On Tue, January 24, 2006 3:53 pm, Josh Battles said:
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> That doesn't look too bad, I could probably make that. The only issue I can
> forsee is rocks/dips in the trail. If all goes to plan, my frame will be
> considerably lower to the ground next year than it is now. I don't want to
> ding it all up after spending all that time getting everything all sorted
> out.
It's hard to say, everything looks a lot flatter from the air than it really
is. Most dirt roads have some pretty rough spots, and I have no idea what
kind of roads lie between there and the nearest highway. Of course your
limits will be up to you.
> True enough. If the road becomes prohibitive we could always attempt a 2wd
> only photo somewhere flat. (we should do a group photo on flat land too
> anyway)
That's a good idea. We can do flat (eastern Colorado is Kansas flat) with the
front range in the background, and we can take paved mountain roads up in to
the hills to get pictures of all the trucks together. Just a matter of
finding a spot.
Another cool idea would be to set someone on a corner with a video camera and
film everyone driving past. I know Tom wanted to do this at the BBQ one year
on the ice cream run, but we all sort of made a last-instant decision to go
for ice cream and didn't give him time to get set up. If we could find a nice
blind corner and film the whole string of trucks as we come around it, that
would be pretty cool.
> If all the planning is done ahead of time it would be possible to set up a
> scenic drive for the on-road return trip to camp, then allowing all you
> crazies to take the wooded way back. We'd have to plan a couple different
> scenic drives though since you mention taking one further along in this
> message.
Shouldn't be a problem. I just wasn't sure how badly you wanted to ride along
on the trails. We can always use spotters and camera persons, but obviously
won't coerce anyone who has other things they want to do.
> This is a vacation. I'm all for lolligaggin' about. We don't have to pack
> every day full of activities. I'm sure some other free time would be
> appreciated. I've heard fishing in the Denver area is quite good....
I usually agree with you that vacation = lazy time. However, I've kind of
been operating in the mindset of trying to see and do as much as possible to
make the trip worthwhile. IMHO, lolligaggin' can be done anywhere without
driving that far. But it's all a matter of preference, everyone is of course
welcome to bow out of any activities that don't sound interesting, or figure
out alternate stuff to do. Nothing says we all have to stay together as a
group, which is a good thing to keep in mind as we're doing this planning.
> Let's make sure to get some twisties in there for us lowered trucks too.
> Mountain roads make for some of the best technical driving. I love to carve
> corners.
Good idea. Any idea where to find reports or suggestions on what the best
roads are, other than just trying to pick some on a map that look sufficiently
twisty? We can look around and see if anyone has a site about "Top 10 twisty
roads of Colorado" or anything like that.
-- Jason Bleazard http://drazaelb.blogspot.com Burlington, Ontario his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black
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