The police officer in our group had kids with him and had to work Sunday night, so he is exempt from my opinions ( he is a class act.)
The rest of y'all were pretty selfish after Danny thanklessly lead everyone all weekend and did countless hours of work for the group and all of you (except the father/ public servant who has greater responsibilities) could have waited on Danny. I really don't think 1. One whole freakin hour was too much to ask after Danny did so much for so many of us this past weekend. But I guess everyone had too much to do and this was your way of saying thanks. (I won't even start on everyone who Danny has worked on your rigs and you buy him a 12 pack? Wtf? How about some cold hard cash? Ohhh I forgot this is the "All about me" Paris Hilton 4wheel club.
jus saying.
Mark & Nia
All right Mark, that's enough.
You're trying to make it sound like we all just said F**k you, we're out! Deal with it.
That's not how it happened at all.
We all broke camp, assisted Danny with his tire change, asked if anyone else needed help and said our goodbyes with handshakes and fist bumps.
If yourself or Danny were offended that we decided to leave earlier than you, it would of been constructive and welcomed for someone to have said something. It was my intention to leave with Clint as he needed to get out of there early. The other two just happened to be ready at the same time.
However, I and by association the rest of the group experienced instant off road karma when we spent the better part of an hour dealing with my loose U bolts and shifted rear axle.
I have copped to my mistake directly to Danny off line.
Kern Camping Trip 08/15
If you are truly upset and offended that I decided to leave for home earlier than yourself and Danny, I am sorry. It was selfish to not consider the rest of the groups schedules.
In fairness though, I would ask you to look at how you handled the Sherman pass side trip you spearheaded. You left two relatively new off roaders, both with open diffs at the trailhead back to camp. If I was the passive aggressive type, I would come up with some sort of snarky message to post on a public forum.
The point is, group trips often have issues. That is just the nature of getting relative strangers together. In my opinion, if you do not express your thoughts and feelings on a topic or decision at the time they are occurring, you don't really have the right to be offended later.
I had an absolutely wonderful time on this trip as I'm fairly confident everyone did. I can't count the number of times everyone said thanks to each other and especially thanks to Danny for leading and organizing.
And Mark, thanks for the ice cream. I haven't eaten that many root beer float bars and drumsticks in the past five years. (and coffee and lunch!)
See you guys on the next one.
ETA: I don't know if the whole "Paris Hilton" comment was directed towards me, just people under 40 or SCCX as a whole, but I honestly don't think that's fair to say.
To base an entire weekends actions off of one incident that could of been avoided as I mentioned earlier is generalizing. Everyone was more than willing to help to the best of their capacity.
