COMPLETED: Mini Tour de Borrego (PICS UP)
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I know. I realized that as soon as I met up with nick. But I had your maps, so I was just fine
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Where are the pics! 
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Back to stock, had fun while it lasted...
Back to stock, had fun while it lasted...
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I forgot to take my camera, so all the picture taking was left to the bacon man. Im sure he will have them up as soon as he can.
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You forgot your CAMERA? 
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JamesDowning wrote:You forgot your CAMERA?
Yep. I was really rushed after work and just spaced it.
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I know what you mean about the camera. We go to family functions all the time, have the kids birthdays etc and have the camera with us but fail to take many pics. In the digital age you can never take too many pics.
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As soon as I get my internet up again. Ill post pics. Sorry for the inconvenience
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Here are the MUCH ANTICIPATED PICTURES!!!!
UH OH! someone went where they werent supposed to and got stuck...
UH OH! someone went where they werent supposed to and got stuck...
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But there were NO mechanical failure this time, off or ON pavement. No one got seriously stuck... just maybe high centered a time or 2. Plenty of food and beer for the trip. Lucky me, Nick was able to get the second day off too, because the other guys i was supposed to take out there totally bailed on me. ALL of them... oh well. It was cooler zippin around with 2 almost identical trucks. Creeped people out, i think.
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DirtyBacon04 wrote:Here are the MUCH ANTICIPATED PICTURES!!!!
This obstacle really bummed me out. 33s and I think I would been good to go. But got to see exactly how a hi-lift works as I got stuck on my frame rail twice and my axle once.
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DirtyBacon04 wrote:It was cooler zippin around with 2 almost identical trucks. Creeped people out, i think.
I can imagine!
Nice shots!
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OK, I recognize most of the locations, but not all. Where was Nick stuck, and where did the FJ need help? Was it a closed area?
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The Roadie wrote:OK, I recognize most of the locations, but not all. Where was Nick stuck, and where did the FJ need help? Was it a closed area?
I dont know exactly where I got hung up, NOT STUCK, but yes the FJ was in a closed area off the trail of Hawk Canyon a couple hundred feet. Dont know how or why they wandered over that way.
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Nick got stuck in Arroyo Del Seco (or something). And the FJ was off the side of Buttes Pass. About half a mile from the drop off. He made his own trail and went in a small canyon to camp, couldn't get out... dumbass.
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500 miles of off-road trails and asshats still want to go farther off-trail. 
$200 fine if a ranger cites them. Sigh....
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Ouch. Good to know. Good thing I'm a respectful law obiding (soon to be law enforcing) citizen.
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That looks like it was a fun time guys! I'll have to join you sometime, so that there can be 3 nearly identical TBs zipping around Borrego! Assuming Nick keeps the TB of course.
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I'm pretty sure this trip convinced Nick to keep his! 
So us 3 will have to go out together sometime soon, because I leave CA in March. Perhaps Philberto wants to join us for my Farewell tour... 
There will be beeeeeeeeeerrr!
So us 3 will have to go out together sometime soon, because I leave CA in March. Perhaps Philberto wants to join us for my Farewell tour... There will be beeeeeeeeeerrr!Current Count of Transmission Rebuilds: 5.5
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Philberto wrote:That looks like it was a fun time guys! I'll have to join you sometime, so that there can be 3 nearly identical TBs zipping around Borrego! Assuming Nick keeps the TB of course.
I plan on keeping it. Gas mileage is becoming a problem again, but with taxes coming up I will either be able to put a decent chunk towards paying it off or save it for gas. I DO need a tune and regear though and I am sure that will help quite a bit.
MMMMMMMMMMMMM beer.DirtyBacon04 wrote:I'm pretty sure this trip convinced Nick to keep his!
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