Trip Report Ghost Town Tour '23

[DAA]

I took no still photos at all this year. But here is my video trip report for GTT '23.

Ghost Town Tour '23

- DAA

 

[Kevin B.]

I got busy with life and forgot to even watch for signups. Bummed I missed it!

 

[mbryson]

Here's a little photo dump from stuff I took
Charcoal kilns at Frisco



Frisco building


Frisco parking

Frisco cemetary


Jeep Rubicon print ad?


Maybe this one?


Morning pic on Sat

 

[mbryson]

Friday evening camp (not sure how the pics got all jumbled up)



Sat morning stop



Cool old cans. @DAA has some cool comments about these. I'll let him give those first hand



Bonus points if someone can correctly identify this car. I cannot so far

 

[Thursty]

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Bonus points if someone can correctly identify this car. I cannot so far

Front looks like a ‘37 Ford ?

 

[jeeper]

I also did not take many photos.

My absolute favorite part about the GTT is that I spend the nights in the open on my cot. I sleep so well.



My personal driver airing down to give me a smoother ride for the weekend.


I think I'd swap houses with this guy for a meadow and river like this out my front door.


I was a pretty vocal advocate for attempting to cross this massive snow drift. The big tired trucks did ok crossing,
but the more stock vehicles needed some help. A few shovels, and a winch got everyone through. Much to @DAA dismay
not a single Maxtrax was used.


Great place to be stuck. Beautiful.


I am standing on what used to be roadway. The creek actually came from far right of the photo where the other bodies
are. The current creek I am standing in is it's changed course from the run off season. There was a TON of damaged roadways.
Marc is showing us how to get it done.


More of what used to be roadway. If you listen carefully to the photo, you can still hear @glockman rear bumper being left
behind at this spot.


As usual, the company was great. The area is beautiful. It was a weekend well needed.

 

[DAA]

I was a pretty vocal advocate for attempting to cross this massive snow drift. The big tired trucks did ok crossing,
but the more stock vehicles needed some help. A few shovels, and a winch got everyone through. Much to @DAA dismay
not a single Maxtrax was used.
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I voted for not trying it. But I'm glad I was over ruled. It was fun and worked out great.

But the maxtrax thing... Everybody that had them was telling me they would be the absolute schnizz for this spot. But NOBODY broke them out. And when I asked why not, I was literally, LITERALLY told, "don't want to get them dirty". I swear to GOD that's what I was told.

- DAA

 

[Kevin B.]

I voted for not trying it. But I'm glad I was over ruled. It was fun and worked out great.

But the maxtrax thing... Everybody that had them was telling me they would be the absolute schnizz for this spot. But NOBODY broke them out. And when I asked why not, I was literally, LITERALLY told, "don't want to get them dirty". I swear to GOD that's what I was told.

- DAA

I don't even have Maxtrax, I have a pair of factory floor grate things, I forget what they're called. But I've used them before and they work great and I totally would have gotten them out for you, Dave.

 

[Pile of parts]

I was literally, LITERALLY told, "don't want to get them dirty".

Yeah, the mall probably cracks down on them when they bring mud to the parking lot...

 

[glockman]

It was a great trip, popping the Taco's cherry aside. Great company and great country to see. While no max trax were deployed on the drift, I did use Crawl Control. It makes a ton of noise but functioned fairly well.

 

[mbryson]

There were some people doing a fair amount of video. I'd love to see/harvest that stuff