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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 04:25 PM
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This was my first trip to Rocks and Valleys located in Harrison Mi.

Jeeps: Steelmastiff, Mike's LJ and Wings fan

Covert ops this is the best I could do my camera broke about 2 hours in.

The park is definately worth checking out I'd say we saw about 50-60% of the park, and it was a lot of fun.
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 04:27 PM
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Forgot to add this one of the bid dogs out there.

There were about 40 jeeps there on Sunday and I'd say all but 8 were trailer queens.
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 04:38 PM
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It was a great day, and a ton of fun! Well worth the $20 entrance fee. Just make sure you have a swb in the mix to blaze the trail... I wish I would have had batteries for my camera; there were a lot of kodak moments!

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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 05:00 PM
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Oh, and I forgot to mention; I just came in from power washing the under carriage, and the odor was not so bad... Wings fan will understand this comment!
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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Looks like a lot of fun... Wish I could have made it. So I take it that flags are required? Do they have them there to purchase? Is it straight $20, or is there a rider fee too?
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Old Jun 8, 2009 | 08:26 PM
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Not sure if they have the flags for sale at the entrance, but I would imagine they do; Wingsfan was kind enough to give me the extra flag he had with him, I tried to pay him for it, but he wouldn’t let me.

It is $20 per vehicle with one passenger, and $5 for each additional passenger, 12yrs and under are free.

We spent the whole day there, never ran out of things to do, and there was plenty of trails that we didn’t get to. Well worth the money, and it sure beats driving around for hours in the woods hoping you come across a challenge or two along the way… I found myself high centered several times, but nothing a friendly tug of the strap, or winch that didn’t correct the issue in short order.

There is enough fun stuff to do with a stock rig, and also enough stuff that will cause plenty of carnage if you should chose to that route. Needless to say, we gave our rigs a good test, but we also needed to drive them home at the end of the day. We hit some sketchy stuff a couple of times, and chose to just turn around; we probably could have made it through, but it was getting late, and it was obvious that the straps and winches would’ve needed to assist. But we flexed the snot of the rigs, and all made it home without issue.

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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 03:40 PM
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We should pick a date and get the whole gang up there... Or maybe there is already a run planned?

Was it busy?
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 05:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Covert_Ops
Was it busy?
Wasn't bad at all. We had several times where we used the winch and/or straps and we never had a situation where we were holding someone else up on the trails.

I think we should plan a run on Sunday July 5th
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Covert_Ops
We should pick a date and get the whole gang up there... Or maybe there is already a run planned?

Was it busy?
Just FYI- 3 of us are going to R&V the last weekend of August-we'll be there both Saturday and Sunday. If anyone's interested in joining us, pm me and we can all coordinate a meeting.-anyone's welcome to join us
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