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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. Ok first off, having a backup camera on the diesel is a game changer:  Tomorrow we leave for the ECBR, so i was doing my pre-trip inspection of the trucks & trailer
That's when i saw it. A broken main leaf!  No time to delay, so i tore into it right away. This doesnt look like it broke yesterday.  Spring pack out  ...and the broken main removed  Fortunately i saved the leafs from the '90 bronco i bought (that tub is now gray, and on my frame). They were built super dumb, but the mains looked good, and the PO had replaced the bushings shortly before i bought his project  I broke that pack down plus mine, wire wheeled all the leafs, and put that main into my pack:  ...and reinstalled!  ...all done and ready to go!  ...and all loaded up on the trailer!  This will be the true test of the SD spring upgrade on the diesel. First impressions are that the rear springs are going to carry the weight just fine; with the bronco on the trailer behind me im just starting to engage the helper springs  We'll find out how well it tows tomorrow! We're back from the Roundup! All said, it was a good time. We arrived wednesday, set up camp, and just chilled out for the day  Towed the 88 out there with the diesel, and Dawn drove the 96 out. We had a big of an issue with the deisel; during my pre-trip prep, i broke the nozzle for the water-methanol injection!  There was no time to fix it (broke the day before) so we made the trip without it. Parts are on the counter, we'll get this fixed next week. So, the Roundup! Thursday it rained basically the whole day. People were showing up as the day went on and the campground filled up. Friday was the official start, which consisted of some street cruises and an offroad trip to Rausch Creek. We went for the wheelin trip, but the kiddo isnt quite ready for that stuff yet so we bailed early and went back to go hang out in the pool instead. Friday evening was the SHow N Shine + dinner, and then Saturday was another offroad trip (this one to AOAA) and a street cruise to Pioneer Tunnel, an old coal mine that closed during the great depression. I wont bore you with family pics, but it is actually a very cool place to go if youre ever in the area. Once again followed by a big dinner, along with all the club's raffles and awards. So baring the family photos, we have a collection of pics from the Show N Shine friday night along with a couple misc pics: There was a really cool EB done up in a Ghostbusters theme and loaded with all sorts of cool little details. A beautiful stock uncut one (orange), a lowered 2wd green one with a mod motor (mustang). A blue one with a black stripe, except it was styled as a topographic map with locations of offroad parks theyve been to. Of course Joe's monster diesel bronco was there. I think the most noteworthy though was a beautiful dark green one complete with custom trail used to haul their son's wheelchair, which was super awesome. In our case, ti was the little dude's first Roundup and he was a little overwhelmed so we kind of kept a low key and just chilled out for the duration, but next year i imagine we'll be a bit more involved. We're already planning the list of upgrades to get done before then! The 24th Annual East Coast Bronco Roundup is happening on June 23-25th at Twin Valley Campground. Its been a few years since weve attended (other than being passengers for trail rides), but this year we'll be there for the whole event, with both the 88 & 96 broncos! Hope to see everyone there!
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