NorCal: Slickrock + More Camping Trip 11/1-11/3

The crawl box blew a thrust washer so its getting re built. So ive got a bunch of stuff im doing wile the truck is down.

 

I take it you haven't seen my truck lately

 

Awesome!

It seems like no one else wants to camp with me so I hope you're in man!

Damn

Noo!

So it looks like we only have a few people. I'm not sure about staying for two nights and running deer valley on sunday simply because we don't have very many people. I'm thinking of just camping one night. I hate to leave you out Chris!

 

Well shit, looks like youre 5 steps ahead of me haha. I guess thats what living abroad for 7 months will do to ya. Very nice work, cant wait to see it in action again.

I'm definitely in. Truck is all packed full and ready to go. I should be off work at a decent hour tomorrow (noonish, give or take), so I can either meet you at the Shell at the mouth of Hwy 4 in Angel's Camp, or at the trailhead.

I'm bringing enough food, beer, and wood for 2 nights just in case, we can decide up there.

 

Dang, man, good luck with that!

Can't wait to see some pics from this! Wish I could go...

 

Had a great weekend with Brent and his girlfriend! Thanks a lot guys!

 

Oooo. Do you have that last picture in full size? I want to snag it for my background folder.

Is that front bumper fairly new? I don't remember you having it last time.

 

Nice runner!
Was there snow up at slickrock or was that elsewhere?

 

You've got a PM!

Yeah it's fairly new. Just a POS that I built myself haha, nothing special at all.

Yes there was actually quite a bit of snow at slickrock, more than either of us expected.

 

Oh wow, did it make any unexpected challenges?

 

It made certain areas muddy. I had a lot of trouble with the last obstacle because of it. I have never really had any trouble at slickrock before but this time I got stuck three times haha. I'm not sure if it was because of the snow, the changes to the trail, my long travel, or maybe I just failed

 

Dang, that's crazy! Did your suspension change this time vs. previous times? Water makes everything a bit more tricky with that whole reduced friction thing...

 

Yes this time I ran it with AP's lt kit. The extra width created a disadvantage in some situations because I couldn't take narrow lines. Or maybe it was the reduced friction like you said. It could of also just been my crappy wheeling skills...