Called in sick
Long story short, all work and no play makes LR Max go nuts. I saw an opportunity in my work schedule (which includes weekends!) to take off for the day. The goal was to check out a couple of forest roads and to find a pretty nice place to put up the hammock and drink a root beer. Nothing "intense" and obviously not up to the caliber you west coast boys play with. However this is what I got, so roll with it! Pretty much all I got are pictures of the old truck which people seem to like.
So I got going kinda a little late. Of course I would have to pay for it in traffic.
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First thing is first, bust out of town. I stopped by the Costco to gas up. A popped collar individual and the station attendant were interested in hearing stories of the battle scars of my rover. So I indulged them as I watched the gas bill go to whatever number. Really it didn't matter today.
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Open road cruising, heading north.
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Passed through Helen, GA. All the buildings look like they are out of the Bavarian Alps. This will be a hopping place once October comes around
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First place I went was to the top of Trey Mountain. The road looked like this the entire way. Nothing special.
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Hmmmm. I bet if I took that puddle a different way, my chevy sedan could tackle it.
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Aqua crossing by a decent campsite area.
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The next road I hit up had potential for offering a challenge. That it did indeed! The one thing is that this trail was VERY steep. Considering the old gal has the power-to-weight ratio of Jabba the Hutt, I needed low range just to get up the trail since my 4 cyl couldn't pull it in 1st gear 2HI.
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More of the same.
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At the Top.
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Top of Bell Mountain by expeditionmax, on Flickr
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Deploy the ghetto awning for lunches!!
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Decent view for a smoke.
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Coming down. This little rock area isn't a problem if you have a spotter and it isn't wet. Of course I disregarded both of these so I'll need to throw some paint on the rock sliders.
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Eased back down south and stopped by Wolf's gap. Found a few little forest roads back in there.
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Who says old rovers are slow!!??
So yeah, just a quick day trip in the old truck. Had a good time. Found some new good trails. Just reminding ya'll that the east coast guys do get out and we DO use our old iron!
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