I'm surprised we didn't have a better turnout for this run considering it's been a tradition for the past five years. Nonetheless, Curtis, Paul and myself got together a few weeks ago for our annual Feburary run, now dubbed, TardFest.
Here's some pics from the day...
Found a pleasant surprise at Horse Camp.
When I arrived in the morning Paul was awake, but Curtis was still sleeping off the night before. A quick blast from Paul's air horn got him out of bed. Shortly after the three of us were en-route to Firebreak 5.
It was definitely sloppy conditions, but surprisingly traction was there if you were patient. Here's Paul making his way up the first section.
Curtis in The Beast sporting brand new 44" Boggers.
We came up on another group of a variety of different rigs. We waited on them for awhile on the last climb of the first section.
Paul in his highly built TJ. Don't let the color fool you. Currie Axles, Atlas 4 Speed, King Coilovers...
Curtis jumped into the rock garden on the second section. With plenty of ground clearance, and diesel putting some torque to the ground, he basically idled through the entire garden. Impressive to say the least.
I felt very inadequate.
After the second section we encountered some snow. We finished the third section, and then dropped down to a lower road to cut over to Hogsback. Even then we encountered some drifts, and got some snow wheeling in.
Paul cruising up Hogsback.
The back side was pretty snowed in. Just for fun I tried to get on top, and much to my surprise I was able to break trail in for a ways. I knew going through the trees with this much snow would take some serious time, so we skipped this section. It also didn't help Curtis' hubs wouldn't fit through the rocks.
From Hogsback we made our way down Rocky Uphill.
Beast's got flexx.
Curtis was feeling confident so he idled through the Can Opener filter.
Up top the ledges were just too tall for a full bodied truck, so he backed down.
Here's some pics from the day...
Found a pleasant surprise at Horse Camp.
When I arrived in the morning Paul was awake, but Curtis was still sleeping off the night before. A quick blast from Paul's air horn got him out of bed. Shortly after the three of us were en-route to Firebreak 5.
It was definitely sloppy conditions, but surprisingly traction was there if you were patient. Here's Paul making his way up the first section.
Curtis in The Beast sporting brand new 44" Boggers.
We came up on another group of a variety of different rigs. We waited on them for awhile on the last climb of the first section.
Paul in his highly built TJ. Don't let the color fool you. Currie Axles, Atlas 4 Speed, King Coilovers...
Curtis jumped into the rock garden on the second section. With plenty of ground clearance, and diesel putting some torque to the ground, he basically idled through the entire garden. Impressive to say the least.
I felt very inadequate.
After the second section we encountered some snow. We finished the third section, and then dropped down to a lower road to cut over to Hogsback. Even then we encountered some drifts, and got some snow wheeling in.
Paul cruising up Hogsback.
The back side was pretty snowed in. Just for fun I tried to get on top, and much to my surprise I was able to break trail in for a ways. I knew going through the trees with this much snow would take some serious time, so we skipped this section. It also didn't help Curtis' hubs wouldn't fit through the rocks.
From Hogsback we made our way down Rocky Uphill.
Beast's got flexx.
Curtis was feeling confident so he idled through the Can Opener filter.
Up top the ledges were just too tall for a full bodied truck, so he backed down.
