Most everyone showed up on Friday night and we banged around our trucks Saturday morning on "Rock On". Captain Rick showed us how to change a tie rod while perched on a rock ledge. That was neat. After lunch we watched Rami get psycho with a chainsaw and with the rest of the crew cleaning up behind him, managed to cut a new trail for Dave. He has been wanting to cut through this extension for the last 5 years or so. We did it in 2 hours. Dinner on Saturday was interesting as the meat I ordered was like one of the lugs off a swamper, but fun was had by all nonetheless.

The FJCs got an early start Sunday morning as they wanted to be on the road by afternoon. We all caught up to each other on "Snake on Through" otherwise known as "Winching Woytovich". Josh drove almost the whole thing by himself with me spotting, but it took a seasoned driver like myself to lay the left rear door into a tree. Mike Stevens was behind me and with a gentile tug, pulled me sideways for another shot. No damage, but Josh won't let me forget it anytime soon.

The FJCs headed down to the field to pack up and I wanted to be the first 80 Series down the new trail. It's an easy run for the most part, but there are some fairly deep gullies where the spring run off has eroded the shale. With some good spotting I was able to straddle the center and drove on down. Once at the end of this trail you have nowhere to go but back up as Dave hasn't cut an access trail through with the dozer yet. All 4 trucks turned around and we were ready to head back for lunch when Mark noticed a leaf spring shim plate on the ground. Hmmmm.that's not a good thing. We then had a lesson in replacing the center pin on the rear of a Ford Bronco.

By the time we got back to the field everyone had cleared out. Mike Stevens had brought a sampling of the new BBQ joint that will be catering CMCC this year, so we all chowed on pulled pork sandwiches with a variety of homemade sauces on hot dog buns. Yummy. Nice end to a nice weekend.

Thanks to all who attended and helped with the trail cutting and cleanup. You folks are what this group is all about.