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Old 02-20-2012, 05:14 PM
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Default My weekend at Muddy Gras....

Yes that's right MUDDY GRAS not MARDI GRAS. Mardi Gras turned muddy this year...
over 2000 people attended this event this weekend at The River Run in Jacksonville, Tx
Our campsite:



What we woke up to... This was the road we drove in on:



Me in the background:






Me again:







Ummm yeah I don't remember this... However I do remember getting this thing stuck in muddy sand waist deep..


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I got this!!! Oh hey do you got a tow strap?


Mmmm Jager:


What? It was raining and this is what I had to do to get a smore!!:


Sunday morning, getting ready to go home:
 
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Old 02-20-2012, 05:16 PM
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Looks Like a Fun Time..
 
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That big grey Chevy looks like a beast
 
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Old 02-20-2012, 05:22 PM
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It was a beast!!! Until this happened..
 
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What a muddy mess, but probably FUN>>
 
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Old 02-20-2012, 05:33 PM
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Wow what mud should of been here for Mardi Gras would of been a little cleaner.
 
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We didn't expect much rain at all, everytime Mardi Gras would start up it would start raining. The sand did ALOT of damage to peoples four wheelers and trucks. Saw about 6 trucks with broken tie rods and axles as well as about 5 four wheelers with broken axles
 
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Poor beastly chevy lol
 
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Old 02-20-2012, 06:41 PM
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There was also an old Camaro out there as well jacked up as tall as the chevy pickup. That thing was a beast!
 


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