Anza-Borrego family fun trail run weekend

POLL DECISION..

OFFICAL TRAIL RUN IS Oct 13 - 15 (3 days, 2 nights)
PRE-RUN IS Sept 30 - Oct 1 (2 days, 1 night)

Who: Any and all Toyota owners in the SoCal area.

What: Trail riding, very short hiking, and enjoying some local attractions.

When: See poll for dates but feel free to join up any day for a partial trip or day run (meet us at one of the camp spots).

Where: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (inclusive of Ocotillo Wells).

How: With our reliable Toyotas and communication radios.

Why: Because why not? It's always a good time putting faces to the names you've heard of.
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I usually like to lead smaller runs of a maximum of 7 rigs because they're easier to manage but since this would be an opening run for the season I'd like to try something bigger. I'm not thinking of any cap yet but I would love to have volunteers that are also familiar with the area assist in leading. I'm thinking at least 1 leader for roughly every 7 rigs also. We'll most likely be doing primitive camping one night and developed camping another.

Furthermore, especially depending on how diverse and large the group is, we may have to break up the activities into 2 or 3 groups on Saturday; some might want to do short hikes or some might want to do more trail riding.

Some other ideas: poker run, giveaways, etc.

Thread has been cross-posted on Tundras.com, TacomaWorld.com, and Toyota-4Runner.org.
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Temperatures.. (this will be updated as we get closer to the dates)

Sept 29: 95/65
Sept 30: 95/65
Oct 1: 95/65

Oct 13: 91/60
Oct 14: 90/60
Oct 15: 90/60
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Communication..

Ham (preferred): TBD
CB: TBD
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Capacity: None yet

Confirmed attendees.. (^ = volunteer leaders, * = confirmed via Instagram)
1. Spvrtan^ + 1, Tundra
2. iam__adventure*, Tacoma or 4Runner
3. sexytacoma2.0*, Tacoma
4. rich_varrstoen*, 4Runner
5. Maadcaap, 4Runner
6. [APOP], 4Runner
7. MACT4R, 4Runner
8. xravexboix, 4Runner
9. ahbot, 4Runner
10. ItsRichieRich, Tacoma
11. Ritchie, Tacoma
#. You?

Maybe..
1. synergy10, Tacoma
2. rick_therealtor*, Tacoma
3. phqduphead, 4Runner
4. Kageken, 4Runner
5. Dezert4Runner, 4Runner
6. trdtacoma429, Tacoma
7. climbhigher23, Tacoma
8. nihkon, Tacoma
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ITINERARY IS NOT FINAL AND IS JUST A ROUGH IDEA.

Friday

Itinerary summary..
- Meet
- Trails (OW washes, Calcite Mine)
- Attractions (AB statues, Fonts point, 4x4 training ground)
- Camp

Meet location: TBD

Camp: TBD

Itinerary details..
TBA

Saturday

Itinerary summary..
- Potentially a small group leaves early morning to gas up and come back.
- Potentially split up groups that have interest in more trail riding, more family-friendly activities (hiking, local attractions), or a combination of both.
- Trails (OW washes then Southern AB)
- Hikes (slot canyons, wind caves, mud caves)
- Attractions ("pumpkin patch", "land of the little people")
- Camp

Camp: TBD

Itinerary details..
TBA

Sunday

Itinerary summary..
- Trails
- Close out the event

Itinerary details..
TBA

 

If this one goes well, I'll probably do another one a few weeks later.

 

Subd

 

@Spvrtan going to try and plan for this (already have prior commitments but am working around them). Might have to come out Friday evening/Saturday morning though.

@nihkon @Ritchie 29th-1st work for you guys?

 

@synergy10, sounds good; added you to the maybe list.

 

Subbed,
Add me on the maybe list. Hopefully i can get my bumper installed by then.

 

I could be into this

@ItsRichieRich

ETA: oct dates work better for me because it would give me more time to regroup after the San G trip

 

Cant commit yet

 

I second this. Count me in if it's the Oct. date.

Thanks for the tag buddy!

 

Bummer... I'll be in Pomona that weekend for the SCORE event.
Perhaps another time.
Thanks for the invite.

 

I'll be in for the Oct date.

 

Thanks for the heads up brutha!
I'll have to put it down as a maybe. I'm installing my 35's tomorrow, and I'd like to get my clearancing and gear install taken care of before doing any wheeling.

 

Thanks, I originally had plans for the 13-15th so I voted 29th-1st. Going to change my vote now but am still a maybe.

Would the October 13-15 work better? I'm not sure if it works for us just yet but can confirm a few weeks before then.

 

This works for me.

 

@climbhigher23 You going for sure if it's Oct?

 

Yeah most likely

 

It's so far away, it's hard to say. But in general I'd say that the further away, the better. That leaves more time to get stuff taken care of on the 4Runner, and hopefully cooler temps.

 

Sub'd for more info down the road.

 

Updated.

 

Cool, you can move me to the confirmed list