FL4WDA MLK Weekend Campout

[HAWKFDC]

The FL4WDA has found a tent friendly place to camp!! So the annual MLK Weekend campout is on again. Specifics are below. Post up and I'll check back if you plan to attend in order to determine if we're going to have a catered dinner. I'll keep checking back.



Jennifer Hawkins-FL4WDA






Jan 16,17,18 2009



It's going to be at Sertoma Youth Ranch in Brooksville, Florida. We had a little camp-out there recently and rode the west side of Richloam WMA. I'll have more details in this post soon.



For now :



$32 for 2 nights camping with water/elec

Just show up and pay

Dump station on premises

Bath and Shower at campground

10-15 minutes to trail riding

Unsure on raffle for now

Meeting on Saturday morning at 9:30am



Members and Non-members are invited, it's just an organized camp out with impromptu trail rides day and night. Unless I have a good head count I do not plan on having a catered meal however I can set that up if I have enough committed to showing up.




Only in a .....

[coryc85]

I'm in. Those dates are good for me. Should we get a group from TTORA together so we can book sites next to each other?

[nickcuban]

I'll let ya'll know if I'm in when I find out what days I am interning at a radio station (580 WDBO)

[Toxic]

The 10-15 minutes to trails. What trails. Citrus? Croom? Have to watch out in Citrus. Mud on rig can get you tickets ( I know :mad: ). Richloam is farther then 10-15 minutes from Brooksville. "HATE HATE HATE Richloam" That place can cost you money.:banghead:

[freakyb]

sounds like fun, might be a good way for me to meet you guys. Ill have to take some vaca tme that weekend.

[ben76]

The 10-15 minutes to trails. What trails. Citrus? Croom? Have to watch out in Citrus. Mud on rig can get you tickets ( I know :mad: ). Richloam is farther then 10-15 minutes from Brooksville. "HATE HATE HATE Richloam" That place can cost you money.:banghead:
Depends on exactly where in Brooksville you are coming from. If you go into the woods right off of 50 you can be there pretty fast. We always went around on the far side to enter and ride. I was out there right before hunting season and it wasn't as wet as the last time all of us went out there. With the lack of rain we have had, it's probably pretty dry out there now.

[Toxic]

Depends on exactly where in Brooksville you are coming from. If you go into the woods right off of 50 you can be there pretty fast. We always went around on the far side to enter and ride. I was out there right before hunting season and it wasn't as wet as the last time all of us went out there. With the lack of rain we have had, it's probably pretty dry out there now.

Richloam is the east side of 301. None of Richloan is west of 301 which Brooksville is. Closet to Richloam is Ridge Manor. In between Ridge manor and Brooksville is Hill n Dale. Still not 10 minutes from Brooksville. Mckinney sink road or Richloam clay sink road are about 10 minutes from my grandparents house in Ridge manor as is going in through Lacoochee. Was just seeing what trails they were going to that were 10-15 minutes away. And yeah I was out hunting in Richloam and yes it's pretty dry but we did find a few nice deep holes. DID not play in them. I remember a $1800 lesson from there :D

[Toxic]

Just did a search of the youth ranch. Seems to have a brooksville add but is located in pasco. It's close to 75 around Trilby. So from there to the lacoochee intrence you could make it in 15 minutes or so. But it's not in Brooksville or even close to there.

[ben76]

Yea, I checked it out on the map also. The good think is, it's close enough to run home for the night.lol

[TacomaHarry]

I plan on going.

Probably not camping but, I plan on being there Saturday and Sunday.

Are we members ?

[coryc85]

So who's in and who knows the Richloam area? I'm camping, I think I'll drive up Saturday morning. I've never been to Richloam, so it would be nice if we can get some experienced people and have at least one organized TTORA trail ride.

[freakyb]

i'm in, but I dont know the richloam area. If its first come first served, is there a way to set up in a group?

[coryc85]

Freaky - since there appears to be no reservations, we'll just have to wing it and drive around looking for the other TTORA members. Once this gets closer, maybe we can get a list of people going on which day and then we can try to coordinate with each other.

[ben76]

I will be up there saturday just not sure what time yet, depends on if I can get out of work but it should be around noon at the latest. I will probably have one other truck along with me.

I know my way around richloam pretty good, and around citrus even better if we take a ride over there also. It's maybe 30-45 minutes away from richloam.

Harry, we use to be members of FL4WDA. I know some of us gave money for Neil to get us joined up, but I am pretty sure that was well over a year ago so I am sure it has expired. Maybe I can get ahold of someone before then and see if we can get sighned up again while we are there.

[freakyb]

I will probably take time off work and head up there Fri night. Have to make a few things set before I know for sure, but I have the vaca time. I don't want to be a duech and hold 5 spaces...but If I get up there maybe I'll park in one space and set up a tent in the other. that combined with maybe the gf's car and we can be good. I did that with the "explitive deleted" club a few years ago at Ocala.

[TacomaHarry]

I plan on going to the meeting on Saturday morning. And see what's going on during the day. Then there is a raffle that evening.
Is there a schedule for this gathering ?

We'll have to find out about becoming members again. And what the benifits are.

[ben76]

We'll have to find out about becoming members again. And what the benifits are.
You get a cool sticker for your truck.lol I don't think they really have anything planned yet so we will have to wait and see.

I think if anyone is interested in running over to citrus, we should go there first before we get our trucks all muddy in richloam.

[kykadekam]

im not a member but knew to the TTORA just moved here to florida at macdill air force base. I'm i welcome to come? :) :D

[TacomaHarry]

kykadekam as long as you don't drive a Jeeep. LOL
I don't see any reason you can't come. The more the better.

Ben, I like the Citrus thing better myself. I've seen too many pricey repairs from Richloam. Myself, I haven't had any leaky axle seals since the last time there.

I need to get a flttora banner for my windshield too.

Harry

[ben76]

im not a member but knew to the TTORA just moved here to florida at macdill air force base. I'm i welcome to come? :) :D
You don't have to be a member of the FL4WDA to go, and yes, you are more than welcome to join us. If you want to join when you are there you can. I think it only $5-10 for a year, but that is up to you. Most of us here joined a few years back, but our membership has since expired.

Harry, if it's ok with everyone else from this bunch, we can do citrus saturday and be back in time for the raffle around 7(for those buying tickets), and do some playing at richloam on sunday.

[kykadekam]

You don't have to be a member of the FL4WDA to go, and yes, you are more than welcome to join us. If you want to join when you are there you can. I think it only $5-10 for a year, but that is up to you. Most of us here joined a few years back, but our membership has since expired.

Harry, if it's ok with everyone else from this bunch, we can do citrus saturday and be back in time for the raffle around 7(for those buying tickets), and do some playing at richloam on sunday.


oh okay. is there a website for FL4WDA?

[ben76]

Yea, they have a website. It's fl4wda.com. I checked it out and it looks like it is still only $5 for a year membership. I asked and they will have the forms at the campout for anyone who wants to join. Also it looks like they will be having a raffle saturday night around 7pm. I am not sure how much tickets will be though.

[kykadekam]

thanks much!

[ben76]

Well fawkers, this is about as organized as anything has been around here for the last year or so. Those of you who have been around a while know what I am talking about. Seeing as how we are leaderless at the moment I say we try and make the campout( I will be there saturday and sunday), wheel citrus on saturday, and do richloam on sunday. And maybe a night run somewhere in between, if we can get in and out of the gates after dark.
Maybe with gas being cheaper now we can start going and doing things again, and this place will not look like so much of a ghost town anymore.

[TacomaHarry]

Well fawkers, this is about as organized as anything has been around here for the last year or so. Those of you who have been around a while know what I am talking about. Seeing as how we are leaderless at the moment I say we try and make the campout( I will be there saturday and sunday), wheel citrus on saturday, and do richloam on sunday. And maybe a night run somewhere in between, if we can get in and out of the gates after dark.
Maybe with gas being cheaper now we can start going and doing things again, and this place will not look like so much of a ghost town anymore.

That sounds like a great idea. We'll have to see what their schedule is to fit as much in as possible.

Is this a multi-club event from all of Florida ?

[coryc85]

Ben, your plan sounds great (maybe you should be interim leader :D ). I will be there Saturday and Sunday for sure, camping out Sat night. I'm not sure if I'm going to stay Sunday night yet or not. Before this, I normally made the drive to ONF a couple times a year (nearly a 6 hour drive), so I am very excited about a 3 hour drive. Maybe we can revive this board a little bit after all!

[Toxic]

You get a cool sticker for your truck.lol

I've paid twice and never got a sticker :mad:

Stickers had HP and I need a few more HP :D

Don't think I will be camping. Have to see how the bills are after the 1st. Still catching back up from the wedding and honeymoon. Should make it out for a day run though either sat or sunday. Still hate Richloam!!!!!!!!!!!

[ben76]

I've paid twice and never got a sticker :mad:

Stickers had HP and I need a few more HP :D

Don't think I will be camping. Have to see how the bills are after the 1st. Still catching back up from the wedding and honeymoon. Should make it out for a day run though either sat or sunday. Still hate Richloam!!!!!!!!!!!
Yea, I don't think any of us ever got our stickers.lol If you don't want to go to richloam, try for saturday and we will go to citrus. That will work out for the best anyway. If we do richloam first our trucks will be covered in mud, and that doesn't work to well in citrus.

Harry, it is a multi club event but for the most part each group kind of goes off and does there own thing. On the FL4WDA website it is planning on having the meeting saturday morning around 9:30 and then the raffle will be that afternoon around 7.

[TacomaHarry]

I haven't been to one of these get togethers before.

Is this family friendly ? Anyone else bringing family ?

I'd like to bring my 12 year old son. But I don't want him to go back to his mother (my "X") and tell her storys.

[ben76]

I don't see why bringing the kid would be a problem. With FL4WDA putting this on and being that they are the ones fighting to keep places open to wheel they would want it to be family friendly. I am sure with this many people showing up you will have a few idiots but that is to be expected. And Like I said we probably will be off on our own wheeling for the most part.

[freakyb]

So what you're saying is that I can't walk around naked, drunk, and hand out porn while I tell racist jokes? JEEEZ...

I've been to a few group stuff like the FL4wd ones, and while I don't have any kids, I know ppl who bring their own. I would imagine as long as they aren't crying and can hold their own camping/wheeling - then no one has anything to say :)

[ben76]

So what you're saying is that I can't walk around naked, drunk, and hand out porn while I tell racist jokes? JEEEZ...


Sure, as long as the jokes are funny and it isn't gay porn. If you want to run around naked, that's up to you. Just watch out for the blackberry bushes.lol

[FLorcraker]

Hey guys...sorry I've been off the radar, but it's been busy the last few months..Working w/ the Super Bowl has been a F%^&#r. This event sounds good, and I plan on heading up for it too. My cabin is up in Nobleton, so I'll probably just hang there Sat. night and ride Sat and Sun. Looking forward to it..cya

[ben76]

Ok, so far it looks like we have:
Me, plus another toyota coming with me
Harry
Coryc85
Freakyb
Kykadekem
Florcraker
And possibly Tim and Nick
That will be a decent little group if everyone shows up.

[kykadekam]

Ok, so far it looks like we have:
Me, plus another toyota coming with me
Harry
Coryc85
Freakyb
Kykadekem
Florcraker
And possibly Tim and Nick
That will be a decent little group if everyone shows up.


i am going but wont camp out just gonna drive back there everyday. i sighned for leave but it can always get revoked. but im so far so good going:) cant wait this is gonna be my first time ever!:eek:

[Mikeyk280]

YIPPEEEEE!!!! A trail ride!!! I still haven't fixed my CV axle on my 4runner from the last time we were all at Boston... over a year ago now? I've been to plenty of the FL4WDA events over the years and they are family friendly. You will have a group here and there that I wouldn't bring the kids around after 9pm... but other than that it's a great meet and greet. I'm already going to the Rolex 24 hour race in Daytona the weekend after... But I'll try and get Saturday off to come down and play since I haven't been out in a long while. I'm still cranking away on the FJ60 slowly... maybe it will be ready for a late spring run?

[nickcuban]

Yeah now thta my cv is leaking I will need to fix that before that weekend. But I hope to either do it or have it done the week after Christmas.

[91toyota4x4]

38% chance I will be there.

[FLorcraker]

Looks like I got two other trucks also coming along...Tundra and F150 . Will be there at 930am on Saturday.

[TacomaHarry]

Representing


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I have some for the back window too.

[TacomaHarry]

Is there any updated information about what's going on that weekend ?
Or what the meeting is about ?
Something mentioned about catering ?
I looked on the FL4WDA site and not seen any up-dates.

Anyone from Pinellas-Tampa area going up for the meeting ?
Maybe we can meet on the way and show up as a group.

Harry

[ben76]

I think in the meeting they just talk about what's going on with getting new trails open and stuff like that. It's not required to attend the meeting but you can if you want.
We went out and played at richloam the other night and didn't find much water. A few of the regular mudholes are still there but no deep standing water. We where out there last friday night for the meteor shower and it was pretty cool.

[TacomaHarry]

Meteor shower would be awesome to see from out there.

Good news about the deep water thing too. We haven't had much rain lately.

I thought it would be interesting to go to the meeting.
We as a club could get involved to help keep trails open or what ever and maybe get the club going again. If there is enough interested.

That is what FL4WDA does right ? From the little information I've found that's the impression I got.

[freakyb]

yeah as far as information - can't find anything else. Posted up on the fattshack forums..no real interest there either. All I know is from this page.

[TacomaHarry]

Copied and pasted from FL4WDA site.

Changed the raffle time to 6pm instead of 7pm due to weather and getting dark. The Saturday morning meeting will be at 10am at the pavilion.

Be sure to bring any questions you have to the meeting. I will be appointing a new Board of Director as one will be stepping down, anyone interested in serving with the BOD can let me know before the meeting.

[FLorcraker]

Gotcha on that Harry. Thanks for keeping up on things. We'll see ya' at the meeting spot for the ride up. Can't wait to try out these sliders I got welded on today.

[TacomaHarry]

Tom : The meeting spot and time will be fine.

Ben : Are you going to the meeting ? Or are you working that morning.

Anyone else going to the meeting and want to meet up on the way ?

[ben76]

I am still trying to get out of work, but I am not sure yet. If a few more guys come back to work by friday I might be able to get off. Even if I have to work and miss the meeting I should be able to get there around noon.

[coryc85]

I'm heading up Sat afternoon from South FL, should be at the campsite around 3 or 4 pm. I'll look for the Toyotas. Are you guys planning on CBs or FRS radios?

[jasoncj7]

the 10-15 minutes is what i timed it to be when i was there last for a little campout we organized on fjoa, i entered on graveyard road taking some back roads from the campsite, its 15 mins max id say. those who are familiar with the area please let me and others know when you get there and you can lead a group to where ever. it would be appreciated.

can never be sure of water retention to make the ride a little more interesting but im sure we will find places to ride off the pavement and in the evening if you dont drink or have a heater you will freeze. :D

see ya out there.

[ben76]

I'm heading up Sat afternoon from South FL, should be at the campsite around 3 or 4 pm. I'll look for the Toyotas. Are you guys planning on CBs or FRS radios?
Cory, most of us have cb's and we are usually on ch 4 or 16.
You can try and give me a call when you get up there if you can't find us. I can't say if I will have signal or not but my number is 727-271-3058.

[TacomaHarry]

If you can't reach Ben,

My cell # 727-804-2351.

I have a CB also.

I'll be up there for the meeting at 10 am, with a couple of others.

Thanks

Harry

[coryc85]

Thanks Ben!

Edit: Thanks to Harry also, just saw your response.

Can't wait guys.

[TacomaHarry]

Is everyone planning on going ?

I thought it would be a good time to update the list.

Ben
Harry
Coryc85
Freakyb
Kykadekem
Florcraker + 2
And possibly Tim and Nick
That will be a decent little group if everyone shows up.

Myself and Florcracker +2 are going up for the meeting a 10am.
Harry
727-804-2351

[freakyb]

I'm out - have to be another time to meet you guys.

[coryc85]

I will be leaving South Florida somewhere around 3pm, coming with myself and my brother in 1 vehicle. Not sure when I will get there, depending on how long it takes us. It's about 250 miles.

[TacomaHarry]

See you next time Freakyb

Is everyone planning on going ?

I thought it would be a good time to update the list.

Ben
Harry
Coryc85

Kykadekem
Florcraker + 2
And possibly Tim and Nick
That will be a decent little group if everyone shows up.

Myself and Florcracker +2 are going up for the meeting a 10am.
Harry
727-804-2351

[GatorTaco]

I'm pretty sure I passed you on I75 around Tampa yesterday morning Harry. :cool: I was heading south in the 4Runner so Im sure you didn't see me if it was you. Hope you guys have a good time

[Toxic]

Sorry guys. I got a really bad cold. Bummed cause I had the days off to come out. Hope you all had fun.

[TacomaHarry]

I'm pretty sure I passed you on I75 around Tampa yesterday morning Harry. :cool: I was heading south in the 4Runner so Im sure you didn't see me if it was you. Hope you guys have a good time

Hi Chris,

Are you talking about Friday am ?

We rolled through Tampa Saturday morning about 9-10 am.

Yes Sir, We had a great weekend.

I'm loading pic now.

Hope to see you out there next time.

Harry

[TacomaHarry]

Sorry guys. I got a really bad cold. Bummed cause I had the days off to come out. Hope you all had fun.


Hi Tim,

Get your self health and come on out the next ride.

Been a long time, Is you 4runner back together ?

How old is your kid now ? Get the car seat mounted in the back of your runner and bring the Family out. :driving:

See you out there next time.

Harry

[TacomaHarry]

We had a GREAT WEEKEND.

Thanks to Cory and Dustin for coming out from Ft. Lauderdale.

Thanks to Justin, Heather, Ben, Dean, Rob, Tom, My son Nick. A Great group

The Fl4wda meeting was short and informational. :rolleyes: Kind of disappointed they don't get more support for their cause.

We went to most of the usual wheeling spots and found something for everyone to play on or in. We had a couple of breakdowns and it was great how everyone lended a hand to help.

I'm loading pic now.

And a special thanks to Tom for his hospitality.

Thanks Again for a GREAT WEEKEND !

Harry

[ben76]

Yea, it was a good time but it would have been a little better without the truck problems.
Cory, i am sorry that you drove all the way up and didn't really get to do much.

We will have to try and get something else planned again soon. Maybe sometime at the end of march before it gets to hot. Being able to camp at Tom's place will be great also since it's close to all 3 of the places we ride at. We will just have to donate a six pack of Tom's choice to cover the camping fee.lol

[nickcuban]

Sorry I missed it too. Sucks cuz I wanted to go, but funds/work/still broken cv prevented it from happening :(

[coryc85]

My brother and I had a great time. After we split up Ben, we headed over to Croom and had some more good times in the clay. Yes it was a LONG drive, but appreciate all of you guys showing us the area, it's way more dirt time than we can get down here so we'll gladly take it.

Now, Harry, where are those pics? And I know Rob and Dean took some pics too, where the heck are they? The next best thing to actually doing the wheeling is reminiscing over the pics.

[TacomaHarry]

Here are the first I've loaded into a slideshow.


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[TacomaHarry]

Here's more pics from Tom.


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[Toxic]

Damn you Harry. I dont go on a run and you go in THE MUD :bitchslap.I have seen that truck come out so clean and everyone else could not tell what the color under the mud is on others :D.

I will be out sometime. You will be there. There will be mud on your truck even if I pick it up and fling it all over it :fart:


Looks like you all had a good time. Damn cold

[TacomaHarry]

Tim, The mud probably slides right of from the carwash wax. I always pay the extra dollar for the upgrade wax. :rolleyes:

You should of came out we had a great weekend.


BTW : Does anyone have any pics of Cory's Runner at croom, I forgot to take any and had to run my kid to the facilities.

[tractionpatrol]

Can't wait to be able to go out with yall again had a great time back then
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[FLorcraker]

It was a really good time for us, and I'm glad that Cory got to play in the clay pit b4 the drive home. I'm sorry to say by that point of the weekend, our cameras were full, and we didn't get any of them. I'll post some dates soon for those interested in camping on our property near Croom later this spring. I think it would work out great there, and look forward to it.
Harry, thanks for posting those pics...It woulda taken me forever.
Did anyone hear from Justin as to why his truck was over-heating?

[TacomaHarry]

Also, How's Rob's Tundra ?

Did he take it back to lokey and get it fixed ?

Sorry we didn't get any pic of Cory and Dustin 4Runner in action.
They'll just have to come back and do it again. :D

[ben76]

Did anyone hear from Justin as to why his truck was over-heating?
We went and got one of those digital temp guns and checked it and it was just getting a false reading. He went and got a new guage for it, but we havn't had a chance to put it in yet.

[FLorcraker]

I figured it was a bad sensor. It's easy to replace as I had one go bad on my 3.0 '94 too. It's on the back of the head by the firewall, and you may have to remove the manifold to get to it.
Rob picked up the lost nut from Toyota yesterday, put it in, tested it out, and said it's perfect now. The angles are good (<15 degrees), so he should be OK. He's going to go ahead and replace the rear drive-shaft also as a pre-caution later this week. I'll get w/ him here soon and we'll put it in 4L, let it climb something, and I'll get under it to make sure it's not extending too much. I'll get w/ him before the next ride and check the whole rig out w/ him to make sure we don't have any more problems w/ his truck.

His truck is pretty solid, but after seeing the issues his has, there is no way I'm putting a 6" lift to mine. Once you put that thing on, ur comitted for life w/ all the issues it brings up.