Ontario Canada New Years Bush Run Report
01-05-2006, 06:28 PM
#11
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Re: Ontario Canada New Years Bush Run Report
Thanks.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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Mike Romain wrote:
>
> It was a wet one.....
>
> We were in 4x4 for the whole 4-5 hour trip out to the trail head on
> Saturday, New Years Eve. It was snowing steady with tons of cars in the
> ditches all over the place. I mean I am cruising along at a nice 55 mph
> and these fools are just whipping on by me. Most folks were smart
> enough to just follow the 4x4's rather than pass them but wow. The cops
> reported clocking one fool at 150 kph before he did somersaults in the
> ditch....
>
> I was smart and got the hard doors on with the hard top before we left
> so we had tons of heat inside. That GM blower upgrade for the CJ7's is
> wicked! Don't need gloves, hat or boots on or even to have the coat
> done up. You just have to watch the feet. They get too hot and damp
> then when you get out you can freeze them fast. We learned to have dry
> socks and boots waiting for the end of the trip after the first
> freeze....
>
> The area was busy with snowmobilers in most of the hunt camps. We got
> lucky and the CJ7 chewed it's way back into one cabin that was empty off
> the beaten track. The sledders followed my tracks the next day though
> so they now know where this camp is too. grr.... Oh well, the area was
> nice for a few years....
>
> The weather got warm and foggy which didn't make for good photos or solo
> wheeling. The snow was really heavy and the poor old CJ7 had to really
> work at chewing through it so we mostly stayed by the nice hot fire. I
> got a few photos though. I took some shots of animal tracks, fox after
> mice and wolf tracks following a deer trail. I also got a few winter
> trail scenery shots. They are located here:
> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> and over here: alt.binaries.pictures.autos.4x4
>
> I got a folding Coleman oven for Christmas and had some fun with that.
> Made up some shortbread cookies for a first try and they turned out
> perfect. I even dipped the corners in chocolate. Made some chocolate
> chip cookies another night. We had a lamb shoulder roast with roast
> potatoes and asparagus for New Yeas Day dinner and had some live
> lobsters along to cook for New Years Eve. Not bad for just cooking on a
> Coleman camp stove.
>
> I don't know why it is, but I never manage to get photos when all hell
> is breaking loose. We came head on into a couple big logging trucks on
> the 2 track and had to back 3/4 the way around a lake to get to a place
> I could pull the CJ7 off safely. It was too soft and swampy to just
> ditch it.
>
> Then a couple miles farther on we ran into a drunk logging company
> repair man in a pickup truck with a couple skidder tires on back and
> that SOB ran us right off the road. This was on a 2 lane plowed road
> almost at the highway! So I am hooked with 2 wheels off the edge that
> looked flat but no bottom and I am getting the winch control out when
> the drunk comes back to tug me out... He damn near sideswiped me again
> as he is backing by and I am tucked into the ditch. Anyway I hooked my
> strap to his tow hook and he got me back up onto the road. But, but, he
> still has to pass me! LOL! I just stopped in place and let hem fight
> his way on buy finally. It was messing up what little brain he had
> left. Whew....
>
> So we finally make it to pavement and I asked my wife, oh did you get
> any photos off all that??? Nope... neither one of us thought of it.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> It was a wet one.....
>
> We were in 4x4 for the whole 4-5 hour trip out to the trail head on
> Saturday, New Years Eve. It was snowing steady with tons of cars in the
> ditches all over the place. I mean I am cruising along at a nice 55 mph
> and these fools are just whipping on by me. Most folks were smart
> enough to just follow the 4x4's rather than pass them but wow. The cops
> reported clocking one fool at 150 kph before he did somersaults in the
> ditch....
>
> I was smart and got the hard doors on with the hard top before we left
> so we had tons of heat inside. That GM blower upgrade for the CJ7's is
> wicked! Don't need gloves, hat or boots on or even to have the coat
> done up. You just have to watch the feet. They get too hot and damp
> then when you get out you can freeze them fast. We learned to have dry
> socks and boots waiting for the end of the trip after the first
> freeze....
>
> The area was busy with snowmobilers in most of the hunt camps. We got
> lucky and the CJ7 chewed it's way back into one cabin that was empty off
> the beaten track. The sledders followed my tracks the next day though
> so they now know where this camp is too. grr.... Oh well, the area was
> nice for a few years....
>
> The weather got warm and foggy which didn't make for good photos or solo
> wheeling. The snow was really heavy and the poor old CJ7 had to really
> work at chewing through it so we mostly stayed by the nice hot fire. I
> got a few photos though. I took some shots of animal tracks, fox after
> mice and wolf tracks following a deer trail. I also got a few winter
> trail scenery shots. They are located here:
> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> and over here: alt.binaries.pictures.autos.4x4
>
> I got a folding Coleman oven for Christmas and had some fun with that.
> Made up some shortbread cookies for a first try and they turned out
> perfect. I even dipped the corners in chocolate. Made some chocolate
> chip cookies another night. We had a lamb shoulder roast with roast
> potatoes and asparagus for New Yeas Day dinner and had some live
> lobsters along to cook for New Years Eve. Not bad for just cooking on a
> Coleman camp stove.
>
> I don't know why it is, but I never manage to get photos when all hell
> is breaking loose. We came head on into a couple big logging trucks on
> the 2 track and had to back 3/4 the way around a lake to get to a place
> I could pull the CJ7 off safely. It was too soft and swampy to just
> ditch it.
>
> Then a couple miles farther on we ran into a drunk logging company
> repair man in a pickup truck with a couple skidder tires on back and
> that SOB ran us right off the road. This was on a 2 lane plowed road
> almost at the highway! So I am hooked with 2 wheels off the edge that
> looked flat but no bottom and I am getting the winch control out when
> the drunk comes back to tug me out... He damn near sideswiped me again
> as he is backing by and I am tucked into the ditch. Anyway I hooked my
> strap to his tow hook and he got me back up onto the road. But, but, he
> still has to pass me! LOL! I just stopped in place and let hem fight
> his way on buy finally. It was messing up what little brain he had
> left. Whew....
>
> So we finally make it to pavement and I asked my wife, oh did you get
> any photos off all that??? Nope... neither one of us thought of it.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
01-05-2006, 06:28 PM
#12
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Re: Ontario Canada New Years Bush Run Report
Thanks.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> It was a wet one.....
>
> We were in 4x4 for the whole 4-5 hour trip out to the trail head on
> Saturday, New Years Eve. It was snowing steady with tons of cars in the
> ditches all over the place. I mean I am cruising along at a nice 55 mph
> and these fools are just whipping on by me. Most folks were smart
> enough to just follow the 4x4's rather than pass them but wow. The cops
> reported clocking one fool at 150 kph before he did somersaults in the
> ditch....
>
> I was smart and got the hard doors on with the hard top before we left
> so we had tons of heat inside. That GM blower upgrade for the CJ7's is
> wicked! Don't need gloves, hat or boots on or even to have the coat
> done up. You just have to watch the feet. They get too hot and damp
> then when you get out you can freeze them fast. We learned to have dry
> socks and boots waiting for the end of the trip after the first
> freeze....
>
> The area was busy with snowmobilers in most of the hunt camps. We got
> lucky and the CJ7 chewed it's way back into one cabin that was empty off
> the beaten track. The sledders followed my tracks the next day though
> so they now know where this camp is too. grr.... Oh well, the area was
> nice for a few years....
>
> The weather got warm and foggy which didn't make for good photos or solo
> wheeling. The snow was really heavy and the poor old CJ7 had to really
> work at chewing through it so we mostly stayed by the nice hot fire. I
> got a few photos though. I took some shots of animal tracks, fox after
> mice and wolf tracks following a deer trail. I also got a few winter
> trail scenery shots. They are located here:
> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> and over here: alt.binaries.pictures.autos.4x4
>
> I got a folding Coleman oven for Christmas and had some fun with that.
> Made up some shortbread cookies for a first try and they turned out
> perfect. I even dipped the corners in chocolate. Made some chocolate
> chip cookies another night. We had a lamb shoulder roast with roast
> potatoes and asparagus for New Yeas Day dinner and had some live
> lobsters along to cook for New Years Eve. Not bad for just cooking on a
> Coleman camp stove.
>
> I don't know why it is, but I never manage to get photos when all hell
> is breaking loose. We came head on into a couple big logging trucks on
> the 2 track and had to back 3/4 the way around a lake to get to a place
> I could pull the CJ7 off safely. It was too soft and swampy to just
> ditch it.
>
> Then a couple miles farther on we ran into a drunk logging company
> repair man in a pickup truck with a couple skidder tires on back and
> that SOB ran us right off the road. This was on a 2 lane plowed road
> almost at the highway! So I am hooked with 2 wheels off the edge that
> looked flat but no bottom and I am getting the winch control out when
> the drunk comes back to tug me out... He damn near sideswiped me again
> as he is backing by and I am tucked into the ditch. Anyway I hooked my
> strap to his tow hook and he got me back up onto the road. But, but, he
> still has to pass me! LOL! I just stopped in place and let hem fight
> his way on buy finally. It was messing up what little brain he had
> left. Whew....
>
> So we finally make it to pavement and I asked my wife, oh did you get
> any photos off all that??? Nope... neither one of us thought of it.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> It was a wet one.....
>
> We were in 4x4 for the whole 4-5 hour trip out to the trail head on
> Saturday, New Years Eve. It was snowing steady with tons of cars in the
> ditches all over the place. I mean I am cruising along at a nice 55 mph
> and these fools are just whipping on by me. Most folks were smart
> enough to just follow the 4x4's rather than pass them but wow. The cops
> reported clocking one fool at 150 kph before he did somersaults in the
> ditch....
>
> I was smart and got the hard doors on with the hard top before we left
> so we had tons of heat inside. That GM blower upgrade for the CJ7's is
> wicked! Don't need gloves, hat or boots on or even to have the coat
> done up. You just have to watch the feet. They get too hot and damp
> then when you get out you can freeze them fast. We learned to have dry
> socks and boots waiting for the end of the trip after the first
> freeze....
>
> The area was busy with snowmobilers in most of the hunt camps. We got
> lucky and the CJ7 chewed it's way back into one cabin that was empty off
> the beaten track. The sledders followed my tracks the next day though
> so they now know where this camp is too. grr.... Oh well, the area was
> nice for a few years....
>
> The weather got warm and foggy which didn't make for good photos or solo
> wheeling. The snow was really heavy and the poor old CJ7 had to really
> work at chewing through it so we mostly stayed by the nice hot fire. I
> got a few photos though. I took some shots of animal tracks, fox after
> mice and wolf tracks following a deer trail. I also got a few winter
> trail scenery shots. They are located here:
> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> and over here: alt.binaries.pictures.autos.4x4
>
> I got a folding Coleman oven for Christmas and had some fun with that.
> Made up some shortbread cookies for a first try and they turned out
> perfect. I even dipped the corners in chocolate. Made some chocolate
> chip cookies another night. We had a lamb shoulder roast with roast
> potatoes and asparagus for New Yeas Day dinner and had some live
> lobsters along to cook for New Years Eve. Not bad for just cooking on a
> Coleman camp stove.
>
> I don't know why it is, but I never manage to get photos when all hell
> is breaking loose. We came head on into a couple big logging trucks on
> the 2 track and had to back 3/4 the way around a lake to get to a place
> I could pull the CJ7 off safely. It was too soft and swampy to just
> ditch it.
>
> Then a couple miles farther on we ran into a drunk logging company
> repair man in a pickup truck with a couple skidder tires on back and
> that SOB ran us right off the road. This was on a 2 lane plowed road
> almost at the highway! So I am hooked with 2 wheels off the edge that
> looked flat but no bottom and I am getting the winch control out when
> the drunk comes back to tug me out... He damn near sideswiped me again
> as he is backing by and I am tucked into the ditch. Anyway I hooked my
> strap to his tow hook and he got me back up onto the road. But, but, he
> still has to pass me! LOL! I just stopped in place and let hem fight
> his way on buy finally. It was messing up what little brain he had
> left. Whew....
>
> So we finally make it to pavement and I asked my wife, oh did you get
> any photos off all that??? Nope... neither one of us thought of it.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
01-05-2006, 06:28 PM
#13
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Re: Ontario Canada New Years Bush Run Report
Thanks.
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> It was a wet one.....
>
> We were in 4x4 for the whole 4-5 hour trip out to the trail head on
> Saturday, New Years Eve. It was snowing steady with tons of cars in the
> ditches all over the place. I mean I am cruising along at a nice 55 mph
> and these fools are just whipping on by me. Most folks were smart
> enough to just follow the 4x4's rather than pass them but wow. The cops
> reported clocking one fool at 150 kph before he did somersaults in the
> ditch....
>
> I was smart and got the hard doors on with the hard top before we left
> so we had tons of heat inside. That GM blower upgrade for the CJ7's is
> wicked! Don't need gloves, hat or boots on or even to have the coat
> done up. You just have to watch the feet. They get too hot and damp
> then when you get out you can freeze them fast. We learned to have dry
> socks and boots waiting for the end of the trip after the first
> freeze....
>
> The area was busy with snowmobilers in most of the hunt camps. We got
> lucky and the CJ7 chewed it's way back into one cabin that was empty off
> the beaten track. The sledders followed my tracks the next day though
> so they now know where this camp is too. grr.... Oh well, the area was
> nice for a few years....
>
> The weather got warm and foggy which didn't make for good photos or solo
> wheeling. The snow was really heavy and the poor old CJ7 had to really
> work at chewing through it so we mostly stayed by the nice hot fire. I
> got a few photos though. I took some shots of animal tracks, fox after
> mice and wolf tracks following a deer trail. I also got a few winter
> trail scenery shots. They are located here:
> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> and over here: alt.binaries.pictures.autos.4x4
>
> I got a folding Coleman oven for Christmas and had some fun with that.
> Made up some shortbread cookies for a first try and they turned out
> perfect. I even dipped the corners in chocolate. Made some chocolate
> chip cookies another night. We had a lamb shoulder roast with roast
> potatoes and asparagus for New Yeas Day dinner and had some live
> lobsters along to cook for New Years Eve. Not bad for just cooking on a
> Coleman camp stove.
>
> I don't know why it is, but I never manage to get photos when all hell
> is breaking loose. We came head on into a couple big logging trucks on
> the 2 track and had to back 3/4 the way around a lake to get to a place
> I could pull the CJ7 off safely. It was too soft and swampy to just
> ditch it.
>
> Then a couple miles farther on we ran into a drunk logging company
> repair man in a pickup truck with a couple skidder tires on back and
> that SOB ran us right off the road. This was on a 2 lane plowed road
> almost at the highway! So I am hooked with 2 wheels off the edge that
> looked flat but no bottom and I am getting the winch control out when
> the drunk comes back to tug me out... He damn near sideswiped me again
> as he is backing by and I am tucked into the ditch. Anyway I hooked my
> strap to his tow hook and he got me back up onto the road. But, but, he
> still has to pass me! LOL! I just stopped in place and let hem fight
> his way on buy finally. It was messing up what little brain he had
> left. Whew....
>
> So we finally make it to pavement and I asked my wife, oh did you get
> any photos off all that??? Nope... neither one of us thought of it.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
Mike Romain wrote:
>
> It was a wet one.....
>
> We were in 4x4 for the whole 4-5 hour trip out to the trail head on
> Saturday, New Years Eve. It was snowing steady with tons of cars in the
> ditches all over the place. I mean I am cruising along at a nice 55 mph
> and these fools are just whipping on by me. Most folks were smart
> enough to just follow the 4x4's rather than pass them but wow. The cops
> reported clocking one fool at 150 kph before he did somersaults in the
> ditch....
>
> I was smart and got the hard doors on with the hard top before we left
> so we had tons of heat inside. That GM blower upgrade for the CJ7's is
> wicked! Don't need gloves, hat or boots on or even to have the coat
> done up. You just have to watch the feet. They get too hot and damp
> then when you get out you can freeze them fast. We learned to have dry
> socks and boots waiting for the end of the trip after the first
> freeze....
>
> The area was busy with snowmobilers in most of the hunt camps. We got
> lucky and the CJ7 chewed it's way back into one cabin that was empty off
> the beaten track. The sledders followed my tracks the next day though
> so they now know where this camp is too. grr.... Oh well, the area was
> nice for a few years....
>
> The weather got warm and foggy which didn't make for good photos or solo
> wheeling. The snow was really heavy and the poor old CJ7 had to really
> work at chewing through it so we mostly stayed by the nice hot fire. I
> got a few photos though. I took some shots of animal tracks, fox after
> mice and wolf tracks following a deer trail. I also got a few winter
> trail scenery shots. They are located here:
> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> and over here: alt.binaries.pictures.autos.4x4
>
> I got a folding Coleman oven for Christmas and had some fun with that.
> Made up some shortbread cookies for a first try and they turned out
> perfect. I even dipped the corners in chocolate. Made some chocolate
> chip cookies another night. We had a lamb shoulder roast with roast
> potatoes and asparagus for New Yeas Day dinner and had some live
> lobsters along to cook for New Years Eve. Not bad for just cooking on a
> Coleman camp stove.
>
> I don't know why it is, but I never manage to get photos when all hell
> is breaking loose. We came head on into a couple big logging trucks on
> the 2 track and had to back 3/4 the way around a lake to get to a place
> I could pull the CJ7 off safely. It was too soft and swampy to just
> ditch it.
>
> Then a couple miles farther on we ran into a drunk logging company
> repair man in a pickup truck with a couple skidder tires on back and
> that SOB ran us right off the road. This was on a 2 lane plowed road
> almost at the highway! So I am hooked with 2 wheels off the edge that
> looked flat but no bottom and I am getting the winch control out when
> the drunk comes back to tug me out... He damn near sideswiped me again
> as he is backing by and I am tucked into the ditch. Anyway I hooked my
> strap to his tow hook and he got me back up onto the road. But, but, he
> still has to pass me! LOL! I just stopped in place and let hem fight
> his way on buy finally. It was messing up what little brain he had
> left. Whew....
>
> So we finally make it to pavement and I asked my wife, oh did you get
> any photos off all that??? Nope... neither one of us thought of it.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
01-05-2006, 11:04 PM
#14
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Re: Ontario Canada New Years Bush Run Report
Looked like an awesome time...great pics!
Lamb and other goodies, Mike I wanna wheel with you! lol
Jeff
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> Thanks.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>>
>> It was a wet one.....
>>
>> We were in 4x4 for the whole 4-5 hour trip out to the trail head on
>> Saturday, New Years Eve. It was snowing steady with tons of cars in the
>> ditches all over the place. I mean I am cruising along at a nice 55 mph
>> and these fools are just whipping on by me. Most folks were smart
>> enough to just follow the 4x4's rather than pass them but wow. The cops
>> reported clocking one fool at 150 kph before he did somersaults in the
>> ditch....
>>
>> I was smart and got the hard doors on with the hard top before we left
>> so we had tons of heat inside. That GM blower upgrade for the CJ7's is
>> wicked! Don't need gloves, hat or boots on or even to have the coat
>> done up. You just have to watch the feet. They get too hot and damp
>> then when you get out you can freeze them fast. We learned to have dry
>> socks and boots waiting for the end of the trip after the first
>> freeze....
>>
>> The area was busy with snowmobilers in most of the hunt camps. We got
>> lucky and the CJ7 chewed it's way back into one cabin that was empty off
>> the beaten track. The sledders followed my tracks the next day though
>> so they now know where this camp is too. grr.... Oh well, the area was
>> nice for a few years....
>>
>> The weather got warm and foggy which didn't make for good photos or solo
>> wheeling. The snow was really heavy and the poor old CJ7 had to really
>> work at chewing through it so we mostly stayed by the nice hot fire. I
>> got a few photos though. I took some shots of animal tracks, fox after
>> mice and wolf tracks following a deer trail. I also got a few winter
>> trail scenery shots. They are located here:
>> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> and over here: alt.binaries.pictures.autos.4x4
>>
>> I got a folding Coleman oven for Christmas and had some fun with that.
>> Made up some shortbread cookies for a first try and they turned out
>> perfect. I even dipped the corners in chocolate. Made some chocolate
>> chip cookies another night. We had a lamb shoulder roast with roast
>> potatoes and asparagus for New Yeas Day dinner and had some live
>> lobsters along to cook for New Years Eve. Not bad for just cooking on a
>> Coleman camp stove.
>>
>> I don't know why it is, but I never manage to get photos when all hell
>> is breaking loose. We came head on into a couple big logging trucks on
>> the 2 track and had to back 3/4 the way around a lake to get to a place
>> I could pull the CJ7 off safely. It was too soft and swampy to just
>> ditch it.
>>
>> Then a couple miles farther on we ran into a drunk logging company
>> repair man in a pickup truck with a couple skidder tires on back and
>> that SOB ran us right off the road. This was on a 2 lane plowed road
>> almost at the highway! So I am hooked with 2 wheels off the edge that
>> looked flat but no bottom and I am getting the winch control out when
>> the drunk comes back to tug me out... He damn near sideswiped me again
>> as he is backing by and I am tucked into the ditch. Anyway I hooked my
>> strap to his tow hook and he got me back up onto the road. But, but, he
>> still has to pass me! LOL! I just stopped in place and let hem fight
>> his way on buy finally. It was messing up what little brain he had
>> left. Whew....
>>
>> So we finally make it to pavement and I asked my wife, oh did you get
>> any photos off all that??? Nope... neither one of us thought of it.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Lamb and other goodies, Mike I wanna wheel with you! lol
Jeff
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43BDABB8.C927A908@***.net...
> Thanks.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>>
>> It was a wet one.....
>>
>> We were in 4x4 for the whole 4-5 hour trip out to the trail head on
>> Saturday, New Years Eve. It was snowing steady with tons of cars in the
>> ditches all over the place. I mean I am cruising along at a nice 55 mph
>> and these fools are just whipping on by me. Most folks were smart
>> enough to just follow the 4x4's rather than pass them but wow. The cops
>> reported clocking one fool at 150 kph before he did somersaults in the
>> ditch....
>>
>> I was smart and got the hard doors on with the hard top before we left
>> so we had tons of heat inside. That GM blower upgrade for the CJ7's is
>> wicked! Don't need gloves, hat or boots on or even to have the coat
>> done up. You just have to watch the feet. They get too hot and damp
>> then when you get out you can freeze them fast. We learned to have dry
>> socks and boots waiting for the end of the trip after the first
>> freeze....
>>
>> The area was busy with snowmobilers in most of the hunt camps. We got
>> lucky and the CJ7 chewed it's way back into one cabin that was empty off
>> the beaten track. The sledders followed my tracks the next day though
>> so they now know where this camp is too. grr.... Oh well, the area was
>> nice for a few years....
>>
>> The weather got warm and foggy which didn't make for good photos or solo
>> wheeling. The snow was really heavy and the poor old CJ7 had to really
>> work at chewing through it so we mostly stayed by the nice hot fire. I
>> got a few photos though. I took some shots of animal tracks, fox after
>> mice and wolf tracks following a deer trail. I also got a few winter
>> trail scenery shots. They are located here:
>> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> and over here: alt.binaries.pictures.autos.4x4
>>
>> I got a folding Coleman oven for Christmas and had some fun with that.
>> Made up some shortbread cookies for a first try and they turned out
>> perfect. I even dipped the corners in chocolate. Made some chocolate
>> chip cookies another night. We had a lamb shoulder roast with roast
>> potatoes and asparagus for New Yeas Day dinner and had some live
>> lobsters along to cook for New Years Eve. Not bad for just cooking on a
>> Coleman camp stove.
>>
>> I don't know why it is, but I never manage to get photos when all hell
>> is breaking loose. We came head on into a couple big logging trucks on
>> the 2 track and had to back 3/4 the way around a lake to get to a place
>> I could pull the CJ7 off safely. It was too soft and swampy to just
>> ditch it.
>>
>> Then a couple miles farther on we ran into a drunk logging company
>> repair man in a pickup truck with a couple skidder tires on back and
>> that SOB ran us right off the road. This was on a 2 lane plowed road
>> almost at the highway! So I am hooked with 2 wheels off the edge that
>> looked flat but no bottom and I am getting the winch control out when
>> the drunk comes back to tug me out... He damn near sideswiped me again
>> as he is backing by and I am tucked into the ditch. Anyway I hooked my
>> strap to his tow hook and he got me back up onto the road. But, but, he
>> still has to pass me! LOL! I just stopped in place and let hem fight
>> his way on buy finally. It was messing up what little brain he had
>> left. Whew....
>>
>> So we finally make it to pavement and I asked my wife, oh did you get
>> any photos off all that??? Nope... neither one of us thought of it.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
01-05-2006, 11:04 PM
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Re: Ontario Canada New Years Bush Run Report
Looked like an awesome time...great pics!
Lamb and other goodies, Mike I wanna wheel with you! lol
Jeff
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43BDABB8.C927A908@***.net...
> Thanks.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>>
>> It was a wet one.....
>>
>> We were in 4x4 for the whole 4-5 hour trip out to the trail head on
>> Saturday, New Years Eve. It was snowing steady with tons of cars in the
>> ditches all over the place. I mean I am cruising along at a nice 55 mph
>> and these fools are just whipping on by me. Most folks were smart
>> enough to just follow the 4x4's rather than pass them but wow. The cops
>> reported clocking one fool at 150 kph before he did somersaults in the
>> ditch....
>>
>> I was smart and got the hard doors on with the hard top before we left
>> so we had tons of heat inside. That GM blower upgrade for the CJ7's is
>> wicked! Don't need gloves, hat or boots on or even to have the coat
>> done up. You just have to watch the feet. They get too hot and damp
>> then when you get out you can freeze them fast. We learned to have dry
>> socks and boots waiting for the end of the trip after the first
>> freeze....
>>
>> The area was busy with snowmobilers in most of the hunt camps. We got
>> lucky and the CJ7 chewed it's way back into one cabin that was empty off
>> the beaten track. The sledders followed my tracks the next day though
>> so they now know where this camp is too. grr.... Oh well, the area was
>> nice for a few years....
>>
>> The weather got warm and foggy which didn't make for good photos or solo
>> wheeling. The snow was really heavy and the poor old CJ7 had to really
>> work at chewing through it so we mostly stayed by the nice hot fire. I
>> got a few photos though. I took some shots of animal tracks, fox after
>> mice and wolf tracks following a deer trail. I also got a few winter
>> trail scenery shots. They are located here:
>> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> and over here: alt.binaries.pictures.autos.4x4
>>
>> I got a folding Coleman oven for Christmas and had some fun with that.
>> Made up some shortbread cookies for a first try and they turned out
>> perfect. I even dipped the corners in chocolate. Made some chocolate
>> chip cookies another night. We had a lamb shoulder roast with roast
>> potatoes and asparagus for New Yeas Day dinner and had some live
>> lobsters along to cook for New Years Eve. Not bad for just cooking on a
>> Coleman camp stove.
>>
>> I don't know why it is, but I never manage to get photos when all hell
>> is breaking loose. We came head on into a couple big logging trucks on
>> the 2 track and had to back 3/4 the way around a lake to get to a place
>> I could pull the CJ7 off safely. It was too soft and swampy to just
>> ditch it.
>>
>> Then a couple miles farther on we ran into a drunk logging company
>> repair man in a pickup truck with a couple skidder tires on back and
>> that SOB ran us right off the road. This was on a 2 lane plowed road
>> almost at the highway! So I am hooked with 2 wheels off the edge that
>> looked flat but no bottom and I am getting the winch control out when
>> the drunk comes back to tug me out... He damn near sideswiped me again
>> as he is backing by and I am tucked into the ditch. Anyway I hooked my
>> strap to his tow hook and he got me back up onto the road. But, but, he
>> still has to pass me! LOL! I just stopped in place and let hem fight
>> his way on buy finally. It was messing up what little brain he had
>> left. Whew....
>>
>> So we finally make it to pavement and I asked my wife, oh did you get
>> any photos off all that??? Nope... neither one of us thought of it.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Lamb and other goodies, Mike I wanna wheel with you! lol
Jeff
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43BDABB8.C927A908@***.net...
> Thanks.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>>
>> It was a wet one.....
>>
>> We were in 4x4 for the whole 4-5 hour trip out to the trail head on
>> Saturday, New Years Eve. It was snowing steady with tons of cars in the
>> ditches all over the place. I mean I am cruising along at a nice 55 mph
>> and these fools are just whipping on by me. Most folks were smart
>> enough to just follow the 4x4's rather than pass them but wow. The cops
>> reported clocking one fool at 150 kph before he did somersaults in the
>> ditch....
>>
>> I was smart and got the hard doors on with the hard top before we left
>> so we had tons of heat inside. That GM blower upgrade for the CJ7's is
>> wicked! Don't need gloves, hat or boots on or even to have the coat
>> done up. You just have to watch the feet. They get too hot and damp
>> then when you get out you can freeze them fast. We learned to have dry
>> socks and boots waiting for the end of the trip after the first
>> freeze....
>>
>> The area was busy with snowmobilers in most of the hunt camps. We got
>> lucky and the CJ7 chewed it's way back into one cabin that was empty off
>> the beaten track. The sledders followed my tracks the next day though
>> so they now know where this camp is too. grr.... Oh well, the area was
>> nice for a few years....
>>
>> The weather got warm and foggy which didn't make for good photos or solo
>> wheeling. The snow was really heavy and the poor old CJ7 had to really
>> work at chewing through it so we mostly stayed by the nice hot fire. I
>> got a few photos though. I took some shots of animal tracks, fox after
>> mice and wolf tracks following a deer trail. I also got a few winter
>> trail scenery shots. They are located here:
>> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> and over here: alt.binaries.pictures.autos.4x4
>>
>> I got a folding Coleman oven for Christmas and had some fun with that.
>> Made up some shortbread cookies for a first try and they turned out
>> perfect. I even dipped the corners in chocolate. Made some chocolate
>> chip cookies another night. We had a lamb shoulder roast with roast
>> potatoes and asparagus for New Yeas Day dinner and had some live
>> lobsters along to cook for New Years Eve. Not bad for just cooking on a
>> Coleman camp stove.
>>
>> I don't know why it is, but I never manage to get photos when all hell
>> is breaking loose. We came head on into a couple big logging trucks on
>> the 2 track and had to back 3/4 the way around a lake to get to a place
>> I could pull the CJ7 off safely. It was too soft and swampy to just
>> ditch it.
>>
>> Then a couple miles farther on we ran into a drunk logging company
>> repair man in a pickup truck with a couple skidder tires on back and
>> that SOB ran us right off the road. This was on a 2 lane plowed road
>> almost at the highway! So I am hooked with 2 wheels off the edge that
>> looked flat but no bottom and I am getting the winch control out when
>> the drunk comes back to tug me out... He damn near sideswiped me again
>> as he is backing by and I am tucked into the ditch. Anyway I hooked my
>> strap to his tow hook and he got me back up onto the road. But, but, he
>> still has to pass me! LOL! I just stopped in place and let hem fight
>> his way on buy finally. It was messing up what little brain he had
>> left. Whew....
>>
>> So we finally make it to pavement and I asked my wife, oh did you get
>> any photos off all that??? Nope... neither one of us thought of it.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
01-05-2006, 11:04 PM
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Re: Ontario Canada New Years Bush Run Report
Looked like an awesome time...great pics!
Lamb and other goodies, Mike I wanna wheel with you! lol
Jeff
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43BDABB8.C927A908@***.net...
> Thanks.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>>
>> It was a wet one.....
>>
>> We were in 4x4 for the whole 4-5 hour trip out to the trail head on
>> Saturday, New Years Eve. It was snowing steady with tons of cars in the
>> ditches all over the place. I mean I am cruising along at a nice 55 mph
>> and these fools are just whipping on by me. Most folks were smart
>> enough to just follow the 4x4's rather than pass them but wow. The cops
>> reported clocking one fool at 150 kph before he did somersaults in the
>> ditch....
>>
>> I was smart and got the hard doors on with the hard top before we left
>> so we had tons of heat inside. That GM blower upgrade for the CJ7's is
>> wicked! Don't need gloves, hat or boots on or even to have the coat
>> done up. You just have to watch the feet. They get too hot and damp
>> then when you get out you can freeze them fast. We learned to have dry
>> socks and boots waiting for the end of the trip after the first
>> freeze....
>>
>> The area was busy with snowmobilers in most of the hunt camps. We got
>> lucky and the CJ7 chewed it's way back into one cabin that was empty off
>> the beaten track. The sledders followed my tracks the next day though
>> so they now know where this camp is too. grr.... Oh well, the area was
>> nice for a few years....
>>
>> The weather got warm and foggy which didn't make for good photos or solo
>> wheeling. The snow was really heavy and the poor old CJ7 had to really
>> work at chewing through it so we mostly stayed by the nice hot fire. I
>> got a few photos though. I took some shots of animal tracks, fox after
>> mice and wolf tracks following a deer trail. I also got a few winter
>> trail scenery shots. They are located here:
>> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> and over here: alt.binaries.pictures.autos.4x4
>>
>> I got a folding Coleman oven for Christmas and had some fun with that.
>> Made up some shortbread cookies for a first try and they turned out
>> perfect. I even dipped the corners in chocolate. Made some chocolate
>> chip cookies another night. We had a lamb shoulder roast with roast
>> potatoes and asparagus for New Yeas Day dinner and had some live
>> lobsters along to cook for New Years Eve. Not bad for just cooking on a
>> Coleman camp stove.
>>
>> I don't know why it is, but I never manage to get photos when all hell
>> is breaking loose. We came head on into a couple big logging trucks on
>> the 2 track and had to back 3/4 the way around a lake to get to a place
>> I could pull the CJ7 off safely. It was too soft and swampy to just
>> ditch it.
>>
>> Then a couple miles farther on we ran into a drunk logging company
>> repair man in a pickup truck with a couple skidder tires on back and
>> that SOB ran us right off the road. This was on a 2 lane plowed road
>> almost at the highway! So I am hooked with 2 wheels off the edge that
>> looked flat but no bottom and I am getting the winch control out when
>> the drunk comes back to tug me out... He damn near sideswiped me again
>> as he is backing by and I am tucked into the ditch. Anyway I hooked my
>> strap to his tow hook and he got me back up onto the road. But, but, he
>> still has to pass me! LOL! I just stopped in place and let hem fight
>> his way on buy finally. It was messing up what little brain he had
>> left. Whew....
>>
>> So we finally make it to pavement and I asked my wife, oh did you get
>> any photos off all that??? Nope... neither one of us thought of it.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
Lamb and other goodies, Mike I wanna wheel with you! lol
Jeff
"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:43BDABB8.C927A908@***.net...
> Thanks.
> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
>>
>> It was a wet one.....
>>
>> We were in 4x4 for the whole 4-5 hour trip out to the trail head on
>> Saturday, New Years Eve. It was snowing steady with tons of cars in the
>> ditches all over the place. I mean I am cruising along at a nice 55 mph
>> and these fools are just whipping on by me. Most folks were smart
>> enough to just follow the 4x4's rather than pass them but wow. The cops
>> reported clocking one fool at 150 kph before he did somersaults in the
>> ditch....
>>
>> I was smart and got the hard doors on with the hard top before we left
>> so we had tons of heat inside. That GM blower upgrade for the CJ7's is
>> wicked! Don't need gloves, hat or boots on or even to have the coat
>> done up. You just have to watch the feet. They get too hot and damp
>> then when you get out you can freeze them fast. We learned to have dry
>> socks and boots waiting for the end of the trip after the first
>> freeze....
>>
>> The area was busy with snowmobilers in most of the hunt camps. We got
>> lucky and the CJ7 chewed it's way back into one cabin that was empty off
>> the beaten track. The sledders followed my tracks the next day though
>> so they now know where this camp is too. grr.... Oh well, the area was
>> nice for a few years....
>>
>> The weather got warm and foggy which didn't make for good photos or solo
>> wheeling. The snow was really heavy and the poor old CJ7 had to really
>> work at chewing through it so we mostly stayed by the nice hot fire. I
>> got a few photos though. I took some shots of animal tracks, fox after
>> mice and wolf tracks following a deer trail. I also got a few winter
>> trail scenery shots. They are located here:
>> http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> and over here: alt.binaries.pictures.autos.4x4
>>
>> I got a folding Coleman oven for Christmas and had some fun with that.
>> Made up some shortbread cookies for a first try and they turned out
>> perfect. I even dipped the corners in chocolate. Made some chocolate
>> chip cookies another night. We had a lamb shoulder roast with roast
>> potatoes and asparagus for New Yeas Day dinner and had some live
>> lobsters along to cook for New Years Eve. Not bad for just cooking on a
>> Coleman camp stove.
>>
>> I don't know why it is, but I never manage to get photos when all hell
>> is breaking loose. We came head on into a couple big logging trucks on
>> the 2 track and had to back 3/4 the way around a lake to get to a place
>> I could pull the CJ7 off safely. It was too soft and swampy to just
>> ditch it.
>>
>> Then a couple miles farther on we ran into a drunk logging company
>> repair man in a pickup truck with a couple skidder tires on back and
>> that SOB ran us right off the road. This was on a 2 lane plowed road
>> almost at the highway! So I am hooked with 2 wheels off the edge that
>> looked flat but no bottom and I am getting the winch control out when
>> the drunk comes back to tug me out... He damn near sideswiped me again
>> as he is backing by and I am tucked into the ditch. Anyway I hooked my
>> strap to his tow hook and he got me back up onto the road. But, but, he
>> still has to pass me! LOL! I just stopped in place and let hem fight
>> his way on buy finally. It was messing up what little brain he had
>> left. Whew....
>>
>> So we finally make it to pavement and I asked my wife, oh did you get
>> any photos off all that??? Nope... neither one of us thought of it.
>>
>> Mike
>> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
>> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
>> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)
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