2018 Nor Cal Wheeling, Camping and BS

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That was fun! Been jonesing for dirt. Stock OR is surprisingly capable.

 

Camber is wayyy off but here she stands for now, my auto surgeon set for monday, and some photos of before and after height and shows the preload setting. If I'm reading it right 1.5" on the preload gave me 3" of lift... I'm wondering if my old shocks just couldn't hold the truck up.

 

@Motofox, @Fernando, @2015whitetaco, @HMBTaco, @CrashN'Burn, @Pella

I'm out. Had some things I needed to get done today so I could be free tomorrow. I failed.

 

But but but.... Pie.

And I already packed a beer for you

 

We went, we saw, we pussed out.

So we found Travertine around midnight on Friday/ Saturday, found a spot to camp, and slept. It was freezing and my heater stopped working. Then, in the AM, it was even colder. Heard from one of the locals it hit -1F during the night. We weren't allowed to have a fire where we camped. And while trying to fix the heater in the morning, I'm pretty sure I was really close to having a propane bottle explode in my hands. Literally threw the thing because there were flames around where the bottle connects to the heater and I didn't want it exploding near me and everyone else in camp. The fire went out and I'm pretty sure I have the heater fixed. But then we made our way to the hot springs. They were fairly crowded for how cold it was, there was a ridiculous wind, and although the water was warm, our heads were so cold it wasn't a pleasant experience. So we pussed out and just got home. I'm sure it would be a better experience in early fall or late spring. If we knew somewhere we could camp and have a fire, and have a working heater, probably would have been a different story, but this one was rough. Gives me a morning to do my spark plugs tomorrow though. Pics will be uploaded if anyone has any interest in seeing them.

 

In

In for skinny dipping pics

 

I’m always down for photos.

 

Im out too. Ima work on my bathroom. Plus wifey wanted to go to eagles lake, not bowman

 

Yeah, a frozen popsicle head sitting in warm water, PLEASE!

 

I know that feeling, had a dedicated area in Downieville, ritual really, for 20yrs.

Fishing sucks up there now.

 

Just realized, no pics of the taco....

I'm really not into taking many pics, but the gf says we need to take more, so i smile and squint

 

I appreciate that. I could still go, but I made some promises I should keep.

 

Plus You’ve been a pretty consistent flanker.

 

Im also not able to go.

I really need to swap the spacer/aal lift that was on my truck when i bought it. I was rattling my way down the trail a few weeks ago. No air compressor either, so i dont really air down. About to hit that OT these next few weeks.

 

Very accurate description.

 

Fucken sexy. Jewels is pretty too.

Hot springs look fun bro. I gotta add that on the list

 

So..... I was planning to follow people that have already been there tomorrow and I'm not sure A) how to get there and B) how to navigate. Just to make sure I know where to go tomorrow, we're just heading to the Sierra Discovery Trial off of HWY 20 right? Is navigation pretty straight forward just get in the trail and follow?

 

I’ve never been I’ll be following you most likely
I have giaia gps still don’t really know how to use it so tomorrow can be our trial run and maybe we can get lost in an explorational manner

 

On my way to bassprpo