So it seems that everyone is sitting around waiting for me to finish counting:D

I was going to wait until all the paypal e-checks cleared, but decided that if they bounced, we could just lynch those people on the PBB:p

So the number is.....including online ticket sales, a $5000 donation from our mystery donor, and about 1500 taco sales........is...........































Don't you hate it when people do this stuff.....make you wait........



























Okay fine....I'll tell you......





















$22194.05:bounce::eek::eek::eek:

Thanks for everyone that made this possible....

All my family at TDO, all the trail users that stopped and bought tacos, and raffle tickets, A-A fabrication for some killer donations, and some great advice, and every other vendor, or donator that took the time to help me keep this trail going for years and years!!!!!

Brian thts awsome!!!! I gotta get back up to the resort and talk to the Rock Heads to get a final count... Last I heard was $700 but the Bar was still selling stickers when I left.. AWSOME!!!!! THANKS EVERYONE.

Um, Brian...




HOLY CRAP!!!


Nice job TDO, very impressive. You guys rock.

Brian thts awsome!!!! I gotta get back up to the resort and talk to the Rock Heads to get a final count... Last I heard was $700 but the Bar was still selling stickers when I left.. AWSOME!!!!! THANKS EVERYONE.

That's great Shannon! The Rubicon Rock Heads did a great job and we'd love to have you guys work with us next year :smokin:

nice work TDO

UNFREAKINGBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS TDO AND RTF!!!!!

awesome!

Amazing work -- that's a HUGE leap over previous years! :grinpimp:

TDO rocks!

Randii

Wow!!!!!!! Huge!!!!! Thanks Dys crew!!! Amazing job!!!

:eek::eek: All I can say is WOW...and I even won 3 things this year.

Wow...Thanks TDO...Thanks all who helped them...thanks to all the people who bought tickets/tacos....and Thanks to the Anonymous donor!

That's a mind boggling number.....Did anyone EVER imagine that when it was started? Doubt it.

Very awesome! :beer: Glad we could help get the word out...

That's a mind boggling number.....Did anyone EVER imagine that when it was started? Doubt it.

No way! The response from the OHV community has been much better than we could have ever imagined:D

Whitford.....

Let's take it all to Vegas and DOUBLE IT!!!

Very awesome! :beer: Glad we could help get the word out...

Your support was key to our success! We can't thank Pirate4x4.com enough for helping us spread the word:smokin:

AWESOME!!!

Thanks to everybody who participated, without your support this wouldn't have happened. :beer::beer::beer::beer:

It is so AMAZING!

Thanks to everyone who supported the event!

killer!!!!!! And those were some damn fine tacos! I would have paid 2x for all that stuff for sure! great event everyone... you all did an excellent job!!!!!!!

TDO crew

Outstanding job on this, and the money spent by everyone else that helped, or donated.

Sorry I was not there to help, as I was on Swamp Lake trail leading a Cal4 event.

WOW is an understatement.

Todd

Outstanding JOB TDO!!!!

On behalf of Hangtown Extreme 4x4 , I am proud to have been involved. Let's do 30K next year!!!

Truly an amazing event! This is some kinda new record for fund-raising! WOW. It goes to show that we can do it when we know it's for the right reasons and the right people get a hold of something. Awesome folks. Once again, the Rubicon is showing the world how to take ownership of a trail. My goodness....thanks to everyone.
Del

Wow!....unbelievable!...TDO rocks! and most are from my town!

CONGRATULATIONS for putting on a GREAT FUNDRAISER !

Holy $&!*, that is fantastic. Over $22k is just amazing. Great job TDO, just amazing, not much else I can say.

Awesome!

Holy $&!*, that is fantastic. Over $22k is just amazing. Great job TDO, just amazing, not much else I can say.

Awesome!

Good to meet you last weekend.
Thanks for making out for the event and thank you for the support. :beer:

Jaw on floor............................................. .............

That's a mind boggling number.....Did anyone EVER imagine that when it was started? Doubt it.

Nope, and the first cantina was thrown together in about a month! I remember how shocked we all were from raising 5k the first year!!! :eek:

wow, 22k that is incredible, TDO & Rockheads, you guys are an great group of wheelers, keep it up. Hope to see you next year...

:beer:

Now thats what I'm talkin about.......Great Job!!!!!!!!!:beer:

Good Job!!!! I had fun and got my knob polished.... What more could you ask for

So what does that $$$ get us started with?

Sorry edited, I'm ignorant - I like the trail being open but what does this $ do for our cause?

Ready for any response....

edit: PG forum here please

So what does that $$$ get us started with?

Sorry, I'm ignorant - I like the trail being open but what does this $ do for our cause?

Ready for any response....

The dollars go directly to the Rubicon Trail Foundation (all of them, no seed money taken by TDO, no administrative fees, etc.)

The stated goals of the RTF are:

1. Buying property on/near the Rubicon Trail
2. Funding education and outreach projects
3. Funding special trail projects, maintenance and improvements as apprpriate
4. Supporting the Friends of the Rubicon in their work efforts
5. Being the world-recognized authority for Rubicon Trail information, education and outreach.

The dollars go directly to the Rubicon Trail Foundation (all of them, no seed money taken by TDO, no administrative fees, etc.)

The stated goals of the RTF are:

1. Buying property on/near the Rubicon Trail
2. Funding education and outreach projects
3. Funding special trail projects, maintenance and improvements as appropriate
4. Supporting the Friends of the Rubicon in their work efforts
5. Being the world-recognized authority for Rubicon Trail information, education and outreach.

Thanks John!

Radbassist- your's was a very good question so I'll give you a little background on the Cantina and how it started.....

Our club had always been very involved with FOTR but it was becoming very clear that simply working to maintain the trail wasn't going to be enough. We needed $$$ to fight to keep the trail open so we came up with this hair-brained idea to sell Taco's to raise a little cash. The RTF was already established and was the obvious organization to benefit from the fund raiser. We'll, the response from the OHV community was huge and our Cantina was a success raising $5,000.00. We were encouraged by our friends to continue with the Cantina and our second annual raised $8,500.00. This year's total of over $22,000.00 shocked everyone involved! The outpouring of support from Vendors, Clubs and trail users was amazing! This years donation to the Rubicon Trail Foundation will be ear-marked for property purchase on or near the Rubicon Trail.

Like resqme said, our club pays for all the supplies out of our pockets and we don't hold any seed money back. 100% of the money donated goes directly to the RTF!

Thanks to everyone that helped us blow the doors off our goal this year!

Are you ready for Cantina 2008? ;)

This years donation to the Rubicon Trail Foundation will be ear-marked for property purchase on or near the Rubicon Trail.


OK, I'll bite...

What was the 2 previous years 13,500 bux used for?

(my first guess deleted)

Eric

OK, I'll bite...

What was the 2 previous years 13,500 bux used for?

(my first guess deleted)

Eric


Hasn't all been used...it has been used for trail maintence, food for work parties, etc

The dollars go directly to the Rubicon Trail Foundation (all of them, no seed money taken by TDO, no administrative fees, etc.)

The stated goals of the RTF are:

1. Buying property on/near the Rubicon Trail
2. Funding education and outreach projects
3. Funding special trail projects, maintenance and improvements as apprpriate
4. Supporting the Friends of the Rubicon in their work efforts
5. Being the world-recognized authority for Rubicon Trail information, education and outreach.

With property values what they are, it has always been realistic that a purchase would be a ways away until enough money is raised. Finding a seller is the other half of that. That said, our goals are, in a more working order:

1. Supporting the Friends of the Rubicon in their work efforts. (more cookouts!)
2. Funding special trail projects, maintenance and improvements as appropriate. (could we really buy a bathroom?)
3. Funding education (Trail Patrol) and outreach projects.
4. Buying property on/near the Rubicon Trail.
5. Being the world-recognized authority for Rubicon Trail information, education and outreach. (Being a world renowned Trail and all)

While this is not necessarily a priority list it is how things are working. We found out right away that supporting FOTR work parties was successful in getting more volunteers to show up. That we will continue to do without fail. I figure if we concentrate on the first four the fifth will follow.

Education is one thing we are committed to but need more help, experience and practice with. Funding things like trail patrol go a long way towards Education. Outreach projects are something I'd like to see happen as soon as possible. Del has been saying as long as i can remember that the efforts on the Rubicon will set the standard on how to take ownership and responsibility for a single trail. I think we have set the bar very high and can find a way to jump that sucker.

Scott Johnston
RTF Director

Thanks John!

Radbassist- your's was a very good question so I'll give you a little background on the Cantina and how it started.....

Our club had always been very involved with FOTR but it was becoming very clear that simply working to maintain the trail wasn't going to be enough. We needed $$$ to fight to keep the trail open so we came up with this hair-brained idea to sell Taco's to raise a little cash. The RTF was already established and was the obvious organization to benefit from the fund raiser. We'll, the response from the OHV community was huge and our Cantina was a success raising $5,000.00. We were encouraged by our friends to continue with the Cantina and our second annual raised $8,500.00. This year's total of over $22,000.00 shocked everyone involved! The outpouring of support from Vendors, Clubs and trail users was amazing! This years donation to the Rubicon Trail Foundation will be ear-marked for property purchase on or near the Rubicon Trail.

Like resqme said, our club pays for all the supplies out of our pockets and we don't hold any seed money back. 100% of the money donated goes directly to the RTF!

Thanks to everyone that helped us blow the doors off our goal this year!

Are you ready for Cantina 2008? ;)
Mark you forgot to add that the first year our goal was $2,500, last year it was $7,000 and this year $10,000. After we hit $5,000 in online sales and had the donnor who's matching $5k we were hoping to hit $15k. I'm not sure any of us could imagine when we started this we would raise this much in one weekend.

We can not say thank you enough to everyone who help in any way, even if it was buying 1 raffle tickets or writing a letter all of it helps our cause which, is to keep the Rubicon open.

Bottom line... RTF needs money!!! Our side needs MONEY! give it to RTF/BRC/CA4WDC/CORVA... somebody!

TDO had this hair brain idea which raised what we thought was a big $ amount with the first cantina. Little did we know it would double RTF's bank account!

I'm young (the youngest member of RTF) and have a lot to learn, but I got involved with RTF to represent my club and wheelers like myself. RTF has a pretty diverse membership, which is a good thing IMO. Everyone may not always agree, but different view points will be represented. Read, compromise.

EVERYONE who contributed to Cantina last weekend. You have done a good thing, FOR THE RUBICON!!! Your money WILL be used for the future of the rubicon trail in someway. Thank you :D

WOW 22K thats freaking awesome that outta raise some eyebrows in the USFS. i realy wish i had a rig that would make it through the con or had a free weekend from football to make it up there and donate! i love that trail even tho i havent been on it in 5 years ill be up there soon.

WOW 22K thats freaking awesome that outta raise some eyebrows in the USFS. i realy wish i had a rig that would make it through the con or had a free weekend from football to make it up there and donate! i love that trail even tho i havent been on it in 5 years ill be up there soon.

You don't have to go anywhere to support the efforts!!!

Visit the RTF website, and donate here: http://www.rubicontrail.org/About/donate.html#Anchor-16058

Every donation is tax deductible, and greatly appriciated:beer: