By Walt Lesher

TRUCKHAVEN 2001

Nov. 21 Salton Sea, Ca.

We hooked up the Amigo and left Yorba Linda at 8am. Driving to Serfas Club Dr. in Corona to meet Andy Miller and his son Marshall in their Yellow VehiCross. We arrived at Marina Dr. North at 10:45 and soon found Brian & Beth had already staked out the Dirt Devils claim with their trailer. Andy and I set up camp on the opposite side and about 2pm, left them to their solar turkey baking. I took him to the hills the DD had played on the past several years. I couldn't find even one draw that we hadn't already gone up or down...so we played in the "used ones". After 2 hours Andy went down a particularly steep wall and didn't get turned fast enough as he slid to the bottom. He was wedged in the opposing wall. I started down until I could get a strap on him, but it was so steep I couldn't pull him back up. We both weigh about 4000lbs each..... way off on another hill, a couple Jeepers saw us and soon showed up in the downhill side of the draw. He easily strapped the VehiCross sideways and got his nose out of the draw.

I started a fire that night and we enjoyed it for a few hours. Jessie and party arrived before 8pm and shortly the wind turned into a SANDSTORM that chased us all inside and lasted over 2 hours. I don't know how Andy's tent withstood it.... He came inside for awhile, but about 10pm returned to the tent with Marshall.

Without the storm it would have been perfect, but we still enjoyed the weekend and as others may write, I'll leave off here and we hope to see everyone at Toys for Tots....oh yeah, we saw an air conditioner cover about a mile east of the Dinosaur Dennys on the way home. Don't know if it was Toms or not.

Walt, Gai. Larry & Tham