BlackandRed, glad to hear your doing good. It's been nice up here too. Nice delta breeze the last few days[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] Yea, Greeley Hills is one place I will look at, it is closer to the Nat'l forests. But, land I've seen so far is quite expensive atleast for more then a couple acres.

 

fatboy, how'd you get it to post 4 times (I realize it was an accident). sometimes when i post it won't register, gives me an error page, and then won't let me re-post it, EVER! VERY FRUSTRATING!!

whitewater, I don't know how to post the pics. I emailed mine to our administrator at www.quads.ca and he posted them on that forum for me. There's only a few of my truck/deck/quads. You saw those already didn't ya?if you look close, I've added at least $10,000 in extras and accessories to truck. well, i didn't, dealer did most of them to dress it up a little and I just bought it that way (I think cuz white is a little plain and they needed to dress it up). white is usually at the bottom of my list of vehicle color choices, but this one looked okay with all the stainless added on, plus visor, bug guard and window vents all painted to match. Lighted grab handles also helped.

rescuediver, I HATE a$$holes that dust you out. we have a group of 70-100 (mostly my wife's family), that get together every year in Kamloops (our dusty area). It's really cool, we all camp out together..... no charge except we bring in portable toilets and have them pumped, which costs us about $15 per family. you'd be astounded some of the RVs we get into camp. the road is walking speed and rutty and rough in areas. If it rains, the silt turns to loon-snot. I'll really try to scan and post some pics of that area, cuz kids never had more fun, better than Xmas for them. Anyways, we block a couple of the hills with our toy trailers, and try to keep people outta our camp. You'd be surprised how many still blast by and dust up the area. They only get a couple of chances though, cuz then they're confronted by a large group of burly, redneck loggers and then they usually clue in.

Nonetheless, you have to be pretty stupid and ignorant to dust out people. I think it's an atving courtesy not to do that to anyone... hikers, tree huggers, horse riders, etc.., ya just don't do that. And how stupid can you be when there are 70-100 people camped out?? These are the exact same morons that do every inconsiderate thing to ruin the sport for the rest of us... garbage, vandalism, enviromental damage, etc..

ditto just4kicks, or any of ya for that matter. If you're planning a trip to the Great White North, PM me and we'll take ya out riding. The local chat group, www.quads.ca has a ride guide describing various rides/trails/places throughout the province. OR, post on the forum, and the group is super helpful and friendly.

 

Confusedbuyer, I know, one of the things I hate is going out on a day off with the family, trying to forget the job. Then, some sh!thead decides to be stupid around me. I can only hold back for so long, before I put my hat back on and straighten the a$$hole out. The wife usually does not tell me things if I am gone, unless she wants me to handle it. I get torqued when people get stupid, especially around my family.

Now that's a group of people, kudos to you for putting up with that many in-laws[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]And that loon-snot, don't know if I want to get around it[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] Sounds nasty.

 

think of 2"-3" of dry, silty, fine, fine dirty dust suddenly getting wet= loon-snot. Actually, we all call it loon $hit, but I didn't think I could get that to post. Thanks for the trick! It's only hard to drive vehicles+trailers on, it's really quite fun for the quads.

Glad to hear you confront these morons. Hope it never backfires on ya. I'll usually politely ask/point out what's happening. You either get a sincere "gees, sorry, i never realized or thought about it" ,OR, you get a mouthy attitude. I then survey whether I'll get swarmed by a buncha punks, or whether i should just SNAP. sometimes the snap just happens, cuz it takes a lot to get me there in the first place. All in all, it's really rare and hasn't happened riding, as much as in day to day neighborhood activities. Like I said, on the times it's happened riding, there were so many of us, the mere presence was enough to stop the stupidity (which makes you wonder if they didn't know better in the first place).

oh yeah trucks... Anyone who owns a Powerstroke tried a Duramax? What did ya think?

 

Yeah it has been nice rescue. Some of that breeze has been making its way down here. Highs were supposed to be mid 90s, but it feels like the 80s.

My brother has been working up in Tracy and said it's been very windy. Foreman call the office from the job site and we can't even hear them over the wind noise. Maybe it'll blow some of the crap out of the area. I know, wishfull thinking.

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I've got away with it so far[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

I know of a couple who bought the first year they were out and had transmission problems. GMC did take care of the problems. Other then that, they love them.

I try not to confront people unless I have to, then I am ready for what ever is thrown at me. I don't have a problem confronting people and if need be, I call for back up. I just try not to get nasty when the family is around. But, if I have to, it wouldn't be new to them[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

BlackandRed, I can imagine how it is around Tracy, that's about 25 mile away and the wind here is about half. We could only hope it can clear all the crap in the air[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

 

Sorry guys, I've been off working. I came home last night and was too tired to check email. Then when I did this morning, here's a zillion emails saying this thread has 'new' stuff. You guys have been busy!

I checked out the new pictures, the Mohawk (cute!), followed the thread, and finally got caught up. And now it's off to work again. But, I'll be home Sunday afternoon and will be off for two full days so I'll be able to spend some time reading and writing. I agree with whoever said "It's too bad we aren't independantly wealthy".

Oh, and the real estate discussion was interesting. It's the same thing here in Carson City, NV. Bought our place for $80k fifteen years ago and I couldn't buy it NOW if I wanted to. So come retirement time, we're clearing out.

See ya in a couple days.

 

Just got back from camping, and have to say, I love my Ford Truck (that is what this 3-month thread is all about). However, it must have been family reunion time on the mountain, cuz all these idiots that don't know how to ride a 4-wheeler were sure everywhere tearing things up - up and down the road, up and down the road. It's kind of funny to see someone try to haul a$$ in first gear - damn city folk.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]

I posted some pics of my trip - some pics of Mrs. Whitewater, too. I think she's kind of perdy - I'm kind of sweet on her.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

 

you're a lucky man. so that's 10,000 feet in Utah? WOW, very nice and green. here I thought everything in Utah was like an arid, barren wasteland like Moab and the river canyons from your other photos, and the salt flats where they break the speed records. NOT SO!!

I love the big open, private camp spot you got there. that's the only way to go. Private or public land? If it's public, where's everyone else? you post a 'Quarantineed" sign somewhere?[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

Oh, and you're not serious about trying to climb that steep, loose rock are ya? remind me not to go with ya if you went all the way up that. it looks steep and mean with nowhere to bail if you hit trouble, or nowhere to turn around if you get up top. Mrs. W must be an RN or GP to keep you patched up.

 

My camp was at about 9000', but we climbed above 10,000' on the 4-wheelers. It's interesting how people get in thier mind what something looks like (i.e., everything east of the Rocky Mountains is as flat as Kansas - poor bastards). [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] Utah is very diverse.

Oh yeah, Mrs. W. was ready to call in Life Flight to rescue my sorry a$$. Seriously, that was just a photo op.[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]