I rolled out of Vancouver, Friday afternoon. After almost having to pull over because of the intensity of the rain, I came to gridlock on I5. I was starting to wonder if this was a sign of what was to come.
Traffic ate up about 45 minutes, but once on 26 it opened up. Going over the top of Rutherford Road there were patches of snow on the sides, but the road was clear. I really didn't feel like doing any snow blasting on the way in.
After dropping into Horse Camp, I was relieved people actually had shown up for this event. Nick, Ryan, Aaron, Chris, Josh, and Jeremy had gotten there earlier and had already set up. Shortly after I arrived, Curtis, Nick, Patrick, SP, and the Dellstop's showed up. We had a full house.
This is what I remember happening Friday-
- Aaron Barnes gives TORX an inflatable Cow for his birthday
- Cathy the Cow is passed around.
- Shotgunning #1 takes place.
- Ryan shares his Sinfire Whiskey (o.m.g.)
- Nick breaks the top off OrangeJeep's bottle of Hef, and laughs
- Aaron shares his Honey Whiskey
- Nick starts knocking peoples beer's out of there hand, and laughs
- Shotgunning #2 takes place.
- Ryan pours 33.8oz of water down TORX's bibs
- TORX removes the bibs and is pissed.
- Chris thinks he's having a heart attack
- Shotgunning #3 takes place.
- TORX goes on an overland Safari
- Dellstopjeep's Wife goes MIA visiting the Sex Palace
- Streetpirate swears he had nothing to do with it.
- TORX kicks Jeremy in his head.
- Jeremy retaliates.
- TORX and Jeremy rejoin forces.
- TORX is asked if he like's apple juice
- TORX went down for the count
Saturday:
I was very relieved to find myself in my own tent. Never mind the 15lbs of dirt I managed to drag in with me, or the deflated Thermarest I never blew up. I heard the sound of a Jeep roll in, so I figured I'd better get up not having a clue what time it was. I was surprised to have to knock a few inches of snow off the tent door first.
By 10:00 we had a pretty good sized group of day trippers ready to hit the trails. It was nice to see some new faces come out for TORXFest, and many of the usual PDX crew suspects as well.
After standing around and talking about leaving, Jeremy and Ryan finally took the lead and rolled out. I took up the passenger seat in Crazymoose's freshly built late model. I was definitely looking for comfort that day.
Once we gained some elevation it snowed pretty much all day.
Little to no issues on Hoodraiser. I could have definitely done without the constant wave effect of the water bars. A few of the hills required you to keep your momentum up.
Never got a vehicle count, but we had a pretty decent sized group. Finished Hoodraiser with little to no issues.
We made our way up to Hogsback. AwesomeXJ.
Dellstopjeep even got some seat time in.
Never got his name, but this XJ tagged along with us all day, and tackled everything it was thrown at.
Some of the Strawberry Hill crew came out to roll with us.
OrangepeelTJ
Crazymoose.
Once at the top, we had to get out and talk about it some more.
Still snowing.
more to come...