Posted by: Anonymous
Rubicon ran in 3 days - 07/09/03 01:50 PM
I have finally ran the whole trail! I have no body damage, but did manage to damage my oil pan.
We never planned on doing the whole thing, are plans were to go in as far as we could and then hike to the Little Sluese. We got to Loon Lake late Friday and went in to the slabs to camp by the lake. Saturday we got a late start,but still couldn't believe how empty the trail was. It only took us 4 hours to get to the Little Sluise(5 miles). The truck ran great so we continued on to Spider lake and set up camp. That night we decided to try and go the whole trail and hit the casinos. Sunday we got a great lightning storm with a little rain (which had me worried til it cleared up). Paddled around Spider lake then headed back down the trail past Buck island and down to the Rubicon River to camp one last time. Still the truck ran great. The last stretch, Cadillac Hill. Were about half way up and see some trucks coming down. I move off to the side on a wide section of trail and bs with them. As I swing my front end back onto the trail I drive right onto the only rock in that area. Not knowing I'm on my oil pan, I grind it around a little then look
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We borrow some oil to make sure we would make it out and went gambling
Now that's how to celebrate Labor Day
We never planned on doing the whole thing, are plans were to go in as far as we could and then hike to the Little Sluese. We got to Loon Lake late Friday and went in to the slabs to camp by the lake. Saturday we got a late start,but still couldn't believe how empty the trail was. It only took us 4 hours to get to the Little Sluise(5 miles). The truck ran great so we continued on to Spider lake and set up camp. That night we decided to try and go the whole trail and hit the casinos. Sunday we got a great lightning storm with a little rain (which had me worried til it cleared up). Paddled around Spider lake then headed back down the trail past Buck island and down to the Rubicon River to camp one last time. Still the truck ran great. The last stretch, Cadillac Hill. Were about half way up and see some trucks coming down. I move off to the side on a wide section of trail and bs with them. As I swing my front end back onto the trail I drive right onto the only rock in that area. Not knowing I'm on my oil pan, I grind it around a little then look
.
We borrow some oil to make sure we would make it out and went gambling
Now that's how to celebrate Labor Day