AUGUST 14 COASTAL CRUISER MEETING
Members present: Steve B, Marcin C, Drew E, Aaron K & Carolyn, Paul K, Rod McD, Rob Millson, Kim R, Lisa S, Martin S, Gary T, Steve T, Jason C, Bill W.
Unfortunately Phil could not make it because he was stuck in Cancun, Mexico.
Guest Clint with trail ready Crew Cab Toyota P.U.
- Tall tales from the Whipsaw trip. Everyone had a great time. Re: fireworks, everyone bring your own.
- Cruiser Days 2008 was the most successful yet. 97 vehicles(incl. one EBI beat-up Suzuki crudely disguised) . Our club will donate $800. and Lisa gave $200. so the Children’s Hospital will receive a total of $1000. We hope to have the 2009 Cruiser Days at the same location on Saturday, July 18, 2009 if it is available. Someone suggested the possibility of bringing in a company with an inflatable kid’s playground to keep the kids happy.
-The Christmas Party will be on Saturday, December 6. 2008, and we will try to get the same location as last year, and will request Heidi The Hostess. We hope to have the grand prize of an ARB fridge/freezer. We will skip any Dec 11 Cruiser Meeting.
-Club Website: Marcin worked hard to develop this site and we need all CC members to make use of it by sending in pictures, articles, and announcements to his email which is listed on the site. We waited years for a website like this, so LET’S USE IT!
-September Labour Day weekend falls on August 30-Sept 1 this year. Our base campsite will be at Swartz Lake and you can decide whether you come in from the south via the Hurley, Bralorne, Goldbridge route, or in from the north via the Lillooet-Yalakom FSR to get there. Since we hope to visit Poison Mountain, it probably makes more sense to come in from the Goldbridge end. There might be a mountain bike festival of some sort there so we should have a plan B just in case. We will post maps here on Mud.
-New member: Jason Chisolm drives a ’91 HDJ81. Welcome Jason!
-Next summer, maybe August 2009, Glenn suggested a 7 to 10 day trip into the Chilcotins toward Bela Cola. We would require lots of fuel because most of it would be wilderness only. Due to the small turnout for this meeting, its too early to see who will be considering this trip at this time. Bill is interested, while Rod McD, Aaron K, Steve T, and Marcin said “maybe”. We will keep floating this idea every month and see what develops.
-The raffle was cancelled due to a no-show of the person with the prizes. WHOOPS….Does anybody remember who was given the money for the prizes? Jeff? John? Rob Schultz? Mat?
-The meeting broke up early by 9:45 so Millson could get to bed! He can get kranky and he works now, you know!
Went over to the neighbour and he welded the cog to the shaft and then I had to reshap the end of the shaft to it origonal size with the grinder and a hand file so it would fit in the plate hole and spin. If it breaks again, then it is time to fork over some cash for a new one.