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On 7/9/2023 at 3:04 PM, RobertDingli said:
Hi Eric. I will join if the trip goes ahead. I’d like to stay at either Dinkey Creek or Camp Edison rather than dispersed camping. I won’t have much time to prep as I’m in Europe this week. I can drive up Friday afternoon and camp for two nights.
There arent any campsites available. They book up an amazing amount of time in advance. There are not many first come first sites offered at those campgrounds, so dispersed camping will be the plan by default. There are plenty of good dispersed campsites around. I’m going to call the OHV manager and confirm that the trail is open tomorrow. So far this looks like the roster:
Eric - D2
Sasha (likely) - D2
Robert - D2
Oscar (considering)- D1
Paul (tentative) - L322
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I called the ranger office this morning. The OHV manager is out of the office this week, but the person who was available to speak with said that it is scheduled to open on July 15th. So I am going to stick with the original plan and hopefully be able to confirm with the OHV manager the opening of the trail on Monday. I will need to get some confirmations from attendees though, otherwise no point in making the trip happen if there won’t be at least a handful of trucks showing up. So let me know if you are planning on making the trip.
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11 minutes ago, CRYA said:
Jesus Christ you’re always on the defensive. I know Miles and the rest will not at all take my congratulations on an epic run and a suggestion on future planning as criticism. These trips take a ton of time and energy to plan and it’s a thankless job as all volunteers to pull them together.
That being said, offering up some input on future planning in no way minimizes their efforts so don’t speak for them mmm k? Thanks Bud.
It’s actually a criticism by, you know, the definition of the word. Maybe you should consider contributing actual effort in helping with some of the duties of running the club and maybe even this trip in particular. I just find it such a low and petty move to throw a wet blanket on the successful trip by throwing out criticisms literally the day they put the recap up. Poor taste. Give them a pay on the back for what they did. Save the other crap for later.
- Andrew Wood and Jethro
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9 minutes ago, CRYA said:
Looks like another epic run! Hate to have missed it. Given the time commitment of these trips along with many of us that want to join have younger families, hopefully for the ‘24 Roverland, the dates can be locked in sooner? Just a hint for the Overland Subcommittee. Longer range planning could help us all out as the miles and remoteness is a whole different experience than rock crawling for a day or two.
That’s a good point. I’m sure Miles and the subcommittee appreciate the criticisms at this point of the trip. Thanks Bud!
- Andrew Wood and Jethro
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3 hours ago, lutz said:
Sadly I'm still working and prepping for rovicon. Also there was a new forest order released and it says ball mountain is closed but they may have it open I'd give them a call.
I didn’t think Bald would be an issue mid July, but I’ll call them this week. The forest service hasn’t updated the trails since May 31st, so I am hopeful. So far I only have a maybe from Oscar, so if the trail is closed and I don’t get more verified participants then I’m just going to cancel it.
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5 hours ago, Motobrewer said:
I am looking forward to the podcast recording (volunteering to do it). Just need to write down some notes before work BS starts to push out details of last week.
Let’s do it! Unfortunately I am out of town this weekend, then I am leading the Bald Mountain MORG the following weekend so it’ll have to be a weekday or after that. I am up for either. Let me know your preference and also if there’s any other attendees that would like to join the podcast recap of the trip.
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Besides bushings, high levels of travel will eat U joints. I tend to get 2 years out of the ujoints in my driveshafts before they get eaten up. Sounds bad, but ujoints are cheap and they are easy to replace.
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Sounds like an adventure!
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Years of extended travel suspension finally killed one of my radius arm brackets. Also managed to nearly totally pop out a bushing on the opposite side. Requires a little straightening out of the twisted bracket and some welding to fix. You have to be pretty precise for the bolt holes to line up with the radius arm, but I got lucky and it worked out. Replaced the 5 year old Johnny Joints and the bushings with Super Pro ones. Good to go!
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We have a new podcast up! Don and I chat about club stuff and other BS we tend to talk about. Please give it a listen and give us a fair review. Thanks for listening Land Rover brethren! We appreciate your support and your support literally makes the difference between us continuing doing this or not. But we like doing it and we want to keep this small corner of the Land Rover going!
- Jethro and Tyler Mattson
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I am not making this trip, and am sort of the main representative for the opposite site of the wheeling spectrum compared to the overland guys, but I am still excited for this trip. Miles does, and continues to do, such an excellent job of planning this trip that I have little doubt that it will go off without a hitch. The overall planning from miles and the participants make it seem like it will be an epic and comfortable excursion across a fantastic swath of the north western americas. I look forward to hearing about it and hope some of you’s can join me on a podcast and tell us all about it!
- Mr.BlueSky and SLOHybrid
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Now that the June MORG is in the books, time to move onto the July MORG. The July MORG will be the same trail run as last years Annual. We will running Bald Mountain near shaver Lake and this will be a rock crawling trip that can accommodate all Land Rovers, not just the built up ones with monster tires, lockers, and armor. But if you do happen to have those things, this trail can also provide plenty of challenges for you as well.The basic plan will be to find a place to disperse camp along Rock Creek Rd. There are plenty of spots that can accommodate large groups, so I don’t anticipate any issues with just showing up and finding a spot. I will be showing up Friday, finding a spot, and leaving a marker at on Rock Creek Rd to make camp easy to find. I will post up a picture of said marker once I figure out what that will be. There was also some talk about a group BBQ, details to come on that.
We will be running the trail Saturday with a departure time from camp of 9am sharp. Depending on who and how many are coming we may run two groups. There is an easy and a hard (not really that hard) side up Bald Mountain. If all the vehicles can handle the hard side, that’s what we will be doing. If some can’t, then we will also run a group on the easy side and meet at the top. The trail is fun and has a bunch of satisfying climbs and plenty of optional obstacles to play on.
There are plenty of hotel rooms and private rentals in the area of camping isn’t preferred. Also plenty of hiking and lake recreation opportunities, so making a longer weekend and enjoying the surrounding area is definitely worth doing if you can swing it. Even additional rock crawling is worth considering as there are a bunch of trails nearby worth doing (Brewer Lake, Swamp Lake, Red Mountain area).
Map photo is of where you want to turn from Dinkey Creek Rd to Rock Creek Rd. From there you’ll want to just look out for our marker. I will also try to find some cell service and give a better description of where we are at on Friday.
- SDS, Mr.BlueSky and Jethro
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It was a great trip and great trail run. Thanks to everybody that made it. We had a good group of 8 run the trail. It was surprisingly not that wet aside from the actual raining, which conveniently started as we approached the hardest section of the trail. We were able to make amazing time with 2.5 hours each direction. We weren’t trying to rush or anything, just had an efficient group of well built vehicles and capable drivers. We were able to get off the trail well before 5 and make a pit stop at Uncle Toms Cabin before heading to camp. It was nice to relax and have beer at the iconic establishment and makes for a nice post trail ritual. And we still had plenty of time to tend to our camp needs before it was campfire time.
The campground worked out fine for us. We had plenty of room. The campground was clean, well groomed, and pretty spaced out, so we were able to socialize at the fire well past curfew without disturbing any neighbors. The space also gave the dogs (and cat) the ability to have a little space to roam before intruding on other camps. Being within a couple miles of Uncle Toms was also nice. It was pricey ($28 for a single, $56 double per night), but I’d stay there again.
Carnage was at a minimum, and we were all able to drive off trail and back to camp and eventually to home sans tow trucks or major repairs. This is always one of my favorite trips and signals the start of the rock crawling season.
- Mr.BlueSky, SDS, PaulD and 4 others
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I am at Stumpy Meadows Campground now with Jeff. We have 4 sites locked down. We could use another couple tho. Right now there are a handful still available. We both came via 50 and Icehouse Road. Weather is warm. So whoever get here first (Mike Foster would be my guess) should go around the loop and try to get spot 31 which is just past Jeff’s D2. After that we should just get whatever is “OPEN” according to post tags in front of each site.
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2 minutes ago, NickK said:
What’s the departure plan Saturday morning? I’ll likely come up Saturday and only camp the one night.
Plan is to leave camp at 9am sharp. There’s a bit more plan and trail description in the original post, but basically I’d plan on meeting at the trailhead or staging area on the opposite side of the road at 9:45-10. Probably better than trying to catch us at camp unless you want to drop off stuff prior to the trail run. In which case I’d pay attention to a location update for camp tomorrow and try to show up at no later than 8:30. We will make sure to include your truck in our Saturday night camping plans.
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So here is who we will be looking out for and trying to save spots for:
Don - Friday Midday
Sasha - Friday Midday
Mike - Friday Midday
Matthias - Friday evening
Tyler +1 - Friday Evening
Greg - Friday?
Jeff +2 - Friday morning
Eric - Friday morning
Nick - Saturday morning
Robert - Saturday morning
total cars - 13
if you’re not on this list, then you haven’t stated your plans and we won’t be looking for you. We will be looking to find accommodations for this precise amount of people. 6 campground spots should work or a fairly large dispersed camping area. So if you’re coming, I would suggest stating your plans on the forum. Non club chat groups won’t suffice. I’ll update this post as plans are added. And make sure to look out for updates on Friday. I should be able to update this thread when I’m up there and hopefully clarify exactly where we are camping.
And if some unexpected obstacle pops is that prevents you from making the trip, please update your status with a post on this thread. Then we can call off the search party.
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Last year on my home from Rovicon 4, I got misfire on the highway just past Sac. Only last a handful of seconds and didn’t happen again on the way home. I also got it on the way to the Annual, but didn’t experience on trail or on the way home. Didn’t get it any other time until I started the D2 up over the weekend to make sure it ready for this weekend. Since Hell Hole will be hard enough this weekend without engine issues I decided to do a tune up. So I gave myself a short work day yesterday and today to do it. I replaced the the coils, injectors, plugs, and wires. I also installed a coil relocation kit while I had everything torn apart. The job took a while and was kind of a pain in the ass due to lack of room. Removing the secondary air system would have made it a lot easier to get around, but I didn’t want to mess around with that this week. Everything is up and running again. Fingers crossed I don’t get a misfire anymore. I’m pretty sure it was due to the spark plugs.
- yokrieger and Mr.BlueSky
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1 hour ago, DHappel said:
BTW, if by chance we get those cards made up, or we have a handful of extra club stickers (Miles....) I'd like to collect some to take with me to Wales at the end of the month if you could bring them with you.
There is one sure way of guaranteeing the cards get done in time…
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Small update to my plans. Merlyn will not be joining me on this trip. That means I don’t have to wait until she finishes her dialysis, which was my reason for a 10am departure. My new plan is to leave the bay around 6am and make it to Stumpy around 10:30-11 spending on traffic. I will be meeting fellow member Jeff Blake there. He has Star Link, so we will be able to update the forum on how our plans are working out. So if we are forced to improvise and camp somewhere else, be it dispersed or another FS Camp, we should be able to inform most folks ahead of time. Plus getting to Stumpy early ensures us the best chance at getting a decent spot.
So like Greg said, let’s get a roll call and include your plans. That way we can best plan for a successful trip for everybody
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On 5/31/2023 at 1:13 PM, drafdog said:
So Mark as of now can't make it. But Amelia and Cassidy are in! This does mean I will be solo driving the road miles. Any advice for prepping for such mileage? I haven't done more than 400 miles in a day since 2021.
Comfortable clothes/shoes and breathable underwear 😉👌🏼
July MORG - Bald Mountain 7/14-16 - CANCELED
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I’m calling it. MORG is canceled due to lack of confirmed attendees. So far only Robert is confirmed. I spoke to the ranger station and they are “projected” to open Bald this week if it’s of interest to anybody. Looks like we might be doing a wrenching day/ bbq/ podcast session at my house on Saturday in San Jose. DM Me if you want to come and hang out.