Yeah One of my welded on nuts for the rear sway bar is stripped.  That's why my sway bar moves slightly on articulations. Nothing major. I may cut nut off or re-thread it.  I don't weld so that's not an option.

I’ve got most of my stuff laid out in garage ready to pack up tomorrow- after I check a few last things on the 4Runner.

As for food, my son and I were planning on going super simple freeze dried meals in pouches and the like. Might throw a few things in cooler to take advantage of the cooking options ya’ll are bringing. Game time decision I suppose.

I wanted to confirm we are planning on using HAM for trail comms - correct? Posse V2 (151.760 MHz) ?

And also - I am not planning to bring my chainsaw. Jeff or Jaime are you bringing yours? Wasn’t thinking we’d need it if people have been all the way through but wanted to check with everyone.

Lastly, I have a little bit of wood I am planning to bring in case conditions warrant a campfire. I have my permit as well. 

Looking forward to the trip. 

Well, I just might bring a steak to toss on the flat top! We should be able to find firewood. I'm not going to bring my chainsaw but the only reason to bring it would be to cut firewood. I assumed we would have a campfire for ambience if for nothing else. Given the pace of this trip, I thought we would have time to do some cooking but I didn't want to be the only one having good food so I'm glad to hear that others are going to do some real cooking.

Folsom4Rnr (Brian) said
Got all packed up and my son and I decided to head up to Loon Lake Campground tonight to camp and be that much closer to the spillway. See you all at 830 am tomorrow morning (unless you come join us at loon lake cg:-)

  

I was considering going up tonight but too late now. Don't forget to bring some swimwear to cool off and wash the trail dust off of you. I'm all packed except for the ice chest. How much stuff can one man put it a TJ?!

Got off trail about 3pm.  Home now and unloading jeep. A great trip planned by Chris.  Nice leisurely ride over 3 days with great people.  So glad Jeff kept egging me on to go.

No worries, at least you and I know the truth

I got home about 5:30 tonight. Huge thank you to Chris for organizing the run well in advance and for leading it. The only thing that surpassed the fun and exciting wheeling and beautiful scenery was the pleasure of enjoying it with those who attended. This needs to be an annual event.

Jamie (K6NUB) said
I consolidated and posted a short video of all the clips from my phone, nothing fancy. It's top of the video gallery.

  

Thanks Jamie!  I need to get that video from Grant of me going nose down on that rock on Big Sluice.

Jeff_R said
I saw a post about an F250 that rolled off the cliff on Cadillac Hill and ended up 100 feet down the slope. The couple is fine but their dog died. The driver said he will never forgive himself but the replies have been very supportive and some are from those who were there. Apparently he was trying to back up the hill to allow uphill traffic to pass when he rolled. Just a reminder that what we do has risk. The vehicle was too heavy to winch back up so they took it out below and they were able to drive it to the staging area.

  

This could have easily turned into a fatality (or ies). There's lots of trees on the trip down, which may have saved them & helped. Cadillac Hill gets your attention going up or down in forward gears, let alone backwards! It's also amazing they drove the truck out, although it couldn't have been in great condition. Best of all they are OK & got out. Too bad about their dog.

We all must remember that sometimes what we do has different levels of risk & rushing (bad decisions) into things can lead into some dangerous results. In our group, experience is helpful.