*** GWNF Spring 2011 Trip - Report w/ Pics ***

We are home.

It was a blast as usual.

The weather was pretty much perfect.

Low 80's during the day and cool at night.

It did get down into the lower 40's a couple nights but we all made out fine.

Only rain we had the whole time started at 1:30 this morning and drizzled throughout the night.

Stopped around 9:00 this morning and everything had pretty much dried out by the time we started packing to come home.

Attending were Patti and I.

Bob "Captain".

Monte "Blackflag" and his wife Lynn.

Brian "Quantum73" and his wife Julie.

Brian "Woody", Jodie "Flutterby", and their kids Mathew, Jace and little Sammi.

It was a laid-back trip. We were in bed early most of the nights.

We took a couple runs to the usual spots.

Sadly, the last bit of off road adventure at GWNF is now gone.

Saturday we rode the 2 hours to get to the stair steps on Dictum Ridge and found that they are now completely inaccessible to motorized vehicles.

Might have been possible to get over this. (If it wasn't posted of course)

But, no one is getting by this.

It's really a shame.

More pics to come.

Patti and I set up.

We got there late Wed. and had to set up in the dark. Always fun. Love the HID's for that.

Captain:

Blackflag:

Quantum73:

At Meadow Knob:

We had steaks one night and Bob had to make us all feel inadequate with his giant meat:

Ran into this on one of the roads.

One of the local Rangers. They have been very nice to us over the years.

At the staging area before heading down to Dictum:

Muddy waters:

Best $100 most of us have spent:

My trailer trash party lights: ;D

Best part of these trips:

Almost forgot.

The big excitement for the weekend was a bear in our campsite one night raiding our trash.

Several were still up at the campfire.

Apparently Monte scared him off by stomping his foot, or maybe removing his shoes and throwing his socks at him. I'm not real clear on it.

And Bob had this.

I will have one by the Surf Tourney.

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And Woody baked a cake in his dutch oven Sat. night.

Not sure what all was in it.

I know it had chocolate cake mix, chocolate chips, and mini marshmallows.

It was quite the hit.

Packed for home.

Tired and dirty.

One road we ran was really dusty.

Quote from Wolverine

It seems that each trip brings more and more trail closures!

Yeah.

We are talking about looking for another area.

We still love the camping at Brandywine, but there's not much left to do but fire roads that a Subaru wagon could probably run.

Quote from flutterby

Oh and in answer to the question of monuments vs memorials:

We always come home smarter than when we get there. ;D

Quote from KnoxRents

Keith, what's all that wiring in your front passenger foot compartment?

Just the inverter I had with us.

It's just laying there.

I will have it the weekend of the Tourney for frozen drinks, it was little chilly in the mountains this weekend for them.

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Was this at the moonlight swim?

It was really cold at night.

Even Bob's massive meat would have shrunk like a startled turtle. :o

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Ready for her first Jeep Camping Trip!

Technically she was along for the fall trip too, she just didn't know it. ;D