Okay gang, it's crunch time. Only 100 days to go until the kickoff of the ULTIMATE TOUR, Pirate Style!!!!!

For those unfamiliar with this concept, it's modeled somewhat after the Ultimate Tour that was in Petersens a few months back. Some folks here remarked that the most recent installment of the Ultimate Tour was a little tame. So, in Pirate fashion, we've designed a much more serious tour.

Now, because this tour is so ridiculously long, nobody really expects ANYONE to take the entire tour (though that would be cool as Hell). The idea is to jump in wherever you want & stay with it as long as you can or want to. For some, that might be just a single stop. Others might stick with it for 8-10 stops. It's up to each individual to decide how long they want to stay with it. Everyone get the picture? :)

Still looking for some trip leaders. Also, there've been some adjustments to the Schedule. Wrngrog suggested skipping Gilmer, TX. That could leave an open date somewhere around stop 5 and/or 6. Anyone wanting to hit multiple stops from 4-7 might make some suggestions on (gulp) non 4-wheeling stuff to do on the non-travel/non-wheeling days.

My stop - #7 - has been pared down to a single day. For those of you planning on hitting #7 & then going on to #8, we can leave it up to y'all what you want to do on June 23rd now. You could head to #8 early, stay in MO & I can arrange to get you on some very mild trails here. Or, I can just take y'all to the local wineries for a day. Give it some thoughts over the next few weeks.

Anyhow, here's the tentative schedule as of our most recent discussions. As you can see, we still need some trip leaders, or we may have to cancel some of these stops.


(1) June 4th, 2002: Hammers in CA - need trip leader
(2) June 7th, 2002: Highway To Hell in AZ - JackA to lead
(3) June 10th, 2002: Proving Grounds in UT - Moab Austin tentatively scheduled as trip leader
(4) June 12th, 2002: Die Trying in CO - need trip leader
GILMER, TX canceled per wrngrog's recommendation
(5) June 15-16th, 2002: Clayton, OK - wngrog to lead - no vehicle limits
-June 17th, drive 178 miles to Disney, OK
(6) June 18-19 Disney OK - Matt Green tentatively
scheduled to lead
June 20, Open date.
-June 21st, 2002 travel 326 miles to Montgomery City, MO
(7) June 22nd : Mud Racing in Montgomery City, MO - lead by TEX. No vehicle limits, no max. #, no reservation needed. www.gumbo4x4.com for details on stop #7
-June 23rd at Montgomery City cancelled. Open date.
-June 24th, 2002 travel 322 miles to Attica, IN
(8) June 25th, 2002: Badlands in IN on Troy's Trail lead by Syko and/or Woody
-June 26th, 2002 travel 320 miles to Slade, KY
(9) June 27th, 2002: Slade, KY - lead by Syko
-June 28th, 2002: travel 354 miles to Monteagle, TN
(10) June 29th, 2002: Monteagle, TN lead by DRM
(11) June 30-July 4th, 2002 up to 4 stops in NC - lead by elusive
(12) July 6th, 2002: Big Dogs in VA - need trip leader Hoyden says this must be approved)
(13) July 8th, 2002: Possibly in the Adirondacks - yjtj tentatively scheduled to lead
(14) July 12th, 2002: Paragon, PA - need trip leader - Hoyden scheduled to lead, yjtj might be able to help. emsoffroad also to help.
(15) July 15th, 2002: Silver Lake Sand Dunes in MI - JimL tentatively scheduled to lead, Jeepinguy also volunteered to help
(16) July 17th, 2002: Trails in MN - possibly lead by Dana 27 and/or Dangerber
(17) July 20th, 2002: Black Hills - lead by ChinLei & WillyMutt (probably in 2 groups)
(18), (19), & (20) July 21-31, 2002 Two-three stops in Northern Rockies en route to Rubicon - need trip leaders
(21) August 1st, 2002: Rubicon - need trip leader(s)
(22) August 5th, 2002: Oregon and/or Washington -
bashed4runner tentatively scheduled to lead trip in WA - the following has been suggested by Ben W for this leg:
Aug 5: Browns Camp in Or Ben W & bigblaze to help
Aug 7: Kaner/Shoestring/Funny Rocks in Central WA
Aug 8 or 9: Walker Valley or Reiter Trails in Western WA Ben W to help
(23) August 8th, 2002: Somewhere in BC - Whizzy
scheduled to lead
(24) August 14th, 2002: Somewhere in Yukon - lead
possibly by ColdNorth



It's AWN!!!!


TEX

I am still in for Clayton. We have had some access issues of late, but there are still plenty of trails open in the area for our group.

BTT, edited in my website addy, which has details on stop #7.


TEX

I'm still in for leading the Attica stop, June 25th, stop #8.

My plan right now is to head down to Attica on the eve of June 21st, and wheel Sat the 22nd thru the 25th, then head back that evening or Wed morning. The date could easily be moved to the 24th or the 23rd as well. (and save me a vacation day or two....heh heh)

Originally posted by woody
I'm still in for leading the Attica stop, June 25th, stop #8.

My plan right now is to head down to Attica on the eve of June 21st, and wheel Sat the 22nd thru the 25th, then head back that evening or Wed morning. The date could easily be moved to the 24th or the 23rd as well. (and save me a vacation day or two....heh heh)

You wouldn't want a tag along would you?:D

PM comin at ya.

I am sure that there will be a group in Wellsville, OH the week of July 4 if any of those dates falls through in that time period.
Looks like it would be somewhat on the way if anyone was heading up from Va to Paragon. Just an idea if anyone was interested.

Hey this sounds pretty cool. Are any of the mags going to cover it? I don't know if I'll have a rig but I should be around the Black Hills area at that time. If anyone wants a spotter.......

Originally posted by Weasel
Hey this sounds pretty cool. Are any of the mags going to cover it?

Someone sent one of the earlier threads to one of the mags. They thought it sounded cool, but also that the budget to cover the whole friggin' thing would be too high. Bet they'd cover at least PART of it - especially if y'all can get some of their advertisers to show up & take part ;)

TEX

...I won't be driving until October 17th. Stupid error in judgement. So it'll have to be someone else, if you hit the Yukon. Maybe try for some of the Alaska boys...

It's all good for June. Make sure you got a good cooler cause it's gonna be hot.:smokin:

Tex
Don't you think we should have a sign-up sheet or something for each location? So the trail leaders know how many people are coming.

Originally posted by syko
Tex
Don't you think we should have a sign-up sheet or something for each location? So the trail leaders know how many people are coming.

Yup. At least a preliminary one at this point as I'm sure there'll be adds & drops between now & go-time. Let's start a new thread.

TEX

Originally posted by TEX
(22) August 5th, 2002: Oregon and/or Washington -
bashed4runner tentatively scheduled to lead trip in WA - the following has been suggested by Ben W for this leg:
Aug 5: Browns Camp in Or Ben W & bigblaze to help
Aug 7: Kaner/Shoestring/Funny Rocks in Central WA
Aug 8 or 9: Walker Valley or Reiter Trails in Western WA Ben W to help


I can lead a Kaner/Shoestring/Funny Rocks run, but I haven't been to either of the other areas, so someone needs to step up and volunteer to lead. I know there are lots of people here that know those trails. If noone else volunteers to lead, the OR/WA portion will be pretty much a 1 day affair. Come AWN folks!.