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Raptor Run 7 - Sat April 16, 2011 - Anza-Borrego Desert State Park & Ocotillo Wells
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<blockquote data-quote="MagicMtnDan" data-source="post: 116065" data-attributes="member: 2768"><p>The "Stuck Story" - </p><p> </p><p>We ran lots of trails and mid-afternoon we ran back into town to get some gas and cold drinks.</p><p> </p><p>Time for one more run. I took the guys out the Borrego-Salton Seaway, aka highway S22 and I turned off at Arroyo Salado wash. This is a great wash when the conditions are good. We've been on this wash many times before and each year the wash(es) change due to the rains and winds and vehicles driving on them. We did this wash last year and it was very rocky in the ABDSP area (Tim will remember this wash very well). Arroyo Salado wash on Saturday was great - ever changing terrain with narrow twisties throughout and the wash widens the further you go. Once you're into Ocotillo Wells, Arroyo Salado wash widens up and the speeds rise as the wash smooths out and gets wider.</p><p> </p><p>We ran the wash quickly with speeds increasing as we approached the highway overpass (not a lot of clearance as we screamed under the highway "bridge"). We continued on and in the next section large brush (bushy trees) start appearing making for many different ways to travel the wash. In this area it's important to watch for dust as that will indicate someone is ahead of you either going your way or, coming towards you. We did encounter a bike traveling at a fast pace but he was watching and we were able to pass each other with a lot of space between us.</p><p> </p><p>We cleared this area and we could see the Salton Sea approaching. As we got closer the boys started to split up and we were running 2-3 across. And that's when we found out how the surface was deceiving as it covered a muck that swallowed up Conner's Raptor. We stopped and took in the scene - his Raptor was pretty well stuck. And we looked over in the distance (closer to the Salton Sea) and there was <strong>Rob's</strong> Raptor showing signs of being stuck too.</p><p> </p><p>We got Conner's Raptor out pretty quickly with Chad's monster Screwcab doing the towing.</p><p> </p><p>Then we headed over to <strong>Rob's</strong> beast and is was stuck even better than Conner's. Deep, sticky, very stinky muck up to the A-arms in front and the diff in back. We all took turns digging. We gave it a shot with Chad's white Screw doing the towing but that area was treacherous as Chad's Raptor quickly showed signs of digging in and getting stuck. It took but a couple minutes to get Chad unstuck and then we went with Plan B. </p><p> </p><p>We dug out <strong>Rob's</strong> Raptor - every shovel full seemed to weigh 10 pounds and only half of the muck would come off. We dug and dug and tied two tow straps together hooked them to Rob's and Conner's Raptor and then we used another tow strap to hook Conner's Raptor to Chad's white Raptor. After all that digging the Raptor Daisy Chain pulled <strong>Rob</strong> free.</p><p> </p><p>Getting stuck at the end of the day is "best" because we ran the washes and getting stuck didn't ruin the day - it just made it longer. Plus it gave us all a story to tell. </p><p> </p><p>We had a great Raptor Run - everyone enjoyed ABDSP and Ocotillo Wells. Even getting stuck wasn't so bad (not as bad as when we got stuck in the sand dunes in Afton Canyon).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]184209[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]184210[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]184211[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]184212[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]184213[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]184214[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]184215[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]184216[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]184217[/ATTACH]</p><p> </p><p>[ATTACH=full]184218[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MagicMtnDan, post: 116065, member: 2768"] The "Stuck Story" - We ran lots of trails and mid-afternoon we ran back into town to get some gas and cold drinks. Time for one more run. I took the guys out the Borrego-Salton Seaway, aka highway S22 and I turned off at Arroyo Salado wash. This is a great wash when the conditions are good. We've been on this wash many times before and each year the wash(es) change due to the rains and winds and vehicles driving on them. We did this wash last year and it was very rocky in the ABDSP area (Tim will remember this wash very well). Arroyo Salado wash on Saturday was great - ever changing terrain with narrow twisties throughout and the wash widens the further you go. Once you're into Ocotillo Wells, Arroyo Salado wash widens up and the speeds rise as the wash smooths out and gets wider. We ran the wash quickly with speeds increasing as we approached the highway overpass (not a lot of clearance as we screamed under the highway "bridge"). We continued on and in the next section large brush (bushy trees) start appearing making for many different ways to travel the wash. In this area it's important to watch for dust as that will indicate someone is ahead of you either going your way or, coming towards you. We did encounter a bike traveling at a fast pace but he was watching and we were able to pass each other with a lot of space between us. We cleared this area and we could see the Salton Sea approaching. As we got closer the boys started to split up and we were running 2-3 across. And that's when we found out how the surface was deceiving as it covered a muck that swallowed up Conner's Raptor. We stopped and took in the scene - his Raptor was pretty well stuck. And we looked over in the distance (closer to the Salton Sea) and there was [B]Rob's[/B] Raptor showing signs of being stuck too. We got Conner's Raptor out pretty quickly with Chad's monster Screwcab doing the towing. Then we headed over to [B]Rob's[/B] beast and is was stuck even better than Conner's. Deep, sticky, very stinky muck up to the A-arms in front and the diff in back. We all took turns digging. We gave it a shot with Chad's white Screw doing the towing but that area was treacherous as Chad's Raptor quickly showed signs of digging in and getting stuck. It took but a couple minutes to get Chad unstuck and then we went with Plan B. We dug out [B]Rob's[/B] Raptor - every shovel full seemed to weigh 10 pounds and only half of the muck would come off. We dug and dug and tied two tow straps together hooked them to Rob's and Conner's Raptor and then we used another tow strap to hook Conner's Raptor to Chad's white Raptor. After all that digging the Raptor Daisy Chain pulled [B]Rob[/B] free. Getting stuck at the end of the day is "best" because we ran the washes and getting stuck didn't ruin the day - it just made it longer. Plus it gave us all a story to tell. We had a great Raptor Run - everyone enjoyed ABDSP and Ocotillo Wells. Even getting stuck wasn't so bad (not as bad as when we got stuck in the sand dunes in Afton Canyon). [ATTACH=full]184209[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184210[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184211[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184212[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184213[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184214[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184215[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184216[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184217[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]184218[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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