Rubicon 2005

Departure from Loon Lake, CA

June 23-26, 2005

6 - 4x4's

15 Campers

12 Miles - Over 12 hours of wheeling

2 - Tires - 2 Brake Lines - 1 Fuse - 1 Stubborn Fuel Pump

1 Leaky Air Filter - 1 Removed Spare Tire and 1 Short Drive Shaft

Stops made - Gatekeeper to fix Carlo's fuse (10 min into ride)

Gatekeeper to pickup Carlo's Spare Tire (20 min into ride)

Ellis Creek - Camped out over night - Walker Hill following improperly

equipped Flat Fender Jeep (2 hours of no go) - Walker Hill for Stubborn Fuel Pump

Top of Thousand Dollar Hill near Little Sluice and Spider

Lake for a Snowball Fight and Lunch

Thousand Dollar Hill to replace Joe's Front Drive Shaft

Stopped for that Stubborn Fuel Pump again (It's got to be Johnny's fault)

Just Prior to Granite Slabs to replace Joe's Blown Tire

Carlo Hill to pull Carlo out of the Rhubarb, Remove a rock from under his

Rear End, Fix Joe's Leaky Air Filter and replacing Joe's Front

Drive Shaft Again (20 feet from the Air Filter Breakdown.  Wow we are going far)

Setup Camp at Buck Island Until Sunday

Sunday return to Loon Lake stopping only for an almost tip over

around granite slabs

Departure Through Gatekeeper

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

Granite Bowls (Slabs)

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

Ellis Creek - Campsite #1

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

Walker Hill

Friday, June 24th, 2005

Top of Thousand Dollar Hill

and Leaving Spider Lake

Friday, June 24th, 2005

Deep Water Crossing before

Granite Slabs

Friday, June 24th, 2005

Showoff along the Trail

Friday, June 24th, 2005

Short Water Crossing before Carlo Hill

Friday, June 24th, 2005

Carlo Hill

(Way too much testosterone around these parts)

Friday, June 24th, 2005

Buck Island Lake - Campsite #2

Saturday, June 25th, 2005

Walk up Waterfall to Rockbound Lake

Saturday, June 24th, 2005

View from the base of Rockbound Lake

Saturday, June 24th, 2005

Granite Bowls (Slabs)

Saturday, June 24th, 2005

Farewell to our Camp

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

 The Map!