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like mike said, the truckhaven trail may be a good one to take from the calcit mine trail to font's point. here are a bunch of links to photos of it...

http://www.justruns.com/gallery/album28?&page=1

http://www.expeditionexchange.com/truckhaven2/

http://homepage.mac.com/bobpalmer/PhotoAlbum8.html

http://www.expeditionexchange.com/ics/indexmain.htm
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if we are going to cover this much ground on sat, we will probably need to get started first thing in the morning. is everyone planning on arriving on friday? if so, we can head out around sunrise and have one hell of a day out there.

 

I'm leaving PHX around 1PM. Not sure what time that will put me there...

6?

 

Well darn!
Doesn't look like any 2 wheelers are headed out there

I guess I'll have to wait for another time :pat:

 

i just accepted the job offer i have been waiting for for the us border patrol. i will be heading out to the academy in SC for 5 months on october 27th. this means that this will be the last trip i get to make for at least 5 months, so were gonna have to make it a good one.

 

Congratulations!
A good buddy of mine just started the police academy this past Monday. I'm waiting for his progress report phone call sometime this weekend

Anyhow, these jobs can be hard to get sometimes. Excellent job! Congratulations again!

 

So a three some trail run with me, you and Fear?

So how big are those Monkey Nuts?

 

If you three head out together, I'm calling SHOTGUN right now!! I'll document all the carnage...er, I mean action. Scott will want some pics/video of his last trip

 

yes pics and vids are a must!!!

Man this is making me drive my truck all the way back to az for some fun. Maybe I will in the future, who knows. Have fun though

lol I just saw over at 4x4wire that Fear got rear ended by a benz. No dmg at all to his runner but the benz got totaled

 

I think only 1 vehicle would "maybe" take carnage. I'll let you guess which one.

It's hard to get a dent at 1/4 Mile per hour.

 

Especially in Anza Borrego. These aren't extreme trails. But they are fun.

What's especially fun in Anza Borrego is ripping through washes at 40-50 mph. (Just make sure you can see far enough ahead. I had a buddy of mine get into a head-on collision in Font's Point wash a few years back which totalled his 88 Toy pickup.)

I used to have this really stiff Downey dual shock loop kit on my '89 Toy Pickup and I would get air, and nothing could bottom that thing out. It would get smooth as ice at 40 mph no matter what I was encountering. My 4Runner isnt' really set up for that kind of abuse.

 

We hope to make the trip. There are some circumstances that might put the nix on it, but for now... we are in!

C'mon Peter, you are so close it would be a shame to have you sit this one out.

 

Waahaa

Don't tease me!!!
I'd hate to be the only non-4by out there - how humiliating!

 

Hey peter look for a member named Nolan, he live in SD and is 2wd maybe he'll want to go too and then all the other 2wd lurkers will join in too. There is alot you guys can do, plenty of washes and trails to explore.

 

careful rob, the calcite mine trail has a good deal of shelf road with plenty of opportunities to get too close to the edge. seeing your avatar reminded me of when your runner almost did 60 ' of cartwheels down the cliff

getting ready for anza...i'm gonna install my ome rear susp tomorrow night and trash my spacers. ordered my swaybar discos today also.

 

I'll just winch him right back into place. No biggie.

 

Winch? What winch?

Scott when do you want to do a pre-run? It will have to be a Sunday for me to go.

 

marc,

sundays work for me. i would have liked to do it this sun, but not sure i can. just found out last night that i tore a cv boot...grease everywhere. gotta find somewhere around here that has a rebuilt one. if i can get it changed tomorrow or sat, i may be able to do it.

 

All I ask is that someone let's me know if this trip gets cancelled. I already got the time off work on Friday. Thanks guys!

-Christian

 

christian-

don't worry, the trip is still on. if you were looking at the posts from rob, marc, and i, we were just discussing making a day trip out there before the weekend trip we planned. see ya in a couple of weeks.