Get Flat Nasty with Tornado Alley Cruisers

[66fj40x2]

“Get Flat Nasty with Tornado Alley Cruisers”

Come help us celebrate TLCA’s 30th Anniversary with a weekend of great family fun!!!! This TLCA sanctioned event will be held September 28, 29 & 30, 2006 at FlatNasty Off-Road Park in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks, near Salem, MO.

Registration is $65 and includes: 3 day park pass for the driver, General raffle ticket, Driver’s raffle ticket, BBQ Dinner ticket, T-shirt and Decal.
Camping: On site camping is plentiful and primative but cheap at $5 per vehicle per night. Other lodging information is available at the FlatNasty link above.
Additional Items: Passengers (15 and over) $5, Meal tickets for the BBQ Friday night are $10, T-shirts $15 (please pre-order shirts, very limited quantities will available at the event).

Flat Nasty offers a wide variety of trails from easy to expert. All trails are marked with trail number and rating at the entrance so you know what you’re getting into. FlatNasty is always opening new trails in the 850 acre park. The park also has a monthly GPS Treasure Hunt, and has one trail, “Get It Billy”, that now has a bounty on it. As of April 29th the bounty was $101 cash and $350 in gift certificates from Drive Train Specialists for the first rig to make it to the top unassisted.

Other area activities include canoe rentals from Jadwin Canoe Rental (about 1 mile from the park) and Akers Ferry Canoe Rental , both offering float trips on the Current River.

We will open registration Wednesday evening and again Thursday morning along with tech/safety inspections. Trails will run Thursday, Friday and Saturday with a catered Bar-B-Q dinner Friday evening, followed by the raffles.

You can register online at www.tornadoalleycruisers.com and pay with PayPal. More info will be added as we go so please check back. Also look for our ad in the next issue of Toyota Trails

Hope to see ya there!

[TLCA_Paul]

WAHOO. I wana, I wana.

Will Ron be there, been a while since I wheeled with him.

[66fj40x2]

Originally Posted by TLCA_Paul

WAHOO. I wana, I wana.

Will Ron be there, been a while since I wheeled with him.

As far as I know right he will be...... sorta hoping he'll lead one of the hardcore groups.

[Uncle Ben]

Man....if it wasn't on our wedding anniversary...... I would even take the car cover off of Wild Rice and bring it down for a good flogging. Maybe the wife won't notice I'm gone....shhhhh!

[trainrech]

What better gift for your anniversary than a weekend of wheeling and a T-shirt?

[Uncle Ben]

Originally Posted by trainrech

What better gift for your anniversary than a weekend of wheeling and a T-shirt?

I totally agree! Trouble is I would like to have more anniversary's......face it some folks (wives) have no sense of humor on these things. I think if we just postponed the Anni till say August everything would work out just fine!

[ginericLC]

For those of you who aren't married, pick a date that is close to a time of year when you don't want to wheel. I think December is great. Easy to remember right before Christmas. For the wedding people are already traveling. And you typically are busy but not with wheeling or wrenching. And to top it off there are some good sales.

What do I know? I have an occupation that totally screws up attending spring and fall LC runs. And I got married in August. A hot time of the year. And a time when I always want to do something else.

[tornadoalleycruiser]

Paule.. Yepper he'll probably be leading some of the harder trails.. Come on over! Bring frydaddy.. Registration is online and running..

[TMAN_FJ60]

Originally Posted by ginericfj80

For those of you who aren't married, pick a date that is close to a time of year when you don't want to wheel. I think December is great. Easy to remember right before Christmas. For the wedding people are already traveling. And you typically are busy but not with wheeling or wrenching. And to top it off there are some good sales.

What do I know? I have an occupation that totally screws up attending spring and fall LC runs. And I got married in August. A hot time of the year. And a time when I always want to do something else.

Dang, that's something I hadn't thought of before! I'll have to make sure and plan ahead...

[66fj40x2]

Registration is under way.......

Watch for our ad in the Trails as well.

Thanks,
Mike

[mo_fj40]

well i just signed up tlca and next week ill register for the event. i need to put a dent in it so ill have an excuse to go wilder with it

[66fj40x2]

Excellent!

I'm sure somewhere you can find a rock to dent if a really want to

[trainrech]

We are nearly 30% towards our registration goal so far, but would like to be closer. What's holding everyone back? School schedules? Gas prices? Fear of large rocks?

[66fj40x2]

I just got confirmation today that we will be raffling a SET of 33x12.50x16 PIT BULL GROWLERS.

A very special "Thank You" to Mike and the folks at Pit Bull for step'n up with a huge prize for our inagural event!!!!! I'm stoked to have Pit Bull Tires onboard for the event.... Can ya tell?

More raffle items will be added as they are confirmed. As of now we have:

Pit Bull Tires: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Cruiser Company: Certificate for a front cage kit. Thank you Bobby!
Cruiser Outfitters: $50 Gift Certificate & Knuckle rebuilt kit! Congrats to Kurt (x2) & Thank You!
Lone Star Land Cruisers: 1 Registration for Lone Star's Cruiser Roundup 2007..... A fine time I might add!!!


We will also be having a kids raffle (no purchase required) and I hope to have something for EVERY little'un! To do that we need to know sooner rather later how many kids will be attending. Hint

[66fj40x2]

Also confirmed today that the FJ Trail Teams will be at our little event, thrashing the FJ's.

Best of all they will be cook'n burgers, dog and brats (not the young'un types) Friday night.

I'm looking forward to hook'n up with these folks again!!!

[66fj40x2]

Originally Posted by trainrech

Fear of large rocks?

"It's a rock ... get over it!" - DSLTOY
"Happiness is a rock in the road" - Russ Hogan

[meluhha]

Originally Posted by trainrech

...What's holding everyone back? School schedules? Gas prices? Fear of large rocks?

For me, I'd say the lack of moderate trails. Do you know if any of the ones on their website that say "future" are done (not that it matters much, as they are almost all "extreme")? I only see really three trails of moderate ability (with one being a bypass) and one easy. For those folks that have been before, are some of the "extreme" trails similar to a 3, 4, or 5 rating (1-5 scale) like at other parks? I only ask because maybe some of the less extreme trails could be run like a moderate trail.

Also, I believe that ICBM in Texas is the weekend before (last I checked) and that could be holding some folks back as well.

I just got back from the Salem, MO area (floated the Current) and must say it's much like the rest of the Ozarks...which means bea-u-ti-ful!!! Very green right now and the water was great (as usual). Lots of campgrounds around there and plenty of very friendly people. It was about an eight hour drive from the OKC area.

Thanks,
Matt

[trainrech]

I'll have to look at the map we picked up earlier this year to see how it compares with the website. We felt that the park offered something for everyone.

[woody]

When I was there last October, Ron was aggressively cutting newer trails specifically for the non-hardcore crowd...

I'm still trying to work schedules, and may end up arriving Friday morning....hope to have that ironed out in the next week or so....

[meluhha]

Originally Posted by trainrech

I'll have to look at the map we picked up earlier this year to see how it compares with the website. We felt that the park offered something for everyone.

Cool...and thanks!

I thought I had heard there were more moderate trails from somewhere. Let me know what ya come up with.

Thanks again,
Matt

[66fj40x2]

Matt,
I'll give Ron & Sheila a call now and find out what he has added.

Mike

[66fj40x2]

Alright, since the map currently on the Flat Nasty site Ron has added three new trails. Two are easy (for stock vehicles) and one is "somewhere between easy and moderate" according to Shelia. I think that means it may need a locker or some skillz. I left message for Ron to call this evening and will have some additional info then.

[meluhha]

Originally Posted by 66fj40x2

Alright, since the map currently on the Flat Nasty site Ron has added three new trails. Two are easy (for stock vehicles) and one is "somewhere between easy and moderate" according to Shelia. I think that means it may need a locker or some skillz. I left message for Ron to call this evening and will have some additional info then.

Thanks again!

[Hulk]

I'm flying into St. Louis on Wednesday night. I'll borrow a car from my folks and drive down to Flat Nasty on Thursday afternoon. I'll ride along and take pictures on Friday. Saturday morning, I'll head back to St. Louis.

Questions:
1. Do I need to register, since I won't be driving? I'd still like to buy a t-shirt and dinner on Friday night. Can I buy some raffle tickets too?

2. I'm fine camping. Should I bring my tent and sleeping bag with me from Colorado? Does someone have a really big tent where I could sleep if I bring just my bag?

Thanks!

[66fj40x2]

Originally Posted by Hulk

1. Do I need to register, since I won't be driving? I'd still like to buy a t-shirt and dinner on Friday night. Can I buy some raffle tickets too?

Nope, we'll set ya up as a passenger. PM trainrech with t-shirt size, and how many raffle tickets ya want and he'll get ya taken care of.

Originally Posted by Hulk

2. I'm fine camping. Should I bring my tent and sleeping bag with me from Colorado? Does someone have a really big tent where I could sleep if I bring just my bag?

We'll have room for ya... just bring a sleeping bag!

See ya there!

Mike