Saturday, July 29th - Yoyo Trail

Again, after breakfast, we staged by trail at the top of the mountain. It was MA's turn to drive. The guides advised us that the 3-5 difficulty rating for Yoyo Trail has been upgraded to 4-6 because of yesterday's rain. No problem...we had already mastered Eagle Trail!

As opposed to Eagle Trail which was intense for virtually the entire ride, Yoyo was 8 hours of grinning and laughing interupted by moments of stark terror! About 30 Jeeps rode today and occasionally we would have to stop for a "strapping". MA, however, had no need to be strapped out. She and Jasper Jeep mastered EVERY obstacle! There was one situation where MA plowed thru about 500 feet of deep, thick mud and then had to negotiate a sharp right turn up a pretty steep hill. All but one of the Jeeps handled the mud stretch but over half the Jeeps had to be strapped up the hill. No damage today, just a VERY muddy Jeep. So, after the ride we hosed him down.

Dinner was, again, quite good...grilled chicken and grilled pork steaks. Afterward there was a (unrewarding) raffle of Jeep equipment (winches, tires, etc.) and a lot of personal videos were being shown on a large screen. We exchanged contact info with fellow trail riders and expect to exchange pix & DVD's down the road.

While we were visiting with several fellow trail riders, Don Bradshaw asked if we had done other Jamborees. We replied yes, the Adirondaks in New York and the Cajun in Louisiana. Don asked the date of the Cajun...2001...he replied they he and Jeannie were there too and had THOUGHT they had recognized us. How neat!

We were VERY exhaused at the end of the day!