg was polite not to act too impatient with the Ramsey's obviously slow recovery speed! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />); and we used almost all the recovery equipment I had in my recovery bag, to right the TJ! I think I can get a few more pulls on the wire rope before I'll need to replace it. Although that synthetic rope stuff is looking pretty good.
Oh! And Annette and "Coop" were unharmed and in good spirits after the roll! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" /> It all started when "Coop" came charging down Pickle Rock after assisting Andy with his broken CJ hub winch over this rocky climb. "Fred! I found a real obstacle! Well, it's slightly off the trail. Come on Fred, let's do it! Follow me! It looks like fun!" You know, when you here those words or something similar, there's going to be trouble! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />
"Coop's" TJ is no stranger to roll-overs! This was the 2nd or 3rd this season! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" /> ! "Coop's" TJ would make a good Jeep commercial for "Jeep reliability" where it really counts, offroad! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> "Coop", it's not everybody that can brag about rolling their Jeep on Pickle Gulch! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
Andy learned his lesson about "not-getting-around-to-it" in regard to not fixing the sheared bolt on his hub before the trail ride; but, Superdawg did promise an "easy" trail! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> Andy, I had your steak at breakfast the next morning, so you don't have to worry about any food going to waste! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/nana.gif" alt="" />
I also want to thank everybody for helping me setup and teardown the "Waldorf Astoria"! Thanks! I think I'll order that tent-cot combination I was talking about; I need to reduce the camp setup and teardown time to enjoy more important stuff! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Thanks to everyone for a fun camping trip! BTW, if any of you go fourwheeling with SuperDawg, make sure your vehicle has tall gears! I ain't saying Josh is slow, but, Mark's basset hound, Rose, can run circles around SD's Cherokee while he is cruising along the trail! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> If SuperDawg promises an easy trail, just be ready for some surprises, too!
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