Category Archives: Camping

Camping Report – March 09

Posted by on March 24, 2009 No comments

Camping report, March 2009. An early season outing on the actual Sevenmile road.

Amazingly, Sevenmile was open top to bottom and there was very little snow to be found until reaching the higher “optional” sections of the trail.

Weather was perfect except for some overnight wind, with mild temps and no rain/snow.  This was a pleasant surprise, as the original forecast called for nasty Freezeout style conditions.

Movie night, a tradition established one year ago on the 08 Freezout, came off without a hitch.  This year’s selection: Caddyshack.  Ah…the classics.

All three vehicles present performed admirably.  This included a family truckster Suburban, which proved that a stock rig can go crazy places if piloted properly.  The Nismo also had a successful shakedown run on new tires and suspension, dealing with questionable snow depths and muddy climbs better that expected, and the Rubicon naturally mashed trough the snow with no effort and provided the peace of mind of having a recovery vehicle if needed.

Overall an outstanding outing and another example of why this road, group, and area has an entire website devoted to it.

Happy ‘wheelin.

-Webmonger

Just Another Night at the Drive In…Sort of

Posted by on January 14, 2008 No comments

Let’s say you find yourself 4 miles back in the woods, at 8500 ft, in January. It’s about 15 degrees (if you’re lucky) and the wind has been blowing most of the day…

Given these “questionable” conditions and a few friends to share it with, there’s really only one thing to do: open another beer and watch a movie on the Big Screen.

I would like to commend the crew for finally pulling of the the living-room-campout we have been threatening for 20 years. It’s not as though we ever “rough it”, but this was a new low (or high) of some sort.

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“And that foot is me!”

More pics of the great trip can be seen here.

Cheers.

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