Strawberry Trail Maintenance Fall Run

Guess we'll have plenty of sugar...b/c I'm bringing homemade chocolate chip cookies. See yaz soon.



Tom -- sorry mine can't make this one.

"Bender" wrote: [quote="Josh"]... brownie bytes for desert...

I wish I would have seen this 10 minutes ago. I just dropped a double batch of brownies in the oven. I hope people like chocolate and sugar! What are other folks in for?

Ronie also made an upside-down German Chocolate Cake.

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With all the chocolate and sugar, maybe we should see if Clearacil is available by the drum.

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"RockinCrawler" wrote: [quote="jsmorrow"][quote="jsmorrow"]As of now I count

Whit3nuke
Jeff
Brad
Tom D + 2
Joe
Keane
Josh
John----- Maybe
George
Ken
Anoop
Rayzor
Mark
Richard plus 1
Don
Finder----- Maybe
Any corrections or suggestions gladly accepted.

added one to list, so the total at this point is 17 maybe 18

Are any of the maybe's going to make the cookie feast?

I'm home! Great trip except for the Placerville traffic on the way home. Lots of snow made the trail fun.



I hope to see the leftover desserts at Thursdays meeting.

Back to civilization safely. Had a great day. Tried out my new shoes. Sweet. Wranglers grip well, you were right Brad. Thanks for spots Joe.

Great Trip. did miss the fall color this year. Welcome to the club Josh. Great Lunch.

Great lunch. Thanks Josh. Welcome to the club.



Has anyone heard from Don?

Everyone is home safe. Welcome Josh! Welcome back George! My pictures have been posted in the album. More to follow on the Desert Feast and snow run. I'll get something on it tomorrow.



http://pics.posse4x4.org/v/Strawberry+T ... aintenance

We all had a GREAT time today ... especially me getting over those rocks without a strap, WOOT!

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Where's all the pictures and video?

"finder_87" wrote: Where's all the pictures and video?

Did you take any pics at the overlook?

"BKGM Jeepers" wrote: [quote="finder_87"]Where's all the pictures and video?

Did you take any pics at the overlook?

Carl, aka Wh1t3nukle was our camera man. I didn't have a camera with me unfortunately. 🙄 I hope Carl posts Jeff's recover up. 😁

"finder_87" wrote: [quote="BKGM Jeepers"][quote="finder_87"]Where's all the pictures and video?

Did you take any pics at the overlook?

Carl, aka Wh1t3nukle was our camera man. I didn't have a camera with me unfortunately. 🙄 I hope Carl posts Jeff's recover up. 😁

http://www.



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Edit: the link was to a Rob Schneider skit on SNL. It was to say...that I'm "making copies" working on getting this media up. lol





Here are the still photos I managed to get. Videos....will be in progress. I took quite a bit.



http://photobucket.com/berryfallmaint



Here are all of them as quick thumbnails

You might want to check your link and re-post it

Anyone with pics could you please post with the link here. I do not know how to do so on a " normal " computer. I will ask the trailmaster to help.



We had a good sized turnout for the Fall Edition. We did not do the " split Run " in its normal mannor as we had reports of 3-4' of snow on the Caples Lake side. A volunteer group of Jeff,Carl (Whiteknuckle),Greg,Richard and John were tasked to go as far up as they could, turnaround and work there way down. The rest of us would start at the bottom and work up to them. So much for plans, Richard bent his tierod at the waterfall section. After getting his rig off to the side richard and john elected to stay and work on it while the others continued on. After an hour or so of trimming and cutting we caught up with Richard and John at the waterfall section. His tierod looked to be about as good as it was going to get so to avoid any more stress on the repaired part they grabbed an empty seat and continued on with us. Oops this was at the remains of V-Rock before pinch Rock. ( Yes Jeff, that IS a pinch rock not a misplaced cat toy ) The wet rocks and mud gave us a bit more of a challenge. Tom and Josh were happy to have their new Toyo's and Mtr's. They both did fine. A fair amount of new snow made for a fun trip. We eventually caught up with the lead group which got to about to the turnabout before they started working their way down with chainsaw and clippers. FOODER--- lunch was great. Sandwiches was a great idea and was well received. Josh did a great job and I can't remember all the choices except for the peppered salami and cheddar cheese. We also had salad, chips , drinks, cookies, brownies, upside-down german chocolate cake and lots of "it's time for a nap's" Josh led us down to our remaining obstacle. Not sure what the proper name is so i will call it a "spring hole " on the uphill side of the trail. It was causing some erosion and created about a 30" vertical in the trail. We are grateful to the young bodies that helped load rocks into the back of Jeff's truck as he came down the hill. After placing them I think it will help keep people on the trail. Rather than going off trail trying to avoid this spot they may see it as a mini obstacle. More work to be done here in the spring. If you run here with only 18-24" of snow on the ground remember the is a big ish rock in the middle of the stream crossing before v-rock. I hope to remember to bring my portable warn winch to remove it in the spring if it is still there. I had a really good time on this run, hope you all did too. Thanks to our guests for the help. Anoop and Sky. John,Greg,and Carl.



Jeff and Carl Green 3/4 Dodge

Brad and Keane Black JKU

Tom,Ronnie,Willie White XJ

Joe White TJ

Josh Dark "ish" JK

George Gold TJ

Mark Blue FJ

Don Blue LJ

Richard and John White Toy p/u

Anoop and Sal White JKU

Greg Red LJ

I hope I didn't miss anyone. Sue will get a proper report done for the Forest Service in the near future and will post it. Next time we need MILK

Thanks Joe for leading us. 😁

"Path 88" wrote: Thanks Joe for leading us. 😁

Yes, and to all the "spotters" along the way. This trip was definitely a big "boost" to the confidence level for me and my rig. And this trail is easy? Man ... do I have work to do!!

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"jsmorrow" wrote: Thanks to our guests for the help. Anoop and Sky. John,Greg,and Carl.

Jeff and Carl Green 3/4 Dodge
Brad and Keane Black JKU
Tom,Ronnie,Willie White XJ
Joe White TJ
Josh Dark "ish" JK
George Gold TJ
Mark Blue FJ
Don Blue LJ
Richard and John White Toy p/u
Anoop and Sal White JKU
Greg Red LJ

I had a fantastic time, no doubt. The nub going on a power run with Path 88 was quite the schnicker moment. FWIW, I gotta know what that beast is doing. Some great tips picked up for sure on this sponge.



I posted still photos a few posts up on this thread. I've got about 23 video clips and with some brief review am thinking of making into a 3 or 4 part series. There isn't much footage out on YT about Strawberry Pass, much less some description/commentary. I thought maybe this might be a good opportunity to attempt on upping that perspective and possibly plug the club.



Would the official people(s) mind PMing me any concerns, thoughts, guidance in this regard as I don't want to over step.



Aside from that, looking at the list of people and their rigs, I request (if you want) that you PM me or w/e way you wish some basic information about your rig. Information that you wouldn't mind being mentioned in the video. I'm not sure how you to implement it, whether annotation, credits at the end, or in the shot of your footage, etc. However, I think it might be a nice touch as people see footage and have an idea of rig capability. I have footage of most of Vrock going down as a group. I also have of finder_87 and RockinCrawler going UP Vrock, including the tie rod burp.



Maybe I'll make a separate thread for this aspect.



Joe, thanks for the guidance and chit chat. I had a great time!

My pc knowledge is even worse than my driving so i won't be much help here. I think i was told to use photobucket or something like that that and provide the link? Might want to hold off on the u-tube thing. Am not sure if we do that or not. Need advice from others in this area. I do want to see the video's. Thats always cool. Have some of my own I've wanted to post but don't know how. Your last pic of greg's boss smitty. Filled up 4 37's and 3 38's? by the time my viair 400p had done 3 35's 8-32psi. Am now an owner.

"jsmorrow" wrote: My pc knowledge is even worse than my driving so i won't be much help here. I think i was told to use photobucket or something like that that and provide the link? Might want to hold off on the u-tube thing. Am not sure if we do that or not. Need advice from others in this area. I do want to see the video's. Thats always cool. Have some of my own I've wanted to post but don't know how. Your last pic of greg's boss smitty. Filled up 4 37's and 3 38's? by the time my viair 400p had done 3 35's 8-32psi. Am now an owner.

The topic of uploading to FaceBook for all to see and might be interesting. As a club "tool" I can see some opportunity. However, if it is going to be a club tool it would be best to fall under the club operation like the forum. I'm sure there are issues to be addressed at the director/officer level on this and that is a topic for another day.

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"jsmorrow" wrote: Your last pic of greg's boss smitty. Filled up 4 37's and 3 38's? by the time my viair 400p had done 3 35's 8-32psi. Am now an owner.

You beat me to it. I was going to go down after work and snag one.

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