Well today was, "interesting", for lack of a better description. We decided to do a trail called rusty nail with nate and his buddies. We have done it before, and knew it was a pretty hard little trail, and knew Nicole's Jeep wouldn't make it in parts. She and Rob decided to come along anyway and just turn back when we got to the one spot we knew they couldn't make. That was our plan anyway! Nate's buddy Chris had a little stock Cherokee so we figured if he could, Nicole could. As with all plans, even the best laid ones can go amiss! The FIRST hard obstacle of the day was a tiny bit better than the bypass route, but it claimed the first victim in our group right away! Mike DeMarco's BIG BAD BUILT MONSTER JEEP! Crash, bang, broken hub....done. Then Nate and another buddy made it up, and it was Derrick 's turn. He almost made it alone, but took a strap the rest of the way. After that we decided to take Chris over the bypass, it took awhile! We then changed the plan and decided to go back the way we came, and Derrick, Chris, Chris's brother and Rusty wanted to keep going the rest of the way. A small problem, an ugly ledge was between them and the rest of the trail. Allan wanted to make sure they got up it okay before we turned back. At one point Derrick was hung up on his rear diff and it took all the guys pushing on him to rock him off! They did it though! That incident is the picture on the blog. They they all got up though! Lets just say it took quite a long time! After they were finally on there way we decided to go over a new road to Gemini bridge.  Second dumb idea of the day. The "road" didn't look too well traveled, and we had to scout ahead at times to find our way. We NEVER found it! We ended up at a dead end with a huge drop off and nowhere to go but back. Gemini bridge will have to wait for another day! We got back to town at six and Allan had to be at the arena for the big raffle at six thirty. I am relaxing in the luxurious condo, dust washed off, and all alone, and thoroughly enjoying it! We still haven't heard from Derrick yet. I hope we don't have to go rescue them tonight! We have to be up bright and early and ready to lead our trail in the morning!

janene