--- jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
>
> andy levy <andylevy@yahoo.com> wrote:
> [...]
> : That sounds like a plan. Have groups split off
> and do their own ride,
> : then meet at the lower waterfall, and then take
> different routes back up
> : to the barn.
>
> : I was just remembering back to my Boy Scouts days
> when we we'd have 25
> : people in a backpacking crew for a weekend and how
> noisy, crowded and
> : slow the trail got. The treks with 10-12 guys
> were a lot more
> : enjoyable. Kind of the same idea here.
>
>
> Makes sense - and I'm all for making it more
> enjoyable! I've always
> said, if anyone has any comments, ideas or
> suggestions as to how to
> make it better, I'm all ears!
>
> I'm always trying to think of new things that
> could be done to
> keep the interest and fun up. I mean, the trails
> are always fun, but I
> like to have new things too. The pit seems to have
> been a hit, but
> I have a feeling it will start to get played out -
> there are already
> a number of people who won't dip a tire in the
> thing. ;-)
I hope that wasn't a rip on me, because I did have to
"dip a tire in the thing" to attempt to remove a dead
Ram ;-)
> The
> waterfall was certainly fun, but now that it has
> been conquered, will
> it continue to hold as much interest as it has in
> the past? Probably
> so, for a few more years at least, I would guess.
> There is a
> pretty good sized gully to the side of the airstrip
> which would
> be an excellent test of articulation, approach and
> departure angles,
> depending on the location you tackle it. (We didn't
> even get a chance
> to try that one last year.) I have also thought
> about doing something
> like an obstacle course with muddy logs, rocks, etc.
> If there is interest
> in such a thing, I/we could certainly build one!
> (There's no lack of
> natural resources here, so it wouldn't take any
> money, just time,
> manpower, and gasoline.) One thing I had planned to
> do was build an
> RTI ramp, and went as far as obtaining plans and
> pricing the steel,
> but that's where it stopped. I didn't think the
> interest in an RTI
> ramp would be worth the expense to buy the steel. I
> am certainly no
> offroading expert and have never been to a
> "sanctioned" event, so if
> there are any other fun things that could be done, I
> am definitely
> open to suggestions!
>
>
> --
>
> -Jon-
>
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