Here are a few few pics from yesterday's ride. We did about 45 miles - roughly a 50/50 mix between roads and goat paths. Weather was awesome and so was the turn out. Our convoy included :
2 3A's
2 M38's
1 3B
1 M38A1
2 M151's
1 - TJ(or YJ? I don't know the difference...)
It was a great ride with no real breakdowns, which I still find amazing when you are thrashing a group of 50-60 year old vehicles through the woods for 6 hours.
Getting started:
Bob W conquering a mud bog with Nate as technical advisor
M38A1 powering through the slop
M151 with 106mm recoilless rifle. Try and keep this guy on your good side.
Picking our way through the boulders
Killer looking 3B aka "The Bullbozer"
Back on pavement and headed for lunch
3B
M38 (Notice how nice and straight the top still is at this point....)
KABOOM!
Ted!
Bill F's very nice M38
Bob W's 3A w/spare wisely relocated to the tailgate
Back on the trail! It was especially cool to meet Bob W. After participating in the forums for the past few years and having the 3A book as a constant fixture of my go-to reading material it was a little surreal to glance up at the rearview mirror and realize that was Bob in his 3A bouncing along behind us. Good times!
Pit stop. Bill's M38 decided it was no longer able to provide any oil pressure. Luckily, it was somehow able to continue and finish out the day. Kudos to Bill for pushing on from here.
I could look at pics of this 3B all day long
As the day neared an end a telephone pole sized tree chose to fall over at the exact moment I was driving by. I didn't even see it coming - just a massive "WHAT THE @%#^&$*$ WAS THAT?!?!?" crash on the roof
Although I put the odds of this happening on par with buying a winning lottery ticket, I'm glad it was my jeep that took the hit. I was the only one with a solid top. Bob W was just ahead of me and I shudder to think what would have happened if this came down on his canvas top. The 3B behind me had no top and his windshield was down. The tree fell directly in line with the driver and passenger. You can see part of the top of the tree in the background in front of my buddy Mike. The other half of the tree is lying out of sight on the other side of the trail.
