pics from my trip to downieville (56k beware)

anyways, i been gone for 2 weeks or so and so here is all my pics ... it was a great trip.

Got everything packed up and gettin ready to leave the hizzle
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pebe5ec5cbdf6c24c657559f151551a76/fb9d15f3.jpg

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about 1 block away we had to close the camper door :loser:
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then I gassed up my car in vacaville
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p472c6c7717360ac06f71a6bb01bc6a40/fb9d158a.jpg

and got some bread so that we could make lunch when we got there
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p432686af6444bdd572081cfd47ce7c8f/fb9d157c.jpg

then I hadda pee and saw my parents at the rest stop ... they were ahead of me cause i had to stop for gas and shit
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p3e2e6ebd933a23fdc7d695cd1812fba0/fb9d1570.jpg

senic shot mobbin on 80
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gotta get there
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cruisin over donner summit
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my cars sister
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damn the roads get empty out here
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pff8ebb0221d6429a2e30a41f811c0718/fb9d14ee.jpg

cheapest gas round these parts ... damn ca
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pb6974a5128ce8bd81ae53892002bfc6d/fb9d14d1.jpg

now im in the cuts
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p939291df7562d0441a88f2b957e96ede/fb9d14bc.jpg

population 30
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p3e24ebad302dbb30d3bb3411db3e29e6/fb9d14a6.jpg

me up in the hills at the overlook
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p002d95a601cc3da6c675361f0c8e6bc6/fb9d148f.jpg

car got a little hot and the radiator fluid was boilin
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temp is still normal though
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kickin up a lot of dust on the dirt road
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pe27a3cd8882744d85612883b9296d02d/fb9d143a.jpg

my car with the sierra buttes behind it
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p606e608e2db5d04e8caabbd7c0fc0c37/fb9d1426.jpg

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then me and my dad went and cut some firewood
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got my bike off the roof rack
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my black lab in the back of the truck
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p522c33ea59392deb4245d23ff7ec8723/fb9d13c9.jpg

fillin up the water cans at the well about 1 mile from camp
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then we cruised up to packsaddle ... the road has a 1500 ft elevation gain within 2 miles
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p11cd850026aa2775f87d9decb3a9f270/fb9d104e.jpg

now its the 10th and we went to quincy later that day
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and saw this terrible kit car, it was really unbalanced hittin the corners
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p2b16d26b3446305e0c7d36e34b9b198e/fb9d1015.jpg

and these kids jumpin off the bridge you aint supposed to jump off of
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p2dfa2edd01ca7ca287db6904c01d4cd8/fb9d1005.jpg

then i went mtn biking up the tamarack connection trail
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=32650

Day 3: July 11
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pb731da56c05d630a8a26f810f3b5d2ee/fb9d0f5a.jpg

my toe aint supposed to look like that
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p4517d72d3fa35610553ca0b86291690e/fb9d0f41.jpg

so we talked to the sherrif who told us where the hospital was
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p6b9199fc60cb3d3c6ca5eb19b4b5990b/fb9d0f2a.jpg

then they hooked me up to an IV and relocated it ... fucked it up ... we had to go back 3 days later
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this is a small ice cream ... id wonder how big the large is
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p4822113e07e84460d0a1a699af4d2bef/fb9d0f02.jpg

Day 4: 7-12
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/ped8bdc639e540494a955538616cc71f1/fb9d0ede.jpg

my dads boss showed up ... couldnt convince em to take the benz wheelin
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pe88785985bbc6592a0cae5989d4d0beb/fb9d0ec5.jpg

Day 5: 7-13
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p2180153a177b9ccfd373764f1f5d02a9/fb9d0eb7.jpg

while checkin out the benz i noticed that these wiper wings i have on my car come stock on these
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well they finally left ... that was a boring few days
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then my dads friend keith showed up .... figured you guys might like to see his truck
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p461a386cd2399f05425e540d8f672fad/fb9d0e51.jpg

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the right sides still good
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p85d202d714bb09fa29a8a2dd10ceb0fa/fb9d0e2f.jpg

fast as it goes
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p2bfbd0da064c8853c7d5b147dad29b39/fb9d0db5.jpg

Day 6: 7-14
while cruisin out to downieville my check engine light came on, hasnt since so i dunoo what the story is
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pec9df52eb05306e4c7502f47eb18bd07/fb9d0e1b.jpg

then the place told us my toe was still dislocated so we had to go to grass valley where i saw this wrx with a yellow door
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pa1a77a8993b6ed541e77e73d5e4feae1/fb9d0e09.jpg

then we headed on back
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p189bf787740e466c4ee686b508699edf/fb9d0df7.jpg

and i went swimmin in sand pond ... good way to bring my innertube down eh?
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Day 7: 7-15
Today we went mtn biking down the downeiville downhill ... didnt have enough room in the truck so i sat in the back on a lawn chair
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pede25bae48dc4ecae558a5368537ecfb/fb9d0d96.jpg

Rest of the pics from day 7
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=278525#post278525

Day 8: 7-16
cruised up to the mills peak lookout so my dad could get cell reception and check his messages
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p908fa23e079ba9be8946d1cc44bc2220/fb9d0b57.jpg

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doin the hardest part of the road in the truck with no 4wd
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p06b398e322cd251596250df74b83c657/fb9d0aa4.jpg

gold lake
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/paf3db43cbb9d14190964dfedbcb8f282/fb9d0a90.jpg

roads pretty easy now
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p20a58e1bd2ecb843facf5bf5c2861f1c/fb9d0a87.jpg

then me and my dad went mtn biking up at deer lake
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=278539#post278539

Day 9: 7-17
got the keg chillin in the 50 degree creek
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p23dd0d80c91c02984997f0ab14cd0482/fb9d08b1.jpg

and the watermelon
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p3d352c67d100fdd3049f94fdd3a074b0/fb9d086b.jpg

cruisin to graeagle ... if i didnt know better id think i was in japan (they were doin road construction_
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/p82f9d7a06340dd76c32f73453e4f44d9/fb9d0854.jpg

Day 10: 7-18
My friend razi showed up ... so heres some pics of his truck
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/pa238e294ad9ac1e91417d5f42dd293f2/fb9d0831.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid71/paae36c84de1774083466d32a1fd7e2b0/fb9d0820.jpg

rest of day 10 pics
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=278554#post278554

Day 11: 7-19
Neil showed up and we ran the downieville downhill with him also ... pics are here
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?s=&postid=278562#post278562

Day 12: 7-20 ... went to a superhonda.com meet in Reno NV ... thread is here in the CA forum even though the meet was in NV cause its close enough.
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/t120969.html