SoCal Offroad Trip

[panda24619]

yeah ill go check it out this week. i know im putting it off. have no reason to drive that far east. but my moms going out of town this weekend so hopefully my dad will be chill and let me out. so ill go check it out with a buddy of mine. and as for asuza im still down if i have a job to pay for the gas for my truck. idk how well you guys fair but i get 10 sometimes 11 if im lucky. looking into mods to help that. ive been watching xtreme 4x4 and taking notes on the truck that they do that to. increased it by 3 or 4 mpg so far. might do that. anyways. if we go to the desert in october probably not to much rain. maybe in occotillo. thatll be fun though. nice silty mud. get stuck easily unless you floor it the whole way. then youll be fine. idc. ill go check out anderson this weekend. take some pics of the worst spots and wht not.

 

[tallsville]

im in for azusa. just let me know when.

 

[nvycrmn]

tall, i am tentatively planning for oct 15th. its a friday. i want to get there in the AM so i can be home that night. I am going to have my 3 y/o son with me so i will have to leave in time to catch dinner and bring him back to SD. cant miss the game on saturday. are they open during the week? i thought i read somwhere they are only open on weekends...

 

[panda24619]

if your on a time crunch with the game why not make it for the next week? or is duty in the way? and im still job hunting. so i can get some money to go with you up there.

 

[nvycrmn]

not sure about duty yet. watchbill hasnt come out yet for oct. the only reason i was trying to go that weekend is cuz my wife will be out of town from thurs-sunday so it was a perfect time to go and not have to worry about cutting into "us time" (the non sexual kind!)

 

[panda24619]

mmhmm thats what all the marryed men say. haha but i see. im down for it. your the lead man for azusa and ill be lead man for anderson. when i eventually go to check it out.

 

[tallsville]

@nvycrwmn looks like you got ur answer on acora. here is site with info
http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/angeles/recreation/ohv-sangabriel.shtml

and as far as dinner there is a great bbq place on way back to freeway. canyon city bbq.

 

[panda24619]

okay heres an update with anderson. i have yet to go. haha okay not an update from me but my cousin who didnt invite me to go with him over the weekend. thats wht he gets for losing his front licence plate then. haha anyways he says that the over growth isnt to bad. he has an exploder i mean explorer so hes a bit smaller but he did a big chunk of the trail. hes a 2wd too. so im still down for anderson if you all are still down.

 

[nvycrmn]

well i would like to do anderson but we will have to see. maybe sept time frame. im still in the process of workin on my truck. gotta get that half shaft done at some point. been putting it off.

 

[panda24619]

September is all good for me. yeah you do keep putting it off. just let me know when you need help with it.

 

[panda24619]

so im thinking about glamis during halloween. not sure if you want to do it nvy since you have kids, but ive always wanted to go. a lot of people but nothing crazy just go and watch the cars and trucks do the drags and olds and maybe china wall if we can get out that far.

 

[nvycrmn]

yeah, halloween is out for me. trick or treating...

 

[panda24619]

yeah i figured. o well. we should make a trip to the desert or anderson soon. well not soon. too hot.

 

[nvycrmn]

maybe labor day weekend....will that work with everyone? i might have a 96 that weekend.

 

[panda24619]

that might work for me. ill have to see. need to get some money for gas and food and drinks. wood we can get somewhere for free. if your talking about the desert. for anderson im down when ever.

 

[nvycrmn]

wood for what? im not going to be able to stay the night out there....got kids brother! hahahha

 

[panda24619]

o shit i keep forgetting that. haha sry. well are you talking that monday or the weekend? and some long flat pieces of wood. sometimes you have to put it under the tires for traction if you get stuck. sometimes winches dont always work.

 

[nvycrmn]

well my winch is only an 8K winch so if we are stuck deep, we are screwed pretty much. i was thinking that one of the days that weekend. still ironing out the details with the wifey.

 

[panda24619]

hey thats fine. i still need to find a job so i can pay for gas for these tanks we drive. but if some how one of us dose get stuck we can get out with shovels and some wood. i didnt get stuck in 2wd with 40psi in the tires until i missed a gear going up hill. that was funn backing down at an angle airing down then. ooops. but a/ts work great in the sand. they dont dig so well be fine.

 

[smo0othride]

Well I'm back in SD and ready for anderson... I might bring my mountain bike too. I have every other Friday off if you want to try to go on a Friday, other then that I'll only be available on the weekends or holidays. Are we still going to try for Labor day weekend?