how about moving it to the dallas area ;-)
sorry, you asked for suggestions...hehe
-adam
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From: <jon@dakota-truck.net>
To: <dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 12:58 PM
Subject: DML: DML BBQ Trail Ride suggestions?
>
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I was just thinking about the BBQ and thought I would post a quick
> message here to solicit opinions or ideas.
>
> Is there anything I can do to make it better? Its only in its 4th
> year now, and I'd like to think its gotten bigger and better every
> year. (Due mostly to increased interest and attendance.) :-) I
> had thought about adding something new every year, but that trend
> would be hard to maintain. Anyway, I just wanted to see if there
> is anything my fellow BBQers or potential BBQers would like to see
> added or done differently?
>
> We've already got the mud pit, the big addition last year. :-)
>
> We've got the map which I hope does a decent job of letting you
> know where you are and how to get where you're going, but one of
> these days I plan to put some signposts up, almost like intersection
> markers, just pointing the way to the various trails, etc. They
> might also have an indication of the difficulty level on them.
>
> I also plan to keep opening up new trails, but this takes time.
>
> One of my future plans is to put in a short "mud dragstrip" -
> it would be maybe 1/16th of a mile long, and would be complete with
> a full christmas tree, electronic timing, etc. Just haven't quite
> found the time to start working on that yet. :-) Would the ability
> to run 2 trucks at the same time be required, or would it be enough
> to run against the clock for the best time? I don't think my big
> ol' truck would do particularly well on it, but I'll keep it on
> the drawing board if any of you other folks think you'd enjoy it. :-)
>
> Would there be any interest in a steep, slippery hill? There's
> a section of bank at the bottom of Slippery Hill that could be
> cleared, and its got a pretty good angle to it.
>
> How about a boulder field for some mild rock crawling? I don't
> particularly care for crawling myself, just because of the speed
> and potential for damage, but if there are enough interested folks
> it probably wouldn't be too hard to do one.
>
> Any other ideas or suggestions would be appreciated - I don't know
> that there will be anything new this year (probably not, given my
> lack of time) but I sure wouldn't mind building up some more ideas
> for the future. :-)
>
> --
>
> -Jon-
>
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