DiscoChef Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Hey Ron and everyone! Just wanted to let you know we left San Ramon at 10:00pm. We will see you all tomorrow morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Midnight - checking in. Literally - just checked into the Hampton Inn in Red Bluff. We played radio tag with Jared from about 505 & 5 and caught up to them exactly as they were pulling into the parking lot. Perfectly timed! Not sure if Enrique is staying here tonight as well, but if so we'll see you in the morning. We'll be looking for Rupert as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandRonB Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Safe travels everyone. I just back from movie and late dinner at Ihop w/my boys. I won't be a spoiler on the Jurassic World movie! Just wait for it to show up on Netflix! Enrique just took off from San Ramo @ 10pm; my guess eta is about now or 1pm. Bear, if you can post a picture of the carb can, I may have a spare cap. Let me know before I leave early tomorrow morning. And folks, we will be meeting with Debra Duchi instead, another board member of the local Habitat for Humanities same time range/same place in Weed. Pat had to drive up else where to pick-up supplies. I've already contacted Debra and she is looking forward to meeting up tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeWare Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Enrique just took off from San Ramo @ 10pm; my guess eta is about now or 1pm. Ron, Maybe even 1am ? I think you need some sleep ..... Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco2Guy Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Bear, if you can post a picture of the carb can, I may have a spare cap. Let me know before I leave early tomorrow morning. Ron, when I was talking with Bear about the cans, these are the ones he was looking to pick up from 4WP. http://www.4wheelparts.com/Exterior-Parts-Car-Care/5-Gallon-Metal-Jerry-Can.aspx?t_c=3&t_s=188&t_pt=11104&t_pn=MDW5800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscoChef Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Pulled in to sims flats campground at 2am see you all in the morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandRonB Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Ron, Maybe even 1am ? I think you need some sleep ..... Graeme Lol. I feel asleep infront of my computer after typing 1pm! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandRonB Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Ron, when I was talking with Bear about the cans, these are the ones he was looking to pick up from 4WP. http://www.4wheelparts.com/Exterior-Parts-Car-Care/5-Gallon-Metal-Jerry-Can.aspx?t_c=3&t_s=188&t_pt=11104&t_pn=MDW5800 Ok I found one that may work; will see! Thanks Brenton for the virtual support; we feel your presence (voice Yoda) even though you're not going. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandRonB Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Ok Darth Vader is ready and leaving the house. Max and I should be in Red Bluff by 9am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 I's been a truly rugged, hard-core trip so far. As you can see, the hotel parking lot was full. We had to park in the RV area and make a harrowing trek to our rooms. http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz85/zelatore/07%20Land%20Rover%20LR3/or%20trip%206-15/20150613_074431_zpspbb7qglr.jpg Along the way there were fierce creatures to overcome, including this guy standing sentinel along the path. http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz85/zelatore/07%20Land%20Rover%20LR3/or%20trip%206-15/20150613_074922_zpsvcfileai.jpg OK, sorry, just killing time and taking advantage of the wifi while I can.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROVRMAN2 Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Don and his lot lizard? LOLI'm 1mi from you people to my house Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvRovr Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Don and his lot lizard? LOLI'm 1mi from you people to my houseLMFAO. How would Michelle feel about that. And most lot lizards don't really want you taking their picture. Tsk tsk. Safe travels to you all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Don and his lot lizard? LOLI'm 1mi from you people to my houseWell come on over Rupert, don't be shy! We'll be heading out about 9, so 25 minutes or so to departure. Next stop: Weed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erinw.rrc Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 The Rupert, Ron, Jared, Don and Alyson caravan has left Red Bluff and en route to Weed, CA. See you all there! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAR Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Thanks guys for the cap. I'll check with a parts store too. See you soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Solis Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 We are in Bend and just ordered lunch. We will be fueling up and getting the last minute supplies. Hoping to leave between 2 and 230. Crater Lake was beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomOwen Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Congrats Chris!! Smug gallery has been built: UPLOAD http://norcalrovers.smugmug.com/upload/RJHqBD/OregonExpo2015 VIEW http://norcalrovers.smugmug.com/Trip-Photos/Oregon-Expedition-2015/ Enjoy!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHappel Posted June 15, 2015 Report Share Posted June 15, 2015 I hate to leave you poor working stiffs all alone down there in Cali, so a quick check-in while I'm in civilization to drop Michele at the Redmond airport. Our first day started out easy enough. Just your basic fire roads. Then the manzanita came to attack the sides of all the shiny new LR4s. Chris might owe his wife a detail job. Not a problem though - out came the machettes, axe, and hand saw. Onward! Then we encountered a rather larger obstruction. To give you an idea of the magnatude of this obstruction, ask yourself how often you hear Ron curse. Yeah, he dropped an F-bomb over the radio in shock! Trees. Lots of trees. Very Big Trees. I mean to tell you, these were trees of significant girth. Not to be dissuaded, the chainsaws were out and on the job in minutes. Of course, my saw is only an 18" bar. To give you some ideas, 2 of the 8 or so trees blocking our route were so big I couldn't cut through them even coming in from both sides. But we cut enough that we were able to rig a triple line pull to Enriques truck (after we strapped it up to another tree so we didn't drag the truck forward) and break the last parts still holding the trees together. I have no pictures as I was busy playing lumberjack, but the other guys have plenty. Seeing that this was going to be a multi-hour effort, the members with kids aboard decided they'd just track down a detour and they made it to camp ahead of us. But knowing no Camel Trophy team would be put off by mere downed trees we pushed through in about 3.5 hrs. I don't have time to upload all my pics but here's a link to my photobucket album where I'm filing pics as I can. Tom- if you can, perhaps you can just snag the pics from here and put them in the Smugmug account? If not, I'll try to move them when I return. http://s816.photobucket.com/user/zelatore/library/07%20Land%20Rover%20LR3/or%20trip%206-15?sort=3&page=1 And a couple of teaser pics from the album http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz85/zelatore/07%20Land%20Rover%20LR3/or%20trip%206-15/20150615_063418_zpstd0ywvsk.jpg http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz85/zelatore/07%20Land%20Rover%20LR3/or%20trip%206-15/20150615_064328_RichtoneHDR_zpsfzosl8cp.jpg http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz85/zelatore/07%20Land%20Rover%20LR3/or%20trip%206-15/20150614_143748_zps1o7ypyar.jpg http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz85/zelatore/07%20Land%20Rover%20LR3/or%20trip%206-15/20150614_093505_zpssxj7qyup.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Solis Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 While our comrades were tapping into their CT roots, the rest of us managed to make it to camp. Life was rough for a bit as my margaritas hadn't completely frozen enough for my liking. Now Michal's truck suffered an air suspension failure and we have managed to locate the issue (a air distribution block failure but he has the emergency air up kit so we are ok). Made it to La Pine and have a part being overnighted for a repair tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarrover Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Wow...you guys are having so much fun out there. It looks more like a LR3 expedition . Keep sharing pics to make us all jealous. It looks so beautiful, missing all the fun. Take care you all. Come back with lots of stories to share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomOwen Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Tom- if you can, perhaps you can just snag the pics from here and put them in the Smugmug account? Don, I was able to copy the album into Smug, thanks! Photos HERE http://norcalrovers.smugmug.com/Trip-Photos/Oregon-Expedition-2015/ and a few on Facebook ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndamico Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 What fun. Wish we were along! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAR Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 We just got home at about 8:30. we decided to just power through and drive all the way home. Thank you to everyone for a great trip. Grayson had a wonderful first camping/overland trip. We hope the rest of the trip goes well! safe travels to everyone. P.S. Go warriors!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco2Guy Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Oh wow, that's quite a drive Glad to hear everything went ok. What happened with your missing cap to the gas can? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAR Posted June 17, 2015 Report Share Posted June 17, 2015 Oh wow, that's quite a drive Glad to hear everything went ok. What happened with your missing cap to the gas can? well to be honest I didn't put it on right because i didn't want to strip the plastic threads. but we went to NAPA and they sell just the cap and spout. $7.00. Now I know how it goes on and as far as i know they didn't leak. Thanks so much for looking out Brenton!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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