We set out Thursday around noon and arrived around 5pm. We checked in to the hotel and then headed to the ORV park to unload the jeep and park the trailer. When we arrived at the park there weren't many vehicles...YET. That would all change in the next 24 hours. We pulled up in the parking area next to a couple of other LSJC members unloading their rigs, James and Larry. After spending some time chatting, looking over the other guys rigs and watching James and Larry trying to get Larry's CJ8's transfer case out of low range, we headed out to get some dinner.
Friday morning we arrive at the wet park around 8am. We got enough rain during the night to wet things down pretty well. The parking lot was starting to fill up with all kinds of rigs, I could tell it was going to be a busy weekend of wheelin'. We had a pretty good turn out of LSJC members that made the trip. We had around 10 Jeeps in our Friday morning group. We left out around 9am on some easy level 2's and 3's to get a feel for how slick things were going to be. The first couple of trails were just that... slick and muddy!! You couldn't count on anything holding for ya. I was on an off camber down hill drop when I started sliding. There was nothing I could do to stop it. My driver side rear went up in the air and everything was coming down on my passenger front. I slide all the way down until the right side of my jeep slammed into the ridge wall. I was a good thing the wall was there because that all that kept me from ending up on my lid! Fortunately, things got better. Everything started to dry up a little and we found some trails that had more rock and less mud.
In the afternoon we crossed paths with some other LSJC members that drove in late. The afternoon was much better wheeling. The sun came out and things just got better and better. The trails were still pretty tuff from the previous rain, lots of washouts and a lot of loose rock but at least it was somewhat dry rock!
Saturday we arrived again at the ORV park around 8am. You could tell today was going to be a beautiful day! Doors and tops were coming off of everyones jeeps. Once everyone got their jeeps stripped down we took off for another day of awesome wheeling and it was just that... Awesome!! I really lucked out this trip we had several experienced people with the trails. Our trail leader, Brian lead us over some great trails. We were able to jump on several level 4 trails today and we ended the day with a short level 5 that was just a blast!
It was amazing how the Superlift park transformed into this crazy 4wheel mecca. There were all kinds of jeeps and buggy's EVERYWHERE! It was a blast just walking around the parking lot looking at all the rigs. Did you see "The Short Bus" above? You name it they were there. I can't wait to go back again and I look forward to wheelin' with my new LSJC friends again sometime soon!
