I too made it home safe and sound. Wife is a little mad for not being able to call but oh well... Had several hangups trying to get out there on Friday. Threw up before my flight back to OC and then again the parking lot at John Wayne when I landed. Went home and rested for a couple of hours. Decided that I could hold food down and headed to the office. Loaded up the truck, gathered firewood at a local job site, stopped by the grocery store for food, hit the bank, and then finally departed Irvine at about 2000 hrs.
During the solo-drive out, my throttle stuck wide open in Norco. Pulled over and killed the engine, looked under the hood and found my exhaust manifold glowing "Cherry Red!" Not sure on the cause other than I know the timing is off a tiny bit (A story for another day.) Finally got the Throttle situation worked out but managed to break my Lantern Globe in the process. Stopped 3 more times between Norco and Stoddard Wells to check the exhaust manifold which every time it was still glowing. Not sure if its normal, but the Air/Fuel gauge and O2 sensor I installed said that it was running for the most part Stiociometric (Just under the rich side actually.)
Made it out to Camp Dirtbag at about 2330 Hrs. Said hello to the remaining that were awake. (BTW - Thanks Will for checking up on me throughout the trip, I appreciate you waiting up for me!) Get situated, for the night blew up the air mattress in the dark (Remember, I broke the Lantern at the first breakdown in Norco.) got the sleeping bags in order and hit the sack around 0130 Saturday morning. About 2 hours later, I woke up because my arm was sore, turned out I had managed to put a hole of some kind in my air mattress as it was totally flat. Big bummer.
Saturday was awesome. Still recovering from being sick. Went out shooting, which was a blast. Sunday was good too, romping around the desert in uncharted territory. Got some really cool pics of Will, Hole, and Hundy practically high centering their trucks on the same hill for quads. Lots of photo's were shot, so I'm sure they'll be posted sometime soon. Hole's truck had awesome articulation with the rear axle hanging in air!
Anyways, glad I could make it. Hell or high water, I'll be there!
Cheers!
Remember, trash cans and wood. Supposed to be in the low 40's at night. Anyone got Nathan's #?
