A snow trip with new friends

 I am always looking for new friends especially when they want to learn more about being outdoors. 

Raylene and I enjoying the snow.

I am part of the Jeep Gladiators pages and met a lovely family.   Tim had an excellent 2020 black Jeep soft top.  It was lifted 2.5 inches tall and well set up.  We explored areas outside of Sonora California.  

                                                                                    Getting to know each other.

We started up one trail that was a mud slush fest.  After a while, we were in the snow on a canyon with little room to turn around.  After a while we started to break snow, but still on a canyon with one side washing out.  We found a place to turn around.   We made our way back to see an angry cow.  I am not kidding when I say this cow was angry.  After eating lunch and enjoying the stream and avoiding the evil stares from the cow we were off.

  A nice stream for lunch

The next adventure on the trip was to try a road up higher.   The next phase of the trip led to the best experience of the day.  We met with another group and followed a nicely set up CJ7 as he was breaking snow.  

A view from Tim's Jeep

It was my first trip to the Gladiator. I tried out all of the goodies.  We tried out the lockers, the sway bar, my new Garmin Explorer.  The Jeep performed nicely.

     Door Deep Snow

It was getting late and the sun was setting, wondering how we would turn around indoor deep snow in the heck.  All of a sudden, we came to a stop. The leader was stuck, the guys behind them were stuck, and Tim was stuck.    After a half-hour, Tim pulled out his winch and pulled the guy in front of him out, and he pulled the leader out.  We tried to turn around and were stuck too.  

After turning around we went down the hill. Aired up the tires and headed to dinner.   

It was a good day with new friends, new memories, and good times for all.