I just got back from a run I have wanted to do since I joined the club. It was extra special in memory of Bruce Miller led by his son Ross. Bruce started this run and others with the Club. It was great to see Barb Miller. Barb, Nathanial and Nelda worked to ensure we had a hot meal and plenty of Beer when we got off the trail at 7PM last night. It was really nice to hang out with the Miller's and catch up.
I was expecting a medium run over three Mountain passes. This trail was harder than I expected, and as a result the challenges made the trip even more meaningful. Fortunately there was no breakage with our crew. Jackson showed his skill in repairing a ripped sidewall on an ATV. Why don't they carry a spare tire, at least within a group? Jackson used a record amount of tire repair products to get the tire to hold air and get off that pass (Pearl) and do most of the next one (Taylor) He had a buddy with him with an air compressor who passed us on his own coming down Taylor and he had been drinking . . . a lot. He went off trail to get around us.
It was a great group of people on the run. Many of them are old and dear friends who it seems I have known for ages.
The campground was great. Very isolated so not crowded. You go there to hunt, be alone or do these passes as nothing else is around there.
I didn't take a lot of pictures. Perry has quite a few. Hopefully he will post some of the river we had to drive through on huge rocks near the end of Taylor. Obviously the hardest part of the day
The first picture was interesting. I had to drive through a Cattle Drive
Second is the view from my camp site
Third is after we started coming down Italian Creek
The next three are Pearl Pass
The final is Ige making the summit on Taylor Pass
I was expecting a medium run over three Mountain passes. This trail was harder than I expected, and as a result the challenges made the trip even more meaningful. Fortunately there was no breakage with our crew. Jackson showed his skill in repairing a ripped sidewall on an ATV. Why don't they carry a spare tire, at least within a group? Jackson used a record amount of tire repair products to get the tire to hold air and get off that pass (Pearl) and do most of the next one (Taylor) He had a buddy with him with an air compressor who passed us on his own coming down Taylor and he had been drinking . . . a lot. He went off trail to get around us.
It was a great group of people on the run. Many of them are old and dear friends who it seems I have known for ages.
The campground was great. Very isolated so not crowded. You go there to hunt, be alone or do these passes as nothing else is around there.
I didn't take a lot of pictures. Perry has quite a few. Hopefully he will post some of the river we had to drive through on huge rocks near the end of Taylor. Obviously the hardest part of the day
The first picture was interesting. I had to drive through a Cattle Drive
Second is the view from my camp site
Third is after we started coming down Italian Creek
The next three are Pearl Pass
The final is Ige making the summit on Taylor Pass