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Loving my new Hero 4. These are from Friday afternoon.

I thought I was going to be out of this trip as my parents from Alaska were arriving on Friday morning. My Alaska dad had been to the dunes before when he was staying with me for a time back in 2006 when I lived in Yucca Valley. So when they pulled into the house on Friday, right after the hello's the next words were "when we headed to Dumont?" So the plan was set... relax Friday and head on out Saturday morning! My mom and little brother had never been to the dunes before, so it was going to be fun to take them out. My little brother is 11yrs old and an Aleutian Indian (Eskimo) so he has never seen sand like this before! We rolled in and joined Mike, who had been out there since Friday evening. And it was unpack, toss on the helmets and lets GOOOO for a ride! I got to drive the new XP1K with my little bro for his very first ride ever through the dunes and my Alaska dad jumped in the rail with Mike for his first ever long travel sand rail ride! With JoeDuner leading, we headed out with a couple others on a great ride to the North Pole... My little bro is from near North Pole, Ak, so it was really cool to have him at the North Pole, Dumont Dunes, Ca. They both got out of the vehicles grinning from ear to ear, looking like ----> Of course their first ride had to be one of those epic sunset rides! My mom stayed back in camp and introduced herself around, she really enjoyed meeting everyone and said everyone was nice and welcoming. Settled in for the night, had some dinner, headed out to the campfire, played some games and enjoyed the campfire and general camp antics Got up early next morning and repeated, I hopped on my quad for the day, so they had to take turns riding with Mike. The highlight of my day on Sunday was when my Mom decided it was her turn to ride in the sand rail with Mike for her first ever ride through the sand dunes. We started out the ride by joining Pete to put up Bert's memorial. Mike tested out the waters on the way over, to see how my Mom would react to being in the car. Then it was off to take her on a run, with wheelies, jumps and 4th gear pinned! Mike said my Mom was giggling like a little girl the whole time!!!! We stayed late and enjoyed the dunes as long as we possibly could and headed home just before sunset! It was a great weekend! Thank you Pete for putting this weekend together!!!!! Some pics from the trip!

Went out today. Rained most of the way out but stopped once we got settled in. Pulled up by GTP Mike. Pete came up, welcomed us and we chatted for a while. Put the paddles on the car and went for a spin. About 15 minutes in to the run I smoked another 2 coils and was done. My son in law went for some rides in his RZR then we loaded up. Didn't talk to many people but a lot of the usual suspects were out again. Wish I could have went on some runs with everyone but the seriously not so Fun-co still needs some love ! Looked like a great camp !

Well I had the chance to make it out for the night. Was going to head out Friday but the rain kept me in until Saturday morning. Been year since my last trip and I needed this badly. Great company and good times. Never go home without having a good time. Great seeing all the familiar faces and meeting new peeps. Had a couple nice runs and I will be back soon.

Holy crap what an awesome weekend. Huge thanks to everyone who was able to make it out. I had a ton of fun and met some great new faces. It was too bad so many of the usual crew couldn't make it out this time, but there will be another one soon. We still had a huge turnout. The circle was probably just as big as last year, just a few less buggies. Anna and I rolled in Wednesday night. The place was empty except for 2 camps. One of those camps was right smack dab where I told everyone we'll be too. So I pulled up next to them. Yep, I was "that guy". lol I thought it was quite funny. As I was unloading I could hear everything they were saying. "This moron has this whole place and parks right here!" LOL! Anyways, it was nice getting there early and having some quiet, dune time. Dumont is so relaxing. Jordan pulled in Thurs morning and unloaded his sweet new Funco. Very nice car. We went for a great run through the dunes and then his battery started acting up pretty bad at the end. That was a bummer plus he had to leave on Friday. Hope to meet up again soon, bud! More and more DDR people started flowing in Thursday night then Friday. I got a few great runs in with my car until Friday at sunset my 3rd gear let go. That sucked big time because I was really looking forward to duning on Saturday with everyone. That was like the best day. The sun came out and it was gorgeous. The broken buggy didn't ruin our day though thanks to great company. I got to drive dent boy's badass Tatum for a little bit. Even pulled some nice wheelies across the face hill. Man, you V8 guys have it too easy! lol Thanks for letting my drive your car, Chad. And big thanks to LouB & 80grit for cruising Anna and I around in your buggies. The dunes were wet all weekend. Even with some gusts from time to time there was no drying them out. That wet sand is unpredictable at times. I thought I was taking it pretty easy but apparently not because not only did we break our trans but 3 others had similar issues. 2 trannies, an engine and a stub axle/ hub bearing. Flip cup went WAY better than I even imagined. haha Damn that was fun and yes Stephen the GoPro footage is hilarious. I'll have to just upload the whole damn thing to YouTube or something. lol I have a ton of pics to go through and post but here are a few that I took with my phone on Thursday.

Had an awesome day with ddr group. On Saturday. Great lookin cars out at Dumont. Can't wait till next year to get a new car so I may keep up with the fast guys. No more cutting the corner for me. Hope Ya like the new Cuban flag whip on my car.my next trip is new years weekend. Til then.

If you start on Fri, they may make it up the hill by the end of the weekend J/K, had a blast out there last weekend in the XP, couldn't imagine how much cheddar / effort it takes to make these truly fast. Good luck with the event