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<\/a>Welcome to the latest adventure by the 22nd<\/sup> Expeditionary Group. <\/span>This trip was planned do the fact that one of our members is with a child (well his wife is). That being said, he wanted to get out of town for a few days since it is getting close to the due date. <\/span><\/p>\nThe plan for this trip was to stay close, so we settled on the Lytle Creek area of the San Bernardino Mountains. <\/span>Lytle Creek Canyon was settle by Mormons in the mid 1800\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s due to the abundance of <\/span>water flowing from the canyon. <\/span>This area has been known as a recreational playground since the 1870\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, and play we did. <\/span><\/p>\n We had decided to meet up Friday night May, 15 at a pizza\/pasta restaurant that Steve recommended. <\/span>Unfortunately some of us got started late and didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t make it to dinner before hitting the trailhead. <\/span>So the next meet point was the Jack-in-a-Box at the Sierra exit off I-15 between the 10 and 215 freeways. <\/span><\/p>\n As dawn broke the next morning we all crawled out of our sleeping bags and started to get ready for the day. <\/span>As we ate breakfast OZ, another 22nd<\/sup> EG member, joined us for the day. <\/span>With him was an unexpected surprise, Greg from PRG Products was out playing with his wife\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s incredibly built 2nd<\/sup> generation Xterra.<\/p>\n This leg of the trip took us down the eastern side of Lytle Ridge to Cleghorn Rd. <\/span>Cleghorn road can be reached from an exit off the 15 freeway of the same name. <\/span>This trail can be as easy or difficult as you want it to be, with the main trail as a forest service road with many harder bypasses. <\/span>The first part of the road is pretty mundane with switch backs heading up the mountain. <\/span>After a few miles we came to a flat spot that has a large power transmission line structure that has a short but challenging hill climb. Both, OZ and Greg decided that this would be a nice place to stretch their suspension as a warm up for what was to come.<\/p>\n The next morning we woke and cleared camp. <\/span>We back out the canyon and eat of healthy brunch at Jack-in-a-Box. <\/span>After eating we all split up and headed our separate ways until next time nature calls us out.<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Welcome to the latest adventure by the 22nd Expeditionary Group. This trip was planned do the fact that one of our members is with a child (well his wife is). That being said, he wanted to get out of town for a few days since it is getting close to the due date. The plan … <\/p>\n<\/a>We had a nice little group that would be camping for the weekend. <\/span>Steeevo, BlackX, X_Trippin, Phulcrum, JTthe Geek, and few friends that wanted to tag along. <\/span>We hit the trail around 9:30pm and arrived at camp in coldwater canyon about 1 \u00c2\u00bd hours later. <\/span>After a few drinks and stories around the campfire we called it a night. <\/span>The weather was perfect so there was no need for a tent. <\/span>We all picked a spot on the tarp and fell to sleep looking at the stars. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>We decided that since Steeevo was the local wheeler for this trail we would let him lead us on a day of adventure. <\/span>The first stop we made was an area called Gobblers Nob on Lytle Ridge roughly 40 minutes from camp. <\/span>This stop required a hike that took about 10 minutes, but the view was worth it. <\/span>We hung out there for a few before returning to the trucks for the next leg.<\/p>\n<\/a>After letting them play for a few minute we continued up the trail. <\/span>Another mile or two we came to the first off-shoot. <\/span>This off-shoot cuts straight up the mountain side instead of using the switch backs that the main road follows. <\/span>We all made it through this without issue. <\/span>We then crossed the main trail and followed another off-shoot up the hill side. <\/span>Most of these side trail can be handled be most SUV\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s with a little bit of lift and some good tires. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/a>Finally we came to a rough section of trail that only Steeevo, OZ and Greg were willing to attempt. <\/span>Steeevo was the first one to tackle this section and made it to the top without incident. <\/span>Next up was Greg, who managed to scare all of us with his abundant us of the skinny pedal, which was needed do to tire size and gearing. <\/span>As he climbed the trail he needed to skirt a small boulder the was laying on the passenger side of the trail. <\/span>As he climb the small off camber hill next to the rock he got a little to high and we all watch wit baited breath as the drivers front tire came off the ground and the truck came unbalanced. <\/span>Once through that section Greg easily finished the bypass. <\/a> <\/span>Next up was OZ who walked through the trail take a different line than Greg or Steeevo. <\/span>The rest of us then met up with the other 3 at the end of the bypass where we rested and ate lunch. <\/span>After lunch OZ and Greg had to leave us for other engagements that they had that day. <\/span>The rest of us headed back towards camp to relax for the remainder of the day and get ready for dinner. <\/span>After an evening of laughs we called it a night.<\/p>\n