Did someone mention my name?
Goose64 welcome to the neighborhood. I live between Princeton and Francisco, drive a '74 FJ40, and have only been to Interlake twice. We will have to hit it sometime this spring, the 40 takes the winters off, no top, no doors, no heat. Plus it needs to spend some time in the garage.
Good to have another cruiser in the area, this group of guys is kind of intimadating on here, but they are some nice guys(just don't tell anyone, it will ruin their rep). Just do some research of the posts on this club and the Ill-windy site, you will see the same people posting in both sites. Check out the posts about Badlands, and PYS(our little trips to MO) and you will see pics of our rigs and some of the wheeling we do.
We do hit the Badlands quite a few times each year, it works out great as a place for our group as anything from almost stock to "extreme side of extreme" can make the trip and find some fun. The camping is a whole nuther experience, filled with insitefull conversations and adult beverages. Also you will learn what _ilching( sorry this computer will not type out the letter that comes after Y) is, also the proper way to make a gasoline valcano(as long as someone brings some beer with the screw on caps), and many other things that will boggle your mind and make you the star of the watercooler at work Mon. morning.
Most of the rest of the group is from Indy north and the Chicago area(big city boys),you should see them ooh and aaw at a star filled sky.
As for GSMTR, it is a great time if you can make it, go. Can't say anything about the place they have it at now but have heard great things about it. We use to go when it was at Tellico(closed down in 2008) and had some great times. With it being held in mid May it doesn't fit into many of this groups plans. Richard(another 40 guy from Mt. Vernon IN) and I have talked of making a trip back to Tenn. or eastern KY. Windrock and Harlin are some places I'd like to get to, if not this year maybe next year.
Damn, seem to be a little yammery tonight. Keep posting and checking in and don't take anything here too personal, we are some really nice people no matter what everyone else says. We will start coming out of the winter blahs about mid March and we can run to interlake or you can follow me to Badlands to meet the crew.
