The first offroad Poker Run and Trail Day has past with great success. The group consisted of 16 vehicles in total, 12 rigs on the trail and 4 of us that played as “check point crews” to hand out cards and take pictures of the group.
The group covered 128 miles of fun trails, covering a wide mix of terrain. We did suffer a hiccup an hour into the event when we had to help a rig get home early, but despite the hiccup everyone had a great time. Plans are to do another Poker Run and Trail Day this summer. This upcoming event will be all dirt, with no pavement. Once a date has been selected it will be posted so that everyone can join in on the fun.
The start of the trails were open and fast. We hit the canyon section which was narrow at time but was a lot of fun. After crossing the summit we headed down to the valley for to the sprint section. One of the trucks had a bad day but after some work we got them squared away and had the group stop at the only civilized restroom for the day.
The way to checkpoint 2 was the hill and hazard crossing section. There were some big washouts and some fun up and down canyon sections. This ended on a 5 mile stretch of road that was flat out.
The last section was another canyon run followed by a great section of whoops. The end of the trail had one hill climb followed by a great drift section. After a fun day on the trail, a well deserved beer and food was waiting for all at Reds 395. In the end, we had a great day, made new friends and are all pumped to go on the upcoming Ghost Town run.
The winning hands.
1st place – Blue Jeep – 2 pair Ace High (thanks Raptors for the money to upgrade the jeep 🙂
2nd place – Raptor – 2 Pair
3rd place – F150 4×4 Eco Boost (Off the lot!) pair King High
