- Location
- Torrance, CA
This year's SoCal Fest was slightly different than usual for me. This was my first SoCal fest with my son Sebastian and my little Jeep, the Ninty Six, because of this I had no plans to do anything particularly difficult and am glad to say that both Sebastian and my Jeep enjoyed the event!
We started by getting the trailer loaded up and hooked up to the Jeep Thursday afternoon to begin our 130 mile drive from home to the Serrano.
Sebastian and I arrived in camp around 9:00 PM, set camp, ate, then tucked in tight to guard against the slightly above freezing night. We then woke up Friday morning, tended to breakfast and such, and heading over to the Discovery Center to kick off the event.
After a brief drivers' meeting we split into two groups. One tackled Gold Mountain / John Bull under Avery's slightly perverse leadership while my group decided to run down 2N02 and do some exploration, ultimately deciding to have lunch in Pioneertown. Due to a missed turn I ended up tailgunning while Kelly lead the group down 2N02. Here are a few photos of the trip.
Carol and Karen driving along 2N02.
Most of the group along 2N02.
Burnt brush along the low lands of 2N02.
Lunch next to the Pioneertown Bowl.
Western Sebastian.
On the way back I returned to point with Garret running ahead on his DRZ400. He spent some of the trail out of sight of us keeping in contact via ham radio if he had direction questions or issues as it can be tough to keep a motorcycle at slow speeds on dirt/rocks.
While roaming around Pioneertown Carols dog Eddie found some unidentified excrement to roll around in, because of this we decided to take a break at the Arrastra Creek crossing for an emergency dog bath.
While waiting Sebastian made sure to get as dirty as possible.
Once the dog bath was over it was time to continue, water crossings are always enjoyable.
I can do it!
Karen hit the deep spot a touch fast.
The distributor got flooded and out went the engine.
The Ninety Six saves the day. After taking Karen's distributor apart and giving it some time to dry she was able to continue on.
Garret got wet.
Quite wet.
Continued...
We started by getting the trailer loaded up and hooked up to the Jeep Thursday afternoon to begin our 130 mile drive from home to the Serrano.
Sebastian and I arrived in camp around 9:00 PM, set camp, ate, then tucked in tight to guard against the slightly above freezing night. We then woke up Friday morning, tended to breakfast and such, and heading over to the Discovery Center to kick off the event.
After a brief drivers' meeting we split into two groups. One tackled Gold Mountain / John Bull under Avery's slightly perverse leadership while my group decided to run down 2N02 and do some exploration, ultimately deciding to have lunch in Pioneertown. Due to a missed turn I ended up tailgunning while Kelly lead the group down 2N02. Here are a few photos of the trip.
Carol and Karen driving along 2N02.
Most of the group along 2N02.
Burnt brush along the low lands of 2N02.
Lunch next to the Pioneertown Bowl.
Western Sebastian.
On the way back I returned to point with Garret running ahead on his DRZ400. He spent some of the trail out of sight of us keeping in contact via ham radio if he had direction questions or issues as it can be tough to keep a motorcycle at slow speeds on dirt/rocks.
While roaming around Pioneertown Carols dog Eddie found some unidentified excrement to roll around in, because of this we decided to take a break at the Arrastra Creek crossing for an emergency dog bath.
While waiting Sebastian made sure to get as dirty as possible.
Once the dog bath was over it was time to continue, water crossings are always enjoyable.
I can do it!
Karen hit the deep spot a touch fast.
The distributor got flooded and out went the engine.
The Ninety Six saves the day. After taking Karen's distributor apart and giving it some time to dry she was able to continue on.
Garret got wet.
Quite wet.
Continued...
's adopted trail, 2N04, and pre-ran for our maintenance day on Sunday. Between the decent of Jacoby Canyon and the rocky climb of 2N04 we really gave Garret and Todd a workout on the dual sport motorcycles. They had a couple of no-injury get downs but made it through with no trouble. After 2N04 we took the highway back to Serrano.
