Kick it off
This year I took the whole family camping for the anual fall crawl off road event.
We got to the camp ground (base camp), in Hancock New Hampshire, just before dark Friday night. It was completely darm by the time we set up the tent.
At least we had time to get a fire going and roast some hot dogs on sticks over the fire.
Saturday Morning, my daughter woke up sick so she and the wife had to stay back at camp while "the boys" hit the trail with an aggressive class 6 road group.
For those not familiar, Class 6 roads are legal roads but rest assured, no Honda Civic could pass them.
At the staging area, there were over 100 vehicles. Most of them were Jeeps CJs and Wranglers, a good bunch of Cherokees and the rest a mix of other 4x4's.
Our group headed out at 9:15 am. as we approached the last house on the road, the owner proved to be just as nutty and clueless about the law as the previous owner. When informed that her understanding of the law was wrong, she resorted to language not suitable for the children present in the vehicle. She said she was going to call the cops. Of course, the group leader said that the chief already knows we were coming. She stormed off, not at all satified. We found out later that she did the same thing to the next group even though she knew now what the law was.
The road was reasonably challanging considering it was a legal road. Hit one spot that forced me to realize my front axle was not engaging. So it was a brief stop for a little temporary fix and realizing I finally had that excuse to upgrade my front axle. yippy.
Anyway, the day was a blast. My son made some new friends with other sons that were with their families on the trail.
Nuff sedd for now
We got to the camp ground (base camp), in Hancock New Hampshire, just before dark Friday night. It was completely darm by the time we set up the tent.
At least we had time to get a fire going and roast some hot dogs on sticks over the fire.
Saturday Morning, my daughter woke up sick so she and the wife had to stay back at camp while "the boys" hit the trail with an aggressive class 6 road group.
For those not familiar, Class 6 roads are legal roads but rest assured, no Honda Civic could pass them.
At the staging area, there were over 100 vehicles. Most of them were Jeeps CJs and Wranglers, a good bunch of Cherokees and the rest a mix of other 4x4's.
Our group headed out at 9:15 am. as we approached the last house on the road, the owner proved to be just as nutty and clueless about the law as the previous owner. When informed that her understanding of the law was wrong, she resorted to language not suitable for the children present in the vehicle. She said she was going to call the cops. Of course, the group leader said that the chief already knows we were coming. She stormed off, not at all satified. We found out later that she did the same thing to the next group even though she knew now what the law was.
The road was reasonably challanging considering it was a legal road. Hit one spot that forced me to realize my front axle was not engaging. So it was a brief stop for a little temporary fix and realizing I finally had that excuse to upgrade my front axle. yippy.
Anyway, the day was a blast. My son made some new friends with other sons that were with their families on the trail.
Nuff sedd for now
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