Swap Meet!

The Nevada 4 Wheel Drive Association (N4WDA) is going to hold a 4×4 swap meet at the 4 Wheel Parts in Sparks, NV on Saturday April 25th. The address is 40 Victorian Ave, you can see it from Highway 80.

Bring your stuff and leave with cash. For only $10, you get a single car parking space to display all your treasures.

N4WDA will have helpers on hand as early as 7am to help you set-up. They will also have a booth and will be serving food.

The 4 Wheel Parts RTI ramp and the ‘rock crawl’ area will be open during the swap.

For more information or to sign up, please contact Larry @ (775) 246-3212.

Winter on the Rubicon

I drove out to the Rubicon yesterday. Being alone and in my street truck, 2002 ZR-2, I didn’t venture too far.

Here is my truck at water bar number eight, actually an Arizona crossing. It’s about a 1/8 mile past the intersection with the Buck Lake Trail. The trail was very icy due to the warm day temperatures and below freezing nights.

Plenty of evidence of people out playing on the trail.

Just before WB#8, someone took the time to clear a downed tree from the trail. Thank you to all of you who take care of business while you’re out on the trail. If you document your time and the people involved, we can get credit towards grant fund matching. Forward any documentation to FOTR.

Please remember to go prepared.

“Turn around, don’t go around.”

If you come across a downed tree or other obstacle and don’t have the means to clear the trail, turn around and head home. Do not drive around the blockage. If you have a chain saw or what ever it takes to clear the trail, feel free to do so but be very careful. This time of year there is less traffic on the trail. If you hurt yourself, you might not see someone drive by for days.

Placer looking for input

Placer County is planning a late January meeting to gather input from volunteers/users. The grant process starts in February for the 2015 season. The discussion will focus on listing and prioritizing maintenance needs for the Tahoe side that can fulfilled under grant funding (read as by an outside contractor). Placer is trying to keep the scope of this next grant to water quality issues but all ideas will be entertained and prioritized.

I’m sure a follow up discussion will take place to determine what projects can be completed by the volunteers.

If you have any ideas about what you would like to see done on the Tahoe side, please speak up. You can email me (TheOtherRubicon@Charter.net), FOTR or Placer County to have your voice heard.

Thanks for your input.

One year and still moving forward…

Well, it’s been a full year now.

It’s been interesting putting this site together and learning what works and what’s important. One of the funnier lessons is it’s tough to find a picture for each week and the time to switch it out. So, that’s going monthly.

I’ve tried to build a website so users of the trail can find updated general information about the Rubicon Trail and also be kept up on what’s going on regarding changing and challenging issues facing the Rubicon and the surrounding area. In the future, I’ll try and streamline the ability for those reading the website to comment on current issues to the right people by posting the email address and a few bullet points.

One area I have yet to expand is the Vehicle/Equipment page. I have visions of listing minimal vehicle upgrades prior to hitting the trail. Or at least how far in one should travel if not in a fully built rig. The other aspect is to build a spare parts list and a tool list.

Please feel free to let me know what you think should be added to or covered by the website.

Safe trails…

Rubicon Ronin

New page on The ‘Other’ Rubicon

I just changed one of the ‘pages’ of this site.

Gone is the “Articles” page. It’s been replaced with “GPSed“. This page will be a list of “Points of Interest” along the McKinney-Rubicon Springs Road. I’ll try to get the articles placed somewhere else on this site.

At some time in the future, each ‘point’ will be a link to a new page with a detailed description and multiple photographs and possible other links about that site.

This will take some time to compile, so for now, go out and check them out for yourself.