From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Mar 21 2006 - 04:02:23 PST
I know Mike is on the list but he posted photos of a
trail ride on the Unimog list and thought you guys
would want to see them as well. Nice photos of Unimogs
and Dueces in the wild.
Rick
> Vehicle lineup:
> Two deuce and a halfs
> One U1300L
> One 416
> One Swiss 404
> One Chevy pickup
> One Dodge pickup
>
> We spent the first part of the morning exploring the
> woods and playing in an
> open pit. It was amazing to see the deuces flex and
> articulate over the
> moguls and gullies. In the afternoon, we hit some
> very deep puddles, enough to
> wash onto the bed of the 404. We managed to meet
> some other guys wheeling
> and they joined us. Unfortunately, one of the
> deuces lost his steering and had
> to be towed out of the woods with the other deuce.
> It was quite impressive
> seeing them twist their way through the tight
> trails. Only a couple small
> trees were taken out.
>
> For photos, visit Brent Hammond's photo page:
>
http://community.webshots.com/myphotos?action=viewAllPhotos&albumID=548728211&security=THHJKp
>
> If you don't know about the Pines...
>
> The Pinelands is our country's first National
> Reserve and a U.S. Biosphere
> Reserve of the Man and the Biosphere Program. This
> internationally important
> ecological region is 1.1 million acres in size and
> occupies 22% of New
> Jersey's land area. It is the largest body of open
> space on the Mid-Atlantic
> seaboard between Richmond and Boston and is
> underlain by aquifers containing 17
> trillion gallons of some of the purest water in the
> land.
>
> So if think that New Jersey is nothing but
> industrial refineries and cities,
> take a closer look and enjoy the Pines!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Pop
> Eureka, NV
> Neptune, NJ
>
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