I got up early saturday morning and was ready to leave the driveway at 7am......

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Heading north on the 605, i can see a rainbow......

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Winding through the canyon, I can see that the recent rains had kicked loose some rocks......

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Got to the gates and was greeted by BrandonH who said he met w/ Patrick and that the canyon will be closed to offroaders today due to high water river crossings......Savi and BrandonH decide to head to the ranger station to see if they'll let us in.....since we were already there we also offered to help w/ trail repairs and such.....so much for their persuasive powers.......lol......

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We all decided to caravan to Cleghorn......on the way down the canyon we pickup a few more fellow offroaders.....
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Get to the trailhead and we all air down....well most of us.....
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In our group, we had oldschooltoy, BrandonH, BigBlkbus (john), Jbird, Justin, Geo88, Savi, Tom (monkeyproof) and friend of geo88,,,forgive if i forgot anyone....

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I'm guessing it was a little after 10am when we locked our hubs and started rolling

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this was oldschooltoy (and my) only second trip to cleghorn.....kudos to justin as the trail leader.....
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these short steep rutted hills were muddy too.

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we stopped and had lunch

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while at lunch....we heard some cries for help.....and this is what we found.....

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Savi and Justin helped these guys out a lot....
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After lunch...we continued on....into the snow

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John in his big burban.....

YouTube - 122 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WP8nP7IA4M&feature=channel_page)

Our trail leader 84socal

YouTube - Justin in 84 toy (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olES5LJq8BQ)

it was muddy, cold, sleet/rain/snow........this was the entertainment for lunch

YouTube - stuck jeeps in mud at cleghorn 2/7/09 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR8mNw4yq20)

these guys didn't want to accept any advice.....lol......at times...they looked like they were accidents waiting to happen......that's not funny.......jbird was ready to spring into action to render advance first aid.....:clap:

YouTube - stuck jeeps at cleghorn 2/7/09 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYEegoK4DyU)

in this pic....the hi lift jack had already slipped a few times......that handle and jack could have done some serious damage....when warned....these peeps just looked at us like...er....duh...er....duh....er.......

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i thought Jeeps didn't get stuck?

i thought Jeeps didn't get stuck?

lol.....yeah...one of the guys w/ us said something about jeeps and it pretty much set one of the jeep guys off......lol.....

he muttered something like we should try that section of the trail....i told him we would but he and fellow jeepers were blocking the trail......:D:D

no worries.....we were all out there to have fun......i can pull jeeps out all day long......

Just got my stuff rolling again....... Kinda! I was up there today! Missed you guys! Had fun! See you soon with a new front and rear end. And DUALS!!!!
Rod

Just got my stuff rolling again....... Kinda! I was up there today! Missed you guys! Had fun! See you soon with a new front and rear end. And DUALS!!!!
Rod

copy that.....glad to hear you're rolling again......:D

well looks like 2 months and my th400/203/205 doubler and my cage will be done and I will be ready to hit the trails with you guys. I keep reading about all of the fun and can't wait to join. Cleghorn is only 15 min from me and my family likes Azusa

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That looks so fun and brings back many good memories with roastbeef, theking and bodyman909!! I've never been there during any real weather like that, it has to make it a lot tougher.

Were those XJs broken or just stuck?

That looks so fun and brings back many good memories with roastbeef, theking and bodyman909!! I've never been there during any real weather like that, it has to make it a lot tougher.

Were those XJs broken or just stuck?

it was really slippery....hard to stand let alone drive on it......could straddle the ruts....lol.....want to go saturday.....:grinpimp:

Does anyone have plans to go up there Saturday? I would like to go wheel in the snow!

We got a small crew running in some real snow Sunday

Where and when are you meeting on Sunday.