Brian said

How did this trip end up going?  

It was a lot of fun. Such a great trail!

Did some geocaching on my way up. There are a TON of caches along hwy 108. Went and checked out a 4000+ year old tree on Friday in the area (Bennett Jupiter), then caught the sunset from an awesome viewpoint on double dome. We also had a great view of the fire along the ridge on the other side of 108 from us... crazy view once the sun got fully down. 

Saturday we ran the trail and had lunch at Lions Butt (play on words from moab's Lions Back... plus there is a huge rock in the middle of the play area that looks like a lions butt lol). Spent 3 hours playing there, then took the shortcut off the trail and back to camp because one of our TJ Rubicons was having issues with its rear locker. It wouldnt disengage, so we had to go back to camp, crack open her rear diff and manually disengage the locker. We decided to clean out the diff while we had it open.

While we were in camp waiting to leave Saturday morning, a black JKU Rubicon rolled by and asked us a bunch of questions. He was on a brand new suspension, 37s with beadlocks, and had never been wheeling before. Him and his son just finished the suspension last week and they were looking for something to test it on. So they ended up tagging along with us and got to learn a bunch about wheeling... from lines, to gearing, to how and when to use lockers, and lots more. They had a great time. They were from Turlock and told them to look into clubs in their area and told them about the benefits of clubs. They sounded excited about everything. So cool to see new blood get that excited over wheeling and being in the outdoors.

Sunday we spent running around trying to find gear oil and a pump. Once we had the diff filled back up, we went back out to the tree (people that showed up Saturday didnt get to see it yet). Then we went out to the rock pile and played a bit there. Then packed up, had dinner in Sonora, and went home.

Great weekend. The trail is in awesome shape. And now i have full GPS coords and gpx tracks of the trail to add to my website (whenever i get around to creating the trail reviews section). Plus it was nice not being in the 110 degree weather in sac over the weekend. 

Another eye opener that came out of the weekend... one of the ladies on the trip is on the board of directors for CORVA. So i got to chat with her about a bunch of stuff, which lead to me getting to call in and be a guest on their board meeting conference call. Holy hell... the amount of work that CORVA puts into litigations to keep trails open to the public for all outdoors enthusiasts is breathtaking. I also got to learn a lot about SB249... and that nightmare that has been unfolding (everyone keep your ears and eyes open, there should be a big announcement soon about it!!). It really is amazing the work that CORVA does and inspires me even more to do what i can to help organizations like CORVA and Cal4Wheel fight the good fight. 

Gilbert & Betty said
Hey sounds like you guys had a great time.  Your friend with the tj rubicon did he have the factory lockers? If so I hope he was able to get oil with the limited slip additive otherwise damage can occur.  

Yup. That's what took so long on Sunday hunting down the right gear oil.