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Wanted to share this,  it will be the 19th so we are a week out.
I've been a couple of times...some interesting cars and usually a few rovers.
If I'm free hoping to swing by.
 
http://www.ubscc.org/CarShow.htm

Great seeing Paul, Chris,Jared, Don, Colin and others…I like my English Pale Ale with the Cambodian stuff chicken wings!  Thanks Paul for posting!  Had a great time!  

Agreed - that thing is amazing! As long as it does not come with Dysentery I'm down to find one : )

@Tyler Mattson I would totally be down to run this as a trip!

Initially I thought that was like an old wagon in background if your truck. Thats your roof top tent?!?! What brand is that. Looks great with the low profile when put away 

Getting up for this...! Hmmm... pretty large group @Mr.BlueSky... Will have to spread us out to keep the dust down!
--Paul

Maybe bring the SF Bay Area Land Rover club to East Brother on April 28th? 
 

Welp, since I am scheduling myself to "work" the Taproom on a weekend, I might as well have some fun! 
East Brother Beer Co is having a vendor day. We will have about 6 vendors (arts n crafts n such) setup, as well as 2 food trucks - Cambodian Food and a Smashburger... Obviously, there will be beer available, and I will have a special club discount on beers for the day. 
Tap List - subject to change
- The Core Beers: Bo Pils, Red Lager, Blonde Ale, Gold IPA, Red IPA, Oatmeal Stout 
- Seasonal Specialities: Belgian Tripel, Maibock
- Taproom Only: German Pilsner, English Pale Ale, something in the beer engine (cask ale)
Time: Let's shoot for lunch, noon - 4p. 
Other: The club has some new t-shirts and the two boxes have been sitting in front of my desk for a few weeks. Rumor has it that all current members will be getting a new shirt, but I will let the Board confirm that! 
I'll hit up some of the regulars with Rovers to attend. I am also toying with the idea of a Parking Lot Party for us for the day if there are enough committed interest. We have a somewhat hidden area that we could park the rigs and admire with beers in hand. the downsides are: food trucks and vendors will be a walk, and I may need to limit the tap list (considering setting up the Tap Wagon or can pours in the "secret" area. Otherwise, I can reserve a few tables/area for us. 
The secret area also has a forklift ramp, that we possibly could do some flexin' for the grams. Or just rollout the forklift... 
Where: 1001 Canal Blvd, Richmond, CA 94804
- if we post up in the Taproom Unit C-2
- if we circle the wagons, Unit B
 
Cheers,
Paul 
 

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Tow truck drivers are salivating at this trip itinerary 

K. I am in.
What else....?
--Paul

Hello Land Rover People!
We are thrilled to announce that the club will be hosting the Third Annual Overland Event in 2024. 
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2024 Overland Event Location:
For 2024, we plan on traversing Segments 3 & 4 of the Eastern Mojave Heritage Trail in Southern California. The route will start near Ludlow and conclude in Needles, CA covering approximately 350 miles. This route is far more remote than those experienced on Segments 1 &2 we traveled in 2022.
The trip highlights are many including petroglyphs, old tank tracks, local history, mines, sprawling scrublands, and of course, incredible desert camping opportunities galore!
Dates and Itinerary:  May 11th - May 19th
May 11th - Transit Day to Aiken Cinder Mine May 12th - Trail Day 1: Aiken Cinder Mine to Mailbox 3 May 13th - Trail Day 2: Mailbox 3 to Granite Pass May 14th - Trail Day 3: Granite Pass to Hole in the Wall May 15th - Trail Day 4: Hole in the Wall to Lieser Ray Mine May 16th - Trail Day 5: Lieser Ray Mine to Raiders of the Lost Arch May 17th - Trail Day 6: Lost Arch to Eagle Pass May 18th - Transit Day: Eagle Pass to Needles to Home May 19th - "Situation" Buffer and Optional Transit Day As always our pace will depend on a variety of factors including road conditions, speed, interest in stops, etc. Please check back as the itinerary is being put together.
Registration: 
Cost per driver is $65, $30 per Passenger Members will get a discount and get first grabs at the open slots before we open this to the public. The registration fees will go towards T-shirts, patches and other goodies - we aim to make this a break even event. Registration is LIVE! --> https://forum.norcalrovers.org/store/ Registration will be limited to 15 vehicles in order to maintain a manageable event. Difficulty & Vehicle Requirements:
Stock vehicles are certainly welcome and will likely have no issues on the trail. While the trail is certainly not easy in all places, I expect we can get everyone through without major difficulty.
Adventure trailers are welcome, but expect hitch dragging and tight quarter maneuvering. 
Things to expect:
Pinstripes are 100% going to happen. Divorce yourself from your paint now. There are many steep drops and rises in and out of washes, depending on what this year's winter brings, the roads could be fine, or a washed out disaster. Vehicles that have low profile front and rear bumpers may see scuffing/contact. Minimum Vehicle Requirements
Mechanically Sound Rover (as best as they are) Working E-Brake/Parking Brake 30" tires including full-size spare Recovery Points front and rear Center Differential Lock (CDL) (or other modern equivalent) Minimum Gear Requirements:
Enough water for each participant for multiple days Extra Fuel Spare parts and tools Tire Repair Kits Fire Extinguisher First Aid kit Recommended Vehicle Requirements and gear:
Armor (rear bumpers, diff guards, sliders) Working winch Vehicle Jack and Tire patch kit Shovel Modern Rovers w Air Suspension should have a SYA kit, air lockout kit equipped, or a GAP tool and know how to use it. Attendee Drivers:
Sasha / SDS Mike Foster / Mffoster Kevin Yankton / Kevin Yankton Jeff / jcb Brian / woodwelsh Martin / MHARTD4 Gabriel Wocker / Gabriel Wocker Lutz / lutz Johann / yokrieger Paul / PaulD Cris / Lithium1330 Rupert / ROVERMAN2 Tyler / Tyler Mattson   Miles Wynn / Mr.Bluesky  
 
24.05.02_EMHT_SEG3-4_NCLR_v2.pdf

Hey all!
Quick overnight trip South East of MNF on what should be a quite easy trip just to get out and enjoy some nature. 
I've not run these trails previously so we can all learn together 
Here's the plan for Thursday 3.14 into 3.15:
Meet on 3.14 at 900A at Natomas Crossings Walmart on Truxel then head to Stonyford where we'll eat lunch. 
Run that West then South to Hough Springs. 
Head East to find camping before Indian Valley Reservoir and set up camp.
Next AM on Friday 3.15 we head East on Bartlett Springs Road before hitting Walker Ridge Road.
Head South on Walker Ridge Road stopping along the way for lunch.
Continue out to CA-20 then East towards I-5 and home.
If you plan to join please LMK via call or text so I can wait/look for you!
724 317 6102

Wow! A ton of activity over the weekend!
We are down to 5 open spots left. Oliver needs a seat! : 0 Stickers and Patches should arrive soon! Sasha is working to get a T-shirt order in over the next few days. Currently we have: 2x LR3 2x Discovery 2 2x Range Rover Classic 1x LR4 1x L405 1x Discovery 1 1x Defender 110 More updates later this week! 
 

Great recap.  Thank you

We made it home around 5:30PM. It was a great trip.
Colin -  your updates were perfect : ). If only I'd have been checking my phone.
Will work on getting a writeup done in a couple days. 

In the meantime, here is a Google Photos album link:  https://photos.app.goo.gl/9iexe4RJE72Weenp9
Upload and enjoy!

Some interesting data on where people are listening. 
 

Shaver Recap podcast is out. I am joined by Sasha and Dave. We try out a new segment and chat about some current “news” and then breakdown the Annual Shaver Snow Run. 
 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nclr-after-dark/id1615586586?i=1000647794553
 
 

2024 Annual Shaver Lake Snow Run
Author: M. Wynn
The day started early Saturday morning as Theresa, Henry, and myself loaded ourselves into Snowflake. The day was beginning to break as the sun slowly heaved itself into the overcast sky. We headed down into south San Jose where we met up with David and his LR4 and well-equipped adventure trailer.
The trip to Shaver Lake was uneventful aside from a call over the radio. “Miles, did you know that when you step on the brakes your left indicator goes solid?” an observant David called out. It seems, electrical gremlins had every intention to play in the snow alongside us. Meanwhile, Mike was well on his way into California at this point headed over the pass from Reno. Colin, Lutz, Phil, Mark, Gabriel, and Oliver were also well on their way.
As we made the approach to the foothills the skies lifted giving a glimpse of snow-covered peaks. How much snow would be on the ground when we arrived? Would we make it to the campsite at a decent time?

 A quick fuel stop in Prather and we were headed up the grade. Snowflake happily thrummed along at a respectable 35-40mph while David’s LR4 calmly plodded along trailer in tow. As we pulled into Pub-N-Grub around 12:30PM, Lutz was briefly heard over the radio – he was just east of Fresno hitting the first of many red lights. We confirmed their location and decided we would take lunch at the Pub N’ Grub in Shaver. Little did we know Eric had spotted our arrival on the Shaver Lake Webcams!

After an hour-long lunch, we headed to Rock Springs Road where we ran into some folks from the Clovis 4x4 club. After chatting with them on trail conditions for a while, we aired down and made our way to camp. The going was easy, with us reaching camp with plenty of daylight remaining. Snowflake promptly faceplanted into the prospective camping spot plowing a way for the soon to be snow road. David provided an assist when needed, pulling Snowflake back when stuck. Henry looked on inspecting the ongoing plow-work.


With about ¼ of the area cleared, Lutz arrived in his 110 HiCap with his LR3 in tow piloted by Phil and Angel. Lutz and Miles made quick work of the remaining site with an assist from Snowflake when a bit too much drift was attacked by the 110.
Slowly, folks began trickling into camp. As night fell Oliver and Company built a fire as wet snow began to fall. All were well settled into camp by the time Collin and Eric rolled in around 1130PM.  


                The next morning came in cold. Fresh snow and ice covered the trucks as we awoke and began moving around camp. Mike was in search of a battery side post for his winch, so a satellite ping was sent out to Sasha who was on the way up. Back down to Prather for him! Unfortunately, shortly after, we found what we needed, and the next satellite ping was too slow. Sasha made the round trip to Prather and back and finally rolled into camp around 10:30AM. We were off on the road to the trail head.

                At the trailhead Lutz took the lead and in we went. It was easy going until the first water crossing – really, it was more of a mud hole. The opposite end, effectively a 3-foot-almost-vertical snow wall. Snowflake made it on the 3rd try. A quick bubba rope pull got Gabriel up and out. David managed to launch the LR4 out of the hole only to promptly turtle on the snowpack above. An assist from Gabriel got him through. Mike and Oliver didn’t have any issues. Oliver was tempted to hit the hole at “50mph” but was talked out of it : ). Sasha brought up the rear with no issues.

                About 20 minutes far up the trail, Colin blew a bead on the driver’s front. Mark too had blown a bead on the driver front. Lutz managed to almost make it to the clearing near V-notch before sliding 50ft back down the trail. While the crew aided in reseating the beads, the crew down below ate lunch, played in the snow, and chatted rovers.


                Roughly an hour and a half later, tires reseated, most folks were turned around and ready to head back down the mountain. Earlier, David had slid off the trail at the creek crossing and had been winched out.


On the return, Mark slid into the same hole. Initially, a bubba rope was affixed between Snowflake and the LR3 but alas, Snowflake just was not heavy enough to get the rover out of the bank. Lutz tried too but did not have the heft either. Eventually. A combined effort, with Snowflake snatch strapped to Lutz’ HiCap and the bubba rope from the HiCap connected to the LR3 was needed to get Mark unstuck, up the other side, dragged through 100 feet of snowbank and back onto the trail.  Just in time too, as Snowflake had run out of room to run before the squeeze between the rock and the tree. Returning to camp was uneventful, however the trip to pizza was about to unfold. In true snow run fashion – Mark’s tire came off the bead once again!


                It was decided to make the run into town for pizza. Tires were aired up. People shuffled into the LR3s, LR4s, and Snowflake to head into town. Over the course of the day, however, temperatures had risen, and the snowpack softened. The first ones on the trail quickly found they had sunk down and barely had traction. A fun, stuttering, slot car high speed run was made out to the highway. Even Snowflake was chugging along galumphing in various fits of traction and raging slippage. Eventually we made it to the main road, only to hear that Lutz in his LR3 was stuck.
                The folks headed into town while Miles, Theresa, and Henry drove back in to pull them out. Unfortunately, due to the low traction and newly solidifying ruts, Snowflake could not be turned around. So, a bubba rope was affixed to the LR3 and the front of the classic. The LR3 was dragged out by Snowflake traveling almost a half mile in reverse. Back on the main road, it was found that the electrical gremlins had returned to plague snowflake. The indicators were gone, brake lights were gone, the speed transducer no longer received power to transmit the signal to the speedometer. Lame. The last two trucks rolled into Shaver almost 45 minutes later to find everyone had moved over to the Pub N Grub due to long wait times at the pizza joint. Alas, the wait times at Pub N Grub may have been even longer!
Eventually, the crew made it back to camp. Mark, Oliver, and Collin all packed up and hit the road back home. The remainder of the crew lit a fire and chatted until late evening. All night, the sound of heavy rain was heard pounding tents and vehicles.
In the morning, the snow was well depressed by the rain and almost everything was soaked. Well over 2” of rain had fallen and was still coming down in heavy spurts. Packing up camp was a bit slow, but eventually vehicles began to shuffle out of the camping spots. Snowflake was the first to plunge into the “lake” that had formed between the campsites and the road. It would not be the last. Almost every vehicle ended up punching through the snow and into the icy waters below. Only Lutz ended up making it through without requiring a winch to extract.


                The real stuck fest had begun. It took the better part of 2 hours to get the vehicles on the roadside of the lake. Once there, Sasha hooked up Dave’s LR4 and Adventure trailer with a Bubba Rope they pinned it until they hit the asphalt of Dinkey Creek.  Mike followed them out. Up next was Lutz and his LR4 connected by a Bubba Rope. There was a bit of a rough start as they got bogged down in the next slush hole just past camp. After a quick pull back, they got it on the next run – not stopping until they too hit pavement. Lastly, Miles, Theresa, and Henry followed, close behind was Gabriel in his classic. This trip was much less eventful and was rather easy-going with a road now plowed by LR3 and LR4s!
                Aired up, one last trip into Shaver to have a much-needed lunch. After lunch, we all said our goodbyes and headed back to reality. Another enjoyable, memorable, and wet Shaver Snow run in the books!

Please help us spread the word.  The S.F. Bay Land Rover Club is a NEW monthly Land Rover gathering.  Rain or shine we have free “cars and coffee” type meetup the second Saturday of the month from 8-10am at the south end of the Larkspur Ferry Terminal Car Park near the ‘B’ aisle.   We're nonexclusive, free, and 100% noncompetitive with the NCLR or any Land Rover club or group or meet.
 
Saturday March 9, 2024, is our inaugural meet!  
Free Club Stickers!   Trophies for People’s Favorite and Longest Traveled.  
Rover-On!   Follow us on Instagram:  @SFBayLandRoverClub   
www.SFBayLandRoverClub.com 
 
Who am I?  I've owned Series Land Rovers for over 35 years and got my first one "LittleCar" a 1967 SIIA in about 1986 when I was 13 years old.  In the 1990's I had a Land Rover website www.oldrover.com that detailed our antics with 13 mostly non running Land Rovers that I had with my dad.  We peaked in 1999 with the import of at 1975 101FC Vampire.  I now publish my automotive follies on Instagram under @dubiousgarage and am down to 6 Land Rovers.  I thought it would be fun to create a low key, Bay Area local, cars and coffee meet up that dubiously running and not trail ready Land Rovers could attend, hence the S.F. Bay Land Rover Club.
 
 

I’ll be interested to check out the daily schedules as the event plans get solidified. Best I could probably swing would be using the Monday and Friday as travel days and enjoy the weekend activities. Definitely close enough to try to make. Hit me up if you’re down near San Jose and we can do a podcast episode on the event. Since we are an ANARC club, it makes sense for us to have a group of us make the event.

Hi All,
I just wanted to let you know about the upcoming National Land Rover Rally being organized by Pacific Coast Rover Club and ANARC event, May 24-27 in Redmond Oregon.  I am on the Board for the PCRC, and we are putting a bunch of effort into planning the best event we can.
In my humble opinion, this National Land Rover Rally in Oregon may end up being better than the average Rover (or Jeep or any model) national gathering. Here is why I say that.
Like all events, we will have camping, daily runs, vendor booths, and it is in a very scenic setting.  But the Bend/Redmond area is especially beautiful and scenic.   Either Saturday or Sunday I am leading an all-day extra hard run.  Maybe you guys could help me decide how difficult or not to make the run.
There should be free classes on topics such as driving, recovery, trail first aid, radio communications, and trail preparedness.  The plan is to have live music and comfortable places to hang out and spend time together.
There will be daily runs that offer a variety from non-damaging scenic runs to more challenging runs.  I think one of the runs may go into the Cascade mountain area.  I am bringing at least 1 Series I and I am hoping to either let people drive for a test spin or have them drive with me.  I haven’t decided yet. 
When I went to the National Moab rally we basically did runs, spent time in our small groups, and went to the one dinner with the raffle.  Our club’s goal for the May event is to have an engaging weekend that provides people with fun things to do the entire time they are there.  The plan is to have big free dinner Saturday also.
Anyway, I encourage everyone to do whatever’s best for them, I just wanted you all to know the plan. 
I hope to see as many of you at the event as possible. We need to show the National Rover crowd how us West Coasters actually get down.
If you have any questions feel free to email me at jesselcoombs@gmail.com or call me at 541-231-7012

New episode out. 
 
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nclr-after-dark/id1615586586?i=1000647172193
 
 

Tow truck drivers are salivating at this trip itinerary 

Definitely need to make it to a couple events this year.  If I have to I’ll take the L405 TD6 and snag an extra seat or walk trails if needed. I enjoyed both of those podcasts that laid out the events and what was needed or how you can attend without a rock crawler. 

Spotted 😂