After an adventurous and interesting Saturday, I started packing up camp getting ready for the one and a half day trip home. The Roadie was staying an extra day so we decided to go down to the river to take some pictures.
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Then we went on a trail that Roadie and ToyBlaze scouted out a couple of days before which at first impression, seemed it definitely needed a lift and 32s or 33s. It was quite interesting with some creek crossings, a drive through the creek, and some hill climbs. There was no mud though as the area seemed to have dried out a bit.
Here's the farewell shot.
One of the decisions I had to make for the trip home was how to get over the Mississippi. Looking at the map I realized that there was no abundance of crossings ( well duh! ) Its just that its easy to forget the magnitude of the river and that there's not going to be bridges everywhere.
I really didn't want to go all the way up to St. Louis and if you look closely at a map, you will see that there is no other bridge for around 60 miles south, down at Menard.
Ahhh, but wait a minute, there's a ferry crossing right on my way back home. When I got there it sure was interesting ... a little 4 or 5 vehicle ferry that zips across the river for 10 bucks.
After the ferry it was north to Hwy 50 and east to a Comfort Inn just outside of Cincinnati.
I mentioned at first impression because Roadie later told me that he went back to the trail with a stock Trailblazer and they had no problems. So that leads to thinking whether all your mods are justified.
I look at it this way:
All my mods are functional and are ready for that one time when the trail or the conditions or the circumstances actually end up requiring them ... for peace of mind if you will.
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