Fordyce before the blazes

This last weekend 6/21-6/22 a few of my friends and I went to Fordyce. I am really glad we got this trip in because I am pretty sure it will be closed the rest of the year, especially with all these fires that broke out the first night we were out there.

We had quite a few rigs, mostly toyotas though there was one Jeep (he was seperate but came along with us for a while) and one toyota buggy. It was my first time and I had a blast. Wish we could have made it a 3 day weekend but it was still a lot of fun.

Here are the pics, first some scenic shots:

Coming in from the Cisco Grove entrance, Fordyce Lake:



The area we camped:







My buddy Wade and I were the first ones to arrive:

My goofy lookin' mug messing around near camp:



This was part of the mini trail to get to our camp site:



Wade:







Wade near camp:

This is my friend Colin's third gen SAS on its maiden voyage with a solid axle



Johnny at the helm:





Joey's YJ (whats left of it)

Justin's 89 SAS. Love this truck. He is running marlins and 63s with 4x4 labs sliders and a homemade front and rear bumper. 5.29s and 36 iroks, no case gears, no lockers. The iroks were the only thing that got him through the trail but he did pretty damn good. I was impressed considering it was an open rig. Never broke anything either.















Mark's Toyota buggy: 22re, duals (2.28/4.7), volvo portal axles, 53 XLs and 20" beadlocks to name some stuff

My little 4runner puttin' around:



Top of one of the winch hills forget which one:







Kind of tricky spot:





Messing around near camp:







Almost 2,000 feet higher than our camp:

Misc shots:









Cool fullsize Bronco we passed on the trail:

Carnage!

Kyle sheered all 6 lug nut studs on his front Dana 44....





Finally found some Jeepers with a portable welder. Only option was to weld his wheel to his rotor and limp back to his tow rig some 4-5 miles away.



It was enough though, he made it back to the trailer safely.

Colin rolled his truck trying to climb a near vertical rock, made it pretty far up then his rear tire hit a little out crop, flopped head over heals onto its lid. No big deal for Colin, highlifted the roof out, took of the doors and wheeled the rest of the trip. Its his daily driver too





Little handy work...



Good as new!

wow damn man that is crazy azz time great pics thanks for the share man. Cant wait to go wheelin with you guys

Dude thanks for sharing, and unfortunately, I'm afraid you may be right as far as the trail not being open much longer.

Damn Nick!! It looks like you had an awsome time, i wish I could have been there.

BIG BLING wrote:wow damn man that is crazy azz time great pics thanks for the share man. Cant wait to go wheelin with you guys

No problem. You guys and gals are always more than welcome on any of our wheelin' adventures

FFC wrote:Dude thanks for sharing, and unfortunately, I'm afraid you may be right as far as the trail not being open much longer.

Yeah at least we made it this year! I got the shaft last year and missed 4 Fordyce trips :(

Just2Much19 wrote:Damn Nick!! It looks like you had an awsome time, i wish I could have been there.

Always next time Justin (in this case, MCR!!!)!!