Cruisertrash
Hard Core 4+
Well, I’ve got cell service on top of a mountain above Empire so I figured I’d start a trip report. This was a great little run up to Bill Moore Lake!
Attendance:
@Cruisertrash + Karen
@Capriblue45
@fyffer
@baileyfj40
@DomOfTheDead
Great trip, and glad to have four 60 Series trucks out for the Inaugural 60s Only Run. Dom came with us in his 80 as an honorary 60. I suppose as Event Coordinator he was welcome to join and supervise this initial event
We met about a mile north of Empire on Main Street, where the trail starts. Leaving Empire look on the west side of the street for a 60 Series parked in a driveway next to a cabin! I left my phone at the gas station in Empire, and that delayed our start from 9 to 9:30. Oops! Dom and Fyffer took the shorter but more difficult v-notch route on the way up while the rest of us bypassed. No mechanical issues all day except Bailey Mike getting a little lightheaded from an exhaust leak in his 62. We arrived at the lake around 10:45 and posed on some rocks, had lunch, and hung out.
@Capriblue45 and @baileyfj40 left around 1:30, and Fyffer, Dom, and myself started back down shortly after. Fyffer and I were camping, so about halfway down we headed up a side trail and said goodbye to Dom who was heading home.
Fyffer and I found a great spot about 200ya off the first side trail we turned on and set up. All three of us spent a lot of time picking up trash and glass. In the evening a thunderstorm rolled through and cooled things off after dark. It was actually warmer this morning when we woke up. Fyffer rolled out around 9 to head home, and Karen and I are sitting here drinking coffee.
DIY 270 degree awning!
All around a great trip. This event will definitely make a return next year - with better planning! Having not lead very many trail runs, I’m open to criticism from those who attended so I can improve. Most of y’all had done Bill Moore Lake 100 times, so I wasn’t so much “leading” as I was just out in front. Shout out to @Crash for suggesting this idea and for taking me on this trail last year! Sorry you couldn’t make it!
Attendance:
@Cruisertrash + Karen
@Capriblue45
@fyffer
@baileyfj40
@DomOfTheDead
Great trip, and glad to have four 60 Series trucks out for the Inaugural 60s Only Run. Dom came with us in his 80 as an honorary 60. I suppose as Event Coordinator he was welcome to join and supervise this initial event
We met about a mile north of Empire on Main Street, where the trail starts. Leaving Empire look on the west side of the street for a 60 Series parked in a driveway next to a cabin! I left my phone at the gas station in Empire, and that delayed our start from 9 to 9:30. Oops! Dom and Fyffer took the shorter but more difficult v-notch route on the way up while the rest of us bypassed. No mechanical issues all day except Bailey Mike getting a little lightheaded from an exhaust leak in his 62. We arrived at the lake around 10:45 and posed on some rocks, had lunch, and hung out.
@Capriblue45 and @baileyfj40 left around 1:30, and Fyffer, Dom, and myself started back down shortly after. Fyffer and I were camping, so about halfway down we headed up a side trail and said goodbye to Dom who was heading home.
Fyffer and I found a great spot about 200ya off the first side trail we turned on and set up. All three of us spent a lot of time picking up trash and glass. In the evening a thunderstorm rolled through and cooled things off after dark. It was actually warmer this morning when we woke up. Fyffer rolled out around 9 to head home, and Karen and I are sitting here drinking coffee.
DIY 270 degree awning!
All around a great trip. This event will definitely make a return next year - with better planning! Having not lead very many trail runs, I’m open to criticism from those who attended so I can improve. Most of y’all had done Bill Moore Lake 100 times, so I wasn’t so much “leading” as I was just out in front. Shout out to @Crash for suggesting this idea and for taking me on this trail last year! Sorry you couldn’t make it!
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Thus making it difficult for me to get pictures of these cool trucks, Jim was always out of frame by the time I got my camera out. As always, thanks for letting me be a part of this and to play devil's advocate to 
