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Mike682
07-04-2005, 11:56 PM
Just wanted to share some fireworks pics:
Mike682
07-04-2005, 11:57 PM
another
Mike682
07-04-2005, 11:58 PM
Last pic

All the best,
Mike
Shizelbs
07-05-2005, 12:15 AM
The first pic is now my desktop background. Very nice.
Mike682
07-05-2005, 12:21 AM
Originally posted by Shizelbs
The first pic is now my desktop background. Very nice.

Thank you

These pics were resized so I can post them here. If you (or anybody) wants, I can post them at full size on a picture site. I can then give you the link.

Mike
Frank Z
07-05-2005, 01:15 AM
Had a great weekend!! Left town on Friday afternoon and got back this afternoon....
http://tinypic.com/6qjkeu.jpg
Daniel fishing at Hancock Lake (Elev. 12,000 ft)
http://tinypic.com/6qjkp3.jpg
Narrow shelf road to one of the lakes we hit...
http://tinypic.com/6qjl1v.jpg
Rebecca caught the first fish on Sunday...
http://tinypic.com/6qjlfp.jpg
Took this pic on the way back down, it's now my desktop pic...
http://tinypic.com/6qjm0j.jpg
jdhdiggs
07-05-2005, 09:25 AM
Where is Hancock lake, that looks really familiar...
Frank Z
07-05-2005, 09:42 AM
It's in Chaffee County about 2 hours west of Colorado Springs. We were up in the same area the week before with a local group and ran a trail up to Grizzly Lake. This is why you don't run a basically stock Nissan Titan on a difficult off-road trail without a spare drive-shaft.
http://tinypic.com/6r0ak8.jpg
http://tinypic.com/6r0cjo.jpg
Mike682
07-05-2005, 10:29 AM
Wow....that driveshaft is toast, twisted like a piece of foil..

Looks like you had a good time otherwise. Really nice pics

Mike
dcarlson
07-05-2005, 11:42 AM
Kick ass, Frank! You're very fortunate to have access to a playground like that.
jcaut
07-05-2005, 12:26 PM
Hope everyone had a fun and safe 4th! Happy Birthday, U.S.A.!

From our little hometown display:
avelanchefan
07-05-2005, 08:44 PM
Frank,
Man you making me homesick. My father was born and raised in Salida, and as a kid we would always go to North Fork Reservoir, which I believe is on the the side of the mountain from the Hanckock lakes.

Nice pics, glad to see you had fun on the 4th.
Frank Z
07-05-2005, 08:47 PM
Sean,
North Fork was on the list but we simply ran out of time.
audiobliss
07-05-2005, 09:30 PM
Why exactly did the Titan's driveshaft twist in two like that?
Frank Z
07-05-2005, 09:37 PM
We were all scratching our heads about that for most of the night. The next morning we took a real close look at the shaft and noticed the shaft had some straight gouges/scrapes on it. The current theory is that the scrapes were deep enough to severely weaken the shaft causing it to twist like a beer can when torque was applied. Keep in mind that we were crawling over rocks and boulders, so speed was not the culprit. The shaft itself is made out of thin aluminum and stuffed full of packing foam. The owner took the twist shaft to the local dealership and they flat refused to fix it under warranty. They said taking the truck off road constituted abuse. He ended up having a real drive shaft made out of good ol' American steel.