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Story and Photos by Tony Newsom and Mike Stoker

DeLeon, Texas
Texas gets a new trail

Then came the really GOOD stuff! We had been hearing a motor for a few minutes, than up the hill comes Gerald Fronk of No mercy Jeepers in his built-to-the-hilt CJ-7. Steve talked him into taking us over to the other area. They had cut a lot of trails over there, from mild to wild.

We drove the 5-6 miles over there when Gerald discovered that he had a flat in his right, rear tire. We stopped and he changed the tire, then we were off again.

The first obstacle we did was a rock chute that had a squeeze in the middle of it. Nobody had any problems on this hill except when my linkage broke for the first time that day.

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