pics from my trip to downieville (56k beware)

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anyways, i been gone for 2 weeks or so and so here is all my pics ... it was a great trip.

Got everything packed up and gettin ready to leave the hizzle




about 1 block away we had to close the camper door


then I gassed up my car in vacaville


and got some bread so that we could make lunch when we got there


then I hadda pee and saw my parents at the rest stop ... they were ahead of me cause i had to stop for gas and shit


senic shot mobbin on 80


gotta get there


cruisin over donner summit


my cars sister


damn the roads get empty out here


cheapest gas round these parts ... damn ca


now im in the cuts


population 30


me up in the hills at the overlook


car got a little hot and the radiator fluid was boilin


temp is still normal though


kickin up a lot of dust on the dirt road


my car with the sierra buttes behind it




then me and my dad went and cut some firewood




got my bike off the roof rack


my black lab in the back of the truck


fillin up the water cans at the well about 1 mile from camp


then we cruised up to packsaddle ... the road has a 1500 ft elevation gain within 2 miles


now its the 10th and we went to quincy later that day




and saw this terrible kit car, it was really unbalanced hittin the corners


and these kids jumpin off the bridge you aint supposed to jump off of


then i went mtn biking up the tamarack connection trail
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...threadid=32650

Day 3: July 11


my toe aint supposed to look like that


so we talked to the sherrif who told us where the hospital was


then they hooked me up to an IV and relocated it ... fucked it up ... we had to go back 3 days later


this is a small ice cream ... id wonder how big the large is


Day 4: 7-12


my dads boss showed up ... couldnt convince em to take the benz wheelin


Day 5: 7-13


while checkin out the benz i noticed that these wiper wings i have on my car come stock on these




well they finally left ... that was a boring few days


then my dads friend keith showed up .... figured you guys might like to see his truck






the right sides still good


fast as it goes


Day 6: 7-14
while cruisin out to downieville my check engine light came on, hasnt since so i dunoo what the story is


then the place told us my toe was still dislocated so we had to go to grass valley where i saw this wrx with a yellow door


then we headed on back


and i went swimmin in sand pond ... good way to bring my innertube down eh?




Day 7: 7-15
Today we went mtn biking down the downeiville downhill ... didnt have enough room in the truck so i sat in the back on a lawn chair


Rest of the pics from day 7
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...525#post278525

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Day 8: 7-16
cruised up to the mills peak lookout so my dad could get cell reception and check his messages












doin the hardest part of the road in the truck with no 4wd


gold lake


roads pretty easy now


then me and my dad went mtn biking up at deer lake
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...539#post278539

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Day 9: 7-17
got the keg chillin in the 50 degree creek


and the watermelon


cruisin to graeagle ... if i didnt know better id think i was in japan (they were doin road construction_


Day 10: 7-18
My friend razi showed up ... so heres some pics of his truck




rest of day 10 pics
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...554#post278554

Day 11: 7-19
Neil showed up and we ran the downieville downhill with him also ... pics are here
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...562#post278562

Day 12: 7-20 ... went to a superhonda.com meet in Reno NV ... thread is here in the CA forum even though the meet was in NV cause its close enough.
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t120969.html