BRIMSTONE with HANK JR.

Loaded up and rolling at 5:00 am

Stopping off in Columbia, Ky for some home cooking..Southern Style Breakfast....

This should be a great weekend of off-roading in the North Cumberland Mountains.

Headed to Huntsville, Tenn. for the annual Wild Mountain Rampage at Brimstone ATV Park.

Little camping, little riding, little racing and even a little drinking....

Did I mention a little campfire activities or was that included with the little drinking comment....

Did a little Sweet Talking to Danika and she got us a nice level campsite in the Event Area....in walking distance to the Event Stage where the "One and Only" Hank Williams, Jr. will perform on Saturday Night...

It also helps to get there two days early.......

Campsite all set up and Christine has her Hog Snout Dust Mask, walking stick and brand new hiking boots....Looks like she is ready to do some serious trail riding.


Gonna get in a few miles today before this huge crowd shows up tomorrow.

This is expected to be the biggest event ever held at Brimstone.


Hot and dry here in the Tennessee hills.....

Made it in time for lunch on the ground....nothing like dining in the mountains.



Beautiful weather and quite peaceful on this Thursday afternoon....

Will try to get some Go-Pro videos edited and add them in later...

 Friday, September 16, 2016      

Headed up to the Vendor Area this morning to check out the New Stuff..

Vendors arriving and setting up their displays. Good time to stretch a leg and exercise a sore knee before heading back up into the trails.

Just one of the many Wild Rides here at the Wild Mountain Rampage...

Check out this 4-wheeler....

And back at the Wild Mountain Beauty Parlor Andrea and Alison are having their hair done.........Campground Style..


It was a verrrrry dusty ride on the trails today....we could use a little rain before the Rampage starts tomorrow.

These girls could hardly get the hair washed for laughing so much..

Rode into town of Huntsville, Tenn. today for some milk and ice.

This is the first year that State Police have allowed ATV's on Highway 63.

Several of the Trail Systems are trying to work an arrangement with the State to allow ATV's and OHVs to use state and county roads to link the trail systems.

Hopefully, the State will approve. There are four or five large trail systems that could be linked if this is allowed. Much like the "Hatfield and McCoy" systems in West Virginia.







Saturday, September 17, 2016

Click on the Video below for a tour of the Event Area campground........

 
Saturday around Noon as people are coming in to get a spot for the Hank Jr. concert later tonight.
This is expected to be the largest crowd ever at a Brimstone Rally.....

Jimmy and I were at the registration booth bright and early hoping to be first to leave on the Wild Mountain Rampage Race.
Several others had the same idea. We were sixth or seventh to leave out this morning. A cool, foggy morning for this cross country event.
The Moto-Cross rider on the 300 KTM "looked like" the guy to beat. We will just have to see if we can catch them. Drivers leave as they are signed up. The KTM was long gone by the time we were finished signing in.

The "Mad Hatter" was at Checkpoint #3 when we arrived. You got bonus points if he was at a checkpoint when you arrived, he moved from one to the other all day long.
He will play an interesting role later on in the finishing results.
We got the bonus points.....now it's off to catch the the rest of the drivers.

We passed two before the first checkpoint.....Jimmy lead all day while I ate his dust, but I passed him on a rough dirt road just before entering the county road back to the start/finish. He couldn't catch up so I finished fourth and Jimmy finished fifth. However, the first and second place drivers did not get their cards punched by the checkpoint official, they only got the "Mad Hatter" to punch their card so they actually were disqualified. Andrea rode with me and Alison rode with Jimmy......two brave girls. Christine DOES NOT like to go fast so she sat this one out. Lots of fun.

Back at the event area for the next event....the "Obstacle Course".

We are waiting for the drivers meeting and explanation of the course and direction to go...

Gonna be a fun afternoon....and a Hank Jr. concert tonight.

Drivers are walking the course with the official.
There is no practice and no pre-walking of the course just to be fair to all.

Very rough course, built at the last minute with a few bulldozers and backhoes..

Jimmy beat me by 2 seconds....I must have been tired from the morning ride. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Andrea and Alison messing around on the way to the concert. Christine and I had already parked the RZR in a good spot several hours before the concert expecting a record crowd. So we all walked up to the RZR with chairs for the show.

It was a good idea because it was so crowded we had to leave the RZR there until after midnight before we could get it back to the camp.

We are in the middle of a "Sea of SIDE X SIDES" ...all makes and models, only thing they have in common is they are all drunk or working on getting drunk...

Clip of Trail 95's Whoop-De-Doos...