A hell of a way to go

[cal30_sniper]

Thought y'all might like to see some pictures I took of my '90 2WD Suburban on her last hard ride. After I put in the one-ton springs, rebuilt suspension, rebuilt tranny, and Vortech headed 350, I got t-boned by a kid texting a driving here at the college. He hit me going about 50, and completely destroyed his F-150. It didn't kill the suburban, but it did some frame damage, and the rear quarter was pretty much irreparable.

This march, my dad, my little brother, my best friend from the academy (now a Navy Doc), and the local Baptist preacher (also a Suburban guy), took the old '90 down to Big Bend State Park for some trail riding and backpacking. We stayed down there a week, and made many great memories. We packed in everything we needed for a weeks stay in the old burban, and ended up running about 200 miles of 4WD High-Clearance Only (haha) and Jeep trails before the week was done, all without ever spinning a tire. It turned 295,000 miles on the way home, a Hell of a way to end a 22 year career. I've driven this thing over 17 U.S. States and 2 Canadian Provinces in the last 2 years. It towed my boat all the way from Annapolis, MD to College Station, TX last summer. It survived two blizzards while it was up North with me too. The Previous owner covered about 20 more U.S. States, and some of Mexico in it as well. This was its second trip to the big bend. Now its getting parted out/serving as a donor truck for the 3/4 ton. Here's a few of the best pictures I got from the trip:

Day One and Two - Fresno Canyon Jeep Trail:








Day Four - Solitario Jeep Trail, end of the line:


A shot from basecamp, and the reason it's being parted out:


The last photo I have of it. That's me standing next to an old Model A hull that we found up near McGuirks Tanks in the Solitario Mountains:


She done well. I only hope my 3/4 ton gives me as much of a good run as this one did. R.I.P. burb.

-cal30sniper