Aetna

[Turners90XJ]

Is aetna open to ride at and if so how do i get their , the wife and i thinking of taking a trip up on sunday the 14th

[MELKORsXJ]

i've been there... but don't know what exit # or any street names...
i think i've seen directions posted up before on previous rides...

[Turners90XJ]

ya i seen some directions about going tho some subdivision , but then also read where they gated it off so i was just wondering if that was still the entrance or their was another way

[MELKORsXJ]

there's two poles, but no gate...
i was up there labor day weekend.

if you do make it, all i gotta say, is take a GPS, or remember where you went... it's way too easy to get lost up there, because people make so many alternate trails and short cuts and bypasses...

...but it's a fun place with stuff for stock vehicles to buggies... and if there's an obstacle too big, there's usually a bypass 90% of the time...

[Achmed]

If you have never been, do not go alone. You will get lost and hear banjos in the distance.

[MELKORsXJ]

here's some pics i've taken while up there...

http://a290.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/21/l_729d83806131604d596b46130a568109.jpg

http://a868.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/117/l_04c3b33cda5cda1d37617ff0c55cadbb.jpg
this is me...
http://a200.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/126/l_4e3861d5dd53963f4263a341698f48af.jpg
the Peanut Butter Hole...
http://a905.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/29/l_d6e4e9daf55f38d56dd02e3b6efc39d8.jpg

http://a499.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/31/l_bac3776c831364e923363fe388c863e2.jpg

http://a180.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/22/l_66efc02387996897316b2f4fb793f1b3.jpg

http://a220.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/88/l_ec4a5771040c3ed404f4f39445599a0b.jpg

http://a665.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/106/l_a5496f7ceb3f1fccc874cf3ecf53ee08.jpg

http://a84.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/120/l_a9aba9db82dd85a8208cd1a60ff6dab3.jpg

http://a133.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/119/l_b87c51f397f456c2967798b5b6427ecc.jpg

http://a814.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/72/l_c782f96290581e6fc73d1ed4f6b4040d.jpg
i didn't take this one... but wish i was there to see this buggy...

[iBarsky]

Fourth pic from the bottom-
I remember hitting that too hard and a little farther to the right than the guy in the pic. my hatch came open and our cooler/food fell out and I rolled back on top of most of it.

And the second pic from the top (the one with your xj), that looks like the place where the sidebyside atv shot out in front of my friend and almost got his ass run over the last time we were up there.

Good times.................

[Turners90XJ]

i dont suppose anyone is going are they i have been one time but it was many years ago

[Crabapple]

wow where is this?

[Turners90XJ]

That buggy that was in the last pic was up their today seen in but did not get to see it in action. we made it to the peanut butter hole but did not go much farther than that being as i had not guidance got suck once in a hole that was way to big for my XJ, thank god for my wench pic up in a few of my suck jeep =(

Its in Chattanooga Tn

[BruceB83]

That place looks fun...I like the openness of it, it's kind of like a big Jeep playground. Sometimes that's more fun than trail riding.

Chris - let me know next time you guys are going out there...I got my locker installed in the front end, along with some other additions.

[Achmed]

Chris - let me know next time you guys are going out there...I got my locker installed in the front end, along with some other additions.

Just say when!

[MELKORsXJ]

i'll be frequenting Aetna quite often once my Willys is built...

[Turners90XJ]

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk219/TonyTwoTotem/Aetna%209-14-08/aetna004.jpghttp://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk219/TonyTwoTotem/Aetna%209-14-08/aetna006.jpghttp://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk219/TonyTwoTotem/Aetna%209-14-08/aetna007.jpghttp://i281.photobucket.com/albums/kk219/TonyTwoTotem/Aetna%209-14-08/aetna002.jpg
the hole we got stuck in today, was a bit deeper than i thought!!!

[MELKORsXJ]

yup... i've had water roll over my hood once... i just floored it! and made it out.
glad to see you had a winch... they come in handy when you're on your own...

[Turners90XJ]

Ya, it was one of the first things we bought, altho going up their alone is boring as heck if any one is going anytime soon letme know the wife and i would love to join ya

[BruceB83]

YUCK...that mud is the most disgusting looking stuff I think I've ever seen! That doesn't even look manageable...I'd be hosed with my A/T's.

[Achmed]

I love me some Aetna! :D Here is back on the 37's.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/2008MuddinTrip024.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Aetna-59.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Aetna-51.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Aetna-53.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Aetna-49.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Aetna-41.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/Aetna-9.jpg



Heres a few f my TJ.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/2.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/1.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/DSCF2376.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/DSCF2377.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x147/Chris_Hyde/DSCF2387.jpg

[lt99ls1]

YUCK...that mud is the most disgusting looking stuff I think I've ever seen! That doesn't even look manageable...I'd be hosed with my A/T's.

You can go around 99% of the mud. Dude pick the worst hole up there to go into.

[Turners90XJ]

I figured it was proly the worst but meh it was fun. plus i jsut built the jeep had to see what would happen lol, anyway we should get some people together soon to go up for the day or something.

[R_jeep]

we hear a lot of people wanting to come up, but rarely do they show up. start a thread about having a ride up there and you'll see the amount of people that actually show up.

[BruceB83]

we hear a lot of people wanting to come up, but rarely do they show up. start a thread about having a ride up there and you'll see the amount of people that actually show up.

I think that's a reoccurring theme here in the SEC...:gonnablow

[lt99ls1]

I figured it was proly the worst but meh it was fun. plus i jsut built the jeep had to see what would happen lol, anyway we should get some people together soon to go up for the day or something.

Hey props for going trough it. I would be game for getting a small group for a ride in Oct.

[Achmed]

Do it.

[Turners90XJ]

Well I'm the type if i'm alone or with a few people I'm still have fun any Sunday in oct is good for me except I think the 5th ( National Guard Training). other than that im game for any Sunday. My Wife is even willing to supply some chicken for lunch =)