I'll post a pics link soon.

Camps were all deserted when we arrived Friday at 11:00 am, so we had our pick of the sites at Stateline. This is the first time I've ever seen it so uninhabited.

Friday three rigs rode School Bus. I had the top down because it was about 65 degrees. It was my first time on School Bus, which I found to be a cool trail. It took 6 1/2 hours to ride 5 to 4 to 11 to 3 and back out 5 to camp. I shattered my passenger window on a root ... I could have sworn it was down, until glass was everywhere. Got it replaced pretty cheap yesterday.

Saturday eight rigs ascended Slick Rock in the snow, all without winching until the very last obstacle at the very top after the actual slick rock portion. Somehow the rain and snow had washed the rocks and made it easier than usual to get traction. I rode with a friend due to my missing window.

We ended up getting about 6 inches of snow at Stateline campground, and it got down to 21 degrees ... quite a contrast from Friday's warm and sunny weather. My tent caved in while we were out wheeling, because the snow was so wet and heavy. It sprang back to life when I knocked the snow off. Can you say tent heaters ... I had two of them running and could still see my breath it was so cold Sunday morning.

Saturday night three rigs rode up the gravel road past the observation point at the top of Lower 2 and then on to the first really steep hill on Upper 2. Snow was at least 8 inches deep in places and was probably a foot deep by morning. There's something cool about the silence that comes during snow wheeling, especially at night. One of the most fun night runs I've been on in a long time.

Roads were solid ice on Sunday morning until we got well past Green Cove on the way to Tellico Plains. It was kind of funny driving through town all covered in snow because it hadn't snowed at all there.

pics link soon to come