calico 20090118

[troyboy162]

what a insane day! some absolutly wild wheeling and some very good mines. heres our gps track for google earth. it didnt record the very start but you can see where we cam in down by calico onto duran

[Scuba]

OOHH, Guess I need google earth..:bangdesk:

[troyboy162]

pictures:

the tight entrance to Odessa canyon on Duran drive
http://www.wow.digitalchaosgaming.com/t4r/calico1.jpg

http://www.wow.digitalchaosgaming.com/t4r/calico2.jpg

http://www.wow.digitalchaosgaming.com/t4r/P1020581.JPG

very cool class 5ish obstacle. pictures dont do it justice...it was intimidating
http://www.wow.digitalchaosgaming.com/t4r/calico3.jpg

http://www.wow.digitalchaosgaming.com/t4r/P1020585.JPG

http://www.wow.digitalchaosgaming.com/t4r/calico4.jpg

couple ah runners up on a big tailings pile
http://www.wow.digitalchaosgaming.com/t4r/calico5.jpg

getting some underground time in. this a double ore shoot.
http://www.wow.digitalchaosgaming.com/t4r/calico6.jpg

hard to see but thats tons of loose rock over Scotts head sopported by hundred year old timber
http://www.wow.digitalchaosgaming.com/t4r/calico7.jpg

i stopped here but Scott went on to the end. this is a hole with a bottom that could not be seen with the flashlights
http://www.wow.digitalchaosgaming.com/t4r/calico8.jpg

this is a fixer upper but its selling cheap lol
http://www.wow.digitalchaosgaming.com/t4r/calico9.jpg

a dead end in the trail led to the top of this 100 foot dryed up waterfall
http://www.wow.digitalchaosgaming.com/t4r/calico10.jpg

[Scuba]

Sweet pictures man !! I hate my life now... Oh, And I cant figure out how to open up that kml file in google earth...

[troyboy162]

and the tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfb_G3QUMZ0

[troyboy162]

Sweet pictures man !! I hate my life now... Oh, And I cant figure out how to open up that kml file in google earth...


unzip it then click on the kml file and if it askes what to use to open it then tell it google earth. then navigate to calico, ca and it should show you our route

[Scuba]

Im doing that, But its not working...

[troyboy162]

Im doing that, But its not working...

what is it doing? im trying it on my end and that file seems to work ok

[Scuba]

Well I click file/open in GE, And it doesnt "see" the file in my docs..and then I click the file itself on my desktop 512087454382 times and it does nothing

[troyboy162]

ill download it from the post and see if its working. umm yes still working for me. not sure whats up. you sure your unziping the file? also make sure your google earth is fairly new.

[Scuba]

Lol, /me looks at above post. Yep, Thought I made it clear that I had to get google earth...Lol, Just downloaded it bud...

[troyboy162]

we'll see if scott can open it. also try closing down google earth, then right clicking on the kml file acd choosing "open with" and then select or browse to google earth

[Scuba]

yea my bad, GE was being picky about being open while trying to open the file...looks like a fun time..

[Scooter25]

That trail was a blast. We were hoping to get alot more pics and vids. Unfortunately our cameraman, caugh caugh, slept in. :flipoff: Oh yeah and I'm downloading the route fine.

[Scuba]

today was my first day off after 6 days of work, trust me, i really wish i was there to enjoy the day...

[Scooter25]

We'll definitly be going back there. Here's my sad attempt at pictures. I'm just not good at that whole trying to take pictures while driving thing. apparently I'm not very good a posting them either

[troyboy162]

today was my first day off after 6 days of work, trust me, i really wish i was there to enjoy the day...

i hear ya i had 6 days of work too with overtime each day. its been so beautiful all week that i had to get outside today.

and hell yea where going back. there is a whole other side of duran that we havnt tried yet

[Scuba]

Lol, Whatever scooter...hmm, do you have some sort of "wheeling sense" and only come on here when theres a trip..? ;)

[Scooter25]

Something like that :hillbill:

[troyboy162]

lol who brought the remote control 4runner? lol my truck looks like a R/C toy with that antenna. i seem a shade wide in that corner considering the drop off on the left

[Scuba]

Dude I want an RC 4runner..On the real tho, You should look into seanzorz (sp?) cb antennae bracket to get that darn thing off the top...:bling:

[troyboy162]

Dude I want an RC 4runner..On the real tho, You should look into seanzorz (sp?) cb antennae bracket to get that darn thing off the top...:bling:

i would but the truck came with a half inch hole in the roof for a cell antenna. it made too much sence to hog out the hole a bit and put my cb up there. it should also theoretically have pretty good transmit ability's up on that flat surface. also it gives the guy behind be some thing to look at as it boings all over the place haha

[DHC6twinotter]

:pics:

Well, it needs more pics.

Calico looks like a great place to wheel!

[troyboy162]

:pics:

Well, it needs more pics.

Calico looks like a great place to wheel!

we were having too much fun! every turn had something new so it was hard to dedicate time to pictures when i just wanted to see what other cool things were around the bend. the tight canyon at the begining would have been the perfect place to get some pictures but once you enter it you just want to snake through it like a rollor coaster ride lol

scott just needs to stop by hollywood and pic up some wannabe film maker types to bring along haha

[YotaGirl]

Looks like you all had a great time. I love Calico, it's probably one of my favorite places to wheel. I definitely want to go with you guys on the next trip. I would have gone this time, but I was already at the Hammers when this tread was posted up. Next time, for sure, though.

[troyboy162]

heck yeah Jenn! im sure it will be soon. i really want to try the left hand side of duran(by taking the gatekeeper bypass of course). we looked at the gatekeeper...insane lol

if anyone is thinking of checking this place out, this video is a pretty good overview of the terrain you will find on a trip up odessa canyon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwhXbjaR1cA&feature=related