My day two photos have been uploaded to the Gallery.
http://www.walt-n-ingrid.com/images/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=34&thumb=1
Walt
<SilverEightynine@aol.com> wrote in message
news:cdt0ff$uup$1@bent.twistedbits.net...
>
> Friday has passed into the hitory books of the DML BBQ of 2004.
>
> Andy arrived with Marci ... she is real!! Andy has good taste :) Today
saw
> more parts running for Mikes Dakota. We were still unable to locate brake
> parts as this axle seems to have an oddball two peice brake caliper set
up.
> Autozone only sells HALF the caliper... and the other half seems rather
> difficult to track down. Mike's lead on a rolling chassis fell through -
as
> the owner of the frame and suspension, never got back to us.
>
> As Walt reported earlier, there was an unannounced mudrun this AM while
most
> people were still groggy and decafinated.
>
> Upon return from parts running - we discovered two of my mud tires and two
of
> Mikes Yokos - rolled out by the road with a for sale sign listing an
asking
> price of $20! Mike's air cleaner on his Ram Charger was painted Hemi
Orange as
> well.
>
> We decided that another mud run was in order. Around 5:45 pm we rolled
out.
> Much to the shock of everyone (yeah right) - I put my two good mud tires
on the
> front of my Ram, and aired down! Mike, Andy, and Marci in the Ram charger,
Neil
> in his Dak, -- Adam, Jackie, Ed, and Josh in Adam's Jeep... Walt and
Ingrid in
> Walt's 88 Dak, and myself and Jason in the Ram... We churned through the
trails
> for a while and ended up at the Upper Waterfall.
>
> Walt, Adam, and Mike tried climbing the Waterfall. Walt tried the
traditional
> path and got too close to the hole of water and backed down. The 2nd time
he
> came so close, to be stopped by his rear differential getting hung up on
the
> ledge. Walt tried a different line.
>
> Adam tried the same line and made many nice scrapes in his tire sidewalls,
but
> didn't make it up. Mike tried as well and made wonderful progress in
e\blowing
> apart his double cardan joint on his front drive shaft.
>
> Shinanigans followed after the vehicular carnage. The First Annual DML
BBQ
> Rock Skipping Contest took place. We have some video.
>
> On the way back up Washout Hill, leaving the upper waterfall... I got
stuck
> with the Ram. I got hung up on a tree stump. With spotting assistance
from
> the group, I was able to manuver around the obstical and successfully made
it
> back to the Barn. Everyone had a wonderful time wheeling today. The
runs
> went very well without carnage.
>
> Andy and Marci unfortunatly had to leave today due to prior comitments
that
> they have to attend to on Saturday. We were sad to see them go. Its not
a DML
> BBQ without them!
>
> Pizza was ordered... K as in King, I as in King..... wait - wrong meet
> report...
>
> The rest of the evening was spent eating and drinking around the
bondfire -
> telling hysterical stories and experiances.
>
> I AM THE SEAT BELT KING!!!!!
>
> I had a wonderful day - and I am looking forward to SCORE showing up
tomarrow.
> The Pit is VERY full of water and was not drained. So far Mike is the
only one
> to have braved The Pit so far.
>
> While I anticipate tomarrow... I am also not looking forward to it. For
the
> fact that it means the DML BBQ will be over for another year.
>
> TerribleTom
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