{"id":1208,"date":"2011-04-22T12:25:21","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T17:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=1208"},"modified":"2011-04-22T12:25:21","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T17:25:21","slug":"fording-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2011\/04\/fording-the-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Fording the River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is what we faced on our way home to Gemena several weeks ago.\u00a0 You can see us in the back, peeking around the right of the BIG truck stuck in the river.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1210\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/04\/2011-04-03-fording-the-river-1-getting-around-truck.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1210\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1210 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/04\/2011-04-03-fording-the-river-1-getting-around-truck.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1210\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Preparing to ford the river<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I had more room to get past the truck on the side going out, but none extra.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1211\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/04\/2011-04-03-fording-the-river-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1211\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1211 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/04\/2011-04-03-fording-the-river-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Plunge in and don&#039;t stop!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was also concerned about high centering and how muddy the slope up would be. \u00a0On the way to Zongo, there was a high center going down this slope and I was scraping it. \u00a0I almost felt that I was going to have a problem, but thankfully didn&#8217;t.\u00a0 Low 4WD works great on these trucks. \u00a0Coming out I got it going and let her rip.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1212\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/04\/2011-04-03-fording-the-river-3-coming-out.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1212\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1212 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/04\/2011-04-03-fording-the-river-3-coming-out.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flooring it up the bank<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Success!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1209\" style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/04\/2011-04-03-fording-the-river-4-done.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1209\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1209 \" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2011\/04\/2011-04-03-fording-the-river-4-done.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1209\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Free and clear on the other side - piece of cake, right?<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=1208&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is what we faced on our way home to Gemena several weeks ago.\u00a0 You can see us in the back, peeking around the right of the BIG truck stuck in the river. 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