IntrepidXJ
06-26-2011, 06:32 PM
Here's an older one, but a good one. My first and only trip to California at this point. I flew out for a weekend and had a friend pick me up and take me to Johnson Valley for the weekend. I just hitched rides with some friends all weekend and took a lot of photos. This was actually my first trip with my brand new Canon point & shoot (before this time I had been using some Sony Cybershots).....and I instantly fell in love with the Canon quality and obviously haven't looked to another brand since ;)
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Got home this morning from my weekend out at Johnson Valley. I had a great time hanging with the SoCal guys among others. Definately some nice hardcore trails there that are a lot of fun. I am hoping to get my rig out there next year :)
On to the pictures!
Got a late start leaving from LA on Friday morning at 3:30am.......so by the time we were getting close to JV, the sun was just coming up
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/miscpics/photos/IMG_0107.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/miscpics/photos/IMG_0128.JPG
Bunch of people from our group were already there when we got there
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0139.JPG
Once everyone woke up and headed out, I ended up riding with one of Richards friends who had a TJ. We started out on the beginning of Wrecking Ball and then turned off down Bender Alley.
Here's some pics from the first part of Wrecking Ball
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0149.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0158.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0174.JPG
Now on to Bender Alley
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0189.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0208.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0212.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0226.JPG
oops.....broken stub on the 44
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0235.JPG
After finishing Bender Alley, we headed down Jack Back.
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0239.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0251.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0264.JPG
Then we shot over to check out Dirty Sanchez.....Matt was the only one to try, but didn't make it.
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0275.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0277.JPG
Finally we went over to take a peek at Chocolate Thunder, and Richard decided to give it a shot, and made it look easy.
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0292.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0299.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0307.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0312.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0316.JPG
Just as the sun was setting
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0327.JPG
After an evening of hanging out and actually getting a bit of sleep, Saturday I rode with Geoff and did some easy scenic stuff and then went and watched some of the others on the big waterfall at the top of Wrecking Ball.
Here's some pics from the easy scenic stuff
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0365.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0382.JPG
Part of the easy stuff included a nice flat dry lake bed that we got to race across.
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0391.JPG
don't go past the barrier ;)
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0396.JPG
more racing
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0401.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0411.JPG
Then off to watch the waterfall on WB
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0492.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0499.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0507.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0525.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0547.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0560.JPG
Then it was back to camp for our dinner and raffle. Oh yeah, and Scrappy was tired of his roof flapping around, and had an angle grinder
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0586.JPG
Lots of good raffle stuff
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0589.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0603.JPG
Sunday we didn't stay too long, but neither did anyone else. Went and watched some rigs run the waterfall on Backdoor.
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-19-06/photos/IMG_0621.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-19-06/photos/IMG_0623.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-19-06/photos/IMG_0626.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-19-06/photos/IMG_0630.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-19-06/photos/IMG_0641.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-19-06/photos/IMG_0660.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-19-06/photos/IMG_0674.JPG
Got some video of that fall, too:
Cracker (13MB): http://myxj.net/videos/JV2006/Cracker_Backdoor.wmv
Goatman (10MB): http://myxj.net/videos/JV2006/goatman-backdoor.wmv
Scrappy (20MB): http://myxj.net/videos/JV2006/scrappy-backdoor.wmv
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Got home this morning from my weekend out at Johnson Valley. I had a great time hanging with the SoCal guys among others. Definately some nice hardcore trails there that are a lot of fun. I am hoping to get my rig out there next year :)
On to the pictures!
Got a late start leaving from LA on Friday morning at 3:30am.......so by the time we were getting close to JV, the sun was just coming up
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/miscpics/photos/IMG_0107.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/miscpics/photos/IMG_0128.JPG
Bunch of people from our group were already there when we got there
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0139.JPG
Once everyone woke up and headed out, I ended up riding with one of Richards friends who had a TJ. We started out on the beginning of Wrecking Ball and then turned off down Bender Alley.
Here's some pics from the first part of Wrecking Ball
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0149.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0158.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0174.JPG
Now on to Bender Alley
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0189.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0208.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0212.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0226.JPG
oops.....broken stub on the 44
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0235.JPG
After finishing Bender Alley, we headed down Jack Back.
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0239.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0251.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0264.JPG
Then we shot over to check out Dirty Sanchez.....Matt was the only one to try, but didn't make it.
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0275.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0277.JPG
Finally we went over to take a peek at Chocolate Thunder, and Richard decided to give it a shot, and made it look easy.
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0292.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0299.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0307.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0312.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0316.JPG
Just as the sun was setting
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-17-06/photos/IMG_0327.JPG
After an evening of hanging out and actually getting a bit of sleep, Saturday I rode with Geoff and did some easy scenic stuff and then went and watched some of the others on the big waterfall at the top of Wrecking Ball.
Here's some pics from the easy scenic stuff
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0365.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0382.JPG
Part of the easy stuff included a nice flat dry lake bed that we got to race across.
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0391.JPG
don't go past the barrier ;)
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0396.JPG
more racing
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0401.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0411.JPG
Then off to watch the waterfall on WB
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0492.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0499.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0507.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0525.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0547.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0560.JPG
Then it was back to camp for our dinner and raffle. Oh yeah, and Scrappy was tired of his roof flapping around, and had an angle grinder
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0586.JPG
Lots of good raffle stuff
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0589.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-18-06/photos/IMG_0603.JPG
Sunday we didn't stay too long, but neither did anyone else. Went and watched some rigs run the waterfall on Backdoor.
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-19-06/photos/IMG_0621.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-19-06/photos/IMG_0623.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-19-06/photos/IMG_0626.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-19-06/photos/IMG_0630.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-19-06/photos/IMG_0641.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-19-06/photos/IMG_0660.JPG
http://myxj.net/trail/JV2006/11-19-06/photos/IMG_0674.JPG
Got some video of that fall, too:
Cracker (13MB): http://myxj.net/videos/JV2006/Cracker_Backdoor.wmv
Goatman (10MB): http://myxj.net/videos/JV2006/goatman-backdoor.wmv
Scrappy (20MB): http://myxj.net/videos/JV2006/scrappy-backdoor.wmv