Going to get lost

Hey all, If you have noticed all of my posts on finding trails and being real frustrated, I decided to pack up the taco and head out into the national forest to do some scouting. Wish me luck and hopefully you hear from me later!

 

don't die...

 

Best of luck, don't forget spare underwear!

 

make sure your spare is inflated! and take some pics on the way

 

Ok i got back a little bit more successful then I expected! First of all it was just me and a passenger so I wasnt going to try and tough things while I was alone. Started off just driving west through the mountains towards the state line. Before we reached the national forest I pulled off on one of those (hard to explain) abandoned fill dirt/dump/ once construction sites. It was a big area cut out from the hillside and what was left was a steep muddy road up the red clay which it handled in 4WL with no problem. Nice start!

Then we hit the highway again and pulled off at a gravel road that went about a half mile towards a pond in the national forest. Disappointingly all the side trails were gated off. So back on the highway through the national forest when a few power line right of ways caught my eye. They were either on national forest or directly adjacent to so I figured I would try my luck. I made some pretty mild areas with no trouble and i figured what the hell, i'll try this part out.

So the path i was trying to follow was a STEEP hill perpundicular off of a dirt road. I overestimated the ability of the stock tires and couldnt make it up. Moreover i got my truck wedged with the rear bump against the road i was trying to exit. i got it free and decided to head back to campus.

I stopped at a BP outside of the forest to restock some smokeless tobacco supplies (I am going to quit, i also got a huge bag of jolly ranchers) and asked the clerk if there were any wheelin places. He told me of a few that might beopen so next weekend I might have a better story!

Thanks for reading and sorry I dont have any pics! I brought bage a nice clump of dirt in my tow hitch