First off, we had a very big scare late in the afternoon. We just finished playing in the obstacle area and returned to camp. Carl, cheese and scooter went out for the last ride of the day. Climbing up a long steep incline, scooter had carb issues which stalled the truck. Beginning to back down, the sii hit a rock/rut [iirc] Which angled the truck sideways. Scooter barrel rolled 4 times before a tree stopped the momentum – upside down. Had the truck missed the tree, it would have continued for another 40-50 feet downhill before leveling out.
Unbelievably, kimball only sustained a few cuts on his hand. Naturally he was shaken up, but he is ok. His roll bar prevented a tragedy. Carl and cheese didn’t see it, just heard it.
It’s dark by now when cheese came back to get us. Carl stayed with kimball. Hats off to carl and Joe for orchestrating an impressive truck rescue. After 2-3 hours, kimball’s Scout was back at camp.
I’ll let the others fill in more of the details. Pictures to follow.
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on a lighter note. It was a fun day.
Let’s see if I got everybody:
dave, justin, cheese, cary, jayson, rob, ramon, monica, vanessa, stacy, Joe, hannah, morgan, kimball, marty, pete, sean, ben, les, evan, carl, zoe, kimball. It was good to see pete as it’s been awhile.
It rained on dave and justin Friday night, but was dry on Saturday. The sun would peak through the clouds every now and then. It was a good day.
The obstacle course was muddy and slippery. Everyone had fun with that, especially rob.
I guess the “mini-rub” is changed forever. Years ago, I could navigate the rock pile in my old Scout, but not anymore. That thing is now made for the top truck challenge. One of the deep holes created had a 6'-8' rock face to it.
