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So I sold the Colorado and got me a 4th gen 4Runner. Can’t wait to get her build started!
Oklahoma overlanders where ya at?
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Hey guys. I meant to post this a while ago but with all the chat about the ktrail..... me and a buddy ran the trail from just east of 3 sticks around to the east side of broken bow lake and camped right on the water. Was a good 2 days. We ran into a couple locals and got nothing but a wave. While the trail is by no means technical, it was fun. Couple spots where very narrow. Got some new scratches. We were out in 10 inches of rain in 2 days. If anyone wants the gpx files hit me up.
I thought I had more pics but here are some. 1st pic was our 1st camp spot of the night. Nothing special. Like I said it was pouring rain on us all night. Had a strange visitor the 1st night about 330 am. Still not sure what to think about it. I wouldnt reccomend doing this solo. U can see by one of the pics further down, there are some strange people in the are. We saw a lot of wierd stuff on the side of the trails.
We got a pic of the fancy oklahoma/ark state line lol. There was a church camp right there. Place was in the middle of no where. And a little sketchy looking. Not sure I'd send my kiddo lol. The camp site on the east side of broken bow was hard to get to. You have to go thru some private hunting land and it seems to be an unending maze of locked fences. But we finally figured it out. Camp spot was great. Great view of the lake. You could tell some kids liked to go out there and party. But we didnt see any. Had a strange.....explosion (for lack of better description) that morning about 5am. The kid wanted to sleep in the truck that night and I cant see out of my windows at night so I didnt see anything. But it woke me and my buddy up. It shook both of our trucks pretty good. I thought it was an earthquake but there was a loud boom with it. He said he heard some gun shots shortly after. But I must have passed back out because I didnt hear anything. It was a good 2 day trip though. Wish it was dry, would have made camp life more enjoyable. The trails are all hard rock. There was a little mud here and there but nothing to get ya stuck, or really even every deep.
We had 2 water crossings. One was on the trail the other had a bridge over it, but we decided to take the detour and drive thru it lol. I may have pics of that I'll post if I can find them
We got a pic of the fancy oklahoma/ark state line lol. There was a church camp right there. Place was in the middle of no where. And a little sketchy looking. Not sure I'd send my kiddo lol. The camp site on the east side of broken bow was hard to get to. You have to go thru some private hunting land and it seems to be an unending maze of locked fences. But we finally figured it out. Camp spot was great. Great view of the lake. You could tell some kids liked to go out there and party. But we didnt see any. Had a strange.....explosion (for lack of better description) that morning about 5am. The kid wanted to sleep in the truck that night and I cant see out of my windows at night so I didnt see anything. But it woke me and my buddy up. It shook both of our trucks pretty good. I thought it was an earthquake but there was a loud boom with it. He said he heard some gun shots shortly after. But I must have passed back out because I didnt hear anything. It was a good 2 day trip though. Wish it was dry, would have made camp life more enjoyable. The trails are all hard rock. There was a little mud here and there but nothing to get ya stuck, or really even every deep.
We had 2 water crossings. One was on the trail the other had a bridge over it, but we decided to take the detour and drive thru it lol. I may have pics of that I'll post if I can find them
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I was good, apparently. I got a new CB (my older one stopped transmitting recently), a new mobile HAM, and an ammo can set that comes with a storage base. Now to get it all installed and figure out what to put in the cans 
Merry Belated Christmas Ya'll!
Merry Belated Christmas Ya'll!
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Nice. I also got a new CB because mine stopped transmitting as well. What mobile did you get?
I got new lights too, a 52" light bar with mounts, four 4" cube lights with mounts (2 for the hood and 2 for the rear) and LED light bulbs. Only installed the CB and headlight bulbs so far, hoping to do some of the others today.
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I've thought about getting one of those trasharoos but just never have. What kind of camp chair did you get? I've been trying to find one that will fit inside one of my plano cases but isn't too terribly uncomfortable
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The CB is the Cobra 29 LX BT, and the ham is the ICOM IC-2730A. I've decided to put the CB in my Jeep and the ham in my F250 for the time being. I think I'll end up trailering my Jeep to trailheads and whatnot, and I drive my truck far more often.
I haven't installed anything, yet. I'm waiting on antenna's and a mount for my truck. I pulled my CB stuff off my Jeep when I was rewiring and for the life of me I can't find my antenna anywhere
What type of lights did you happen to get? I've got an off-brand cube on the rear of my truck and I hope to add a couple more for better visibility at night while backing up.
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My lights are some cheap ones off Amazon, Nilight is the brand. My rear ones were for the sole purpose of being able to see while backing up because my reverse lights really suck. I'm not sure what the brand on the light bar is but I think it said 300 watts so it should be decent. My CB I got is a uniden pro505xl. I needed something small because it has to slide between the console and passenger seat
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Anyone putting together a meet and greet for the OKC area? Would like an opportunity to connect with other guys/girls in Oklahoma... Regards, --Chris
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Me and a couple friends are putting together a little get together towards the end of the month. Once we hash out all the details I will post info here and make a rallypoint for it
