Lake Houser Adventures.

scary="buckle up boys it's gonna be one hell of a ride"

last newbie that rode with me stated "you ain't gonna kill me or nuthin
are ya?" to that i replied "keep your arms and legs inside the truck at all times".
and showed him where the o shit handles were.

dawg
 
DAWGTOY said:
scary="buckle up boys it's gonna be one hell of a ride"

last newbie that rode with me stated "you ain't gonna kill me or nuthin
are ya?" to that i replied "keep your arms and legs inside the truck at all times".
and showed him where the o shit handles were.

dawg
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I'd ride with you. hell i'd ride with tim cameron from busted knuckles .

wonder if Wayne is gonna keep it open for winter wheeling? that place would be bad ass/deadly with some snow and ice
 
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been there several years in the snow and ice.
you wouldn't beleve how sloppy it gets. it's kinda
nice if theres nobody else around. the only time
iv'e seen it closed is on very wet winter weekends.
(helps if you have a brother who owns property down there).
 
A little more history on the area.

After some more research, there was a township in the area that even had a post office in the 1880s. From what I can gather, some of the family (father and other relatives) lived in the immediate area. So it seems that FC Sarratt did make it home. Dont know if he made it home alive or if his body was brought to the family.

This article talks about FC's father Noble. FC had 2 sisters, Nancy and Letitia. Nancy and her husband started the township of Nicholsonville, which seems to be where FC's gravesite is.
http://remembercliffside.com/history/familystories/sarratt/sarratt_noble.html
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~prsjr/families/sc/sarratt/fgs0646.htm

Bottom left corner of this map where the Sandy Run Creek runs into the Broad River. 1885 map.
http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/ncmaps/id/238/rec/1
 
Interesting history, I never knew that about the area. For a day trip, lake houser has always been my go-to place. A lot of work has been done around there in the past few months, looks great compared to what it did a year ago. I'd go more often, but most of the folks I ride with have chickened out, or are being lackluster about fixing thier rig. Or, is a bigger fan of mud than hillclimbs or rock (personally, I hate mud, I've eaten more parts in mud than anything else, much less fixing a muddy-ass rig on the trail).

Anybody ever goes out and works on the trails or goes riding for that matter, hit me up. If I'm not busy I'm always more than happy to help or join!
 
anyone that has a chain saw,winch last time i was there. on the powerline trail the easy side there were alot of fallen tree's that needed to be moved. Wayne said it's fine of we cut up and move the fallen tree's off the trail. so if your there and notice the bypas trails being blocked clean up. or we can all get together and have a cleanup day.

one of the things that irritates the living shit outta me- some of the atv riders breaking their damn glass bottles on the trail. ( i know this is common in every offroad park) maybe we could install some litter boxes. this place is like home to me *takes me 15-20mins get get there on alt 221.
 
I will be willing to help in any capacity.
 
Come to think of it, I could nab some steel barrels from morris scrap, and I have several that are too contaminated to store fuel oil in anymore. Problem is making it out there every so often to empty them. Hell, if its an improvement, I'll make time. Some of the atv guys make a huge mess. Some are nice but I tend to stay away from them, we've almost been run over more than once, and hell, one guy on a bike hit my jeep.
 
We could use some, trail names. Or mile markers or something, to help tell others where we're broke down/stuck.

It's long pita walk from the bottom, of the power line back to parking lol.
 
Redneck Rigger said:
Come to think of it, I could nab some steel barrels from morris scrap, and I have several that are too contaminated to store fuel oil in anymore. Problem is making it out there every so often to empty them. Hell, if its an improvement, I'll make time. Some of the atv guys make a huge mess. Some are nice but I tend to stay away from them, we've almost been run over more than once, and hell, one guy on a bike hit my jeep.
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That would be a problem.
 
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That would be a problem.
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We were parked off to the side of a trail, wide enough for traffic in both directions plus a little more, talking about where we wanted to head next, a few guys flew by, tapped the brakes a little and went on by. Few more, didn't even hit the brakes, and then a straggler on a bike hauling ass, hits my jeep, while I'm standing outside of it. Doesn't stop, hops back on and takes off. Didn't hardly hurt the jeep, but made me mad nonetheless. Met him on a trail as we were headed to leave and he apologized, said his brakes didn't work. Smart...
 
there's alot of idiots riding there. Some of the guys need to learn to slow down around parking though. the lil kids don't hit the trails so the parking area is their arena. just wait till one of them is flying by on a trail and a rig is coming up that bumper impact when the quad slams into it is gonna be nasty.

my truck is loud enough they should hear me. I just hope I dont ever have a situation where some kid gets hit. or a quad runs into me hard. more concerned about their safety more than my own.
 
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Were still panning on coming down this weekend, looks like we may have 5 maybe 6 rigs
 
ok t bone. i'll make sure iv'e got the tanks filled.
what time in the morning ya'll planning to get to the parking lot?
i need to be outa the woods by 5-6ish.

dawg
 
Were looking to be there 8:30-9:00, not a problem on the time. Thanks
 
t bone is everything still a go?
will be loaded up this afternoon.
see ya in the morning. (white f 250 towing a POS toyota)

86 yotarover i'll probly have a seat open if you want to ride/get a history lesson from an old man.
let me know.
 
Yep were good to go, im in a 2500hd pulling a red truggy on 42's
 
Going to the elliot farms music festival tonight. If tonight doesn't turn out to be too much of a good time, I'll be there as well in the zuk.
 
Thanks to Dawgtoy for the lead yesterday, unfortunately I ended up having some ignition issues and kinda messed up the ride for you guys. We'll have to try and get together again if you want. Thanks again
 
Yeah, Late in the afternoon. It looks like it's a broken wire from the msd box to the dist., i found it after replacing a bunch of ign. parts and just got lucky and stumbled on it. Thanks Again
 
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