Hi Guys,
I'm such a boob. I don't know how I did it, but somehow I got it into my head that slickrock trail was on Sunday. So Incubusmike is going to get a confusing voice mail on his cellphone.
I got to Lake Alpines general store at 10:07 and didn't see any KJs, so I thought I had just missed you guys and with no cellphone service I figured you guys had gone on. I jammed down the first section of the trail trying to catch up until I ran across some guys on quads who said they hadn't seen anyone come down the trail yet. Then, yes I know I'm a dummy, I thought maybe I was early so I hung out beside silver creek for 45mins to see if anyone came by. I didn't realize my mistake until I had made it back home.
I'm really sorry if I held you guys up on SAT waiting for me to show. I wasn't intentionally being a inconsiderate jerk, just a guy who fails at reading comprehension.
I was really bummed when I realized I had missed you guys since I was looking forward to wheeling with you.
But I went ahead and did the trail alone and had a really good time. It's beautiful up there. The grocery getter did me proud! I was able to finish the whole trail with open diffs without needing to strap (but man, the mopar rock rails did not fair well).
When I reached the last obstacle I was pretty sure I was hosed. I really didn't think I could make that without lockers or someone to strap if I got in trouble. There was a group of 5 people having some brewskis waiting to watch 4x4s try the obstacle who convinced me I could do it, though I thought it might have been the beer talking.
While half way through my first attempt, a built TJ, JK, and CJ came along and were held up behind me, so I kinda started stressin that I would hold them up and offered to move. Let me just say, these were the coolest bunch of dudes ever. They said hell no, we're here for the show. Everyone helped with spotting and stacking rocks, and helped get me off the rocks once when I got high centered. I made it up the first half, but then took the left turn option after maybe 10 tries.
Later I hung out with them and watched them all go up, the JK took the left turn option as well and popped his right front flender in the process. Looked cool though. Had his driver front wheel chest high in the air. The CJ and TJ made it straight up after a few tries on the upper half of the obstacle.
It was a great day but again sorry I missed you guys and hope I didn't hold you up. Look forward to hearing how your trip went.
Paul
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