2020 NorCal Camping, Wheeling, & Shenanigans

With your jacked up back you would be at risk every time you had to do a prisoner extraction from a cell. I knew guys who worked at The Big Q, and the stories are ugly.

 

Yes sir. Reality finally sank in...i stopped applying and accepted my desk.....

 

there's what, 3 inches of snow on the ground? Ugh.

 

@HAVING FUN
Weren't we the ish?

 

Then 2' at the general store.


Edit... I've went in 1 yr heavier snow yr and they didnt even have signs. They just plowed up a snow burm to hopefully keep people out.

 

You'd think they would only do this if some hazard like a washout, over hanging trees.
Duane

 

Sometimes it only takes one person to get stuck and call for help to shut a road down near where I live and have wheeled. That road gets icy and out sloped I noticed. Some say dangerous I say challenging at best.

 

They do it not because people cannot navigate the route but because they know weather is coming, people are dumb and will over drive their ability, and because resources to rescue are limited. Remember, there’s a lot more to patrol than a few roads.

 

That and it helps preserve the road too right? There is a spot at my 2nd home that can high clearance a stock tacoma.....maybe thats a good thing.

 

That part of the road is still paved and for quite a bit further past that. There is zero cell signal out there though and you lose it probably a good 30 minutes prior. Stupid people ruining it for those more equipped. That's not deep enough for snowmobiles yet without doing some major damage to the road. Plus, they go in from the Truckee side where it's deeper anyway.

 

Recall that story last winter of those families out with their kids and SAR had to retrieve them?
Duane

 

The yr the bridge went out was when they did the birm to keep people out. They couldn't get heavy equipment in to put k-rails in yet.

Another problem is, like stated, part paved and somewhat descent FS road ability. I see so many low profile subies, civics, even priuses runing through there, very popular populated road. They all think they can access for a sunday drive during the winter. Just like the lady that was rescued at faucher after being stuck for 2 days by a few Side by Sides when me and @Whitebutler did our run. Can imagine how many other rescues go on that we never hear about.
I definitely can understand and dont blame them to close this and other roads due to these incidents.

It definitely was a challenge for me and John to get threw from end to end, and this winter was light during this run.

 

Where I live, after a mile or so, the FS roads get steep enough that, that is as far as you can go, so the distance from neighbors or help isn't far. I cut firewood by myself, only incident I ever had with my saw was at home.
Duane

 

Took a trip into Concow on the Jordan hill road back to Paradise saw cool places and found a hoody on a burnt tree stump. As to is in the pic.



Last pic is at sawmill lookout.

 

Thinking of going up Saturday to go play and some pew pew. Going up 80

 

That's great!
But Saturday was yesterday.

 

So do we get a patch for most trips in 2020?
Huh huh huh?
@Twizted

 

I had 49 bag nights between camping and backpacking.

What's pew, pew? Cell phone texting lingo?
Duane

 

The sound a small caliber gun might make if someone might target shoot responsibly while out in the woods.

 

Just a guess, I guess.