Took my truck, Sancha, in for her first oil change (maintenance) the next night I saw this




In the morning I found this




When I took the tire off I found my prize




I'm not sure if I should even bother trying to go through the dealer since it doesn't really look repairable.


MJ

Backed in to our babysitter's car.

Depending on what you pull out of that, I would plug it, personally.

DOH! Been there...

HK, did you ever get my pm reply? Don't want you thinking I ignored you or anything.

Went Mt Biking today at Susquehanna St. Park.

Man, it's been quite some time since I have been on a Mt. Bike on some singletrack! A little history- I was an AVID Mt. Biker years ago. I rode at least 5 times a week, 2+ hrs per day. Then I had some injuries that put me out of the game for a while and, well, I got a little chubby and it wasn't fun anymore.

I've been hiking my old haunts for the past few weeks, and FINALLY decided to get back on the easier trails.

I'm gonna Brockeverly this thread because I had such a great day.


Bike mounts are still going strong, and pretty easy to use.






Susquehanna is full of interesting history. It also has a pretty good trail network, though most trails are very steep singletrack. I stuck to the walking trails and the singletrack that winds along the river up to the Conowingo Dam.


At the trail head, I stopped by the old Stafford flint furnace. The cracks are getting bigger every year.



What a beautiful day, and place!











I literally scared this Deer out of her bedding. Poor thing was only a few feet from me when she bolted out of there- scared the you-know-what outta me too! We sat and looked at each other for about 5 minutes before I rode away. She never walked more than 50 ft from me...



There are two more deer in this picture. Can you spot them???






This is the Conowingo Dam, which happens to be America's longest concrete slab dam.



Usually the dam is a quite place where I like to stop for a snack but today the Bald Eagles were out. They were flying everywhere and lots of photographers were snapping pics. One photographer said there were about 40 Eagles today (most were across the river and my pics looked like specs). Thanksgiving week they expect 70-100! Conowingo Dam has one of the largest concentration of Bald Eagles in the East (so I was told).

Best I could do was some IPhone shots!






If you google "Conowingo Bald Eagles" you can see some really cool professional photography if you like that sort of thing.


What a great day!

Picked up the full size spare and threw in All Pros 3.5 rear springs.

WOW!!! What a great place to spend some time and take it all in! Over the last 20 yrs, I've really enjoyed watching the "Redtails", here in Jersey. But I can't say for sure that I've ever spotted a genuine "Bald Eagle"!

Guess it's time for me to start planning a road trip.

rigtec

There are some bald eagles by the Delaware Water Gap. Was playing spring golf at the Shawnee Inn and Golf resort and saw them several times.

Incredibly majestic.

Mike- The truck looks awesome! Can't wait to check out that bumper this Saturday.

I haven't done much to the truck since installing the SW front bumper besides driving it everywhere and enjoying every mile of it.

Bought the car January 2nd of this year and took this pic Halloween night. I love this truck.

5100s and ome 2885's are on the front. Took about 3 hours, including re-removing the passenger side after realizing I forgot the lower bushing washer
Tomorrow: 5160's and 2885's

usually backing into a babysitter is a good thing

Gave her a much needed bath.

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needed to flex the axel hard to get the new springs in. stock bottle jack between the bump stop and axel worked great.

fancy new 5160

Yea, I had to disconnect both sides of the rear KDSS sway bar, use a floor jack under one side of the axle, and have my friend stand on the other side to get my 2898's in.