FJ area Sunday the 24th [Archive]

daniel

09-21-2006, 11:02 AM

Anybody interested? Martinez Cabin, or maybe the Coke Ovens?

If nobody wants to go to raw deal Imight go for one of those. How do you get to Martinez cabin. what is the rating on coke ovens and where is it and how long would it take to do it. I get off of work at 5am

BEETROOT

09-21-2006, 11:13 AM

If its doable in a pretty much stock TJ I'm down to do something. I was thinking about checking out raw deal also but I'll go wherever.

daniel

09-21-2006, 03:14 PM

Hey ROKCRLR Im going to go do rawdeal on sunday.It looks like a few other people are go

YELACON

09-22-2006, 02:33 AM

i am in for anything, i would love to see coke ovens!

AndyB

09-22-2006, 06:39 AM

I am interested.

ROKCRLR

09-22-2006, 01:06 PM

Here's the plan:

Meet at Cottonwood Canyon road(the flagpole) and the 79 at 8:00AM Sunday the 24th. We'll roll out at 8:30. I'll be on CB channel 4. Since it looks like a small group I was thinking we might try to hit the Martinez cabin and Coke Ovens. We'll talk it over at the air down spot.

Definite:
Me
John(jcy79ihc)
Ryan

If anyone else wants to go, post up or send me a PM so we'll know to look out for you.

Edit: I am flexible on what we run. We can do the Cabin, OR Coke Ovens, or both. It doesn't matter to me, as long as I'm wheelin.

AndyB

09-22-2006, 07:38 PM

Alright, I'm in. I need to get out in the Jeep.

etropic

09-23-2006, 04:42 PM

I might be up for it... my run got canceled...

Are you set on the coke ovens? Or maybe hit martinez canyon instead ?

AndyB

09-23-2006, 04:44 PM

I can't speak for everyone else, but I would pass on Martinez Canyon. I might have done it before the rains, but not now at stock height.

etropic

09-23-2006, 05:19 PM

Andy!! It's time to get that baby lifted !!! It's been a long time since we last saw each other ;)

AndyB

09-23-2006, 05:43 PM

I know, but I'm saving to go straight to a Long Arm and 33's with alloy wheels. :D :D Probably be another 6 months till I decide what I want to do. Plus, it can't hurt for me to get more experience with it stock.

I've been watching your website. Do you post your runs ahead of time somewhere? I wouldn't mind running with ya again, although you and your jeep seem to be out of my league at this point. :D

ROKCRLR

09-23-2006, 05:43 PM

I might be up for it... my run got canceled...

Are you set on the coke ovens? Or maybe hit martinez canyon instead ?

I'm not planning on running Martinez Canyon again until I get my rig lifted. I did do it before, but I abused the bottom side of my rig a lot harder than I'm comfortable with. Plus I read (from you I think:D ) that it has changed since monsoon season. Since I'm only running a 2"BB and John is stock I thought we'd just run to the cabins and then out to Coke Ovens.

etropic

09-23-2006, 10:26 PM

I've been watching your website. Do you post your runs ahead of time somewhere? I wouldn't mind running with ya again, although you and your jeep seem to be out of my league at this point. :D

Eh, we just sort of meet up :) I'll let you know next time we hit a trail.

I'm still runing just the 2"BB but I recenty put in the 1.25" Body Lift and last week got my 33"s Holy hell, it's a new rig !!

I'm gonna hit TM with that other group, you guys have fun and be carefull. Watch out if you try to cross the Gila!!! With all the water coming down from all the trails up north it's probablly flowing pretty good!!

AndyB

09-24-2006, 07:23 PM

Hey guys. It was a long day, but it was fun. It was good to meet some more club members. Look forward to running with you guys again. I didn't get very good pics, but I'll post what I have on my webpage soon.

SVanHerpen

09-24-2006, 08:19 PM

Thanks all that attended. I had a good time:D ,

and

now I'm sure that it takes all day to get to and from the Coke Ovens from the west side...sure makes for a long drive home back to Litchfield Park. :o

Is traffic on Sunday evening on the 101 going north always have those twits with fast small cars weaving in and out of traffic? Seems like we ought to be able to go to missles on those morons...

Looking forward to seeing some of the pictures!

corwyyn

09-24-2006, 08:35 PM

Is traffic on Sunday evening on the 101 going north always have those twits with fast small cars weaving in and out of traffic? Seems like we ought to be able to go to missles on those morons...
Um, thats not just a Sunday night thing, thats pretty much 24/7... :eek:

Glad you enjoyed the Coke Ovens, I ran it with some other KJs back on the 4th of July weekend - it was the first time I had been out there but since I had organized the run they let me lead :rolleyes: Thankfully I had my trusty GPS V with waypoints in it so I knew pretty much where I was going, only made one small mistake on which turn to make and wound up down by the river.

RokNRich

09-24-2006, 08:40 PM

Did you guys cross the river today ?

Pic's ?

ROKCRLR

09-24-2006, 09:54 PM

Did you guys cross the river today ?

Pic's ?

Nah man, I checked the river flows on Saturday night and it was flowing too high to try and cross.

ROKCRLR

09-24-2006, 09:58 PM

That was a fun run today. We went in thru Cottonwood, ran out to the Coke Ovens, and came out thru Box Canyon. I got to wheel with some new folks and had a great time. The weather was great and everyone did real well, no carnage, and no recovery gear needed. I hope you all had as much fun as I did. I'll post up some pics in the morning.

ROKCRLR

09-25-2006, 07:30 AM

Here are some pics from yesterdays run

John getting some air time
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b7/skiinaz/Coke-ovens-00.jpg

Photo op
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b7/skiinaz/Coke-ovens-01.jpg

Andy flexin it
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b7/skiinaz/Coke-ovens-02.jpg

Ryan showing the TJ's how it's done
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b7/skiinaz/Coke-ovens-03.jpg

Steve gettin some flex
http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b7/skiinaz/Coke-ovens-04.jpg

If any of you guys would like better resolution copies of these, as well as the other pics I took, shoot me off a PM with an email address to send them to. I have quite a few other pictures of everyone.

RokNRich

09-25-2006, 04:06 PM

Nah man, I checked the river flows on Saturday night and it was flowing too high to try and cross.

Not that I didn't believe you, but since I was out off of the Florence Kelvin Highway today I decided to check the river at the crossing in Cochran, the river is not passable !

http://www.photodump.com/direct/rich1520/DSC01223.jpg

Anyone missing a white truck ?

PS - Nice pic's :)

AndyB

09-25-2006, 05:48 PM

ha! good thing we weren't feeling particularly brave/stupid. We didn't even go down to the river.

YELACON

09-26-2006, 11:49 AM

i also have several pics and can email them to anyone interested, just send me a pm with an email address. had a great time and look forward to it again soon. i am really glad that there are still some folks out there that are willing to run these moderate types of runs and hopefully if i can get my hands on a gps soon then i could put together and lead a run. i wonder when those guys on the quads got out??????

YELACON

09-26-2006, 11:51 AM

i am also wondering how to post pics here? do i need to upgrade my membership? thanks.

AndyB

09-28-2006, 06:53 AM

John, what I would do is get a free account at photobucket.com and upload your photos there. I do that with all of my photos.

Unfortunately, I didn't get any decent pics with my camera. Of those that I took, a lot are pictures of the ground - must have been slow shutter speed.

corwyyn

09-28-2006, 11:42 AM

John, what I would do is get a free account at photobucket.com and upload your photos there. I do that with all of my photos.
Just started doing that with my photos as well. Real nice thing is that it automatically generates the [IMG]tags you need to put in the posts so that the pictures show up :cool: