Here are a few highlight pictures that John took:
Starting Friday morning:
At the bottom of Colosseum Mine:
Looking for Jose:
Remember when we thought this was going to be the hard part?
This about the point where we realized this was just a Donkey Trail and no longer a "passable" road.
This was the worst of the obstacles, but with some good planning and a bit of rock stacking, we all walked up it like it was no big deal!
Even though we missed our Friday night camp site by about 25 miles (due to looking for Jose and that Donkey Trail taking about 4 times longer than I had originally estimated), we had a great camp site next to an old cabin and mine. The sunrise was...
Saturday was another day of mines. Evening Star was up first:
Marc at Hole in the Wall. (highly recommended for a short hike):
Yet another Mine Shaft. This one was pretty modern, research says 1940's was when this tunnel was started.
This looks slightly older:
Vulcan Mine:
Yet another amazing sunset in the desert:
Working on Troy's busted brake line:
Water crossings were deeper than usual this year:
Rest of the pictures are here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/985500...7649181608033/
Highlights (in some order):
Jose was late.
We went down some 2-tracks that had Model T imprints in the sand.
We went up a Donkey trail. Interestingly enough, 4Runners (and Tundras) are NOT donkeys.
We had a couple of AMAZING camp sites.
Troy fought with his shock and the shock one.
Troy's truck leaks more than an 80 year old man.
Marc had a flat.
Jose's dogs are awesome.
I nearly lost a wheel due to my own ineptitude.
JD cooked Saturday dinner in a crock pot. And this is normal.
We didn't run out of gas and got to see most of the stuff we went to see.
It was a great trip with a great bunch of guys. I would wheel with you guys ANY day!
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