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IAC Forum NW Members Campout

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:03 pm
by spiffy
Anyone up for this sort of thing?
Anyplace would be cool and it would be great to meet some of you jokers.


Any takers??

Crickets???

8-[

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 7:53 pm
by Velokid1
I'll attend, but only if someone promises to kidnap me and then contact my wife, tell her if she ever wants to see me alive again, she must sell our Arizona home, pack up my bicycles and the rest of our stuff (but primarily the bicycles) and move to Oregon.

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 11:12 pm
by Westy78
Yeah, I'm up for a campout!

Velo, that can be arranged. A covert operation of three or four IAC agents and you could be living in the most bike friendly city in the country. :-k

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:02 am
by chitwnvw
Chicago, right?

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 8:17 am
by PDX_Hops
I'd definitely be down if the weekend happens to work out right (wife works every other weekend and I've got some vacation time coming up as well).

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:33 am
by Sluggo
This is something Colin & I were already talking about. I was thinking around the Oregon / California border. That way it will be somewhat central to the west coast. And maybe one on the East Coast since Colin is over there.

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 10:40 am
by Velokid1
Sluggo wrote:I was thinking around the Oregon / California border.
Excellent idea!

Westy, you're right- no other city or town in the US comes close to PDX's bike-friendliness. :) Except maybe Santa Ana, CA.

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 12:07 pm
by static
Davis, CA is also a bike-friendly city.

Now then: did someone say camping? Near the CA-OR border?

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:20 pm
by spiffy
Crater lake???????

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 6:21 pm
by spiffy
Redwoods???????

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:08 pm
by Velokid1
spiffy wrote:Redwoods???????
This was my first thought... then I thought it was a little too far south for some. Redwoods is stunning.

Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 7:16 pm
by Westy78
Velokid1 wrote:
spiffy wrote:Redwoods???????
This was my first thought... then I thought it was a little too far south for some. Redwoods is stunning.
That was on my mind also. Both points. I remember some great primitive camping areas when I was through the Redwoods years ago but now can't recall exactly where they were. The south central oregon in the high desert has some beautiful areas also. Around the Diamond Lake region maybe?

This brings another question up. Primitive camping or state campground with all the ammenities? I can easily do either but something about primitive camping with a gaggle of busses is really appealing. Hey what should a group of busses be called?

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:28 am
by spiffy
I say we go primitive!! A forest service campground would work just great....find a group site somewhere. What would everyones driving limit be for a weekend? 4 to 5 hour drive max?

What do you call a bunch of turtles bunched together? A school?

School of busses just drove by.....hmm
a pack of busses?
a flock of busses?
a gaggle of busses?
a herd of busses?
a case?
a fifth?
I dunno? :geek:

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:35 pm
by Amskeptic
A "pod" of buses? Like little German whales. German whales?

Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 7:41 pm
by Velokid1
I think when it's Fat Bitches you're referring to, it should be a "pack" of buses. Woof!