2007-04-29 - Dan's Farm Trail/Bear Swamp Trail (56K Lookout!)
 

Some of these have descriptions, just keep scrolling.

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Trail & Tracking with my trusty T60 and GPS...
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Did someone loose a bogger?
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Lots of not-too-deep mud and ruts and bumps on this trail. easy but very fun.
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George of the jungle has blocked my trail... :saw:
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Attempting to flex...
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...and having it look more like off camber...
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All the good trails end like this. :pop:
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I would totally buy this place and live here if I had the money. Wheeling out your back door? hell yeah! The commute would be a killer though. :con:
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Things get slightly gnarly from the mud standpoint...
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...And get worse...
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...And Worse... I was worried, then I went at each of the puddles with a stick to check dept and bottom conditions before tearing-arse through them!
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My first stream crossing EVER!
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Looks like a full-size has been bogging and tearing this up...
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Dirty-Aftermath...
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More dirt. not that bad at all.
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Post-processed artwork shots I got are... (click for bigger)

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Crevace

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WHEEE!!! I LOVE WHEELIN! :bump: :bump: :bump: :bump:

looks like fun. i like being able to just cruise and not worry aboot getting stuck:D

I can't find any local trails where I have to worry about getting stuck! :( You guys in CO and CA have all the fun. The mud holes worries me but I've gotten stuck when I was out solo a few times and it's no fun. Need to find some more local wheelers. stupid college kids are too busy drinking and not driving their perfectly clean jeeps/4runners/LCs/LRs up in the woods!

Dang man, shoulda posted a 56K beware notice...

Awesome pics and looks like an easy entertaining trail.

Hayes

Yeah, definitely easy. some parts of it are no more than a gravel road, but there were a few seldom-used spots that had some fun bumps and whatnot. and the whole ride really had me wishing i'd aired down, twas bumpy.