Amicalola Oct 2009

[stolenheron]

Mbrummal, Ultraviolet, and myself met up this weekend for 2 nights of camping and some wheeling on saturday near Amicalola State Park in Chatahoochie national forest in North Georgia.

we did the 2 trails we knew of. 1. (old bucktown) consisted of "V-ditches" which were quite fun, and photogenic. A stock D2 can easily do the trail, if you mind your front bumper and have a decent set tires.

2. we did Amicalua, a much rockier trail which we took no pictures of. it was much tighter than bucktown and eventually turned into several small mudpits, the deepest of which was just above the level of the doorseal, but wasn't long enough to let seep into the truck.

Definitely an awesome weekend in a beautiful location. The wheeling was "difficult" enough to be fun (but still VERY easy, great for beginners), but not dangerous enough to threaten much of the truck with regards to damage.

There was little to no damage on the trails besides lots of pinstriping, mason's safarigard front skid plate got a nice dent in it (thats what its for), and patrick got water in his front hellas from the mud hole......

HOWEVER, i did manage to no look where i was going when i was reversing out of the campsite somewhere between 5-8mph and backed into a gigantic pine tree....so i need a new rear bumper/light/corner piece my biggest accident with a vehicle on or offroad. hopefully i'll get a steel bumper, but it may end up being a stock replacement.


The bumper damage did little to damper my over all feelings of the trip. It is a spectacular location for camping, hiking, biking, or light offroading and i'd highly recommend that region of the National forest for anyone with a 4x4 to do wheeling or a 2wd (with some clearance) should get you to most camp grounds.

i had a blast and cannot wait to go back to the area for another weekend of camping/wheeling.....however, i will be requesting spotters in all campsites

Pics will be posted in the NEXT reply. nearly 100pics so 56k beware!

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[antichrist]

Old Bucktown Rd looks to be a lot worse than it was last time I was there, or worse than I remember anyway.
I have the 1st stage of a multi-stage geocache on that road.

[michaels]

Originally Posted by antichrist

Old Bucktown Rd looks to be a lot worse than it was last time I was there, or worse than I remember anyway.
I have the 1st stage of a multi-stage geocache on that road.

you have the coordinates for it? next time i'm out there it'd be nice to have something else to do. i've gone so many times this year that there's nothing to do after two hours...

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Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site search for Forest Rescue

[Ultraviolet]

word brotha.. good times. damn you posted a lot pics,yea they didn't turn out to bad. i still can't believe you crunched your bumper.... leaving the campsite, the last day, of all things. well it happens i guess.

[bguetter]

Great pics, thanks for posting. Im heading up in that area this weekend to camp and explore. What was your route?

[stolenheron]

Originally Posted by bguetter

Great pics, thanks for posting. Im heading up in that area this weekend to camp and explore. What was your route?

i'll take a screenshot of our google maps route and post it after i finish laundry lol

edit: actually i'll have to do it a little later tonite.

[bguetter]

perfect, thanks!

[stolenheron]

from:auburn, AL to:Rider Rd toawsonville Hwy/GA-9 to:Hwy-52 W/GA-52 to:Nimblewill Church Rd to:Forest Service 28-1 to:Winding Stair Gap Rd to:Winding Stair Gap Rd to:Forest Service 28-1 to:Winding Stair Gap Rd to:Jones Creek Rd to:Jones Creek Rd to

here is a link to a google map from auburn, AL to the destinations.

[DRaider90]

Looks like you guys had fun wheeling. Glad to see the One Wheel Wonder and the others out on the trails.

Let me know next time you guys hit the trails and I may be able to make it, that is if you guys don't mind a non-rover guy.