Will do!
April 27th at Leith Toyota
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would anyone else be interested in manning a donation booth?? if so please let me know ...we still have alot of places left and would like to fill this up before the show so we know that we have it done and dont have to start picking people at random....
thanks
thanks
Ladies and gentlemen, i have been contacted by an anonymous donor saying that they will MATCH the amount that we raise in registration fees. What a wonderful thing!! This person has pledged to match what we raise directly for The Victory Junction! What this means to us is REGISTER if you havent already!!
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That's awesome of someone! Heck, that's already a $600 match and will hopefully grow more in the next week and a half. That will certainly make a difference for some kids at Victory Junction. 
we are actually looking in the neighborhood of $750 dollars...WOW!!! great gift!!
That is fabulous!
closing in on show time...a little over a week...i for one am excited as heck to see all of your older models of the FJ family...the ONSC trucks are going to be the HIT of the show...im really looking forward to meeting you all as is everyone with the NCFJ Cruisers group!!
Darin, did anyone (other than myself) contact you about the specifics of Tread Lightly class? I'll have a meeting with John and David from NCFJ Cruisers soon, and wanted to make sure that was either confirmed or 86'd.
Not that I remember. But I have been asleep a few times over the last week or two. Really need to know what all we want to cover / talk about topic wise. I am flexible.
Should I even drive my cruiser? it has half a rear bumper... Haha.
Not too sure that its "show worthy"
Not too sure that its "show worthy"
Thought you were gonna duct tape the bumper back on? That would be show worthy.
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I'll have 1/3 to 2/3 of my front bumper, most likely in primer, so bring it on! There's also a large chunk of my rear bumper missing to provide clearance for my spare tire. You really will be fine, just try to hose some pollen off the thing.
I brought it up as a separate class after lunch, but some thought adding it to SEO's extraction exhibition would be interesting. I can get in touch with Steve if you think you have material to augment his "class". If you want to do a class, I think a newbie to intermediate content is probably more the audience we're looking at. I know there's a few experienced trailriders in the group, but I think this venue is more basic fundamentals...
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^^I second this
Posted over on expedition portal in the Southeast section.
Has anyone notified the News and Observer? In the Saturday automobile section they list car shows for the day. I will check with the N&O.
Lets check with our organizations and see if they do matching gifts.
Has anyone notified the News and Observer? In the Saturday automobile section they list car shows for the day. I will check with the N&O.
Lets check with our organizations and see if they do matching gifts.
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All,
Met with the guys from NCFJ Cruisers and Leith yesterday and here are some of the details:
Meeting at Triangle Town Center before 9am, as the police escorted convoy will roll out at 9:30, whether we're there or not. We'll be lining up in one row of the parking lot, and the FJ Cruisers will start lining up in a seperate line. I'll have Trail leader and tail gunner magnets with me. Those trailering may want to think of dropping the trailers off at Leith, and then going back to the mall. I'll confirm the area with John at Leith.
We'll leave the parking lot, make a right on Capital, and then a left on Gresham Lake Rd, then a right onto the access road leading past the new car dealerships into Lieth. A photographer will snap a picture of us coming down the access road into the parking lot. We'll move into the lot, and he'll snap another picture of the FJ Cruisers after us.
Those that have registered will recieve their swag bag, and need to fill out a photograph waiver for potential use in a magazine. You'll receive a raffle ticket, and additional ones can be bought for the participant raffle for $5 a piece (max 20 tickets).
It'll take a an hour or so to get everyone parked and settled in. Steve from SEO will do a recovery class on the hill behind the parking lot, and have they have asked that Darin do the Tread Lightly at the same time. I'll get in touch with Steve to see how it could fit together.
After that lunch will be served hamburgers/hotdogs/drinks. I'd wear sunscreen becuase it's going to be cool and sunny, and on a blacktop all day, you'll get some sun!
If I hear of anything else, I'll keep everyone posted...
Met with the guys from NCFJ Cruisers and Leith yesterday and here are some of the details:
Meeting at Triangle Town Center before 9am, as the police escorted convoy will roll out at 9:30, whether we're there or not. We'll be lining up in one row of the parking lot, and the FJ Cruisers will start lining up in a seperate line. I'll have Trail leader and tail gunner magnets with me. Those trailering may want to think of dropping the trailers off at Leith, and then going back to the mall. I'll confirm the area with John at Leith.
We'll leave the parking lot, make a right on Capital, and then a left on Gresham Lake Rd, then a right onto the access road leading past the new car dealerships into Lieth. A photographer will snap a picture of us coming down the access road into the parking lot. We'll move into the lot, and he'll snap another picture of the FJ Cruisers after us.
Those that have registered will recieve their swag bag, and need to fill out a photograph waiver for potential use in a magazine. You'll receive a raffle ticket, and additional ones can be bought for the participant raffle for $5 a piece (max 20 tickets).
It'll take a an hour or so to get everyone parked and settled in. Steve from SEO will do a recovery class on the hill behind the parking lot, and have they have asked that Darin do the Tread Lightly at the same time. I'll get in touch with Steve to see how it could fit together.
After that lunch will be served hamburgers/hotdogs/drinks. I'd wear sunscreen becuase it's going to be cool and sunny, and on a blacktop all day, you'll get some sun!
If I hear of anything else, I'll keep everyone posted...
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A few notes to add:
Last year, the RPD had the convoy pull out of the Town Center almost 10 minutes early, and since they're our escort, we followed. If you can show up a few minutes early, it'd be helpful.
The raffle is at the end of the show and you need to be present to win.
After the show is over, a lot of us go play on the hill and trail across the street for some photo ops. It's a steep grassy hill overlooking Leith, so it's also a great place to climb earlier and get some good overview shots of the show.
We're organizing a convoy from the Triad area and from the Wilmington area to get to the Town Center. The Triad and west convoy is meeting at the rest area in Burlington just after the Red Oak Brewery and exit 139 on I-85/40 on the right. We're planning on getting out of there at 6:45am which will put us at the Town Center pretty early, but we stand around, talk and have fun in the meantime. The Wilmington convoy is leaving at 6:30 and they're meeting at the Buy & Go just before I-40 (808 N College Rd).
Last year we used channel 12 for the convoys and I assume we'll use it again this year.
Last year, the RPD had the convoy pull out of the Town Center almost 10 minutes early, and since they're our escort, we followed. If you can show up a few minutes early, it'd be helpful.
The raffle is at the end of the show and you need to be present to win.
After the show is over, a lot of us go play on the hill and trail across the street for some photo ops. It's a steep grassy hill overlooking Leith, so it's also a great place to climb earlier and get some good overview shots of the show.
We're organizing a convoy from the Triad area and from the Wilmington area to get to the Town Center. The Triad and west convoy is meeting at the rest area in Burlington just after the Red Oak Brewery and exit 139 on I-85/40 on the right. We're planning on getting out of there at 6:45am which will put us at the Town Center pretty early, but we stand around, talk and have fun in the meantime. The Wilmington convoy is leaving at 6:30 and they're meeting at the Buy & Go just before I-40 (808 N College Rd).
Last year we used channel 12 for the convoys and I assume we'll use it again this year.
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I'm not 100% sure, but I believe it's 2:00.
Beware of the grassy hill! I hear a lot of folks got ticks on it last year!