April Meeting
Our April meeting in Hickory was different. I got stuck behind my house - sort of.
We had a lot of rain Friday so the hill behind my house was just too slick for the Deuce to climb Saturday morning. So I drive over to Brandon's in the pickup and find Bruce and Shannon already there. Brandon wants to show off the "New" truck and offers to pull me up the hill. I'm only 5 minutes from Brandon so off we go.
Because of a creek and manhole I can't get a running start at the hill and can't quite get up the steep bottom of the hill. Brandon backs part way into the woods and we hook my winch to his pintel. The winch was just enough pull to get me up and then I was under my own power.
After reeling in the cable, Brandon can't get out of the woods because of a lip a few feet from the pavement abd everything is slicks. I'm thinking, "Oh great, now how are we going to get him out?" But he backs up, pulls in his mirrors, and takes a running start at the lip and makes it up and out. I then have the same problem but manage to get out. Part of the problem is a tree that narrows the path through the woods so you can't get any speed without knocking off a mirror. That tree is now gone - see pics.
Once mirrors are readjusted we are on our way, slinging mud as we go. Bruce is with Brandon and Shannon rides with me. Shannon is having a blast watching the smoke from my non-turbo blackout the cars behind us, and we both get a kick watching the back end of Brandon's truck bounce off the pavement. We literally saw daylight under his tires several times as we hit bumps. Bruce said there was daylight under his butt several times as well.
Had a real good meal and time of fellowship. Discussed many upcoming events. Going to be a busy year. Had a good time, and it was fun to put the trucks through a test.
