Updated 4/1
Hi Everyone! Route is now live to download at Outbound Overland Please scrool down to "Spring T4R.org Overland Trip", click on the link and it will take you to Gaia GPS to download the route.
Pinstripes WILL happen on this trip.
Date: Thursday April 5th - Sunday April 8th.
Weather:
https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/us/pa/state-college?cm_ven=localwx_10day
Location: Pennsylvania
Thursday April 5th:Rally at 40.990, -78.168 at 3pm. We will be parked in the truck area. We will depart this rally point at 3:45pm sharp. From our rally point we will proceed to our campsite 40.98286 -78.02348 for the night. The drive should take about a hour and is muddy, steep in sections, and rocky.
Thursday's campsite:
https://goo.gl/maps/XkGEJpeZYpn
Friday: We will depart camp at 8am and proceed to our lunch location. Friday we will stop for lunch at Otto's Pub and Brewery in State College PA, the management has been kind enough to set aside space for us inside the restaurant.
We need to be at the restaurant by 11:45am to allow for us to be seated before the lunch rush.
Otto's Pub & Brewery | State College Restaurant & Bar
After lunch we will proceed to out camp location for Friday and Saturday night 40.79768, -77.31025. We have three camp areas that are all close to each other but far enough away that if one site is noisy or partying it shouldn't wake up the others.
Friday and Saturday's campsite:
https://goo.gl/maps/ZoY3QQ18bzJ2
Saturday we will depart camp at 9am and begin a loop of Bald Eagle State Forest. We will stop for a picnic lunch somewhere in the forest and will return to camp by 5pm.
Sunday everyone is free to do whatever you like.
This trip will have a hard limit of 30 vehicles.
Difficulty: Stock 4Runners will be able to complete the loop without damage assuming running boards have been removed.
Communications: For this trip we will primarily communicate via HAM and secondary on GRMS. All primary comms will take place on HAM and GRMS will be reserved for those who do not have HAM to communicate vital information to the group (bathroom, emergency, Im lost, Antman is lost). Each participant is required to either have a HAM radio or a GRMS radio.
Primary freqency: 146.580 (4WD4)
GMRS freqency: Channel 20 (462.6750)
Talk in repeater: W3YA Downlink: 146.8500 Uplink: 146.2500 Offset:-0.6 MHz Uplink Tone: 146.2 Downlink Tone: 146.2
Rear facing Amber “dust lights” are highly recommended for all participants.
This is not a guided trip. Everyone must be responsible for their own food, fuel, safety, and attitude.
Purple Lizard maps will be sponsoring a map giveaway! https://www.purplelizard.com/
Gaia GPS has provided 6 one-year premium memberships and other prizes to giveaway. Each evening two winners will be randomly selected.
Route Files have been posted at
Outbound Overland
Participants:
[MENTION=146302]yellowdog[/MENTION]- Tenative
[MENTION=153136]Dougthelurk[/MENTION]
[MENTION=141503]carlos.elmotor[/MENTION]
[MENTION=178029]redshift83[/MENTION]
[MENTION=174597]gfxcruncher[/MENTION]
[MENTION=112177]4RnR Grl[/MENTION]
[MENTION=3442]Boyds4Runner[/MENTION]
[MENTION=168791]Arishtat[/MENTION]
[MENTION=157075]Hank Mardukas[/MENTION]
[MENTION=5340]toy4runner[/MENTION]
[MENTION=65614]Antman[/MENTION]
[MENTION=148437]232vzlano[/MENTION]
[MENTION=72984]BMeister[/MENTION]
[MENTION=170362]geocook717[/MENTION] - Tentative
[MENTION=78903]08runnertjb[/MENTION]
[MENTION=148912]El_ZRunner[/MENTION] - Tenative
[MENTION=133021]propain[/MENTION] - Tenative
[MENTION=162677]Big_Orange[/MENTION]
[MENTION=142279]Rig002[/MENTION]
