CC's BZF 10 Trip pics

[canyoncarver]

Figured I'd post some pics of the BZF and the trip there. This was the most eventful trip yet. Day 1 & 2 went pretty smooth, then it got interesting.

Starting out on the Friday before the event..........

I didn't make it very far before having to drain some coffee
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Hitting I-5 from the high desert
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We headed to Frisco and over the Golden Gate Bridge
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I hadn't cruised up the coast in 20 years or so and thought it was time. Twisties-a-plenty. Hours and hours of fun
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After spending the night in Ft. Bragg, CA, we continued up into Oregon.
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After turning inland for a bit, we hit up a little tourist trap.
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And back to the coast.
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We eventually turned inland over a mountain range to Corvallis, OR where we met up with Rockchucker. Coming from the desert life, seeing green life is awesome.
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Hopefully day 3 & 4 will get posted tomorrow.

[b15sent]

Some very good looking scenery Keith!

[Piranha]

Cool pics!!

[Shadowcaster]

fort bragg is one of the most beautiful places on earth, great pics. check PM

[1990ZDRIVR]

lol and to think, i was gunna ride along with cory....no money though, it went all to the tt swap....lol next year though...

[TnkrsToyCo]

Great pictures Keith.

[Farm_Z32]

awesome pics, cant wait for more

[tt300zxFREAK]

I always seem to blow my Z up right before these events.

[TnkrsToyCo]

At least you didn't blow it up at the event.

[MaxxAction]

At least you didn't blow it up at the event.

Was that your Red Pearl Vert that threw the belt out by the ferry?? I was the guy in the black TT that stopped to see if you guys needed help.

[TnkrsToyCo]

That was me and us waiting for the truck/trailer. Thanks for stopping and checking on us, but you could have brought "COLD BEER".

[rockchucker]

Funny I know where the last 2 pics are exactly.

Nice pics. I will be posting soon.


MaxxAction thanks for stopping man! We were starting to lose faith after the second drive by... lmao Yes it was Steve (TnkrsToyCo)'s Vert that blew the Belt.

[canyoncarver]

First off, many thanks to Cory, his sister and family for putting us up for the night. If you know Cory, you know his sister. Great people in the NW. Day three started off in a beautiful settings of the OR mountains and a log cabin, errrrr uhhhhh, log mansion.
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We started day 3 with a trip over the Cascade mountains. The chosen road turned into a rally.
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After burning off a tank of gas, we stopped in the town of Burns, OR for fuel and lunch. After that, our plans to cover 742 miles in 13 hours went to hell. About 60 miles out was our 2nd stop for what we thought was a clogged fuel filter.
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After numerous other stops, we finally made it to the interstate and into Idaho. Eventually Corys car wouldn't go anymore. We decided to pull off and do something. We pulled off and into this random parking lot, and started busting up laughing, thinking we were going to need to drain the fuel tank.
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Our 13 hour day was turning into a 20 hour day. At this point in time, I didn't have any problems. we were thinking that Cory had the smaller aftermarket fuel filter and it was clogging faster than my OEM filter. After draining the tank, we filled up and continued on. We made it maybe 30 miles before things went bad again. We continued on in 20 mile increments, stopping to clean the filter. About 100 miles out of Ogden, my car started acting up, and by the time we got to the motel, my car wouldn't go over 40 mph. We got to the motel at 2:30 a.m. They do keep the lights on at motel 6.

On day 4, I went and installed a new fuel filter, filled up with gas and we were off. Needless to say the fuel filter wasn't the problem. With full tanks of gas, we decided to try and make some miles to burn the gas off before stopping and pulling the pumps. It ended up taking us 9 hours to go 270 miles. Sometimes going only 5 miles before stopping. Once we decided that we were stopping at the next available motel, it took us 4 hours to get there.
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Lotsa chuckerass, this time at the continental divide.
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Finally we found a motel in Rawlins, WY. We were supposed to be 500 miles down the road in Lincoln, NE
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We started on my car first. Excuse the fuel leak.
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Fuel sock and tank all cleaned up.
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Cory's turn............
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He definitely had the worst of it........
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That's alot of crap.........
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All buttoned up, we ordered Dominos and alcohol.
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Now to get back on schedule, we needed to do 1,050 miles the next day.

[intocarss]

Great pics, Except for the problems It looks like an awesum time. I'm sorry I didn't make it..

[MaxxAction]

Hey Chucker...

where did both of you get so much shit in your fuel tanks??

[canyoncarver]

..... awaits chuckers reply. :D

[rockchucker]

I am going to put some shit in a fuel tank right about now....



Fuggin Burns OR and it was a PITA!

[95 maxima se]

beautiful Zzzz!!! i need to go to cali when i get my Z

[rockchucker]

Actually the dude is making it right. Well....Not super right but he is going to pay what it cost us minus work and time. S you really can't ask for much more . I guess.

[DarkZide]

Nice pics. but what a crappy ordeal. I have never seen that bad of gas before.

I think Rockchucker gets the award for most time spent working on Z's that week!

[chicken300z]

So the guy just sold you really dirty gas? Looks like a fun trip, minus the pump pulls.

[VeEzyV]

Sweet!! Looks like an awesome drive. Good thing you guys got everything sorted out

[MaxxAction]

Actually the dude is making it right. Well....Not super right but he is going to pay what it cost us minus work and time. S you really can't ask for much more . I guess.


I don't know...

you might ask the guy to quit dumping his coffee grounds into the fuel supply??
I have never seen anyone pick up anything nearly that bad before, wow! Glad you guys made out ok...

[Articdragon192]

I think next year, I'm joining you on this trip :)

[TnkrsToyCo]

Same week/weekend next year make your plans now.

[canyoncarver]

Day 5 started out on a positives note. we filled our gas tanks 1/2 full in anticipation of having to drain them again. We made it to Laramie, WY without any problems and filled the tanks full after that.

As we entered Nebraska and the roads flattened out, we cranked up the noise. We cruised through 2 full tanks of gas running 90 - 100 mph with Cory's radar detector on the alert.
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As we were approaching Lincoln, which was supposed to be our prior nights stop, we saw we were approaching a storm. I'm usually like "cool", I wanna see a funnel cloud.
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As we roll on we see some of the nastiest rain, lightning and thunder that I've seen in a long time. L O L, we see about 20 of these storm chaser vehicles going the other way on the interstate. I then wonder if I'm going in the wrong direction. As we proceed into the storm, we hear on the radio ...... seek shelter, take cover, stay away from windows. It went from light rain to heavy rain to hail in about 2 minutes. Once the hail started we tried to stop under a bridge. No room. We head to the next bridge while getting pelted by hail. No room again. Quick thinking Cory pulls forward and backs into the grass under the bridge. We seek shelter from the winds. The lightning is striking right over out heads.
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That's not moisture on the camera lens. That rain and hail blowing on us.
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While we waited for the storm to move on, we had a beer and enjoyed the show.
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No more pics of day 5. But we rolled on from our stop, and about 30 miles down the road, we heard the "seek shelter" advice on the radio again. Something about a tornado in the town of Seward and it's crossing the interstate between exits 368 & 386. Coincidentally, we pulled off again at exit 370. A sign at the exit said "Seward", 1 mile north. Just great!!!!!!

We waited a bit and the storm moved east. We rolled again, and basically drove in the tail end of it for about and hour. We finally turned south in Iowa.We could see the storm going east.

As we went south through Kansas City, then east on I-70, we could see the winds and lightning picking up again. That same damn storm was barreling down on us again after we passed it up. Same thing again on the radio ..... "seek shelter, take cover". Damnit. We raced that bitch to Columbia, MO, then headed south and outran it.

We were still on the road as day 6 rolled around. Stopped for gas in Rolla, MO
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And got to the Z graveyard around 2:30 a.m.
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After some chatting and a coupla drinks, we all slept for a few hours. I slept on the hood of a dead Z under the stars. Later in the day we headed off for Branson, and had lunch along the way with some Z buds.
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Finally at the Branson Z Fest
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[SleepyzZz32]

Zs looking great.

[b15sent]

Damn Keith you took some nice shots!

[moonlite5hadow]

i'd love to do this cruise with you guys next year, but 2 problems stand in the way:
1) i'll be about 2 months from graduating UTI at the time of BZF 2011, and 2) as it stands, my Z wouldn't even survive day one this cruise.

time will tell =)

looks like a damn good time, even with the fuel issues. i think when problems like that arise on a cruise, it really puts the owner/driver to the test to see if they really know their stuff.

[JON_90zx]

Good God, what a trek?!

Those pics are amazing. I love those Z's.

Canyon--I really just see my own Z when I see yours. :)

[canyoncarver]

Last of the pics.......

Day 7 was the Peel Ferry cruise. Highways 286, 125 & 160 are a blast.
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Here's a vid of the 286 and 125 to the ferry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckdMtCamVdU

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As we got across the lake, and waited for the second load, Steve took off to get back to BZF registration. Shortly after, we got a call that Steve was broke down. Chris went to help, and as the second group of cars arrived, we took off to help Steve.

Vid from the ferry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Hv6HxyxGrg

On Day 8, which was Friday, we did the Eureka Springs cruise that included a stop for lunch and a wedding.

Jared and I decided to take a more scenic route. We went maybe 30 miles farther and arrived 10 minutes later than the group.
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This was my fourth year to Branson, yet the first time I actually saw the town of Eureka Springs. It's a neat little place.
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We did another little cruise on the way back from Eureka Spring. Ended up out in the farmlands. After this cruise, Cory ended changing his fuel pump when we got back to Branson.

Day 9 was the car show. Most of the pics are covered by other. I sat on a hill by the hotel, tinkering with the zoom on my camera.
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Paul and Shane getting the scenic view.
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After the car show, it has become a ritual to make one last cruise before heading home.
At a planned break point, Jamal pulled up with a malfunctioning shifter. He fixed that and we rolled on to finish the cruise.
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Vid of the Hwy "H" cruise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiRVdPRdZwA


On the Sunday drive home, we stopped to see the meteor crater in Arizona.
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So goes BZF 2010

[xpwarrior]

Thanks for the H Hwy vid. I can't believe after all the years i've rode dirtbikes there at the Chadwick area off of H and all the times i've been on 125 and 160 in the Z that I never went all the way down H. Tried it today and thought it was great.

[pilotz32tt]

I wish I can join you guys, thanks for the pics.

[MGH]

Damn Keith, can't believe I miss this thread, great pics and vids. It was an interesting and exciting BZF 2010 to say the least.