Padre Trip

[Bear80]

Let's get a Padre Island trip setup! I'm thinking around the begining of April, three days, two nights, all the way to the end. How is everyone's availability?

[Rockwieser]

I am defanitly down for this. I need to buy some gas cans.=]

this will be an awsome trip! there is nothing like camping on the beach.

[Bear80]

I know there is a Galveston TTORA trip in March and the Houston beach clean up in April but I really want to have a sizeable multi organization run down Padre.

[cool breeze]

ill go as long you dont leave us all behind high and dry just because your have an aux. tank now

[Bear80]

Well it still an't done yet, but looks like this weekend it should be. For those of you less fortunate, Wal-Mart sells cheap 5 gallon cans.

[BrettinSanAntonio]

I've been up and down that island and have never run out of gas. You must top-off at the last station and you should be OK. Of course, extra gas cans are nice to have.

[BrettinSanAntonio]

Oh, count me in for the trip. I feel the need to shed winter and feel the coming summer. I can't think of a better place to do it.

[Bear80]

Let's look at that first weekend of April 4-6. What do you guys think? We leave Friday morning, head down big shell and camp that night. Reach the end Saturday, turn back a ways and make camp. Then we won't have far to go to get off the beach Sunday.

[BrettinSanAntonio]

Sounds good. Let's make it offical.

[rrdogma]

I'm in but will have to meet y'all down there. I have class on that Friday. I get out by 2:30 but will need to go home and pick up my little trailer and dogs. I don't think either would survive the parking lot at school.

Kelly

[ilikebigtires]

I'm in! Kelly and I can be there Friday evening.

[Bear80]

Well sounds like a plan. Brett, since you are our LSLC liaison would you invite them. I'll go ahead and post over in TTORA.

[BrettinSanAntonio]

Will do. I'm jazzed about this trip! It's been a year since I've driven to the end of the island.

[cool breeze]

were in!

[madoc1]

are you guys talking about jummping off at corpus? did years ago in a 72 chevy. this sounds nice. you have to be street legal-correct? jim

[Bear80]

Yep you take the highway through Corpus all the way down the Island till you hit the National Park. The rules of the park do require street legal vehicles, though I've never seen them check nor ask. It's primarily to keep ATV's and dune buggies out. Though if you do get caught with an trial truck you could be toast.

[BrettinSanAntonio]

So who is thinking about camping down island and who is getting a hotel?

[LandCruisers4Life]

Originally Posted by BrettinSanAntonio

So who is thinking about camping down island and who is getting a hotel?

Hotel??!

[Bear80]

You are kidding right??!! I'm thinking each night we will be at a different location to make camp, not to mention that would a long drive up to a hotel.

[Rockwieser]

Originally Posted by ilikebigtires

I'm in! Kelly and I can be there Friday evening.

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I have work on that friday. So I will probable caravan with the ladies down there in my truck.

[cool breeze]

Hotels are for vacations to beach destinations, this is going to be a "everybody back the truck up around the bonfire, drop the tailgates and BS through the night." Thats what im planning on so everybody bring wood, beer and music!

[BrettinSanAntonio]

Oh, I'll be staying in my tent-cot on the beach. Josh, you mentioned staying in a hotel when you guys were at my house. Maybe you don't remember.

[cool breeze]

Sure i did

[madoc1]

check what i said on the austin web site.meet you all friday sometime. the requirements are beer and wood , correct? jim

[madoc1]

update- we are looking at late fri. something to do with court dates. yes, that's plural!

will try our best to meet you'all down the beach. what is this deal with a burn ban? can you cheat after dark?

really looking forward to this. about 5 people. three youngsters (40 year olds) and two oldies. jim


p.s. we plan to unloadat the entrance then get more originized and haul down the beach.

[BrettinSanAntonio]

We can get a bit more organized next week. Meeting each other on the beach isn't too hard after dark. I used to meet up with the Land Rover guys at the 37 mile camp in the middle of the night. It's half the fun getting down there in challenging conditions.

I was told there's a chance the fire ban will be removed before next weekend. We'll see.

[Rockwieser]

I am still in!!!

[Bear80]

Yep we should have Adam's diff back together this week/weekend. I wanted to take my 'cruiser but I haven't finished some stuff on it so I'll just take my truck.