EVENTS i HWY 4 RUN Thurs 9/9 - Sunday 9/12 Trailboss: Al J. i FRIGHT NITE 10/23, 24/99- Trailboss: Brian T. No on sight registration..Must Pre-register to go on Night Run, Vehicle Costume Contest.... Hotel Reserv: Flying J 805-248-2700 i San Luis Obispo CHRISTMAS PARADE 12/03/99 Trailboss Judy J. Decorate your vehicle, Party at Al & Judy's afterwards i SLO 4-Wheelers CHRISTMAS PARTY 12/0/99 Trailboss: Christy M. William Cody's Steakhouse & Saloon Grover Beach Gift Exchange, Raffle Drawing, Toys for Tots donations, Can donations,
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We almost left at 9:00 on 9/9/99 for this enjoyable trip to camp by creekside and run some beautiful trails: Slick Rock and Deer Valley off highway 4 in the Sierras. Five vehicles each with a couple made the long trip; four of us left from Atascadero with the fifth one joining the caravan on 101 and 156. We started setting up camp by 5:pm. The fun began on Friday with the Slick Rock trail towards Lake Alpine (took us 2 1/2 hours). This trail has its first obstacle very near the campsite, followed by a water crossing, a steep climb on the granite and a stretch very near running waterfalls over smooth rocks. The group had no troubles because we all mounted the friendly rocks to get through obstacles. We then climbed an easy trail to the top of Mount Reba for lunch with expansive views of the area. After lunch, Richard & Debbie drove to Angels Camp, with Lynn & Jane, to get a replacement for their air mattress which lost all air the night before: Ouch!. The rest of us drove Slick Rock in reverse back to camp. On Saturday, we left camp early via Slick Rock again (done in an hour this time) to get to Deer Valley east of Lake Alpine. Deer Valley is a challenging trail which begins with a nasty obstacle and a very rocky crawling climb of about a quarter mile, only to get nasty fairly often after that. Al began the trail by showing everyone how NOT to take the first obstacle. The trail is long but with beautiful meadows and water falls. We ended up at Highway 88 at around 3:30pm and drove by near Lake Tahoe via Ebbets pass back to Slick Rock again. This last time was quite bad because it had rained while we were gone. The steps near our campsite were slick, sandy and very nasty. Eventually we all made it up and into camp by 6:00pm. We were lucky that none of us suffered any crippling damage. We had a few yellow jackets bothering us, but most of what I remember is having a really wonderful time. The coldest it got a night was low 40's, We were home by 5:30pm on Sunday. Trail boss Al J. |
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THE 6th ANNUAL SLO 4-WHEELER RUN TO THE FRIGHT NIGHT RUN
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