I went up to Buckhorn Camp Friday evening on my own as Chris and Sam were caught in heavy traffic on 101 and had to detour over to 29, delaying their expected arrival by a good amount. I arrived at about 6:45 and found it empty so I chose my preferred site and unloaded some supplies, then went back up the road to place signs indicating the route to the camp as it's not clearly marked in places. While out on trail I made a few phone calls in a spot where I had a signal showing on my phone and found that Eric and Co. were a little delayed in their departure. I gave Eric GPS coordinates and said he'd navigate to the site by GPS.
Back in camp I sarted a fire, then changed my mind and moved camp to site that was a bit larger and more open, and visible from the trail so that people coming down the road could see the light of the fire and my lantern. My phone rang and I found that I had cell reception in the camp, even though I had no bars showing. Eric was letting me know that they were on the road and projected arrival time by GPS was 11:15. So I sat back and waited...and waited.
A little before ten I heard the sound of vehicles and saw the lights of two trucks coming down the road into camp. Expecting to see Rovers I was surprised when a Toyota and a Jeep rolled into camp. Suddenly I had neighbors, kids with a dirtbike and thumping stereo. (At least they weren't too loud!) They set up camp in the more remote site I had vacated earlier.
But soon enough, Chris and Sam rolled in. They had taken a wrong turn in Lakeport, missing the road into Cow Mountain but eventually found it. We socialized while they set up camp and we had dinner, then settled down to wait for Eric and Co. I talked to them by phone a few times, they were getting in some serious off-roading in the dark as the GPS sent them on an extremely creative route (I still can't even find it on the map!) and they were going down a very narrow track in the middle of nowhere, getting the trucks nicely pinstriped. After doing some backtracking and ending up in Lakeport and refueling, they found their way to camp at about 2:00am. Eric's friends were Alan, driving his Jeep Wrangler and Dennis, Sadam and Mike. They set up camp in the next site and we all turned in.
I would like to thank all those members in attendance of our first annual “Meeting of the Members” held at Mexxi’s on April 12th.The results of our vote to amend the Bylaws adjusting the number of first term Directors from 2 to 5 having a 3 year term was unanimous.
I would also like to welcome Brian Hunt as our newest Director.After accepting the impromptu nomination with the subsequent unanimous vote of yes by the attending members, he graciously accepted to fill the vacant seat. Our club will benefit immensely from Brian’s enthusiasm and wisdom.
I would also like to announce the change in the club’s “Treasurer”.Tony Cerrone has held this post from the onset.The club owes Tony as special thanks.He was instrumental in creating the current online payment system for merchandise ordering and in ordering the club’s merchandise.His resignation was accepted by the BOD and Chuck Mobraten (DesertCrawler) stepped up to the plate to become our new Treasurer. Tony will continue to hold his position with the club as a Director.
As for the Club’s present direction, we have a promising start to a great year as evidenced by a busy calendar of events.Remember to Tread Lightly and work to keep all four wheels down.
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