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Sunday we loaded up and went on home. Got everything unloaded and then just sat down and relaxed! Monday i decided to bust open my passenger door and see what happened. I think its safe to say the window isnt salvageable:  what a mess  Door all cleaned up, and ready for a spare window  ...and done!  Just in time too, ended up raining again Monday night. Also, just because i thought it would be cool:  New bearings for my alternator should be showing up tomorrow, which means Friday i should be able to get that rebuilt and then we'll be ready to go for the next trip Saturday! In the morning they got a bunch of broncos together for the group photo for the club. Ended up being too many to see and they had to take the pic with a drone:  Alternator in the bronco started squaling something awful (front bearing) so i opted not to go back out wheeling for fear of it dieing on the trail. So me and the little dude played some mini golf, hit the pool, drove some r/c cars around, etc....basically had a laid back vacation day :smokin: Went back to the pavilion for dinner saturday and the raffles, etc before heading back to the cabin for a fire and some smores!  Friday Pt.2: After we got back from Rausch Creek we hopped in the pool, and then went over to the pavilion for the big car show, dinner, etc. Friday, pt.1: Rausch Creek Went over to Rausch Creek. Had my navigator with me:  Ended up over on the NE side of the park with a pretty big group, 9 or 10 in total i think. Joe from Bock's Garage was there, his dad with his one-ton K5, our usual wheelin buddy Jim, Rich, Tim (with that sweet 6G on portals), and a bunch of EBs.
Jameson had his TRX4M Bronco out and was running the trails every time we stopped for the group   Jameson spotted a lizard so we had to get a pic of it 
Joe's dad tried the ledge on F trail, the two of us are the only ones who were able to get up and over it  Joe giving it another go   Got a good luck at the undercarriage, this thing is pretty heavily armored!  I have some video of the day that im going to try to put together at some point, but not a single pic or vid of me on the trail, except for a poser pic at lunch. I have more pics and vid of the kiddo running his r/c bronco around than i do of mine! Thursday! The arrival, where the truck & trailer lived for a few days  ...and up at the cabin, unpacked and getting comfy!  We went up to the pavilion to check in for the event. They had a couple things going on, like doing a 'basics' class for the kids. Boys on this one:  ...and girls working on this one  little dude thought it was cool, and ended up helping with the oil change  Most people walked up to check in, but some drove up for the check-in, like this one-ton leaf sprung bronco  The Ghostbusters bronco (which the little dude thinks is super cool)  This sweet 6G on 74Weld portals (that we ended up wheeling with on Friday)  And this really sweet half cab:  with the weirdest locking hubs  and this cool old shaft-driven mechanical winch  Hung out for a little while, until the storm started rolling in over the mountain  It downright poured too. Conveniently my passenger window must have fallen off the track when we rolled it down earlier, and then wouldnt go up. Even more convenient, that after the storm passed, when i tried to get it to go up, it shattered! Fortunately with the way the wind was blowing it didnt really rain in the window, and then it didnt rain again until after we got home. And we're back! We checked in at our cabin Monday afternoon. Brought the wife's 90  and my 88  The diesel towed well with the new suspension. Much smoother on the highway than ever before, even loaded down pretty heavily, so im calling the new suspension a win. (i do have a new upper tracbar bracket on order, so that will be getting swapped in the next couple weeks so i can put my front sway back on) We did family stuff tuesday - friday (pools, amusement parks, water parks, campfires & smores!), but Friday was also the car show, which i posted pics of yesterday. Saturday i went over to Rausch with a couple buddies while the wifey stayed back at the cabin nursing a sunburn. Turned out to be a good idea because it was the hottest day of the heatwave that rolled thru PA, and i dont think the wife/kid would have enjoyed the trail with that level of heat. Anyways, i only snapped maybe 15 pics, here's a couple. Overgrown trails:  Joe Sr
Joe Jr
Our buddy Jim was going to come out with us but was having tcase issues so he jumped in with me for the day. i was trail leader for the day, and we didnt stop much so no real pics of mine. He did get a cool snippet of me squeezing thru some boulders down in the Quarry on the south side of the park though The dogs enjoying the truck ride home. Jack is in his glory, as the wind from the wing window is blowing directly on him:  Home and unloading   This is the only real carnage from the trip that ive found thus far  Overall a good time, and weve already re-reserved our cabin for next year's event. Gotta wash the gray one tomorrow, check for any other damage, and then get stuff packed up so we can go rescue an old tractor Thursday morning! Photo dump from the truck show during the 2024 East Coast Bronco Roundup at Twin Grove Campground in Pine Grove, PA. Click for full-res pics! |
