Koh 2020
 

*i'll reserve this first post for edits and all the updated info in one spot*

Dates:

Who's in:
- Me (whole week)
- Brian
- James?
- ?
- ?

Sleeping:

Flights:

Rental car(s):

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so last year we booked what i would call "late" after thanksgiving. still got a good RV, but there are easier options available if booked early. like they will deliver a 5th wheel camper out to the lake bed for you, and pick it up after you leave.

we had a 4dr Taco along with the RV and that worked out great, any awd with better than car ground clearance should do.

we flew into LAX, picked up the truck, and drove 2h towards the lakebed where we picked up the RV, then another hour drive out after a walmart stocking run.

can we get enough ppl to need multiple RVs?

It sounds like a group of us from the wheelers will be trying to form a trip as well. I know Hubble, Jeremiah and Alan will probably be in, not sure about Dice, Caldwell, or Socha at this point.

We're looking into a rental RV or a travel trailer that includes drop off / pick up. Probably fly in / out of Vegas and spend a night there on either end of KOH.

Have KOH 2020 dates been set yet? I searched the other day and didn't come up with anything.

i wasn't able to find the dates

that'd be cool to see old wheelers, but those guys were never my group :lol: we could set up a circle of RVs, lots of desert available. more ppl makes it easier to set up fires n such at night.

Yeah, I get that. I ended up becoming pretty good friends with them in the later years. I stood in Jeremiah's wedding.

A big group out there would be a lot of fun though.

My plans will be discussed over EJS and COBDR this year...likely put solid plans together this fall. SRT8 (my buddy Pat) is looking to race in the Every Man Challenge, so he may be driving out...not sure I'll be able to take that much time off, but I'm going to get there in 2020!

:eek: He's gonna compete? That is awesome!

That's his plan ;)

*bump*

this planning needs to start getting real

So, Pat bought a buggy a few months ago, is competing in Crandon over Labor day for a qualifying spot...hoping to be up there to sit in the pit while it all goes down. Things turned into a shytshow w/ camping and whatnot, and my boss is what she is, I can't get that Friday afternoon off so I'm hoping it all still works out that I make it up there...anyway, KOH 2020...

Yes, I'm in. While I'd love to ride out w/ Pat in his rig, I'll likely fly out and rent a Jeep for a few days, fly home. I have limited time off, and a lot of other trips I want to do, including continuing EJS shortly after KOH.

Once dates and races are figured out, and depending on whether Pat qualifies in two weeks or not, I'll be on it in a heartbeat! Gonna make sure I'm there in time for whatever race he gets into, or there to get in on the most debauchery :lol:

I'll know more after Labor Day's events.

:rock:

so what i'm getting is that Brian, you'd be staying with your other buddy to help him run then?

James, would you be camping with us?

Is there NO ONE ELSE going to go with us?

I don't think I'll be attending KOH 2020 sadly

Yep, I'll be hanging w/ Pat. Sounds like we may have a few other guys as well, but I'll be there.

James :james:

dude!!! James!!?!?!? wtf!!?!?!

Par for the course :lol:

Yeah one of the guys knocked up his wife so I think the whole group backed out :lol:

I guess it isn't out of the question...we were looking into a rental camper to get parked on the lakebed for our time out there. Seems like it was going to be relatively cheap...hundred bucks a night per person maybe?

Dude, there will be plenty of us out there...fly out, shack up, dig in and hammer it out w/ the rest of us!!

i literally JUST asked if you'd be staying with us or with another group ...

last year we got an RV n drove it in, plan to do the same this year. it was only a few bucks more, lets us move it, and lets us stay in town off the lake bed the night before our flights. just trying to get a count of how many for how big of an RV. But like you, i might be on my own n just catching up with Brian's group, worst case we can split the RV.

Worst case you can rent a damn Jeep and buy a cheap Walmart tent :p

I'm Brian's buddy Pat...(he likes to add this to any post that he references me) I will be racing in the 4400 class in Hammers. My car is very capable and finished 21st this year.

I will be driving out on the 23rd or 24th of January. Going to pr-run the week of the 26th. The previous owner lives about 40 minutes from Johnson Valley, so I'll have his help working out multiple paths on each trail.
Around midweek, the U4 staff will start putting up signs for the official route, historically they don't open the official route until the Friday before Hammers week starts.

I'll have a decent-sized crew with me in the pits, guessing I'll have my RV+trailer and maybe one other camper in the pit area, the rest will find a spot out on the lake bed to set up camp.

We learned a lot at Crandon and looking forward to Hammers.

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Good luck to you, Brian's buddy Pat ;) :lol:.

How was Crandon? I hear some of the U4 cars are tearing it up these days. Last time I was there, was the first year for U4 cars on the short course.

It was a good time. The rock and woods section is a bit tame and short. The short track is a good time.

The U4 rigs are only off the pace of the Pro4 trucks by a couple of seconds.

Here is a video of the rocks section

Crandon Saturday night

:roflmao:

Good, now they know you...buddy :lol:

:eek: I didn't realize that U4 cars were reaching the pace of Pro4! That is amazing!

Yeah the section you showed in the video does look pretty tame by U4 standards. I bet it was fun though. Was this your first time racing?

Yes, first time racing in Ultra4. I have been after it for about 3 years.

Never asked, how's it compare to the track shyt you did before that?

Even after moving that dash plate, it has to be only slightly better than squeezing into the Porsche :lol:

last year crawling around the Mt's around the lake bed ... i swore i'd loose 20lbs and do some hiking before to warm up to this year. so far i'm down 8, and have been doing a lot more walking.

Man, I felt it in CO this past vaca...some of the places I've hiked before were a bit tougher this trip...and my wife had a bit of a tougher time. She used to walk daily, then slowed down and got into wine and chatting w/ friends :lol:

She's back on the walking path now tho...I need to do the same, but I've been saying that for years :p

Good on you man :rock:

I'm really looking forward to meeting more peeps...even if it is just you :lol:

:roflmao::roflmao:

LOL...yes, sir...I even italicized it just for you :lol:

you mean ... JUST for James :james:

i thought KD might go

:lol:

Flight booked. Fly into Vegas Feb 2 @ 6p. Fly out of Vegas Feb 8 @ 6p.

Is it February yet :cotter:

:cry::cry:

i might not have the funds to go in 2020 :(

Wait, WTF :eek:

That would suck, dude...but just finishing a house and all, maybe it's time you tell the wife to sell the Vette :lol:

Dude. Pull those penny jars out and get to saving! My flight out was only $150 from Mpls to Vegas, splitting a ride w/ a Damon and a buddy...gonna tent it out there. You can do it!

do ya'll have an extra seat? maybe i can book flights around when you'll be at the airport

my only issue then would be getting enough equipment out there to survive the week.

i'm just fawking WASTED right now ... i want to get the 60/9" in the YJ, work on the '55, but mainly just pay off the builder for the house ...

I hear ya...lots of irons in the fire. I'm stretching this myself. Originally was only going to do a 3 day stretch, but turned into the full week, plus.

I'm confident there would be room for one more person, but that'd be on the guys I'm w/...I'm splitting the Jeep rental w/ them, they are doing a VRBO in town and I'm staying out at KOH w/ another group. The one thing I coordinated was the flight dates/times so didn't have to rent my own vehicle...if you're serious I'll get a message out w/ everyone in it for some real talk. LMK.

Hell, I've taken nearly 4 weeks of vaca this year and my wife/son are going to FL tomorrow for the week...I'm not going. They go out on a trip like this tho, used to be the wife and two kids...now just one. I do more long weekend trips they don't want any part of :lol: Well, sitting on a beach in FL doing absolutely nothing is sometimes appealing, it's not at the moment - meh :p
I may use a couple more days, or roll them into next year...but in reality, I don't have a full week to take anyway...I get to stay home and drink by myself - which is nice, too :chug: