What a weekend! We had a blast. Even the road trips up to Mountain City were interesting. Brent had some food that disagreed with him but made it to the cabin. Jason had problems with the trailor and then the truck overheated but they also made it that night to the cabin. First thing everybody did was get into the hottub. The cabin was loved by all - little problems with water pressure and parking but other than that - great! Saturday morning arrived and we headed off and met Doug (Team Turtle). Great guy and he was busy collecting toys. We seperated at that point because he had some stockers. We went straight to Welder and played on Waterfall. Brent made several attempts until he couldn't pinch his seat any tighter and Eric's eyes were all you could see. Then Mike wanted me to try it so I got up there and let him feel the angle. I tried to get the Jeep to tip his way but I couldn't do it. Nobody else wanted to play so we headed on up and watched some play on Steps and then we went on to what we think was Easy Out. Sherry got stuck again. Jason and Brent had fun playing on the "mini waterfall". The it was on to Rut. We carefully made our way up and went to go down blue trail when we came across the other group who was broke down. So we went back down Rut and down Welder (watched some Beerbuilt guys play and then moved on down. We went to find the tower. Along the lost way, I got stuck and Brent pulled me out. The dirt there isn't mud but liquid dirt (if that makes sense). We finally made it to the rock (the tower) and took a group shot. Sandy was happy to get her scenic photographs. Jason was smoking up some blue exhaust all day so took the rear most of the time. Erika got to play in the mud puddles and water puddles (creek crossings) on the way back to camp. Mike (Erika's) said he wants to get a jeep so bad after he got to driver her's some. We all went to the cabin and met up with Stewart, Sharon, Liam and Sean and had a great dinner with lots of talk. Then after some went to bed, some kept up and drank more juice. At breakfast we had a great laugh regarding Mike (drug school) and his adventures of getting into bed. Sandy I believe was crying she was laughing so hard. We headed out again Sunday without Erika or Sunday
We met up with Adam from off of NC4x4. He was great, very knowledgeable and gained the respect of the group. He took us to Armor All which everyone enjoyed and then we watched some play on Pull Cable - Adam had to winch several times. No major damage at this point though. As I went to move out of the way, I sheared off my valve stem on a boulder so I got up the hill as fast as I could before all the air was gone. Adam was gracious enough to help me change my tire. There was a lot of sweating involved. We then went around, got Brent and tried to find a playground. We thought we were in Deliverance Country. With Ravines, roller coaster rides, drop offs, switchbacks, loose shale, . . . . We made it to familiar ground and went to try Steps. Adam bent his drag link on the tree. Switched it out right there and then I tried the Steps. It wasn't happening. So we went on to go further up. We went on the Loop which was fun. As we headed back to camp, Adam attempted the Hill Climb until he overheated. So, a bent drag link, a flat tire, two brake light smashed and a smoking jeep. Not bad for a rougher playground. I found out that we also have a new group member - Welcome to the club as an official member Erika. Thanks to everyone for a wonderful, relaxing, fun, and delightful weekend!
Sherry
Todd - it was great meeting you too. I hope everyone got back home safe!
(I'm a junkie). 
and everyone else that showed up,we finished off the toy drive with two large bags of girl toys,
