Black Mountain meet. Harlan Ky, Oct. 21/22/23

I tried to counter balance it with Evan Williams Single Barrel. Apparently they don't drink that in Indiana and Ohio cause I could barely give it away at camp . I took one for the team though and finished strong.

Most of my videos suck so don't get excited for that. Back to the drawing board on recording trails sans GoPro.

 

First batch of pictures nearly finished. Wasn't too pleased with most of em but we got some keepers out of the bunch. I'll upload to Flickr then here shortly after.

 

Several things that worked really well; 1st, the CB is a big plus! It'll be saying in the truck! Also, the air down/air up system is a piece of cake! The ARB deflator worked just like it was supposed to. The CO2 tank is all that too! I went down from 36 to 18, then back to 36 for the drive home. Checked when I got back. All 4 within 1/2 lb psi..... I got a chance to look really close @ Mike's tire combo.....May be the way I go. Not at all a fan of KO2's, but the KM2's are great tires, and the 255/85/16 LOOK good and work even better. I know it was cool Saturday and downright COLD today, but my new Yeti cooler held ice for 4 days with very little melting. Put 30lbs in and probably dumped 28 lbs while ago. Dang near froze my beer! Guess I needed to drink it faster.

 

This was my first real test of the new camera. I have some work to do.....Also, the lens I was using isn't the hot setup for close in shots. Pics would have probably turned out better with the "stock" 50mm. For a while, I was playing with the auto focus. Not sure I like it as much as I first thought I would. And....Better cameras amplify mistakes.....I could hide a few things with the old "point and shoot" Olympus. This camera makes mistakes a permanent part of the picture.

 

The view from Camping Area 3 is pretty epic for a drive up campsite. There was a jeep crew there so we decided to move on to the other area.
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Camping Area 4 had some fun things to mess around on as well as being secluded but also directly below the trail head.
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Friday night in the rain. Frickin' Laser Beams and rain
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@minigrowl in the lower rock garden. We only did the first 40 yards or so then exited.
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Jeeper from Camping Area 3.
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Rattlesnake Rock
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@fleckosaurus in the Trail Limo. Had no problems hanging with the lifted guys and hit everything out there in a stock truck with some good tires.
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@ the Stadium
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We did a night run Saturday after supper and went way out in the park to find a lookout. The stars were spectacular.

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@minigrowl showing the skinny pedal who's boss.


@tacabode showed us all weekend why we all need Kings and Dirt King Uppers... so you can hit hills faster than anyone else!

 

Nice shots Brent! Check out my new signature

 

Ha! That was quick. I think I may have more pictures of you than anyone else. Told ya I like the DCLB

 

batch one from the camera

 

second camera batch

 

phone photos

 

Really wish I could have made this!!!! Next one fore sure. Anybody going to dirty turtle this weekend for Boobash? Always a good time there.

 

I may go by DTOR on Saturday, maybe not....Haven't made up my mind yet. Me and a friend cut the first trails on that property 26 years ago. It's close to home, but just a little boring after being there a zillion times.

 

Videos being added to post #147

 

awesome videos, thanks!

 

Mike bummed out all the drunks when he shot up that hill like he did! They were cheering for failure. He made it look entirely too easy!

 

I've got the video of my attempts I'll upload eventually. The dude that was "spotting" me kept talking about this triangle shaped rock like he wanted all of us to drive over it. I'm pretty sure he just wanted to see a sidewall puncture.

 

Yeah, they were most helpful.....in their drunken stupor sort of way.... They were staying in one of the cabins we passed on the way in and out. Sunday morning when we stopped by to pick up our chair, one of 'em was outside, heaving his guts off the front porch. That always makes for a fun start to the day.

 

Hey man, I helped!



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