18th Annual Earle Powers Memorial Run 2015

Just like it has for the past 17 Year, the 18th Annual Earle Powers run went off with out a hitch and everyone there had an awesome time. A few members ended up coming up Thursday evening, so early Friday morning a few of us decided to travel to the north shore of the Salton Sea and do some asphalt wheeling along with some sight seeing.

Saturday morning we ended up having 30 jeeps so there ended up being two separate runs – one being led my President Roy Wallace and the other being let by run originator, Mike Hardy. Both runs included members and guests.

Everyone made it through the day relatively unscathed other than one member who was on Roy’s run, had a roll over and from what we were told, it couldn’t have gone over any nicer and gentle. No one was hurt and the other members up-righted him and got back to wheeling – which I should add, the member who rolled, wheeled the rest of the day with no problems.

Saturday evening we had a Mexican pot luck that turned out to be a feast! After getting our belly’s full, we had a small ‘trick-or-treat’ deal for all the kids that showed up. Some had costumes, some had glow sticks but everyone had a great time!

: Entrance to Bombay Beach. This RV/Trailer park is located on the north side of the Salton Sea off HWY 111. Such a mesmorizing place and disturbing at the same time

: Pictures of some of the ruins around Bombay Beach

: More ruins

: Stopped atop of the Bombay Beach Levy to gaze/take in the glory of what once was

: The water level at this spot has dropped tremendously since this time last year. forty plus feet back

: Stopped at a gas station in Niland Ca on our way to Salvation Mountain

: The awe inspiring beauty of this place is magical and mysterious.

: Once back at camp, we took off in for a quick run near camp.

: Derek Vanderwaal in his XJ having fun

: Roy Wallace and his FC going through one of the notches

: Sunrise on Saturday Morning.

: A few pics of our camp off N. Marina Drive Saturday morning

: Drivers Meeting

: Jeff Shienk and our trail boss for the day, Mike Hardy, possibly telling lies

: Our trail boss Mike Hardy found himself in a precarious posistion – here you can see Member Darrin Weatherby guiding him out of this mess

: Trail coming up to the street sign – last destination of the day before we headed back to camp for the impending pot luck

: Dave Darling had a poor mishap and couldn’t have possibly rolled it over any nicer from what we were told. But holding true to tradition, Daves plaques had to be installed upside down. No one was hurt except for a little bit of a bruised ego.