Pawnee Grasslands Project, 1995
Weld County 4WD Club

Labor Day weekend was our Adopt-A-Road work project on North Bald Mountain. Ross and I set up camp on Friday night, just inside the North Bald Mountain trailhead. The county road is now off limits for camping, except for the designated campsites that are new. Saturday morning we were overjoyed to see Sally and the the Nally's waiting for us at the Forest Service work center. We picked up supplies form Lenora Arevalos of the Canyon Lake Ranger District and headed for Sand Creek. Once there, we installed a bulletin board and proceeded through the 4WD road with little more to do than pick up trash. The 4WD road was in good condition.

Later that evening, Brian and Katie joined us at camp with lots of laughs and jokes around the campfire. Sure glad there isn't a fire ban this year. Sunday morning Sally and Ed, Kevin and Dawn came up to help work on North Bald Mountain. Signing was needed in quite a few areas, and several trees needed cleared. There was a solemn moment as we came past the place, marked with 2 beautiful crosses and floweres, where Leroy Davis of the Mile High Jeep Club passed away in April. It is a tragic loss for the family and friends. When your name is called to enter Heaven's Gates, there couldn't be a better place to depart this world, than from the mountains you love, wheeling all the way. "Dipper" Davis will be missed by many.

It was a long day on FDR517, but thanks to everyone who was there to help, the time was very enjoyable. Those who were camping did the Greenridge Trail on Monday. It was unbelievable how much of the water and mud had dried up since June. There were still some bottomless mud holes, and the Nalley's decided to attempt one of them. Well to make a long story short, after trying to pull them out with the MUDSUB and the CJ strapped together without a budge, it was time to get out the shovels, jacks, and come-a-longs. Eventually we got them out. I wonder if they will ever get all the mud out of the under carriage of the Cruiser from that one. It was another good weekend of camping, wheeling, and making more memories. Work weekends don't seem like work when you're having fun!