Topic: **OFFICIAL MCR7 PICTURE THREAD**

[Blingn]

Hey, I thought you guys were coming by our camp after the raffle fer some  .....

dood I passed out tired man I had some long nites and early morning and we wanted to get out early and ended up staying late.  It was great seeing you guys again and getting to hang out.

[Blingn]

some of the crew

[Blingn]

[AaronB]

spotted my old rig.  (the blue first gen. top right) anybody happen to have better pics of it.

[Blingn]

[Blingn]

uhh ohhh

[Blingn]

I was feeling real bad for blackdog he was having a tough couple of days

[Blingn]

more trail fixes

[trd4me / parksoffroad.com]

Didn't see this one and had started one of my own... here are my pics...

http://www.parksoffroad.com/alloldtrips/MCR08/

[Blingn]

camp at the springs with Marlin's crew



hide and seek I see the f toy



FFC cooking some dang good breakfast



Marlin and BigMike's camp



trail fix still holding up



(ATTN GLEN)
FFC's momma

[Blingn]

heading out of the springs to loon.  Snowshoebrue, Jud, Blingn=mrffc, bigmike, turbo, the wedding crasher (cruzila), and some more of BigMike's crew. 

[Blingn]

[Blingn]

[Blingn]

here is what happened when I was going to try that with my dog

[Blingn]

scenery pics by FFC she took all most all of these pics I posted up. She walked from loon to buck and she got some great pics. 













very good trip, I was very happy that we got to go out loon. 

[Blingn]

Thanks cruizila for the history and the mapping that you did for us.  It was awesome to ride with someone with so much knowledge about the trail.

[mikerob]

How was it going out Matt?  Did your truck do alright?

[*FFC*]

Hey, I thought you guys were coming by our camp after the raffle fer some  .....

We came by Sunday morning and you were gone

[*FFC*]

How was it going out Matt?  Did your truck do alright?

Psh! Yeah, his truck came out fine, until I started driving it

I started driving it at Soup Bowl and about 500 feet later I busted the tie rod end, then in Granite Bowl I ran it out of gas

Writeup coming soon - gotta get to work!

[fordh8r]

We came by Sunday morning and you were gone

I know,    We wanted head up Cadillac before things got rough on the hill. Worked out good too. 

Psh! Yeah, his truck came out fine, until I started driving it

I started driving it at Soup Bowl and about 500 feet later I busted the tie rod end, then in Granite Bowl I ran it out of gas

The best I could do was a spare tie rod for ya. You're on yer own with the gas. 

Writeup coming soon - gotta get to work!

[*FFC*]

I know,    We wanted head up Cadillac before things got rough on the hill. Worked out good too. 

 

The best I could do was a spare tie rod for ya. You're on yer own with the gas. 
 

You saved my Tommy... The other tie rod we had was bent, and replacing just the ends would have been tedius.  We just replaced the entire assembly thanks to you

[fordh8r]

You saved my Tommy... The other tie rod we had was bent, and replacing just the ends would have been tedius.  We just replaced the entire assembly thanks to you

Haha, thats awesome! That made dragging that thing up there worth it.    Glad that worked out for ya. 

[Reynolds]

Here are some of mine

Camping at the top of the slabs before dropping down into the trail..



Picture from my truck looking at Soup Bowl


Video of me going up Soup Bowl, took about a minute
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LYD-cL_dHU

Me almost flopping on a hill off to the right of Thousand Dollar Hill



Looking out across the valley just before dropping down into the slabs


Got to Buck and had to swap in a new steering box


Finally at the Springs!


Our group at the top of Cadillac after dinner on Sat


View from Cadillac at 7am Sunday morning

[TIMS89CRAWLER]

some nice pics there man... that was a close one on the near flop!

[Yota Up]

thanks man i was super impressed with it and how well it preformed.

I remember your truck coming through.  Absolutely awesome.  Toyota commercial for sure. 

[yota18]

thanks. yea i remember coming into the springs and everyones head turn like the stocker made it

[46&2]

thanks. yea i remember coming into the springs and everyones head turn like the stocker made it

Haha hell yeah would definitely make a sweet Rubicon buster commercial:

"Jeep Rubicon - $30,000. Passing old farts in their expensive ass Jeeps in a totally stock 84 Toyota  -  Priceless."

[Jud]

Haha hell yeah would definitely make a sweet Rubicon buster commercial:

"Jeep Rubicon - $30,000. Passing old farts in their expensive ass Jeeps in a totally stock 84 Toyota  -  Priceless."

            

[*FFC*]

Well, Matt and BLACKDOG stayed the night Thurs at the trailhead and cooked us breakfast for us early morning arrivers.  Mom and I got up at 3am and left at 5am on Friday, ended up hitting the trail at 11am Our group started off consisting of myself, my mother, and Mr. FFC, yota18, Snowshoebrue, BLACKDOG, Spotter, and mikerob, blackdiamond, Billy and Tomoko (a couple from SF who are lurkers on the board - time to join up Billy!!!), JayD, Chris and Donora (K5), Rob and Becky (tube buggy). 

Our friends in the K5 tore a tire at Gatekeeper, and about 500 feet later busted the steering shaft in the steering box, so we went on without them in hopes that they could get the part they needed and catch up with us.  Our first huge obstacle was on Walker Hill when BD busted his first half shaft, and realized possibly his hub was busted as well.  My mom and I waited around a couple hours and started hiking to Buck where Matt's friends were camping.  We arrived at Buck within about 90 minutes, and hung out and had dinner with them while we waited for Matt.  Several hours later, the rigs still hadn't arrived, so we set out on a "Matt Rescue Mission" as his buddy Chris called it.

Well, 4 rigs heading against the flow of traffic can't make it far when there's a busted birf/knuckle in the way on the trail, so we helped them move along out of the trail until we hit the slabs.  Once we hit the slabs, we saw someone flashing us from Old Sluice.  Come to find out, someone had rolled up there and needed a winch up.  (This is around 11:30pm by now).  We took about a little more than an hour and got them rolled back over, then headed up the slabs lookin for (by this time, what was left of our group) Matt, BLACKDOG, Snowshoebrue, and JayD.  We found them at the top of the slabs and headed back to Buck.  Come to find out, Matt had thrown a few beads and JayD twisted his rear driveshaft.  About 20 feet from the campsite, BLACKDOG busted another axle We called it quits a little after 1am and probably laid down to sleep around 2. 

The next morning, we all woke up and ate a quick breakfast.  Snowshoebrue welded straps around and down JayD's driveshaft, and BLACKDOG replaced his half shaft yet again.

My mom and I started walkin to the Springs.  We figured we could at least help out there at the Springs if Marlin and Chrstine needed a hand.  After saying our hello's and all, the gang finally showed up around 2 (I think).  We set up camp, had the usual tri tip dinner and raffle - which was a BLAST!!!

Sunday morning Marlin's Alternator went out, so he trail fixed it and headed out Cadillac.  We headed out Loon around 10am, with Jud and Snowshoebrue.  At the bottom of Big Sluice, BigMike, TURBO, and a bunch of other folks joined up with us.  About halfway up Big Sluice TURBO busted a birf, so that laid us over a couple hours. 

After the birf incident, we all hit the trail and had an eventless trip until just below Little Sluice where Jud blew a bead.  We fixed that and got him through.  I started driving the rig at Soup Bowl.  About 500 feet later, I busted the tie rod end And to make matters worse, it was on FLAT GROUND!!

Rick from Canada made quick work of helping us replace the tie rod (courtesy of fordh8r ) and we were on the road again.  Again, eventless until we got to Granite Bowl where Matt and I ran out of gas.  Thanks to some guys from Toy Connection, we were able to siphon some gas from one of their jerry cans and get back on the trail. 

We got to the trail head around 11:00 and loaded up our stuff, said our goodbyes and headed home. 

A big thanks to everyone who helped us out, and it was a pleasure wheelin with all of you!

[BLACKDOG]

Some of Spotter's pics

At the start






Loon Lake


Are we ready yet??


Mr. FFC and JayD's rigs, hanging out, and cooling down




Cool spider web


For some reason Mr. FFC brought a dirty mop     




JayD






















































Mr. FFC himself!


blackdiamond
























Uh OH


















Tired, and dirty pups




Heading out
















More pics coming later!