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Spring Strawberry Trail Maintenance Run - Sunday May 22
May 20, 2016
1:47 pm
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I'll be there to help out.  Not sure how my Jeep will keep up with everyone else, but if necessary I don't mind riding along with someone.

May 20, 2016
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Pivitil said
Im in  

Bowing out.  I messed up and put the wrong date on my calendar.  Have commitments on Sunday.  Sorry for the late notice.

May 20, 2016
4:56 pm
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Might have fresh snow!!! Cold, Rain, Hail, Thunder, Lightning in Garden Valley right now...

May 21, 2016
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It's snowing to 5500' currently.  Should be a great day!

May 21, 2016
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Wohoo sounds like it's gonna be a good day.  

May 21, 2016
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Pivitil said

Bowing out.  I messed up and put the wrong date on my calendar.  Have commitments on Sunday.  Sorry for the late notice.

 Priorities man come on !

May 21, 2016
4:21 pm
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Question for us first timers: what is the trail like? Meaning how difficult is the terrain, etc?

I'm planning on wearing blue jeans and a jacket, some type of boots. Bringing gloves and a lopper which is basically all I think I have that would help. Bringing lunch and water.

Does that cover the bases?

Also, since my diesel Suburban does not have tow points, I assume that I should not bring it. Correct? Thanks!

May 21, 2016
4:34 pm
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The suburban might be a tight squeeze, but yes tow points are a must. 

Loppers, gloves and a trash bag is all you need. 

Um...what?

May 21, 2016
6:40 pm
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Can a jeep wrangle on 31"s with open diffs do ok on strawberry. 

May 21, 2016
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The big thing about this run is Maintanence. We are on the trail to do work. We don't want to spend the day winching and working on vehicles. There will be snow. We most likely won't make it all the way through. In he past we have spent more time wheeling then maintaining. And we need to keep focused on the purpose of these runs. 

Um...what?

May 22, 2016
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Question for us first timers: what is the trail like? Meaning how difficult is the terrain, etc?

I'm planning on wearing blue jeans and a jacket, some type of boots. Bringing gloves and a lopper which is basically all I think I have that would help. Bringing lunch and water.

Does that cover the bases?

Also, since my diesel Suburban does not have tow points, I assume that I should not bring it. Correct? Thanks!  

You can bring it and park it at the trailhead.

May 22, 2016
6:10 am
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 Well that's why I pretty much was asking. Is that going to be something that holds us up a great deal or not in people's opinions. It is a coworker that is looking to join the club.

May 22, 2016
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We will be there.

Sorry we won't be there, I have to work. Have a good time ya'll.

May 22, 2016
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Home!  Fun day with fun people!!  I really wanted to go all the way through...Maybe on the Maintenance run 2.0.cool

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May 22, 2016
8:24 pm
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We are home now.  Great day.  Lots of laughter.. Great people.  Thank u Trail-master for organizing the work party. And the run up Pack Saddle Pass was a blast.  4 rigs wound up going to Plummers Ridge and it was amazing! So beautiful.  Found a new camp ground that's super clean and 4 million and 1 roads to explore.  Come on summer time!  

May 22, 2016
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Darrell and Jill said

Darrell and Jill said
We will be there.

Sorry we won't be there, I have to work. Have a good time ya'll.  

We missed u guys today!  And ur trailer full of goodness. Lol.  

May 22, 2016
9:22 pm
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We made it home by 8pm with plenty of day light left.  it was a wonderful day lot of fun people our group work well together.  Thanks Kris for organizing the trip, and thanks Brad for the run up Pack saddle pass it was a blast.  thanks to everyone that ran up Plumbers ridge that was fun.    

May 23, 2016
7:46 am
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Thank you everybody for making our first 4 wheel drive outing a blast!  Both Paula and I had a really good time!  My Jeep is no longer a Mall Crawler... I put a small scuffs in the Diff cover, the skids got used and a few rim dings... However, the experience and fun was priceless!  We look forward to more adventures with you folks!

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May 23, 2016
9:38 am
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Hey, that was fun! If you ever need to find me, just follow the trail of tranny fluid to my door. . .

Beautiful scenery, nice folks, fun day. Ditto on the "mall crawler," I know I bashed my diffs a few times too many . . . live and learn.

Special thanks to my trail-mates Jeff/Sharkbyte and "Mrs. Sharkbyte," "Mike 1 AKA Newcastle Mike," Travis, and "Mike 2 AKA New York Mike."

As always, thanks to Brad, Greg, Jeff, Kris and the other club leadership for putting up with us rookies. I look forward to many more runs. . . my kids were furious to learn that I was gone all day with the 4x4 club and they didn't get to go.

May 23, 2016
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That was a really great time!  Thanks everyone who made it.

May 31, 2016
11:29 am
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Please post some pics in a gallery if you took any.  I need some pics of people working for the writeup for the FS.

July 6, 2016
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Hey Kris,

I've posted a few pictures of our group 2 working on the road leading up to the trail.  I don't have any of work being done on the trail.  Sorry.  straight

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