PLANNING: 2010 ORTB West Coast Event

[SteveTB03]

Yeah I'm liking the Tahoe area a lot since I've never been and the place looks pretty nice.

Are we planning on doing this in the summer or more towards the fall?

[The Roadie]

The havasu trip was a HUGE disaster so many flakes saying they're going and then canceling it was ridiculous.

Same thing applies to group buys. Expressions of interest are free. Coughing up a deposit weeds out the wannabes.

[Philberto]

This may end up being late summer/early fall. Unless I get lucky financially, I don't see myself with that kind of money until then.

[bgwolfpack]

This may end up being late summer/early fall. Unless I get lucky financially, I don't see myself with that kind of money until then.

Cool, let's set a date.

[Philberto]

Everybody needs to list out their availability for the next few months as best they can so we can try and get something that works for everybody. For now, I am only available to extend a weekend, so it'll need to be a fri/sat/sun/mon for me.

[bgwolfpack]

Unless you drive like an old man, that should give you 3 nights and two full days to play. Correct?

[Philberto]

Correction: i'd drive up Thursday night, sleep until I wake up on Friday, play Fri, Sat, Sun, and leave Mon afternoon.

[bgwolfpack]

Correction: i'd drive up Thursday night, sleep until I wake up on Friday, play Fri, Sat, Sun, and leave Mon afternoon.

[The Roadie]

Correction: i'd drive up Thursday night, sleep until I wake up on Friday...

Which is 7AM when Nick and I get there, right? Geez, nothing like arriving at the crack of dawn and finding the party's already started.

[Philberto]

Hehe, hey, I was excited... and sleeping in the tb is wicked uncomfortable without a sleeping platform... my flexibility isn't what it used to be.

[KE7WOX]

Hehe, hey, I was excited... and sleeping in the tb is wicked uncomfortable without a sleeping platform... my flexibility isn't what it used to be.

I have the advantage of being 5'5"ish

[Philberto]

And I'm only 5'6", but still, it's the sleeping at an angle in the back seat that gets me... plus, had the ice chest. I should have just set up the tent, but it was 2AM and I was cold... so I curled up in the driver's seat, put on some Top Gear, and fell asleep about 15 minutes in... and then my body woke me up in protest about 3 hours later.

[fishsticks]

So... my wife wants me to go, tear shit up and have fun. When we are done she wants to fly down and meet me in Vegas.

She's kinda awesome.

[HARDTRAILZ]

So... my wife wants me to go, tear shit up and have fun. When we are done she wants to fly down and meet me in Vegas.

She's kinda awesome.

A lucky man there. Congrats on the good catch.

[fishsticks]

This thread seems to have stalled.

What's everyone availability shaping up to be this summer?

[djthumper]

With the exception of July 30 through August 15 I am fairly open. I will be up in your neck of the woods during that time frame.

[The Roadie]

I'm looking to get a job offer on a permanent position on Tues/Wed, so I can quit this contracting gig. The new job would come with paid vacation, which contracting fails to have. So everything will change soon, I hope.

[KE7WOX]

Good luck.

[djthumper]

I totally understand wanting to get the full-time job, I did contract work for 3 years. Good luck on it becoming full-time.

[Philberto]

Best of luck... just found out I'll have 3 days in July, waiting to be scheduled, so let me know as soon as you know if you'll be getting some time off that month.