Well it was turning into an awesome day, weather wise, when I met the group in Hopetown on-route to Lavant. There were no blackflies at the trailhead as we aired down but the mosquitoes took over where the blackflies left off. We started down the trail in good time and all seemed familiar but then the trail opened up into a freshly bulldozed logging road. (more…)

When we arrived in Bells Corners on Sunday, it was clear we were going to have a large group. With an excess of 20 trucks in the parking lot, and knowing that others would be joining us in Antrim and in Burnstown, we decided to split the group. With one group headed to Antrim, and to the trail head via Burnstown, we made our way to the trail. Having collected all the members and guests, we stopped briefly to air-down, disconnect and unload. Once again it was decided to split the group...

We had a small group today for our trail run, only 4 trucks. I was a little surprised when I arrived in Bells Corners and there were no trucks. Knowing that a few trucks were meeting me in Hopetown, I headed out on my own. In Hopetown, I met up with Greg in the Dodge RAM, Brian in his Tracker, Nick and myself in the TJs. (more…)

That was a fun day! I have to admit it was hard getting out of bed that morning after it rained all night. We ended up with a total of 6 trucks and did the Gorge right to the end. John is a stand up guy and he really started to get into it as we turned around and headed out of the trail revisiting most of the obstacles. (more…)

It turned out to be a nice day starting out sunny and clouding over a bit later in the day. Sure beats all the rain we've been getting. Most of us were still nursing full bellies from the weekends feasting and were content with a nice relaxing, easy trail run. We had a good turn out at our primary meeting spot in Bells Corners and we were all surprised to see Ian roll up in his Jeep. Unfortunately he had to pass on the trail run as he had his two sick little guy's to look after so he just...

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Well it was a short and sweet weekend.The weather for Friday and Saturday was excellent and we knew that Sunday was going to be crummy. A few managed to get up to camp early Friday to enjoy the solitude of a beautiful fall day. From what I hear it soon turned to concern when no one seemed to be showing up and that maybe camp had been cancelled. Eventually people started to roll in around dinner time, set up camp and enjoy a fire that was already well established. Thanks Rod. (more&hell...

With the weather cooperating and a nice sized group, we made our way from Bells Corners, through Hopetown, picking up some stragglers along the way. It was nice to see Pat, Frosty and Scuba Steve return to the trail. With TJs, an LJ, a JK and Frosty’s Cherokee, we had the Jeep family well represented and the Lexus and Landrover added even more variety. (more…)

We had a relatively small group with only Matthew and Craig and Linda following me from Bells Corners. We were to meet Marcus and L.J in Almonte, and were pleasantly surprised to find John and Gina with them. We stopped there only long enough to do the paperwork then headed to Hopetown to pick-up Chris and Carol. Another brief stop, and we were on our way to the trailhead. (more…)

Despite the forecast for thunderstorms, we only got a few light showers. It wasn’t going to be our first surprise of the day. With a guest along, Brian in his Black TJ sporting 35” tires, we made our way from Bells Corners to pick-up Mike and Ed in Hopetown and meet Trevor’s Dad in his YJ at the trail head. We spent a few minutes at Dixon Lake airing down and catching up, but were soon ready to roll, except my TJ wouldn’t start. After a few minutes of frantic checking of fuses, relays and cha...

With everyone packing-up their camp sites, we new it would be a late start and had decided the previous night to make it a short run up the Hydro line rather than doing the full Lingham Lake trail. With the camp sites vacated, we headed out to the hydro line with only a brief stop for gas. With 7 Jeeps and Nick in his sister's Durango, we started down the trail. (more…)

It turned out to be an Ok trail, not hard. (more…)

Started out by meeting everyone at Zellers parking lot. Mike - Green TJ Steve - Lexus Rob - FJ Nick - Maroon TJ Matt - Black TJ Myself - black TJ After getting our coffee's in us and signing the papers, we got headed out to the trail. (more…)

Well I'll try to give a brief overview of Camp this year as there are so many small stories that happen within the weekend. People started rolling in late afternoon as usual, Norm showed up with a giant 20'x20' tent that his Scout Group graciously donated for the weekend. It didn't take long to set up especially motivated by the dark clouds looming and a few drops of rain that were felt. Normally on Friday night we don't have a very large crowd at the communal fire pit but this year w...

Expecting a long day on the trail, we bypassed the Bells Corners meeting place and met at Munford's in Calabogie where 5 Jeeps headed out to the trail head and by 10:15am we were aired-down, disconnected and on the trail. (more…)

Wow, what great trail run today! With 9 vehicles we made it up the "Two Step" then headed back out the way we came in. (more…)

Looks like all fingers pointed at me to do the trail report this week... A small group of three trucks were out for this past Sunday's run to Scotch Line and Cookmans trail. John and Gina came with the big YJ, Mark and the Land Rover +2 guests, and myself with my TJ. Paul was scheduled to come out but unfortunately had some alternator issues to deal with. We met in Merrickville in the morning, waited a few minutes for any other trucks to come out, and then we were on our way. (more&hell...

Well you know what they say, "What happens in BrockVegas stays in BrockVegas" well this one is to good not to share, so here goes. So the plan was to run the Black and Decker trail in my hometown of Brockville, meeting time was set for 10:30am. I thought I should show up early to be the first one there to greet people. Dashed to find H3 Bob and Linda were already there by 10am followed shortly by Paul with a gaggle of kids. We ended with 10 trucks in total and headed to the trail. (m...

The weather seemed to be cooperating when we gathered at Bells Corners. We were pleased to see John and Gina return for another run with the club, and that Steve joined us for his first run of the season. With the paperwork taken care of we made our way to the trail head where Steve and John unloaded their Jeep and the customary pre-trail rituals were performed. (more…)

Well they weren't promising good weather and it was the first Saturday trail run that we hosted in a long time so I wasn't too sure who would show up. Then I forgot that I had to attend a BBQ at my Sisters in Athens that evening, the odds weren't looking good. At the last minute my wife Carol decided to attend in Her Rubicon, it would be Her first trail run of the season and Her first time off-roading in Her Little Blue Stock Rubicon. My Son and I left Brockville at 7:45am in a light rai...

hos⋅pi⋅tal⋅i⋅ty [hos-pi-tal-i-tee] 1. the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strange people that have a passion for off-roading. 2. the quality or disposition of receiving and treating guests and strange off-roader types in a warm, friendly, generous way. 3. example: the Weir Bug Cloud Tour as hosted by Rod's Family. (more…)

I found myself leading once again. The fun started with a call from Pat at 8:45am wondering where everyone was. I guess he was a little anxious to get on the trails. When I arrived at Bells Corners, it was clear we would be a large groups. In addition to Pat, three others were out for their first run of the season with Mike back from India, Jerry hobling in and out of the Explorer and Jason wanting to test his Liberty after a years worth of withdrawal. (more…)

Another fine day on the trails... (more…)

A last minute flurry of e-mails resulted in three trucks heading out for a trail run on Sunday. (more…)

We had an excellent turnout for the Newbie run on Sunday and although it was cloudy, we only got occasional drizzle. We welcomed a wide variety of trucks including an FJ Cruiser, Dakota, Ranger, Discovery, Lexus, Grand Vitara, Frosty's Cherokee and a handful of TJs. Many of these trucks had returned for more abuse after last weeks run to the Gorge. After a quick assessment of the trucks and signing all the paperwork, we headed off to Mumford's to collect Chris, Cam and Ed before making our t...

We could not ask for a better day to hold the 2009 season opener. The weather was a little cool in the morning to get us started but soon warmed to a very nice spring day. Seventeen trucks showed up at the usual Bell’s Corners meeting place where we completed the paper work, inspected the trucks, exchanged some conversation and headed off to the trail. (more…)

With Jerry not finding his parts in time, and others squirreling their Jeeps away at the first sight of snow, we had a very small group on Sunday. Two trucks, in fact, when we left Bells Corners at 9:30am. With just Nick and I showing up in the parking lot, we decided to take advantage of the small group and hit the Rock Coady Trail on our way to Darling. (more…)

We had a small group this morning. I originally expected half-a-dozen trucks for today's trail run, but only three of us met at Bell's Corners. Jerry, who was eager to take the explorer on its inaugural trail run, Doug and I set out for the trail. With a small group, we figured we'd have time to check out Rock Coady trail on the way to Darling, so we changed our plans a little. We headed out down the Queensway and exited on March Road (44). After making the corner, kept an eye on the rear vi...

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With club members recovering from thanksgiving dinner, we had a small group for the trail run on Monday. We left Bells Corners with 7 trucks and a minivan, collecting an 8th along the way. We made our way to Munford's to see if anyone else would join us and wait for Frosty and Nick that had deverted from the group to stop for gas. It was at this point that we convinced Sheila to park the minivan and hop in with the others. (more…)