We went and did a three night camping/ wheeling trip in the local mountains. We went to Red Lake. The lake sits just above 9000 feet elevation. The trail is not extremely hard but has a few challenges along the way. That whole truck not running thing I thought I fixed with a new MAS came back and left me strugling on the way in. The truck wouldn't run if under 2000 rpms. Lucky for me with a doubler and not to challenging of a trail I was able to keep the rpms up and keep it running. Anyway here we are airing down .
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Truck was loaded up.
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We got to Red lake and setup camp. Bailey was exhausted from all the fun.
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The next morning I decided to hike to the top of Red Mountain. I had never been up there. It has an elevation of 8862 according to the gps on my phone. There is not trail to the top. Just start hiking up hill till it ends. The views were amazing on the way up. Here is Red Lake from part way up.
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There were some nice flowers along the way as well.
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From the top you can see Coyote Lake. The trail we took in continues and you can also camp there. That section of trail is much more difficult.
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From the top is an amazing 360 degree view.
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When I got back down our friend Fred and his son Josh had joined us. He has a sweet Comando and teardrop traler he built.
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Here is the view of Red Mountain from across the lake from the camping spots.
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Then we decided to do some fishing. I will let the pictures speak for how the fishing was.
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On the way out Tracy popped a bead on her Jeep. we jacked it up and using the York on my truck we were able to reseat the bead.
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My hilift adapter made the jack much more stable while we were pulling the bead on.
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Overall a fun time was had by all. Now if I can figure out why my truck won't run after the long pull up the hill.