First off thanks to everyone for showing up we had a Blast <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />.

I don't have anypics because the camera died but,there are lot's of other's.

carnage report:

Not really much to say,sorry <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


Thursday was a long day but by 7pm or so we where all pretty much settled in,we talk'd etc and setup tents blah,blah,blah.

Friday got up bright and early, <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />yeh right,
The roosters where up but not us.
We got some grub and hit the trails,we ran several trails and enjoyed the seneiry.Team Turtle made lunch,hot dogs and chips.We rode around all day splashing thru mud,over hills and dales.......nothing really hard,just nice cool spots under canopies of pine with blankets of ferns.


To be continued tonite.......gotta go to work.


Special Thanks go out to:

!!!!!!!!!No particular order!!!!!!!!!

[color:"red"] Joe Darlington for the use of the Rodeo for games and such as well as raffle prizes [/color]

[color:"red"] Matt at Independant4x for swag to give away in raffle [/color] <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />

[color:"red"] Aaron at O'reilly Auto Parts in Bristol Tn. on the parkway for raffle prizes [/color]

[color:"red"] Alton at Autozone on the parkway,Bristol Tn. for raffle prizes [/color]

[color:"red"] Charlie at Napa in Boone NC. for raffle prizes [/color]

[color:"red"] Fred at the Isuzu dealership in Bristol Tn. for raffle prizes [/color]

[color:"red"] Jennifer at McDonalds of Bristol/MntCity tn for some food coupons [/color]

[color:"green"] Team Turtle!!!!! for cooking and lots of raffle prizes and for running to get biscuits etc etc [/color]


We'll talk more let's get some pics up.
Thanks alot,again for coming we had a great time.

Bansil and Team Turtle

Thanks to everyone for seat time,especially Brandon-- [color:"green"]cherokee- [/color]

It was an AWESOME weekend; thereÆs no doubt about it!

I want to thank EVERYONE for showing up and making Calla`Zu 2 a trip to remember <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />



One of my favorite quotes of the weekend:
û after seeing Rubo charge his 2000 Rodeo over æThe LogÆ on Welder
(with 912s and 31' Pirelli Scorpion A/Ts)à

ôRubo can take the lead nowà IÆll follow him anywhere!ö û Joe Darlington

<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />



Phil (icysyrup) already has his photos posted.
HereÆs a little preview:







Hopefully IÆll have mine posted soon.
(* Yeah, RIGHT! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> )


<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" />
<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

It was definatly fun and seeing rubo put new meaning in his quote "if I cant drive over it, I will FLY over it" Definatly was amusing on "the log". good times...good times...

Everyone just needs to take their coffee breaks at work to get their photos up...heheheh <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/lol.gif" alt="" />

Nice! That pic of Joe on the waterfall is now my desktop pic. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Glad yall had a good time. Ill make the next one, for sure.
-J <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

What an awesome picture of Joe D.

One of the things I dig about Joe is his low-key demeanor -- he's damn near unflappable. I can just about picture his slow drawl, casually out the window in the picture above:
"Say, ya'll wanna give me a little spot 'bout here?"
...as everything from the dash, footwells, and ashtray flies directly to the right rear corner.

Thanks for posting the pics! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

Randii

it was a blast glad i could make it cant wait for the next one and i will get pics up when i get a chance

I wanted to take a moment to thank Bansil, Team Turtle, Smiley and everyone involved for a great event at Callalantee this past weekend. And a special thank you to Lisa for the meals... especially the "warm" potato salad like Mom used to make. I had a fantastic time & will definitely come back for some more fun. It was a pleasure and an honor to meet & wheel with such a great bunch of people.

As promised, I've attached a couple of pics of Casa de Smiley for you to see in all it's glory. Hopefully, I'll have all my pics loaded & posted by this weekend. Until then I present Casa de Smiley...

Enjoy... Leland







p.s. All pics were intentionally presented in large format in an attempt to give you a sense of the enormalty of his palatial digs... and, yes, that is Smiley under that cover.

.....continued; <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />

the old logging roads make for interesting navigating,especially when a child with a crayon drew the map <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" />

after lunch on friday we continued onto the black trail and followed it to the grey trail.

The trail is a fairly step downhill......or uphill <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> that crosses thru a few boulder feilds and is made up of pea size type rocks.It's not bad if you don't hit your brakes hard(if you have brakes,right Rubo <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/pfft.gif" alt="" />) and if it's not raining.
After making the downhill,offcamber switchback turn we proceded down to one of the old sawmill sites.While cameras got pulled out Lisa decided to play in the creek crossing//dirt piles.She didn't get stuck"technically <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />" but with some spotting,and use of the skinney pedal she was able to chew over it.
Several people played there.

Smiley,headed back to camp with john and laura to start on some vittles.

They rest of the afternoon was ours so we decided to run the grey trail again,this time backwards.

It took each vehicle a few attempts to make the first turn,thanks to a deep rut,which thru you even more off camber.

We ran back to camp,fired up the other grill and vittles where on <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> there were huge steaks smoking,chops grilling,corn on the cob boiling,linguine getting it on,stir fried green beans,and ice cold refreshing cheerwine......calling from the coolers.

After dinner we decided an easy hour or two run up to the top of the mnt. to the tower and back down.........the trail
is yellow and the map says steep <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" /> and it is but,........














































we also didn't factor in the 3" of rain we got at the begining of the week <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/evil.gif" alt="" />,
I felt like the professor or the howells.........it turned into a long night.

The ride up the mnt was nice,it was cool and just a nice well a nice drive.
We reached the summit and walked up to the radio tower......
ugh....... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />...it was gone!They took it down and neatly stacked it next to the trail,Oh'well.....we'll just look at the stars...........the six of them where beautiful
<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" /> the clouds moved in while we clawed our way to the top.
Onward we pressed,gotta' get back to camp.I worned everyone about the decent back to camp------if this trail is wet you do not want to attempt it,it is very steep.
With rubo's brakes acting up I decided to scratch the decent and make the second right and follow skyline drive back to camp.
I radio'd team turtle and they were on the lookout for the turn.
The silence broke when the cb came to life!!!!Lisa said "Bansil needs to come up here,this doesn't look good"
I figured a rock or a tree in the way.I asked her she said something along the line of "This scares me" <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" /> Smiley and me looked at each other and both said --------- In 3 years of wheelin,I have never heard those words come out of her mouth!!!!!!!!!!!!Now I was worried.
I walked up to the turtle which was pointing downhill at about a 30* angle and I couldn't see the road!
We chocked the tires and I told them to hold on.

I got in front of her and-----!! Not sure what the angle was we could walk/skid down it,and crawl back up it.Maybe 60* it was way steeper than 45 because it went down maybe 80ft. in the course of maybe 30ft........and it had a spring river flowing down it...........we hadn't even gotten to the old steep part yet.

We spent an hour getting the rest of the vehicles turned around and out of the way.This left 3 trucks turtle,rubo and brandon.
Lisa tried to back up it wasn't happening,reverse just slipped,no movement.
We hook up to brandon trucks and pulled the turtle backwards about 20' to get it leveled out a little more.
We couldn't get her back the 100' or so to where we where turning everyone around so the decision was made turn her around her.
Out came the the strap,and winch cable,this was way too off camber to play around.
With brandon secured to the rear corner,I started to turn her,feeding the cable in and out too keep tension on the cable.
<img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />We where half way there,90 more degrees and it will be good.I reattached the cable to her running boards,took out the slack and we started on our 60 point turn again.
As the turtle back;d up the passenger side rear tire(side down hill) dropped into the ravin!!!!!!!!it was on!! the cable snapped tight,the cherokee scooted forward against the rocks chocking the tires........and the turtle was on two wheels!!!!!!!6" of nighttime under the driverside tires <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/shiner.gif" alt="" />

As I was cleaning my shorts,I made some thankyou's,as the turtle settled back onto all tires again with just a push of the whinch controller........thank the heavens,Brandon,3/8" cable and the young ladies for keeping there cool.
The rest of the drive back to camp was uneventful.....and it's now saturday morning..........to be continued.....

Bansil

Doug (Bansil),

Thanks for all the work you did in pulling this together. I had a great time.

Pete

Good stories and pics, everyone <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> Wish I could have made it out, but the funding for two distanced off-road trips wasn't there this year. I'll definitely have to make one eventually... that waterfall looks like a fun challenge! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />