Rancho Cucamonga Crew Roll Call

Soooo many people! Epic weekend.

I had really looked forward to disconnecting from the nonsense of the everyday hustle this weekend. My goal was to just hang out with good people with the likelihood that there would be some off-roading as the added bonus. My mission was accomplished.

All of you are bad asses in my book. It was an honor to listen and share stories with you, whether it was over firing up the grill, cracking open a beer, or while overlooking the seemingly infinite beauty Mother Nature has to offer. This is what it's about for me. So thank you.

Apologies for my early departures each night, the older I get, the earlier I find myself needing to recharge my batteries. They don't call it beauty rest for nothing.

Finally, Autumn says thanks for the belly rubs, and suggests that a few of you find a way to turn it into careers...

Look forward to seeing y'all again soon.

Panda Man

 

This^

 

Thanks it was great meeting everyone and just having a good time. We will be at all the next meets

 

Great weekend and wheeling yesterday, glad to meet a few new faces as well as the usual suspects

Here's some pics from our 4x4 run Saturday morning

 

Great trip everyone. Myself and @Navar were a bit hidden in site 17 (great spot btw) and didn't have a bunch of free time to come see everyone. I missed several of you guys completely. But still great to get out and have a weekend on the trails.

For those who wanted to check out the onboard water system sorry i didnt really get a chance to swing around and demo it, but videos and pics will go up this week.

*id actually like to install 1 more to get better pics to use in the instruction manual, if anyone wants a free installation let me know so we can set it up* my lack of sufficient pics is the only thing delaying the release of the kit.

 

@uhplifted ^

 

Thanks Oscar. He PMed me

 

To ALL, the San G trip was AWESOME!!! Started off the morning eating "MY" bag of Doritos waiting for @ODNAREM Ron, @uhplifted Brian, and @icetreye Kevin at our agreed designated meeting spot to caravan up the rest of the way. LOL, I got there early by 1hr ahead of time!!! I didn't want to be late for them and/or be "that guy", LMAO!!! Had my bag of Doritos, so I was "golden", LMAO!!!


Here are my bros trickling in: Kevin, Brian, and finally Ron (a.k.a. #MrLikesAlot)






Photo op lineup at the designated meeting spot!!!




Stopped for a trail run photo-op!!! This was the first leg of the 9am trail run and a beautiful valley!!! Also, the CaliRaisedLED guys were a great bunch to wheel with for sure!!!






















This is the end of the 2nd trail run (the 9am group). Some people decided NOT to go on the 2nd part of the 9am run. My truck is the one that is far-left of the pic with the hood open. I had brake fade issues going on after descending a LONNNNNNNNG A$$ fairly soft sandy mountain!!! I tried keeping up with the group lead the best I could without slowing down the people behind me, but just couldn't really do it!!! I noticed my brake pressure being EXTREMELY weak as we were headed for the tower in the pic. @goblue82 Greg and Spencer trying to figure out what is wrong and it ended up being HOT brake fluid. After cooling, my brakes came back, but was NOT 100% "normal feeling". I asked Greg if he could lead me to a road so that I could head back home ASAP because I didn't feel too comfortable finishing the trail run. I ended up approx 2mi near the 18fwy was where I left the group, but they and Charlie made sure that I was good before they completely left me!!! Just AWESOME people and I can't say it enough!!! Gonna have the fluid flushed ASAP!!! Anyways, next time, I'm riding in back covering the groups "six" along with @4x4Banger Charlie!!! LOL!!!


These pics are from the end of the 1st leg 9am run. About 1/3 of the lot was TW!!! LMAO!!!










I don't know who this is, didn't catch the name, but LOVE this rig!!!

 

Thanks to all who made this trip a success. Things I'll remember: Bryan's Sydney fast asleep with her head on her stuffed bear. Oscar's friend brought his mother along and she insisted I eat some of her asada, which was the kind. Fish finder's amazing dog. The general vibe of helpfulness and camaraderie. The asshat in a Jeep who tried to skinny pedal his way up a tough obstacle and cracked a wheel. Driving 40 or 50 meters without once looking at the difficult trail (props to @Crom for the sage spotting). And lastly, watching Youtube videos last night of Jeeps getting strapped up the same exact obstacles that our trusty Tacomas handled with aplomb. Thanks everyone!

 

Hey everyone, it was great meeting you all and wheeling with some of you! Sorry Michelle and I laid low during the potluck, we'll be more lively for the next one! Looking forward to the next trip y'all.

 

Friday

 

I didn't know wha tRon's truck looked like, but I instantly knew it was Ron when I saw him roll up on Saturday as @icetreye and I were waiting for him He's hard to miss now

 

Shit, if that's what it takes I'll run that for a month

 

Again, Thank you everyone for a great weekend! Me, Blake and Bowen all had a great time meeting everyone and had a very warm welcome being the (kind of) new to the group. No drama, no rude comments just pure enjoyment from everyone. The offroading was great, people were great, the food was amazing(Especially @Mike likes Tacos Streaks .) But overall we had a great time and a great experience meeting all of you. The only hick up was our Ford F-150 getting stuck. Blake said everyone was super helpful and you guys wouldn't give up till the job was done. But now we will be at almost every single meet and all the camping trips. Again, Thank you everyone, can't wait too see you all soon. ( Hope everyone get a T Shirt)

 

It was great hanging with you guys! Looking forward to get some lights once I swap my bumper and get the Prinsu. Maybe see ya guys out at Ocotillo Wells for some Cali Raised night time trail runs.
https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/ocotillo-wells-anza-borrego-10-21-10-23.452345/

 

We are in

 

Hahaha you make me double look! I was wondering who's truck is that now that you mention it, yes that was Ron truck lol