After Amicalola: Reflections & Photos

[Hilldweller]

What a good time; I can't really say how many rigs showed up for our combination light-wheeling/camping weekend ---- we occupied 4 campsites and also had day-trippers. The Georgia Trail Riders also joined us late in the day on Saturday on Old Bucktown Road.
It was a great weekend of sight-seeing, playing with our trucks, and meeting new people. The interweb's ability to bring people together is one of its best benefits.

Thank you ExPo; thank you, members who made the trip.

Random shots to warm you up:

 

[timaus13]

Thankyou for sharing ure trip, looking forward to seeing where else u all go to for a trip.

cheers Mate

 

[cosmiccharlie]

We also had a good time despite the fact that we arrived so late on Saturday. Sunday was a fun day with michaels and a few others. I've got a lot to learn, but you gotta start somewhere, eh?

 

[Hilldweller]

We also had a good time despite the fact that we arrived so late on Saturday. Sunday was a fun day with michaels and a few others. I've got a lot to learn, but you gotta start somewhere, eh?

I don't have board-names matching in my head with real names... ...who are you and what were you driving...

 

[pnorvell]

I don't have any trail running pics but i do have some of the camp. Here's what I've got:

 

[pnorvell]

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[pnorvell]

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That's all folks. That was one of the best trips I've been. Interesting fire pit discussion topics, good food, great time.

 

[cosmiccharlie]

I don't have board-names matching in my head with real names... ...who are you and what were you driving...

I am Charles from Montgomery, we arrived late saturday afternoon in a grey Discovery and yellow FJ. We missed out on the campfire. We will have to join in next time! Sounds like a good time!

 

[mcm4090]

Great pictures.

 

[BMThiker]

more pics

I'm going to try and upload pics that don't duplicate what we already have in this thread. I too was drooling over the MOGs so I won't post any more of those...

 

[Wombat]

Interesting variety of vehicles! Thanks for posting.

 

[d110pickup]

Looks like ya'll had a great time, wish I could've made it.
Mike

 

[michaels]

i can't find my camera cable, but it was a fun trip. i'm ready for some mtn biking there next time!

 

[MikenBama]

Hey,

Thanks to michaels for giving me the heads up on discoweb about the trip and to Hilldweller for being the ringmaster around camp. Kristy and I had a great time. It was nice to put faces (and trucks) with names. We both enjoyed the trails and hanging out at camp. Special thanks to Tennmogger for waiting up for us before rolling into camp on Friday afternoon. I will post a couple pics when I get home. Most of mine are fairly lame.

On a side note, I noticed a bunch of y'all grumbling about no cell signal. I wanna give a thumbs up to a device I bought last year that seems to have fixed that problem for me. On a techy board I sometimes poke around on, I followed some threads about cell phone amps that used Motorola/Cyfre technology. They are sold under a variety of brand names. I bought a generic one on eBay, rigged it per some online coaching, and it worked so well I bought another. It is intended as a hardwired device but I found that if you use an adapter you can plug the cheesy antenna that came with it into the input side and add a high-gain antenna on the other side and voila, no bars becomes one or two bars. One bar becomes four. I was going to mention this while we were camping, but never got around to it. I think I have around $220 invested in each set up. I keep one permanently in my Nismo and the other I drag from truck to truck. It comes with a lighter plug for 12 volt DC use. I had a solid two bars on Sprint the whole trip. I think there are some FCC restrictions regarding antenna use, but this thing has been a real asset. Now I apparently have to go old school and get a CB if I want to be one of the cool kids on the trail.

Thanks again for a fun ride,

Mike

 

[7wt]

Nice looking rigs! Looks like you guys had a good time.