Calvary 4-Wheelers

My Jeep was still layed up awaiting repairs so I was driving Missy's Suzuki, John was in his "Land Yacht" Suburban. We headed up the very easy main road. They have been doing a lot of work in this area thinning the forest for fuels reduction to reduce the risk of wildfire so the main roads have been graded to allow the heavy equipment in.

Pretty soon I saw a side road to the right that had not been recently graded and headed down it. Before too long I didn't see John in the rear-view mirror so I stopped (I forgot my CB so I couldn't call him). He came walking down a few minutes later and said the trail was getting a little too narrow and tight. I hadn't noticed any problem when it suddenly dawned on me, the biggest rig in our group was following the smallest rig in the group. We turned around and headed back to the main road.

We worked our way through the area exploring some of the side roads and leaving some for another day. John had an interesting time in one of two more tight spots but got through fine with careful maneuvering. We also found an intersting piece of old equipment. At first I thought it was what was left of one of those old compressors you frequently find but it had two engines tied in tandom, a six-cylinder diesel and a four-cylinder (not sure if the four was diesel or not, the head had been removed). It also had a drive axle with a differencial in the back and a steering axle in the front and no trailer tongue. Apparently it was self-propelled.

It wasn't long before we left the work area and climbed our way up to Sugarloaf Mountain Road. We reached the Sugarloaf trail head with time to spare so we went down the Switzerland Trail to the little play hill before heading home. It was a beautiful day with perfect weather, great company and fantastic scenery. [Trip Pics]

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