2014 "FJ45 Run" Sourgrass Trail northern CA Labor Day Weekend! (1 Viewer)

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it's about time I post up the dates for the event which will be labor Day Weekend so Saturday august 30th thru Monday sept 1st.


A s usual this is a "no sign-ups", "no registration" "no entry fee" type of event. just show up, bring enough food, camping gear and clothes and relax.

just like last year, the event will be held at Sourgrass trail which located off boards crossing road just south of the town of dorrington on hwy4 in northern CA. directions are pretty simple:
find highway 99. then get onto hwy4 east. follow that for a couple of hours till you get to the small town of Dorrington. don't blink, you'll miss it. take a right on boards crossing road and follow that for about 5 or 6 miles. that'll bring you down the side of a mountain and eventually to a bridge over a river at the bottom. cross the bridge and take a left into the parking/picnic area. you'll see a sign for the trail, hard to miss. take that trail to the very end, it's about 3 miles. you will need 4wd and there are a couple of spots where you'll have to pick a decent line to make it thru without having to back up. i have driven my bone stock and prestine 84 HJ47 troopie all the way in there without a scratch and without having to back up. try to come in with another vehicle if possible just in case.
there is no organized camping, just find a suitable spot. the camping area is plenty big and there's tons of shady spots due to the large and plentyful trees covering that part of the valley. we will be camped right next to the river. it's a beautiful spot and one of my favorites. just make sure you keep an eye on your kids. the river runs pretty good, even late in the season.
this year we had a lot less rain and snow than usual so the mosquitos should'nt be bad. but bring some bug spray just in case. we were up at rubicon a couple of weeks ago and there were more than enough moscitos up there!
as always, there will be two raffles. one for prizes ( you get one and only one ticket as long as you drive a cruiser to the event ) and a cash raffle. the later costs $10 per ticket. buy as many as you want. we will draw one winning ticket which gets half the cash in the pot. the other half goes to the "friends of the rubicon". so far we've donated about $6000 all together.
raffle prizes?! i've been working on them.....and sent out pms, emails and phone calls to a lot of my suppliers and distributors. prizes are tricking in, event got something from my snap-on dealer yesterday. it's become somewhat customary for participants to bring a raffle prize. it can be anything and i mean ANYTHING. we've had things ranging from tools to pocket knives to amazing quilts, pillows, blankets, onboard welder,.....and everything in between.

feel free to ask questions, i know i left a bunch of info out.

all rigs are welcome, you don't have to show u in an FJ45, any cruiser is welcome to attend.


hope to see you there!


georg @ valley hybrids
 
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How about non cruiser (Toyota)? 4Runner,Hilux,Tacoma? I had to ask my 60 is in hibernation mode and my friend with a 4Runner would like to try it.
 
Not a problem. We usually have a couple of jeeps joints as well.

Georg @ Valley Hybrids
 
Thanks Georg,i guess all we need now is show up for the party.:cheers:
 
I highly doubt it. It's been an extremely dry year so there will be fire restrictions in place.

But the elevation is fairly low so it doesn't get cold at night.

Georg @ Valley Hybrids
 
Any idea what the river level is now? Are there any swimming holes or fishing spots near there? I'd really like to come up and bring the boy, so that stuff would be awesome.
 
Kinda doubt it. You may have to run a set of 39" competition tires!

Lol!!!!
 
Plenty of water in the river to go swimming. Main camp is right by a big swimming hole.
We were up there a couple of weeks ago.

Good fishing especially if you're willing to hike a little.

Georg @ Valley Hybrids
 
I'm gonna try and make it. I'd like to bring the family so I'm going to start talking the wife's ear off!

Is there plenty of room for those of us coming in Saturday morning?
 
I'm in, maybe even with the wife! My son's going to bring his 80, too. Looking forward to this and appreciate you organizing it!
 

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