Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by pdavey » Mon Oct 21, 2013 8:18 pm

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AceMan wrote:If Mike's (FirerescuePW) suggestion for Saturday, Nov 9, as a one day trip, is in the works, let's do it. Is everyone cool with that?
I'm good. Will likely go up on Friday so I can get on the trails earlier Saturday

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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by TonkaPW » Mon Oct 21, 2013 9:06 pm

With enough notice I'm good just about any weekend. Hell any weekday would work for me as well. I have a bunch of PTO I need to use or loose before the end of the year. :rockon:
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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by AceMan » Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:26 pm

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AceMan wrote:If Mike's (FirerescuePW) suggestion for Saturday, Nov 9, as a one day trip, is in the works, let's do it. Is everyone cool with that?
I'm good. Will likely go up on Friday so I can get on the trails earlier Saturday

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Or not. I am actually committed to a dinner with my inlaws on 11/9.....

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I just found out on the 9th, there's an in formal high school GTG. Not a reunion, but an informal one, kind of. Now I am torn...

It's getting so late in the season, this may just not happen with a large group.
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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by TonkaPW » Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:33 pm

Ok so I'm going up on the 16th for their advanced off road class. I can check my schedule to see if I can spend the whole weekend up there if any of you would like to come up and play on the 17th.
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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by AceMan » Fri Nov 01, 2013 1:38 am

I don't think I'll be able to make it at all due to finances. Things are really tight. If anyone here is an FB friend, such as Chris Mateski or Peter Davey, you've probably read my post about looking for fulltime work. I don't think I'll be going to that class mini reunion on the 9th, either, depending on what I have to spend!

I'm also scheduled for the body shop to get the dent in my rear passenger door and bed panel fixed from our last outing. Insurance is covering that.

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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by TonkaPW » Fri Nov 01, 2013 9:06 am

AceMan wrote:I don't think I'll be able to make it at all due to finances. Things are really tight. If anyone here is an FB friend, such as Chris Mateski or Peter Davey, you've probably read my post about looking for fulltime work. I don't think I'll be going to that class mini reunion on the 9th, either, depending on what I have to spend!

I'm also scheduled for the body shop to get the dent in my rear passenger door and bed panel fixed from our last outing. Insurance is covering that.

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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by AceMan » Fri Nov 01, 2013 10:03 am

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AceMan wrote:I don't think I'll be able to make it at all due to finances. Things are really tight. If anyone here is an FB friend, such as Chris Mateski or Peter Davey, you've probably read my post about looking for fulltime work. I don't think I'll be going to that class mini reunion on the 9th, either, depending on what I have to spend!

I'm also scheduled for the body shop to get the dent in my rear passenger door and bed panel fixed from our last outing. Insurance is covering that.

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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by TonkaPW » Fri Nov 01, 2013 11:02 am

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Post by AceMan » Sat Nov 09, 2013 11:51 am

For everyone that went today, if the trip was still happening, happy wheeling! Take lots of pics!

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Post by RustyPW » Sat Nov 09, 2013 12:30 pm

AceMan wrote:For everyone that went today, if the trip was still happening, happy wheeling! Take lots of pics!

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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by TonkaPW » Sat Nov 09, 2013 10:51 pm

Did any one go today? I never got any confirmation that it was happening so I took the family to GWNF and ran down the Peter's mill trail. Wife couldn't do more than that, expecting another little one in about 6 weeks. :lol:
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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by FirerescuePW » Sun Nov 10, 2013 11:07 pm

I did not go. At this point I figured we would regroup and plan the spring gtg. It looks like Moab dates are picked, so I would think early June for Rausch Creek. The first weekend after school is out?

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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by TonkaPW » Sun Nov 10, 2013 11:12 pm

At this point if we did anything it would be more of a winter trip. I'm still up for a day trip one weekend. I just need a little heads up so I can make sure I'm not needed at work or home.
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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by TonkaPW » Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:47 pm

So I signed up for the 102 class ar Rausch Creek and had a blast last weekend. One other guy signed up and could not make it so I had the instructor all to my self. I told him about my plans to go out to Moab in the spring so he took me over to a new rock face they had just opened up and showed me hoe it was done. Needless to say everyone that say me out there was impressed with what the Power Wagon could do for a stock truck.
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Post by TonkaPW » Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:48 pm

Tried to post the pictures but I keep getting invalid file. I will try from my computer tomorrow.
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Post by AceMan » Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:49 pm

TonkaPW wrote:Tried to post the pictures but I keep getting invalid file. I will try from my computer tomorrow.
Let me know if you continue to have problems. I'll see what I can do to help.

If you have a sharing site that you can store pics, you can do it that way, too. You can use http://www.skydrive.com, http://www.photobucket.com, or others similar sites, and post a link to each pic and use the IMG button up top around the URL.

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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by TonkaPW » Fri Nov 22, 2013 10:50 pm

Here we go this is the only one it will let me upload because the others have to large a file size. I will need to figure out another way to get them up. :doh:
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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by TonkaPW » Fri Nov 22, 2013 11:36 pm

OK lets try this out. Click on the photo to see the rest.

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Re: Rausch Creek Fall 2013 ~ Sept/Oct

Post by AceMan » Sat Nov 23, 2013 12:40 am

Cool pics!

Did you measure the RTI?

And Rausch looks so much different right now.
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