Was the weather perfect? Well...we had just about every kind of weather you can get. Rain. Snow. Hail. Sunshine (OK...not much). Did I mention rain?

Safeway parking lot. What can I say..it's a tradition





Looks like we got us a convoy



Time to drop the air pressure a little bit





Hmmm..that a slider?



Lonesome Lake...with snow on the tree tops



Rob's truck



Lost in a cloud bank



Jen needed a little tug (Rob lies all the time, Jen. Don't believe him when he says how easy a trail is)



'Yotas at Suntop



The question came up as to how many YotaTech members it takes to change a brake light (still counting)



Rob's 200 ft air hose



What's this? Fall colors?!?



We had a great time, and really enjoyed the company. Rob..your truck is simply awesome. You drive like a maniac, however.

Jim

 

looks beautiful. i hope my truck will be able to make a run or two next year

 

Doh! I hadn't anticipated that she would be two-wheel drive! Other than that little glitch, I thought she did a bang-up job of it Next time we do "Pucker Ridge"... don't let the name scare you, it's a walk in the park... muhahhahahahahhahahah

Likewise! Great folks, great views! I will sleep really well tonight after a run like that And I DO NOT drive like a maniac... If I was going to drive like a maniac, I would have had both hands on the wheel instead of having a sandwich in one hand, the CB microphone in the other and one knee doing the steering for me No wonder when I dropped Corey off, he fell to his knees and kissed the ground

Here's a GPS trace of the ground we covered.



Mapping software readable version or hi-res version available upon request...

 

It came to me in a vision. As many of you saw yesterday, Jim had the prettiest rig on the trail. There was much discussion as to how he can improve upon those chrome "accents" and that wax job that sheds mud like it was never there. So, here's the next step...

http://www.toyotaparts4u.com/Travis_Bryant3.jpg

 

Oh great, and I will have to help him install those

 

Cool pictures. I was just wondering how that run went that you guys had planned on the 18th. We did a run yesterday as well, hopefully will get the pics up soon.

Haha, I dont consider myself a crazy driver, but i still have a pop can in one and my cb lol. At times I was steering with my leg, but only on the smmooooth stuff.

Thanks for the pictures

 

...You're just jealous over my chrome license plate wing-nut things. I'm not going to reveal my source for them, no matter how much you beg lol!

Hey..give me a chance. My rig is a work in progress. By this time next year, I can see you doing this as I drive up lol!

I must say, Rob, that your remote start is quite the bling. Well done!

Jim

 

Well I had a great time! Rob- Awesome "tour guide", I'd been up that way several times but had no idea I was missing all that we saw yesterday.(could be because my last vehicle was not for offroading) I look forward to doing many more runs with WATTORA and Yotatech once I'm back from Iraq. Oh yeah- I MADE IT UP THE HILL!! lol, thanks guys.

 

Yes that Green Taco did make it up the hill
Glad you came with us, and stay safe in the sandbox.

Looking forward to having you along on some future runs.

 

Serious props to you for making it up the optional hill climb!

Be safe over there and come back to wheel with us another day. From all of us who are staying here, THANK YOU for going over there so we don't have to

 

Parking lot at Lonesome Lake


Lonesome Lake


Jen saying to herself, "Why didn't I just walk?"

 

ok here is a couple from our camera. I will only post a couple since I don't have a web site to link them from so you get those icky thumb nails..

The famous light bulb.... I Love this shot.

 

The waterfall

 

Group airing up

 

And for Todd... Did your truck look a little something like this when we went up to the lookout hehe...

 

and I have the originals for anyone who wants them and soon Crash should hopefully have them on his web site that you can snag them from also. Someday I'll learn to resize without them looking so crappy.

 

hey all - thanks again for having me, i had a blast and am so glad i made the haul. i hope i can figure out the deal with my 4x, hoping it's a connection and not my transfer case... i learned a lot and am excited to try it again.

 

nice new pics!

 

Man those pics are awesome. I really need to make a trip back to the mountains. Texas is a great state and all but it doesn't quite have the scenery that you northern guys do. Thanks for sharing the pics. I love looking at them.

 

thanks for posting the pics, i like the shot of my truck driving down that trail on the side of the mountain. Loved the scenery.