how about a nice 1/4 mile track, what elevation are you at? :P
-- Dave Bensalem, PA '02 R/T RC Flame Red<jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote in message news:adljfm$ibr$1@bent.twistedbits.net... > > > 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- > > .---- Jon Steiger ------ jon@dakota-truck.net or jon@jonsteiger.com -----. > | I'm the: AOPA, DoD, EAA, NMA, NRA, SPA, USUA. Rec & UL Pilot - SEL | > | '70 Barracuda, '92 Ram 4x4, '96 Dakota, '96 Intruder 1400, '96 FireFly | > `----------------------------------------- http://www.jonsteiger.com ----'
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