Copper State Cruisers monthly Phoenix meeting
Friday, January 18, 2019 @ 7:30 PM
Tempe, AZ
THANK YOU @brices123 for allowing us to use your lovely home for the 2018 CSC Xmas Party and THANK YOU @Highway Romping for doing all the heavy lifting to organize!!
CSC 2018 Christmas party
First Time Guests
Ryan (mud name "something something boy78" PM me if this is you and I'll fix) - Ryan owns a 3rd generation white 4runner with 178k miles that he's owned about a year; it has a few upgrades including an ARB bumper, winch, 3 inch lift, lights, Rocky Mountain roof rack.
Greg (no mud name) - Greg owns a 3rd generation white 4runner with 140k miles.
New Members
Brandon @BrandonAz-
New CSC member #505 BrandonAZ Brandon owns a 96 red FZJ80, an older 4runner, a Tunda, and he is a big fan of Toyotas (good thing!). He owns Avid Offroad a fab shop down in Queen Creek. He makes a lot of fab for Tacomas and other vehicles.
Joe (
@lxraider75) -
New CSC Member #503 LXRaider75 2000 LX470 220k miles on it, stock, owned about 5-6 months. He loves his truck and is looking for advice on how to build up his truck without wasting money.
Justin & Cyndi (@Jgunner) -
New CSC Member #502 JGunner Justin owns a 1995 FZJ80 with 267k miles 37s, locked and geared, and a 2001 Toyota 4Runner.
Ryan (no mud name, just a
lurker)- Ryan owns a '91 FJ80 two tan brown/tan, he's the ORIGINAL OWNER
and it has about 250k miles on it.
Run of the Month
December - @Saddletramp led a New Years Eve run out to Bloody Basin area that turned into quite an adventure when what we expected to be rain turned into snow! Lots of pucker moments were had
, but overall it was a great time with 5 trucks on the run.
Adventure wheeling Bloody Basin 12/31/2018 Thanks for putting together this run, Steve!
January - @Saddletramp also organized a New Years Day run out towards Young. The conditions were similar (slippery and slidey
), but a fun time was had by all.
New Years Day Run 1/1/2019
February - @Saddletramp is at it again organizing his annual President's Day Weekend overlanding adventure.
February 15-18 Presidents’ Day long weekend . This year the group is headed up to Utah and Monument Valley area. It's supposed to be very chilly, but despite the cold over 20 trucks are expected to make the over 1000 mile journey. Keep an eye out for awesome photographs!
WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE VOLUNTEERED TO LEAD ANY ROTM MARCH AND ONWARD, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LEAD OR MAYBE JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO SO WOULD LIKE TO BE A CO-LEADER, SEND ME A PM AND WE CAN GET YOU ON THE LIST OR GIVE YOU IDEAS/TEAM YOU UP WITH SOMEONE WHO CAN ASSIST IN PLANNING! 
@murf did mention he'll probably do another Classic Cruze in April as a secondary event, but we still need a main ROTM.
Finance Report
Thanks
@brices123 for providing the finance report. We currently have an account balance of $2544.12.
Drawing of the Month
This month we had a drawing of the month for
CSC January 2019 ◄DOTM► - •••1/2" Synthetic Soft Rope Shackles••• Tickets were $5 each and were purchased in person at this meeting. We held the drawing at this meeting and the lucky winner was Kory, congratulations!!
Other Business
February 10th -
CBT Annual Show N' Shine: February 10th, 2019 Camelback Toyota and
@murf are once again putting on their annual Show N Shine event for CSC. This is a fun event where you can bring you truck and all your cool gear to put it on display in the front lot at CBT. They put on a cookout for us and we have a lot of fun.
Every year there is also a fundraiser or donation box for a worthy cause, and this year anything raised will go to the American Heart Association. Please see the post for more information.
), and a 2001 Toyota 4Runner