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Well
we had another great run on Saturday to Rowher Flats. Six of us met at the
donut shop here in
Westminster
and convoyed up to the
Sand
Canyon
exit of the 14 fwy. There we
met up with Keith and Roger from the Rubicon club. We gassed up and took
off to the trailhead near Bouquet reservoir. We aired down and I led the
way up the first (and largest) hill. As luck would have it I almost
flipped over backward on the first obstacle, which I’m sure, instilled
great confidence in the rest of the group. Anyway, I pulled through and
the next victim Chris also had a tough time getting through the same area.
After seeing my mistakes the rest of the group had seemed to have no
trouble getting through. We continued on up to the top of the mountain
looking for the start of Lookout Trail taking in the scenery on the way.
The view was wonderful from the top. We found the trail and took it down
some very steep and rutted hills. At the bottom we stopped for lunch and
talked to Jerry the local forest ranger. We then continued on back toward
the reservoir on Rowher Trail. It had some nice hills and obstacles for us
to climb. At the very end when we had to go back down the 1st
hill (the one which gave me earlier) I said to Jim my passenger that if I
had not come up this trail in the morning, there would be no way I would
go down it since it looked too steep and rutted. In fact, as we came down
we had a small crowd of people filming us (I think they thought we were
nuts for taking jeeps on this trail).
Drivers
and Passengers and Vehicles
Chris
- Pathfinder
Roy
- TJ Sahara
Steve
- CJ7
George
and Jim - TJ Rubicon
Bill
-
Toyota
Roger
- TJ Rubicon
Joel
and Gianna - TJ Rubicon
Keith
- TJ Rubicon
The
Trail

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