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The Gang Is Mostly Here

September 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · 2009 Rubicon Adventure

Today was the day the gang (or at least most of them) came into town.
Bernd is joining the group from Portland along with his son.  I met Bernd a couple of years back in Ouray, Co. at the second annual FJ Summit.  Since then I’ve had a few opportunities to run trails with him including [...]

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4×4 Adventure On “The Slab”

April 6th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Trail Runs

Let me start by squelching the rumors that I’ve got an IFS dark cloud circling over head…  But more on that later…
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Day 2 Tonight We Bowl

March 22nd, 2009 · 2 Comments · Trail Runs

The last run on the dunes was scheduled to go into the wee hours running a jeep trail known as 430 route from Horsfall up to Spinreel.  One of the coolest sights is a long line of FJCs driving down the road like pretty maids all in a row.  The trail for Horsfall is south [...]

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Day 2 Morning In The Dunes

March 21st, 2009 · 2 Comments · Trail Runs

Ok, let me start by putting this out there…  While most of the club is camping out by the dunes enjoying the great outdoors, I’m ruffing it in the local Holiday Inn.  And sure I gave up the pit toilet for running water and a hot shower, sleeping on a leaky air mattresses for a [...]

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Day 1 On The Dunes

March 21st, 2009 · 9 Comments · Trail Runs

The first run on the Oregon Dunes in the morning brought out the sun…  or at least less clouds and no rain.  After meeting up with the NWFJCC club and airing down, we headed out into the Umpqua Dune area.  This area is marked by wide open sand along with the biggest dunes of the [...]

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