Posted by: XROCK
Xcursion / Cleanup Recap: - 28/04/03 10:16 AM
The fun weekend started off meeting Saturday at noon at the Carefree gas station. Lee and the kids, Ryan, Mark & Shannon (w/friends) , Thomas, Andy G, Travis & Brody, Steve & Otto, and myself all met and headed out for FR42. The trail was easy but fun. There was a couple tippy spots for Mark who had 6 pallets on top of his X for firewood. Some small water crossings and little hills.
The weather and people were great.
Right before we got to the 7 springs recreational area, we met up with Marshall, Sharon & Jody and eventually Shanna. We were all craving a river camp spot so we decided to drive out to the cleanup area and camp by the Verde. The group got split up on FR532 and Sharon and Jody had to turnaround for home because of new tires rubbing on fenders. Sorry Sharon~ Had we all been together we might have been able to park your X and haul your gear out there.
Marshall, Thomas and myself went ahead to find the camp spot that I had been before. To get there you must do a river crossing and after all of the rain in Az lately, it was MUCH deeper than the last time. Crossing first, I went too far to the left and submerged my hood and almost stalled. After learning the hard lesson to stay to the right, everyone else made it over.
The camp site was great- away from everyone and nice soft sand to sleep on. Steve set up the master grill and everyone had full tummies and some people took a hit off Lee's knob. :-)
It was now time for the fire and although it started off normal, there was a lot of wood and pallets we needed to get rid of. It grew and at one point, was about 10 feet tall. Warm? You did have to stand back about 30 feet and I'll be going for my skin graphing next week to repair my burned legs.
There was a poor performance given by Steve and myself playing guitar, but Steve did play us 1 note of a song that he figured out. Brody and Thomas had an Easter egg hunt, Travis fell over backward on his chair, while Marshall and Andy had a debate. Shanna, Andy and Thomas won 4 wheel vendor shirts playing Xterra trivia~ FUN TIMES!!
The next morning while everyone wiped the sand out of their eyes and got packed up, Ryan and Marshall went up to the Ranger station to meet Mike & Kerry, Scott Moore and Dirt girl~ Marshall's friend with the Aztec X he's been trying to get to an event for the last year.
The cleanup part of the weekend was pretty easy, really. The area was in pretty good shape, so we were able to continue the cleanup all the way back to main road. Stopping occasionally for a good hill climb of course!
At the end everyone played on some gnarly hills and then headed to the Ranger station to drop off the trash.
Next was Dairy Queen for ice cream and good fellowship with the crew and swapping stories.
What a great group of people that showed up! Several Jeep drivers and others complimented the AZXC on volunteering and cleaning up the area that we all enjoy. The shirts gave us some nice recognition and the area is cleaner because of US!!
Send your pics to thomas@tekbytes.com so he can update the gallery.
The weather and people were great.
Right before we got to the 7 springs recreational area, we met up with Marshall, Sharon & Jody and eventually Shanna. We were all craving a river camp spot so we decided to drive out to the cleanup area and camp by the Verde. The group got split up on FR532 and Sharon and Jody had to turnaround for home because of new tires rubbing on fenders. Sorry Sharon~ Had we all been together we might have been able to park your X and haul your gear out there.
Marshall, Thomas and myself went ahead to find the camp spot that I had been before. To get there you must do a river crossing and after all of the rain in Az lately, it was MUCH deeper than the last time. Crossing first, I went too far to the left and submerged my hood and almost stalled. After learning the hard lesson to stay to the right, everyone else made it over.
The camp site was great- away from everyone and nice soft sand to sleep on. Steve set up the master grill and everyone had full tummies and some people took a hit off Lee's knob. :-)
It was now time for the fire and although it started off normal, there was a lot of wood and pallets we needed to get rid of. It grew and at one point, was about 10 feet tall. Warm? You did have to stand back about 30 feet and I'll be going for my skin graphing next week to repair my burned legs.
There was a poor performance given by Steve and myself playing guitar, but Steve did play us 1 note of a song that he figured out. Brody and Thomas had an Easter egg hunt, Travis fell over backward on his chair, while Marshall and Andy had a debate. Shanna, Andy and Thomas won 4 wheel vendor shirts playing Xterra trivia~ FUN TIMES!!
The next morning while everyone wiped the sand out of their eyes and got packed up, Ryan and Marshall went up to the Ranger station to meet Mike & Kerry, Scott Moore and Dirt girl~ Marshall's friend with the Aztec X he's been trying to get to an event for the last year.
The cleanup part of the weekend was pretty easy, really. The area was in pretty good shape, so we were able to continue the cleanup all the way back to main road. Stopping occasionally for a good hill climb of course!
At the end everyone played on some gnarly hills and then headed to the Ranger station to drop off the trash.
Next was Dairy Queen for ice cream and good fellowship with the crew and swapping stories.
What a great group of people that showed up! Several Jeep drivers and others complimented the AZXC on volunteering and cleaning up the area that we all enjoy. The shirts gave us some nice recognition and the area is cleaner because of US!!
Send your pics to thomas@tekbytes.com so he can update the gallery.