MTA hosts it’s 34th Annual Mud N Yer Eye Frolic April 24-26
The Mud-N-Yer Eye Frolic hosted by Mountain Transit Authority (MTA), is one of the longest running four-wheeling events in the country and for many, it’s the traditional opening of the wheeling season. This year more than 200 4×4 vehicles and about 600 participants are expected. The Mud-N-Yer Eye Frolic is held at Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area in Hollister, California. The wheeling area of the park has 24 miles of trails on 800 acres of land. The trails range from easy fire roads to black diamond hill climbs and cover almost 2,000 feet of elevation gain. Some of the best sections of trail that MTA maps out are uncharted and virtually unknown. Everything starts very early on Friday morning with participants lining up to get a good campsite-it’s first-come, first-served. By lunchtime on Friday, the camping area is like a small town with people picking up registration packets, meeting…
OK Auto, 4WD & Tire Open House this Saturday
Join our own Andy Barbieri at the OK Auto, 4WD & Tire (Stewartsville, NJ) Open House this Saturday. You’ll find specials on everything off-road and Saturday only you’ll get a $30 instant rebate on any purchase of four (4) BDS shocks. No rebate form to fill out and mail in, just buy four (4) BDS shocks and you’ll automatically receive an instant $30 rebate. Meet fellow enthusiasts, enjoy food and refreshments, show off your ride and check out the one-day only in-store specials. For complete details go to www.ok4wd.com Come on out and enjoy the fun this Saturday from 9am-3pm!
Rocks and Valleys Offroad Park, a great place to wheel in Harrison, Michigan
Rocks and Valley Offroad Park in Harrison, MI, one of the stops on the 2009 Ultimate Adventure, is now open for the season. We just received this email from Chris Orlando of Rocks and Valleys Magazine: “Thank you so much for all your help with the Easter Treasure Hunt. We had some rain at the end but that didn’t seem to dampen anyone’s enthusiasm! We had over 100 rigs, it was a fun zoo! As of right now we will be open Saturdays in April 10am to 5pm with Fridays available upon request. In May we will be open Saturdays. 10-7 and Sundays. 10-6, same deal on Fridays.” 2010 Events includes: May 15-16, we are planning our 1st Anniversary Wheel and Feast Celebration. June 19th we are hosting Relay For Life. More info to follow. July 10th and 11th – Our leg of the Michigan Rock Crawl Tour July 31st…
Moab 2010 – Day 4
We headed out to run Poison Spider Trail with a couple of Jeeps and an F-Toy converted 4Runner. This trail, like most of the others, had a wide range of terrains including sand, rock, and extremely steep climbs. While out on the trial you’ll see Jeeps, full size rigs, buggies, ATVs and dirt bikes. This trail has the opportunity to be extremely challenging, but offers up bypasses on many of the obstacles. After climbing 50-degree grades and racing through the sandy desert, we came to more amazing views and a chance to take lunch. We continued on the trail along with hundreds of others that came out to play on this warm, sunny day. On our way off the trail, we saw a number of Crawl feature trucks and top truck challenge competitors which made for quite a sight. [flagallery gid=16 name=”Gallery”] Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3
Moab 2010 – Day 3
This was the first day of the vendor show. To our surprise it was snowing outside and the wind was blowing like crazy. Fortunately for us, our booth was indoors. Although the arena isn’t heated, just the wind protection was a blessing. The bad weather outside drove the masses indoors and we were extremely busy all day. The vendor turn out was strong and there was definitely a lot for everyone to look at. [flagallery gid=15 name=”Gallery”] Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 4
Moab 2010 – Day 2
With a good nights sleep we woke up ready to hit the trails. We met up with Warn Industries to run 7-mile rim. This trail, more scenic as it was, still offered up a number of rocks, off-camber obstacles, and steep climbs. With obstacles like the waterfall, ledges, the crack and open sand to run wide open, we pushed the suspension through it’s fair share of testing only to come out unscathed. No further body damage on this trip, however the 40mph winds took a beating on us all day long. [flagallery gid=14 name=”Gallery”] Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 4