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Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 10:52 pm
by BlkP38
Sue and I and BuckBlue90 will be at Squamish at 09:00. Looking forward to meeting many of you for the first time.
Regards, Eric

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2014 11:09 pm
by bf900
Andy,

Myself + 2 boys and the new family dog are confirmed. We' see you at Tims in Squamish.

Justin: thanks for the map.

Cheers

Bert

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 10:00 am
by ANDYD
Excellent, good to have you all along. Ryan, no worries, we will meet you along the way (from Nunavut, are you crazy!).

Just a reminder for everyone, you may have to leave extra time to get across town to Squamish in the Thursday morning rush hour, better to get there early and relax. We need to leave at 9.30am sharp to make the other meet times along the way.

If you arrive late for some reason and we have already left Squamish, just go straight to Pemberton and catch us up.

cheers,
Andy
PS - the most forgotten item on a trip like this apparently is Toilet Paper! :shock: Dont forget yours :pottytrain5: .... (there is a "rustic" out house at each of our overnight camp sites)

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 12:49 am
by ScottD
:D :D :D :D Haha looks like the Dumas family will be meeting up in squamish, 9:30 Timmys. :bounce:

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 2:10 pm
by Ryan F.
Hey Andy.


Unfortunately I will not make the run this weekend as I am just to tired to make it. Safe travels and hopefully see you on the next run.

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 4:05 pm
by ScottD
Ok, had a overheating problem, All sorted now. Looks like I will be able to still catch up with you all at camp Tonight.

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 3:51 pm
by ScottD
We are home,safe and sound. made it as far as boston bar. :D

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 5:31 pm
by sailor
Ok who was in the dark colour DII that passed me Westbound at 1315 hrs today with the roof tent just East of Bridal Falls? You had a big blue cloud of oil smoke spewing out....

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:51 am
by justin_carlson
What a fantastic trip!!!

I haven't done a write up yet, but here are some of my pictures of the drive that I took. Thanks Andy for organizing it!

http://overlandrover.ca/rover-landers-b ... sary-trip/

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 8:45 am
by mepham55
Beautiful areas, great company. Henry and I had a great time. I've just about got all that dust from big bar out of my nose! Henry gave his brother and mom a full trip report within the first 15 minutes of being home (the unimog featured heavily). After stopping to watch a UBC group tagging spawning salmon just outside lilloet, lunch in Squamish and a few "delays" on the highway we managed to get home by 8. Will definitely return to this area for more exploring. Thanks to all involved on this trip.

Matt

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 9:10 am
by scottmb23
sailor wrote:Ok who was in the dark colour DII that passed me Westbound at 1315 hrs today with the roof tent just East of Bridal Falls? You had a big blue cloud of oil smoke spewing out....
That was me, and yes, I was spewing out oil..desperately trying to get home before it was all gone. Leaky Valve gasket/cover or worse I suspect....

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 2:30 pm
by GeorgeS
We made it home safely! It was one of the most awesome 4x4 trips I took part in. Thank you guys for organizing it! It was good to meet all of you, sure we would like to join more trips in the future.
Our pics are here: https://plus.google.com/photos/10678386 ... banner=pwa

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 5:20 pm
by sailor
scottmb23 wrote:
sailor wrote:Ok who was in the dark colour DII that passed me Westbound at 1315 hrs today with the roof tent just East of Bridal Falls? You had a big blue cloud of oil smoke spewing out....
That was me, and yes, I was spewing out oil..desperately trying to get home before it was all gone. Leaky Valve gasket/cover or worse I suspect....


Ahh it appeared to be from under rather than tail pipe. Glad you made it!

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:28 pm
by ANDYD
Well that was certainly an great adventure! Awesome group, (although 21 trucks made for some interesting logistics) we completed the 4 day wilderness loop a little battered but still smiling. The weather was awesome, 4 days of glorious sunshine (we had a high of 38 degs and a low of -2 degs one night). We had some breakdowns, some challenges with the terrain, some frustrating moments for sure .... But when you look back on it, that's what makes it all more satisfying when the challenge is completed.
Tons of high-lights including, mind blowing scenery, challenging terrain, great laughs around the camp fire, many happy moments to look back on.
Thanks to all those who participated on our clubs 30th anniversary off road adventure.
Justin & Julian and George & Katrina, amazing photos, thanks for sharing. Let's get all the other photos sent in so we can all relive the journey....

Now, I had better start planning the 40th club anniversary run .... Ummmm
Cheers,
Andy

PS- Scott, sorry you didn't make it to the meeting point, (not for lack of trying eh!)
PPS- Matt, glad you made the Ferry, it was great having little Henry along.

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:25 am
by chrismac
Great run. Thanks to all who attended, Andy for organizing, April and Bernie thank you for your hospitality. Looking forward to our next adventure!

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 3:45 pm
by Bill E.
http://roverlanders.bc.ca/gallery-photo ... _00195.jpg

There are now some photos posted in the gallery. As everyone has already said it was a great trip. Thanks Andy and all the participants.

Bill

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 5:22 pm
by Crs
Wow, that was a fantastic trip! I loved it. :D Thanks to all who made it so enjoyable. :alien: Special thanks to Andy for organizing everything and to Chris with his endless patience as our reliable tail gunner.

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:26 pm
by ANDYD
Lots of great photos posted in the RL gallery here;

http://roverlanders.bc.ca/gallery/view_ ... e=album528

If you have some more, send them in to Bill...

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 12:50 am
by acg
The Disco has been undergoing a bunch of repairs for the past couple of months. I am sad to have missed this event. Looks like everyone enjoyed themselves thoroughly from the looks of the pics. My Disco is up and running and I am looking forward to joining some of the events in the future months.

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 1:03 pm
by BlkP38
Sue and I were sorry to have missed the last day as I had to catch a flight. But the trip was stunning, with great company.
Many thanks to all who made this a very memorable trip, and a big woof to O'Doul for keeping the bears at bay at night.
Eric.

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2014 7:59 pm
by Doc Tari
A big thank you to Andy and Chris for all their effort in making this an awesome run. The scenery was stunning and the weather was perfect. In my opinion, the ability to get to the places we did is one of the best reasons for owning a Land Rover... or a Mog...

Thanks again Andy and Chris

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 3:13 pm
by sdo
Doc Tari wrote:A big thank you to Andy and Chris for all their effort in making this an awesome run. The scenery was stunning and the weather was perfect. In my opinion, the ability to get to the places we did is one of the best reasons for owning a Land Rover... or a Mog...

Thanks again Andy and Chris

I second this, Andy you did a great job at keeping all of us in check, thanks for all the work you put into this. And to Chris, I think we all owe you a beer for sucking dust for 4 days straight.

Thanks to all for having a Mog in your mix, hope I did not annoy all of you with my mog speed.

Re: Clubs 30th Anniversary "Best of the Best" off-road adven

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:23 pm
by chrismac
Mog envy :lol:
Always glad to be of service....looking forward to our next outing!