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Title: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: imaquadr on November 28, 2011, 04:01:51 PM
river valley trail riders ohv park in council bluffs iowa . the aftermath of a 500 year flood/(http://i659[IMG]http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu318/imaquadr/july%202%202011%2036%20ft/july236ft001.jpg)(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu318/imaquadr/flood27ft%20may22/flood27ftmay22001.jpg).photobucket.com/albums/uu318/imaquadr/june%2013%2032%203%20ft/flood32ftjune132011012.jpg                                                    the pic with my raptor is before it gets deep two wooden poles are 11ft tall and were coverd by water for months ,to the rightside of poles is 4ft cattle gate
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: imaquadr on November 28, 2011, 04:09:25 PM
http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu318/imaquadr/nov%2012%202011/nov122011012.jpgtp://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu318/imaquadr/nov%2012%202011/nov122011012.jpg the sand was left by the river(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu318/imaquadr/nov%2012%202011/nov122011012.jpg)
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: imaquadr on November 28, 2011, 04:16:03 PM
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu318/imaquadr/southside%20of%20park%20riverside%20oct%2023%202011/oct232011cleanup005.jpg)
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: imaquadr on November 28, 2011, 04:22:33 PM
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu318/imaquadr/southside%20of%20park%20riverside%20oct%2023%202011/oct232011cleanup001.jpg) the river bank washed away making our little park smaller
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: Peelz on November 28, 2011, 06:33:21 PM
Holy crap. looks completely different. Was it still a good ride? How was the track at the bottom?
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: preddy08 on November 28, 2011, 08:29:45 PM
Thats nutty man! So much for riding there next year :mad:
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: imaquadr on November 29, 2011, 09:53:14 AM
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu318/imaquadr/nov%2012%202011/nov122011018.jpg)you can see have much sand was left 9 ft on the leftside the right side isthe way it was .
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: imaquadr on November 29, 2011, 10:14:44 AM
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu318/imaquadr/nov%2012%202011/nov122011003.jpg) peels you can see the jumps on the track in the water nov12   track now mostly dry maybe 3 ft of water on flats screw the track we got random piles sand just daring you to jump them lol  spend sun diging 4 feet deep trench under the bridge trying to drain the flats . preddy had 25 guys working down at the park to get it open as fast as we can . 150 ft of fence buried in sand . the hillblazzers(dirt bike club) had a mini dozer down for the day.mini dozers are bad ass. 
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: Peelz on November 29, 2011, 10:17:09 AM
whoa that looks like fun. Im in  :thumbs:
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: imaquadr on January 13, 2012, 04:16:33 PM
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu318/imaquadr/jan2%202012/jan32012003.jpg) after being closed for 10 months park opening jan12 noon  :clap:preddy you torn down or you ready roll?  peels track still not rebuilt yet, soon had to get the park open first. new pic is the perimiter trail well it used to be a trail 10 ft deep 150 ft gash out of the river bank . mother nature is nasty
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: Peelz on January 14, 2012, 09:27:31 PM
is there anywhere left to ride?
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: preddy08 on January 15, 2012, 07:02:48 PM
My buddy just rode there saturday and said it was awsome!
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: imaquadr on January 16, 2012, 11:20:11 AM
Quote from: PeelsSE2 on January 14, 2012, 09:27:31 PM
is there anywhere left to ride?
hell yea, we lost some width but gained some height so it evened out. lol
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: imaquadr on January 16, 2012, 11:34:00 AM
Quote from: preddy08 on January 15, 2012, 07:02:48 PM
My buddy just rode there saturday and said it was awsome!
(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu318/imaquadr/jan%2015%202112/jan152112009.jpg) more than a 100 guys down there on sun.( rare photo)  all 4 tires off the ground at the same time! preddy you still rebuilding?
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: Peelz on January 16, 2012, 12:48:45 PM
noice!  :thumbs:
Title: Re: iowa ohv park after a 500 year flood
Post by: preddy08 on January 16, 2012, 06:35:37 PM
Wiigstyle is rebuilding my shocks. I'm hoping they'll be done by the weekend.