Jim and I arrived at the
a little early at the Mark Twain Community Center in Dayton NV to check in, get
oriented and to air down. The Driver’s Meeting started promptly at 8:45 AM and
the participants were released to follow the instructions at 2 minute intervals
starting at 9:00. The course was very interesting and challenging. We drove
past Sutro Tunnel, Saint Johns Mine and Pioneer Cemetery before crossing 6 Mile
Canyon that leads to Virginia City.
It was the first time
since Sandi and I have been members of the Pahrump Valley 4 Wheelers that
almost all the vehicles were 4 door Jeeps. At 7:00 AM, 6 Wranglers pulled out
of the Smith’s parking lot heading North on Highway 160. Following our JKU was
Brian in his JLU, Jeremy & Deanna in their JKU, Woody & Janine own a
JKU, Gary & Sherrie drive a JKU and Ed was batting clean-up in his new (to
him) 2 door JK.
Three Jeep Wranglers transporting, me, Matt, and Gary & Sherrie left Smith’s parking lot promptly at 7:00 AM this morning and drove North on Highway 160 to Road 928500 where we found a spot to air down. Traveling Eastward a couple miles, we took the left fork and proceeded up the canyon to Crystal Spring. Our group took several short breaks on the way up and really stretched our legs when we reached the structures at the end of the trail.
Friday morning Sandi and I drove to the Meadowcliff Lodge in Coleville CA and checked into our room. It is a very nice motel in a beautiful location. We even had a complimentary lizard on our patio. From there, we drove up over 8,314′ Monitor Pass to the Centerville Flat Campground and checked in for the Lake Tahoe Hi-Lo’s Annual Gamblers Poker Run. After returning to Highway 395, we passed our motel and continued South to Walker to get a couple of hamburgers to go at Walker Burger and made it back in time to catch the NASCAR Xfinity race in Bristol Tennessee.
A total of 10 Pahrump
Valley 4 Wheeler member rigs, 9 Jeep Wranglers of various models and a
Gladiator Rubicon left Smiths parking lot at 7:00 AM on Saturday for a
trip up to Carpenter Canyon and then on to Wheeler Well for lunch. The
participants were me & Sandi, Matt, Jim, Brian, Dave & Judy, Andy, Sel
& Pam, Liz & Poppy, Rick & Mary in the tail gunner slot and Dennis
& Laura rode with Mike & Patti in the Gladiator (they said it was
very comfortable). We aired down right after we got off the highway and onto
Carpenter Canyon Road.
