We all have our embarrassing moments out on the trail and most of us have a fourwheeling story or two that is particularly funny.....but what is it about the combination of dirt and water.....mud..... that always seems to attract us like a moth to flame. Here are a few stories I found amusing.

Nick Krest wrote the following tale about a little side adventure he took.

Several years ago, I was hauling six of my buddies to a wedding. We were the groomsmen, or whatever that's called (everybody except for the groom and the best man) in my pickup, when we (I) saw a great place to go wheelin' not far off the freeway. We're bouncing around, everybody's busting up, having a good time, when we hit a deep, slick, and wide mudhole (open diffs at the time). We're stuck. Wedding's in two hours, what are we gonna do? Everybody strips to underwear, neatly folds clothes and puts them in passenger seat, and we start pushing. I stuck the truck in 4 low reverse, shut the door, and let the tires spin. After half an hour of pushing, we were out, but totally covered in mud. Everybody except for me climbs in back, we find a cheap motel (I check in in my underwear, bathed in mud). We all take a quick shower, get dressed, and we made the wedding by ten minutes. Nobody except us knew a thing.

Brian Gallus shares this anecdote about some after hours fun.

My boss had just bought a new house in a development with lots of clay and water. We had been talking about cruising out to the newer areas (roads are marked... not yet suitable for highway vehicles) and seeing how bad the mud really was. Well, found out last night. Picture this, two guys in business suits and way overpriced dress shoes staring at a mud whole and actually being stupid enough to think they can make it through w/o a huge dry-cleaning bill. No, we didn't make it. Buried the Runner up to the bumpers and had to jump out to walk to his house. He gets his truck and hooks up a tow rope. So there I sat, shoes and socks off, suit pants rolled up to the knees, tie getting in the way and freezing my a#@ off! Got the thing out, drove the block to his house and took some pictures, cruised home (never seen so much mud fly in my life) changed clothes and went to the car wash. Took over an hour and $15 in quarters to get the big stuff off - it's by no means clean yet. It's amazing how much mud and clay that the front skid plate will hold! Oh......everyone in the office has gotten more than a few laughs out of this one. Dumb thing to due, especially in a suit, but incredibly fun nonetheless!

He he......bet these bring back worst stuck memories for some people.

Have fun!

Jay Kopycinski - jayk@off-road.com