North Okanagan Run - its coming up soon!

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DaveB · #1 Post by **DaveB** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:48 pm

April 6 - 8, 2007 (Easter)

Get your Land Rover dusted off and lubed up from it's long winters nap and join us for Easter at the Rover Ranch, Armstrong, BC.

Camping will be on site in the coulee of the ranch. Portapotty provided.

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You can arrive Thursday evening or Friday morning, or if you can't make it then let me know and arrive later as the base will be our place.

1829 Pleasant Valley Road,
Armstrong, BC

Directions:

From Lower Mainland. Drive to Kamloops on Hwy 1, followed by the Coquihalla. Drive east, beyond Kamloops until you get to the junction of Hwy 1 & Hwy 97. Turn south onto Hwy 97. Follow Hwy 97 all the way through Monte Lake, Westwold, Falkland, and finally down into the Okanagan Valley. When you come to the junction of Hwy 97 & 97a, turn left, towards Armstrong. (not at the earlier Armstrong sign, just out of Falkland) Drive for just over 7 KM and then turn left off the highway onto Pleasant Valley Road. Our house (the Rover Ranch ;-) ) is situated on the left 3.5 KM down Pleasant Valley Road. It has a white board fence and a big Land Rover sign on the front of the shop.

From points East, turn onto Hwy 97a at Sicamous and follow it to and then past Armstong. Aproximately 3 KM past Armstrong, you will see a yellow mustang on the side of the road. Turn right at this road and follow it until it ends, about 2 KM. Turn right again and our home is about 200 metres from the corner.

Note, it is about 4.5 hours at the speed limit from Mt. Lehman Rd., Abbotsford, to our home. Also, note, if you are coming in from Kamloops/Falkland there is a sign about 15 KM east of Falkland that points to Armstrong. You are best to ignore that sign and stay on the highway, as its much faster.

Friday 1 PM: Local recon run in the hills between here and SilverStar, about 3 hours.

Saturday all day: Depart 9:30 AM and loop around to the west, over several ranges, and up Mt. Tuktakamen lookout. Much of our run will be on just-thawed (or maybe partially covered) forest access roads, that were used by snowmobiles up until the last 2 weeks. BE PREPARED FOR MUD!! We should return by 4:00 PM.

Saturday Dinner: 6:00 PM Pamela and I would like you to join us for an Easter Dinner on Saturday evening. We will provide turkey, ham and other yummies. feel free to bring some other pot-luck items along. Email Pamela hoofandpaw [at] sunwave.net ahead of time if you can.

Sunday: Depart 10:00 AM, all camping gear packed, and explore Hunters Range, the plateau between here, Sicamous, Mabel Lake and Revelstoke. This area is used as snowmobile trails in winter and off-roading in the summer.

Departure from here will be back to the highway and you can head home. I estimate we will be done by 1 PM and its 4-5 hours drive home.

Please let us know if you plan on attending, and also if you intend to bring along a dog(s).

thanks, Dave & Pamela

DaveB · #2 Post by **DaveB** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:03 pm

Was warm and sunny today, just no leaves yet.

D

96whitedisco · #3 Post by **96whitedisco** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 10:22 pm

Stacey and I are In hopefully I will have the winch on so I can try it out.
Just need a new tent and yes both Ace and Sadie will be coming.

Cheers
Andrew Stacey
Ace & Sadie the dogs

ANDYD · #4 Post by **ANDYD** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 1:29 am

Hi Dave,

You can count Bailey & I in, looking forward to nosing around your "ranch" :D

Is Pam up to the breakfast challenge, after what we were all treated to at Jims place its a hard act to follow :wink:

cheers,
Andy

Bill E. · #5 Post by **Bill E.** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:56 pm

Looking forward to getting up to Armstrong! :spinning:

nakedbarra · #6 Post by **nakedbarra** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:18 pm

Yes, me and bailey will be there as well :lol:
Andrew

JC · #7 Post by JC » Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:47 pm

Thanks Dave for the info, confirming here to see it all works reply wise. Added in my profile after registering it all. All the best, J&S

PaavScan · #8 Post by **PaavScan** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:00 pm

Hi Dave & Pam

I'm on for the weekend. Off 5-6-7, paperwork in for sunday the 8.

Will arrive thursday afternoon.

I hope to bring some warm weather :lol:

Just back from 2 weeks in & around Las Vegas :sunny: :sunny: :sunny:

Stuart

Bern B · #9 Post by **Bern B** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:40 pm

Hey Pam and Dave

:glasses6: April And I :glasses5: will be going up on thursday :thumbup: afternoon :bluedormobile: :D :spinning: with Bill :bigsmurf: :sunny: :wav: :cheers: see ya then

DaveB · #10 Post by **DaveB** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:14 am

Looking good folks. So far about 10 trucks, counting a few locals.

Is there a spot where some of you are meeting to drive together or is everyone coming on their own?

Bright and sunny today, although a bit crisp overnight. Forecast is for up to 20Â° on the weekend.

See you Thursday.

Dave

JC · #11 Post by JC » Tue Apr 03, 2007 2:18 pm

Hey Dave, we'll be coming up late Thursday so we'll probaly stay in Armstrong that night and then come in first thing on Friday to set up camp if that is OK. Anything we can bring? See you all soon.

John and Sandrine

shawn doherty · #12 Post by **shawn doherty** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:34 pm

Charlie and I will be driving up on Friday morning.

HeadDamage · #13 Post by **HeadDamage** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:35 pm

Got to work... dam!

ANDYD · #14 Post by **ANDYD** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:38 pm

We are set for a early Friday morning departure also.
Shawn, what time on Friday are you planning on leaving Vancouver?

cheers,
Andy

shawn doherty · #15 Post by **shawn doherty** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 6:19 am

I was thinking of 6 am. How does that look for you?

ANDYD · #16 Post by **ANDYD** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:09 pm

Hi Shawn,
How about a meet at Whatcom Road exit at 6.30am Friday morning?

Andy

shawn doherty · #17 Post by **shawn doherty** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 8:25 pm

I will see you there at 6:30. I'll be picking up some fuel and some coffee.

ANDYD · #18 Post by **ANDYD** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:04 am

Shawn,
Sounds great, see you there.

Anyone else heading up Friday morning is welcome to join us & tag along.

cheers, :D
Andy

DaveB · #19 Post by **DaveB** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 12:08 am

I'm looking forward to you all arriving. Andrew & I have been working our asses off redoing the floors in the house this week, so the first person that arrives gets us off the hook from doing any more work! :wink:

Dave

Bern B · #20 Post by **Bern B** » Thu Apr 05, 2007 7:41 am

Thanks Pam and Dave we had a great weekend out in the sun and snow

Guess what? its raining on the coast

Great to see you folks again and will seeya on the next trip

:1tonpull: I was happy to be able to use the winch

Thanks Again for the great hospitality

April and Bernie :wave:

Bern B · #21 Post by **Bern B** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 11:22 pm

Pictures of the weekend are up on the photo gallery
cheers
We had a great weekend, thanks again Dave and Pam

Bill E. · #22 Post by **Bill E.** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:20 am

Same from me! Thanks Pam and Dave for the great weekend. For those of you who couldn't make it, you missed out on a fantastic turkey dinner prepared by Pamela!
Bill :spinning:

JC · #23 Post by JC » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:43 pm

Hey Dave and Pam, thanks again for a great weekend, we had blast. Diner was fantastic. A great group of people! Thanks all! I am sending you a CD with some of the pictures we took as we didn't get the chance to down load them at the time. See you next time. Thanks for the pull, hopefully can return the favor sometime.

All the best,

John and Sandrine

The Rover-Landers of BC

The Rover-Landers of BC