Where were you paddling?  I spent 5 years in Prescott, AZ driving my '85 to
the southern Sierra's as often as possible to boat around the Kern river
area. That was before I knew that my 2wd Westy was not in fact an
underpowered rally car and should be taken better care of!  Made it into NM
and the 4 corners area a few times. Miss that part of the country!

On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 4:05 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote:

>         They actually do ~ & I live in one ~
>
>
> On 30 May , 2015, at 1:50 PM, Mike South wrote:
>
> > Holy instant concrete batman!  Can you build houses out of that stuff?
> >
> > mike
> >
> > On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 12:14 PM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net>
> wrote:
> >         McNeely let me know that the PicAlbum was locked so I fixed that
> if anyone is interested ~
> >
> >                 Also on diff' link ~
> >
> >
> https://picasaweb.google.com/109991183317103413704/C62kX50527VDubsRearTires?authkey=Gv1sRgCNajprWezpT8AQ
> >
> >
> > On 29 May , 2015, at 9:38 PM, OlRivrRat olrivrrat@comcast.net
> [wetwesties] wrote:
> >
> > > I've been driving the BackRoads of NewMexico for 45Yrs & have, on
> WayTooMany Occasions, found myself forced to SlippySlide along
> > >
> > > on miles of Wet Caliche Surfaced roads ~ This past weekend, while
> taking the ShortRoute from ABQ to ElVado Dam for a ChamaRiverRun,
> > >
> > > I encountered 3Mi's of the LovelyStuff right @ the VeryEnd of that
> S'R' (the TailEnd of which is 16Mi's of Dirt) ~ I Trolled that 3Mi's @ 1-3
> > >
> > > MPH & actually spent 75Yrds of it Clawing my way (miraculously) out of
> a Ditch & in the end, made it (VeryThankfully), to my destination ~
> > >
> > > The next day I drove the 55Mi's to the TakeOut, Parked VDubaru for the
> weekend, & headed back to the PutIn in a friends truck, Completely
> > >
> > > Unaware of the Damage that had been done to my RearTires in that
> 55Mi's ~ 3&aHalf days later, after a Wonderful 28Mi RioRun (including
> > >
> > > 8Mi's of Class 2-3 WhiteH2O Solo in my 16Ft Bell Chestnut Prospector)
> I was back in my VDubaru & heading home ~ After just 5Mi's more
> > >
> > > of dirt & 2Mi's of HiWay my RearPass'Side Tire Blew & I had to drive
> on it for about 1/2Mi to a RestArea ~ On pulling that Tire I discovered
> > >
> > > that the EntireArea above the TrailingArm from the Shock to the Front
> of the WheelWell was a VerySolidMass of DriedCaliche, that had been
> > >
> > > been fractured into several pieces by SuspensionAction but remained
> mostly intact ~ I broke it up with a hammer & got it out of there ~ The
> > >
> > > DriverSide was similar but Tire appeared to be Fine so I assumed that
> I had Damaged the PassSideTire during the Torture I had PutItThrough
> > >
> > > while trying to get out of the Ditch back on the 1st day ~ I kept the
> speeds low the rest of the way home as I was not TerriblyConfident in my
> > >
> > > Spare & got home without further incident ~ The next day I pulled the
> DriverSide to inspect & be sure I had gotten all of the Caliche cleared
> > >
> > > away & found that it also had been damaged beyond further safe usage ~
> > >
> > > Pics of tires & 1 Chunk of Mud I saved here ~
> > >
> > >
> https://plus.google.com/photos/109991183317103413704/albums/6154147871482117665?banner=pwa&gpsrc=pwrd1
> > >
> > > Some info about Caliche here ~
> > >
> > >
> http://azdailysun.com/a-mud-like-no-other-caliche/article_102317ed-73e2-5039-b2e4-0f7dc88159ba.html
> > >
> > > ORR ~ DeanB
> > >
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