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Castor River Shut-ins and Meramec State Park 10-26-14
We’ve been doing a bit of wandering the past couple of weekends. Loaded up the Merc: And went to Castor River Shut Ins again: And we’ve also hit Meramec Park on both the St. James and Sullivan MO side:
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The Mighty Merc – Brakes!
Brakes are kind of a nice thing to have dialed in properly. After a little trial and error on The Lone Ranger , I found a good working combination. But I’m adding a little twist to things.
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Castor River Shut-in 8-18-14
We ran down to the Castor River Shut-Ins to look around on Sunday, taking the back way in on the rock roads and dodging the rain the best we could: And for another rare sight, I don’t recall the last time I saw a Tin Top running down the road:
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Valley View Glades 8-11-14
With all the rain recently we were hoping to finally catch some flowing water at Valley View Glades this weekend. But no dice. Apparently you have to be down there while it’s raining to actually see the waterfalls in action. We rode down in the lap of luxury:
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The Mighty Merc – Rear Leaf Setup
For the rear of this project, I am using the typical GM 63” leafs, but with a slight twist. Or maybe just a bit more knowledge expansion on my part. In the Ranger, I started out with an older (Late 80’s) 63” pack. That pack wound up being too soft, so I bastardized it a bit by cutting down a main leaf, and adding an add a leaf to get where I needed to be. Unfortunately, I had managed to…