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Old 05-22-2009, 11:30 AM
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A group of guys from links4jeeps are planning a trip to virtue flats the 13th of june if anyone is interested in joining in.

http://www.links4jeeps.com/forum/index.php?topic=9520.0

heres a link to virtue flats
http://www.oohva.org/ohv%20area%20pages/virtue.html

pics from the last run.








We spent some time talking....whodathunk, and then headed out to play....



Rio...



Jerry....



Weeds, from the JK forum...



Tyson.....



Grasseed..



Outdoors........



From this bowl we headed out and took a couple of the "easy" Virtue Trails......





After the first trail.....everyone catching their breath......and from some of the comments I heard, trying to stop shaking.... There were some new Jeeps here with no scratches and well......now they were broken in!



JeffD's "Virtue Pin Striping!"



And BTW, this was Jeff's firs outing in the JK. He, his wife, and the JK rocked!

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Everyone got collected and off we went to the next trail. This picture is looking east while on trail/road #1...



This trail loops around most of the Virtue Flat OHV Area. You can get an over view of the place from it and your 2wd pickup would be great on it.

We were all following erslll and he headed down another trail which had a particularly difficult section. He directed everyone who wanted no body damage or maybe didn't have quite as much capability to bypass this section. I did not get any pictures except for this one....



The reason there are no pictures of the tough section is because we were too busy trying to keep Rod from rolling completely over. He got up on two wheels and flopped, but did not go completely over. The dent in the door is the result of the rock that stopped him!

Following a little rest, we went to the Steps.....I think.

Weeds on the final ledge.....



He couldn't quite get over the hump with the long wheelbase, so out came the strap.....



He popped right over with a little tug from erslll.

erslll in the same spot......not much drama here.....



And now for one of the surprises of the day.......Jerry's and Randy's Bronco IIs. Here is a picture of Jerry coming up Steps to the ledge.....



He popped right over the ledge with very little effort or drama.....



....that is except for the passenger side front wheel being 3 feet off the ground.....I just missed it with the camera!

We next ended up at the "Quary." The name is self explanatory!



There is two sections here, one for the built Jeeps, and one for well a really well built Jeep! That is not exactly true however, Tyson took his mildly modified XJ up the first section with little effort. He is a heck of a driver!



Rio picking a route up the first section.....



Rio on the rocks and up 'n over....







Grasseed up the first section......



and then erslll.......you may notice that he doesn't necessarily pick the easy line!



Farmtoy.......he doesn't need to take the easy line either.....



And finally Rubicon Rod. He was back with the group after going to the staging area to make repairs to enable him to open and close his window..........



And finally, here is Tyson driving erslll's CJ up the second section. It was impressive!





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Where is this place at, Looks like alot of variety so everybody can have fun.
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It's in the northeast corner of Oregon near Hermaston.
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Follow the second link, it gives you directions. Its outside baker city, OR
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Sorry I got sucked in by all the awesome Jeep pics.
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That is a long haul for us to go to that ORV area.
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Warpath, you should be glad you can get that many people to wheel with you. If I was closer I would definently go there.
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