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> Our own "twisty road"...., Finally finished after 20 years!
Jake Raby
post Sep 21 2010, 07:17 PM
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Twenty years ago my Dad and I took an old Ford tractor and a Bobcat loader and about a months worth of time to build a new road up the backside of our property..

Here is a video I made of a quick drive up the completed drive...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EmqOw_fk4A

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Back then that road was nothing more than a way to get to and from the Pond we had just built.It also allowed for a better way in and out during the winter.
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Now fast forward twenty years and this road leads up a remote path to the place where all the magic happens, Aircooled Heaven... It just kind of happened that way, thats the crazy thing... There was never a master plan to make all this happen.. It just did.. For this reason today there still isn't a sign telling you that you have arrived, until you get to the summit of the mountain you don't really know if you are where you are supposed to be and that kind of adds to the mystique of it all..

This will make it much better at the shop and will make it easier to keep the place clean, something we spend lots of time doing!!

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Here is the Pond view...
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Jake Raby   Our own "twisty road"....   Sep 21 2010, 07:17 PM
ripper911   :clap: Maybe I'll have a reason to drive on ...   Sep 21 2010, 07:34 PM
dlee6204   :trophy: Awesome! :driving:   Sep 21 2010, 07:35 PM
Jake Raby   June 4, 2011 is the RAT Reunion!!   Sep 21 2010, 07:36 PM
mepstein   Jake - Congrats! What about an east coast roa...   Sep 21 2010, 07:46 PM
Jake Raby   I am having the RAT reunion as well as a chassis d...   Sep 21 2010, 07:48 PM
RJMII   Jake, the road looks great! Congrats on anothe...   Sep 21 2010, 07:49 PM
Jake Raby   Its all out aircooled combat on the dyno-jet chass...   Sep 21 2010, 07:56 PM
bandjoey   :hissyfit: but we can't drive on it this Octob...   Sep 21 2010, 08:17 PM
Jake Raby   Yep... Even if I would have been here the place wo...   Sep 21 2010, 08:47 PM
championgt1   What a beautiful piece of property! :worship: ...   Sep 21 2010, 09:03 PM
rick 918-S   Nice tribute to your Dad and his vision.   Sep 21 2010, 11:00 PM
Jake Raby   I'll get to drive on it for the first time tod...   Sep 22 2010, 06:18 AM
904svo   We got Road Atlanta, Tail of the Dragon and now RA...   Sep 22 2010, 09:03 AM
ConeDodger   Fathers raise their son's to know and complete...   Sep 22 2010, 10:35 AM
Jake Raby   Fathers raise their son's to know and complet...   Sep 22 2010, 10:50 AM
jsayre914   That road looks bueatiful :wub: Your misson if yo...   Sep 22 2010, 01:32 PM
Jake Raby   That road looks bueatiful :wub: Your misson if y...   Sep 22 2010, 05:54 PM
URY914   Hillclimb!!! Count me in!   Sep 22 2010, 04:40 PM
qa1142   very nice, your dad is happy   Sep 22 2010, 05:33 PM
Lou W   Very nice..... but, is there enough room to pass? ...   Sep 22 2010, 05:46 PM
RobW   Nice work! Where does the start / finish line ...   Sep 22 2010, 05:54 PM
Jake Raby   Finish line is at the top... Just before the hard ...   Sep 22 2010, 08:26 PM


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