I went out with a couple other RB'ers last weekend for what was supposed to be a 6 day dumping extravaganza. Unfortunately for us mother nature had other ideas. We were only expecting sporadic rain and snow showers. For the first two days that is exactly what we got. The second night however it started to snow and we awoke to about 8 inches of wet heavy snow. Two of the three tents even collapsed from the weight. It snowed another couple inches while we were packing up to high tail it outta there. Fortunately we were able to get out of the woods without incident.
We did manage to find some cans the first couple of days, and were just starting to hit some 30's cans. Nothing to great but the hope was high.....we will return.
Our camp just after set up.
Our camp after the snow.
Still snowing after breaking camp.
The Drive out.
Sometimes Things Just Don't Work Out.
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Re: Sometimes Things Just Don't Work Out.
WOW! I'm really sure you guys could have nailed some 30's cans! Now you're just a candidate for the "Unlucky Dumper" award. If you had got stuck that would have been a better story!
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Re: Sometimes Things Just Don't Work Out.
Sometimes, you need "A Little Help from my Friends....." RUSTlings story to follow.
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Re: Sometimes Things Just Don't Work Out.
Man, that is great! Rescue a great can from a disappointing trip. Good job guys, it’s should make you proud to be a Rusty Buncher !
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Re: Sometimes Things Just Don't Work Out.
Man, that is great! Rescue a great can from a disappointing trip. Good job guys, it’s should make you proud to be a Rusty Buncher !
CANDOG
WANTED: I'm looking for the following Cone Tops: Gunther Ale, Carnegie HP, Travis LP, Dime J, Wacker J, Kuebler Bock J
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Re: Sometimes Things Just Don't Work Out.
It was awfully nice of the previous campers to leave us a half a cord of split wood at the camp. That let us keep the fire going all night and to warm our hands as we were packing up. It started to sleet right after supper but then turned to snow and never stopped while we were there. After I went to bed, I heard a big swished near my tent. A large amount of snow fell from the trees and almost hit my tent. I grabbed my sleeping bag and went to sleep in the truck. I was afraid of a "widow-maker" (branch) hitting my tent. I checked my tent a couple hours later and it had collapsed from the snow. I thought we might be trapped on the mountain for a few days while waiting for the snow to melt, but we made it out in the morning. Otherwise, we would have to resort to building snow forts and snowmen to pass the time while waiting for our escape.
Unfortunately Conehead wasn't with us since we parted ways last Monday morning. He went east and we went south. We do have plans to go back and finish what we started though. Bill & I spent Monday night drying out our tents and sleeping bags in a motel in northern Cal before we heard back from our digging buddy Joe who took us out on Tuesday and Wednesday and another buddy Dave, who took us out on Thursday before we headed home. I guess persistence pays off but you still have to have a little luck. Those Nu-Deals were completely covered in mud, sand and rust and the fact that I can read them at all is amazing compared to what they looked like coming out of the ground.
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