Dan and Bill took a day trip to Big Bear to run John Bull backwards and forwards. Geoff rode along, since his Jeep is still under repair, and he spotted and drove Bill's Scrambler too! It was a nice outing! Bill was the photographer, so there are no pictures of him and the Scrambler with the exception of one screen shot from video...
A fun trip that ended with the most carnage ever and the most difficult extraction we've ever done... Attempting Gatekeeper, the major carnage obstacle, Geoff broke his rear pinion which froze up the rear end, then broke both front axle shafts trying to drag himself out. Then the steering broke. Ended up pulling the carrier out of the rear axle and removing the broken pinion and putting it all back together. Then winched and towed him, with no steering, to the trailer. Took a short cut and got accosted by a ranger... Why are you here? Why are you here? Didn't get home until 1 am...
Geoff, Jeff, Bill and guest Brig enjoyed a short day at Cougar Buttes. The day was "called" early when a large crack was discovered in Jeff's frame. It was a fun trip, and we all agreed we need to explore Cougar Buttes more. It's a fun place to go.
Another Hammers Trip? Really? The Crazy Guys must love that place....
Geoff, Jeff and Bill ran Sunbonnet and hit Boulderdash on the way out. What a great day! Perhaps our favorite trip to the Hammers yet.
Bill, Jeff, and Geoff returned to the Hammers.
We ran Lower Big Johnson, Claw Hammer, Fisure Mountain, Ran Sledgehammer backwards from the "escape" to the mailbox, and a quick run through Tack Hammer. Bill's radiator sprung a leak, ending his day early...
Great first trip of the season, with all 5 crazy guys in attendance. Jeff conquered Gatekeeper. Bill tried out his new front Dana 44, and Geoff discovered that he had a broken drivers side front axle shaft.
We're going to have to go back to Stoddard. Dan broke an axle right away and then we only found Pumpkin Eater by accident at the end of the day. Only Geoff got to run down, up and back down again. (And broke a rear axle in the process.)
We made a quick trip to Cleghorn- hoping to find snow. It turned out to be one of our favorite day trips ever. Snow is fun and unique for us So. Cal. desert wheelers.
Jeff, Geoff and Bill went on a short day trip to Cleghorn to test out everything before the Moab trip. Sadly there are only 4 pictures in a little snow patch that was left over from winter. It was a great day and we all had fun.
This is the trip when Bill discovered that he had a broken front axle shaft on his newly installed Dana 44 axles. Bummer. So, there wasn't much 4 wheeling since Bill was in 2 wheel drive...
