This was one of the most exciting Southern California runs ever. Some of the
Clark's customers seeing the pictures in his shop had been asking, when he would
take them Jeeping. This run was their chance to experience the thrill of four
wheeling first hand. MrBlain invited the TObject team to join friends from the
North. Below, you'll fined the map of the Cleghorn Trail, which is located off
of the interstate 15 in the middle of the Cajun Pass. This trail consists of
the main road, and lots of little fire roads. Those little fire roads looming
with interesting stretches and breathtaking obstacles. The main road slaves
as the bypass. Surface mostly consists off washed out dirt with a little bit
of rocks here and there.
The Cleghorn Trail Map |
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MD4 N34
18.531 W117 28.175
CAJJUN N34 18.707 W117 28.475 |
The meeting place (MD4) was set to 8am, near MacDonalds on the East side of I-15. This place is easy to find, just watch for Chevron and MacDonalds transparents. If you are driving I-15 take Hwy. 138 exit, also known as Cajun Junction (CAJJUN). |
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AIRD7 N34
18.585 W117 26.860
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The yellow TJ with 33' GY mud tires was the last one to show up, and at about 9am we departed from the meeting place, and drove about 1.5 miles South I-15, then drove off the freeway to proceed another three miles up the dirt road to the Air Down Lot . All I had to do on my little TJ was, to disconnect the anti-sway bar (I have JKS links). The trail warriors let the air off their giant tires. It looked like they were getting ready to conquer the Everest mountain (I think that mountan was fifteen miles or so from there). |
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T04 N34
18.267 W117 25.890
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The GPVs were ready to grumble, and took off in a long line
formation. The idea is simple: if you can't see the vehicle behind you,
you stop and wait, the truck in front of you will stop too, and so on. Do
not stop right after a corner, though, always make sure that you can see
a stretch of the road behind you. The only vehicle to get stuck on this run was a Toyota SR5. It is understandable, all the other vehicles were Jeeps. Here, the Toyota demonstrates the need for better departure angles. A yellow strap quickly resolved the situation. |
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ST-WPR N34
18.144 W117 25.981
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It is too much fun when your Jeep stalling on every other incline. A poor purple YJ had a wapor-lock problem, and had to be bushed off the mountain by a group of masculine man animals. |
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LUN 6 N34
17.846 W117 25.661
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Mmmm... Tasty cantaloupe... |
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K-FAIL N34
17.685 W117 22.690
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Look at Clark trying to make it up one of the hills. Nop, he did not make it. Looks like Clark is ready fro some 44 inch tires ;) |
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DIFF N34
17.804 W117 20.844
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The V-dich driving, was the most technical part of the trip. Some of the participants backed off. They got scared. 8-O Thanks to excellent spotting job by MrBlain, little Jeep TObject completed the section A++. |
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AUP6 N34
18.030 W117 20.222
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The air up lot is located just off the Hwy. 138. Reconnect the sway bar and inspect the vehicle does it for TObject. The big boys had to play with their CO2 balloons. |
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RH_RSTR N33
54.843 W117 27.846
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After the trip was over, twelve of us went to the Roadhouse restaurant - the best stake I ever had! |
