June 29 - July 2
We started of meeting at a gas station in Lynn Valley. We had a '62 Unimog, '80s F150, early 90's F250, and a '74 Power Wagon, and for some strange reason a VW Rabbit. We drove to Harrison Hot springs and went on the Harrison West Forest Service Road.
We drove out the road until about 5 or 6 and were stopped by a forestry guy who told us that there were two bridges out up ahead and the road has been closed. After the forestry guy left, we decided not to waste too much gas and sent the unimog up ahead to investigate the bridge. It seemed like they were gone for quite a while, but when they came back to us they said they didn't find any bridges. There wasn't much light for driving left, and the rabbit couldn't go any further, so we made camp where we were.
The next day the people in the rabbit decided to head home(and we were
prepared to lift the rabbit into the mog and keep going). We kept seeing
trucks come through from the direction of the bridges, so we decided to go
and find the bridges. We even had to cross a stream. heh...
And the trail book we had rated this trail hard.
We did eventually come across the first bridge, and almost didn't notice
that it was not in excellent shape. It just looked well used.
The forestry guy did say that the second bridge was worse though.
We came across the second bridge and laughed.
That small rotted spot on the right was the only thing wrong with
the bridge.
We kept driving for quite a while and Jason wanted to play a bit with the
Mog on a hill
Then we went up to Slouquette Hot Springs and decided it was to busy so we continued on our journey and found a spot on a river.
The next day( July 1) we went through Pemberton and out the other side
searching for Key Hole Falls and Hot Springs. We never did find
it, but We did find a nice open field with a large log in it. Jason decided
he wanted to test out the suspension travel on his mog. I guess he
put it a little over its rated 42 degree side slope rating.
As you can see it didn't quite work as planned. It took the
three other trucks we had to put it back on it's wheels, and there was
actually very little damage to the drivers side.
you can't even tell this truck just rolled.
We made camp that night in a clearing on the side of the road, and drove
home the next morning. There wasn't much four wheeling on this trip,
but it was fun any way.