| After getting acquainted
with each other and setting up camp, we went out for some
preliminary 'wheeling. We went over to the obstacle course, hit up
a few small trails, and went to Hector Heights Peak. Up on top of
the park we saw a shirtless man with a bountiful bosom smoking his
bong. It was pretty funny because all of the girls were talking
about how the guy was better endowed of anyone. Everyone agreed
that he needed a 'bro'.
After heading back to camp for a
'refreshment break', we noticed Travis still had his sway bars on
the Bronco. After some arm-twisting, he set to work with Brandon
on removing the front one. After about 30 minutes of wrenching, he
took the first bolt off exclaiming 'hot bolt, hot bolt, hot
bolt....', and tossing one to me. Travis is certainly a character,
and Brandon was a good match for his co-pilot. It seemed Brandon
might live up to his title this trip....
The campground was filling up fast,
and a couple guys rolled in with a CJ-7 and a 79 Bronco towing a
trailer equipped with the largest ice chest I've ever seen, a
generator, an air compressor, a floor jack, a set of Super Swamper
Boggers, and all kinds of miscellaneous tools. The keg and tap
were in the back of the Bronco.... We knew that there was
something 'not quite right' with these guys when they talked about
being towed over boulders while clinging to an old car hood
flipped upside-down. This is called 'rock sledding'. |
Apparently, This weekend was
also the 4x4 training weekend for the bay area Land Rover dealers,
and their past customers are invited to come along and learn the
capabilities of their vehicle and how to four wheel, and all of that
other BS that is just a euphemism for driving around in low range at
5-mph, having no fun whatsoever. They caravanned past our campsite
and many of them just started when they saw what real four wheeling
was all about. Dusty guys drinking beer around a picnic table with
cases of beer, while other shirtless guys laid in the dirt and
labored over 'hot bolts'. |
