FJ Cruisers of Northern California
Mud N Yer Eye 2010
Mud-N-Yer Eye Frolic
When: April 23-25 2010 34th annual
Where: Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area (HH-SVRA)
The Mud-N-Yer Eye Frolic hosted by Mountain Transit Authority (MTA), is one of the longest running four-wheeling events in the country and for many, it's the traditional opening of the wheeling season. We have about 200 4x4 vehicles and about 600 participants each year. MTA is a small club of only 15 families, so we depend on volunteers to help us manage the event. We have about 40 volunteers which help us put on the event every year which includes 4Play 4wheeler four wheel drive club and a few others to help us.
The Mud-N-Yer Eye Frolic is held at Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area in Hollister, California. The wheeling area of the park has 24 miles of trails on 800 acres of land. The trails range from easy fire roads to black diamond hill climbs and cover almost 2,000 feet of elevation gain. Some of the best sections of trail that MTA maps out are uncharted and virtually unknown.
Everything starts very early on Friday morning with participants lining up to get a good campsite-it's first-come, first-served. By lunchtime on Friday, the camping area is like a small town with people picking up registration packets, meeting friends and kids playing. In the afternoon we set up an RAMP TRAVEL INDEX (RTI) ramp for a little friendly flexing competition.
MTA maps out a self-guided trail route with challenging routes for all vehicles including some alternate "hard way" sections for those with more capable vehicles. The trail this year covered every major area of the park. Along the trail we set up two games to provide a little competitive fun. In years past we have had games like the Treasure Hunt, where participants had to search their vehicle for all sorts of odd items. There was also the Toilet Toss, where passengers had to toss a wad of toilet paper through a series of open toilet lids painted with appropriate pictures.
Saturday evening begins with a catered barbeque dinner. After dinner, we have a live band with dancing under the stars. Years ago the stage was a flat bed trailer, the dance floor was laid out with hay bales and we used a generator for power. Today we have a raised and covered stage, a concrete dance floor, bench seats and power, all of which were built for the HHSVRA by MTA over the years.
Sunday is awards and raffle day . We gave out awards for trail games winners, a hard luck award for most breakage, largest club attendance, longest distance traveled and, of course, muddiest truck. The Frolic is a family event and we hold a kid's raffle as well as an adult raffle. All kids are given a raffle ticket for a chance at a main prize. After the main prizes are raffled, any kid who didn't win is given a grab bag of cool kid stuff. Our main sponsor, Stevens Creek Toyota of San Jose, CA, gives us a Warn winch every year. We usually have a set of tires and other high value prizes from local 4-wheel drive parts suppliers and shops. Smaller items are donated by other Toyota truck, Land Cruiser and 4-wheel drive clubs. MTA members also donate to the raffle and are not allowed to buy raffle tickets. All raffle prizes are won by the participant that’s our policy.
Click here for more information about Hollister Hills four wheel drive
park.
Registration is here:
www.mta4x4.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id...
UPDATE 1-30-10
MTA’S MUD-N-YER-EYE FROLIC AGENDA 2010
FRIDAY
8:00 am - Camp Opens
1:00 pm - Registration Opens and Safety Check Begins
10:00 pm - Registration and Safety Check Closes
SATURDAY
6:00 am - Registration and Safety Check Opens
NOTE: DRIVERS MEETING 15 MINUTES
BEFORE SCHEDULED TIME TO LEAVE - BE PROMPT!
7:00 am - Group 1 Departs (First come first serve
Basis. Approximately 40 rigs per group.)
(Groups will leave every 45 min. till all rigs are out the gate Last run 10:45 a.m.)
7:45 am - Group 2 Departs
8:30 am - Group 3 Departs
9:15 am - Group 4 Departs
10:00 am - Group 5 Departs
10:30 am. - Registration Closes
10:45 am - Group 6 Departs
4:30 pm - GATE TO PARK WILL BE LOCKED!
5:00 pm - Poker Run Closes
5:30 pm - Dinner
7:00 pm - Dance Begins
7:30 pm - Dinner Ends
7:30 pm - Cash Prize $50.00
8:30 pm - Cash Prize $75.00
9:00 pm - Cash Prize $100.00
SUNDAY
9:00 am - Kids Drawing
10:00 am - Big Drawing and
12:00 pm - Trophy Presentation
2:00 pm - Frolic Camp closes.
TBD - Trails reopen for four wheeling
You must register with the ranger station to do any wheeling on this day!
For question please PM Boss73 or email @ admsndler1@yahoo.com
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Permalink Reply by Jeff on
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Sounds interesting. Do we have a list of people who are going? I would go but I wouldn't know wtf I was doing or where anything is. Can I tag along with anyone?
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Permalink Reply by Boss73 on
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I have only had a couple of inquires about the event and I am not sure who is going to go...
But if it helps I often have no idea what I am doing either... LOL
Its good to be lost... hehehe
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Permalink Reply by Bz on
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I got lost for an hour on the way to your place....
and I rarely get lost......
wish I could be there but I'm headed to Sandy Eggo...
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Bummer dude.. But San Dog is great plce to visit.. Use to be my old stomping grounds....
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Here are some of the sponsors that have signed up so far:
Stevens Creek Toyota
4Wheel Parts
Trail Gear
WARN WINCH
IRON PIG OFF ROAD
OPTIMA BATTERY
ARB
CRUISERPARTS.NET
COYOTE VALLEY SPORTING CLAYS
SMITTY BUILT
CCOT
BDS
More to come as the event nears !
We are starting to count down the days
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Permalink Reply by Markie Sharkie on
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No BozTec?
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Permalink Reply by potatomutato on
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not really an FJC-centric event.
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Why would you say that tater ??
All are always welcome..
Thought they would be on their way to MOAB then so I did not think to ask ..
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just saying it would be awkward for someone in a non-FJC to win a diff skid they couldn't use, whereas most of the other vendors listed make/sell non-vehicle-centric products. who knows, i just have that low-budget marketing mentality etched in my brain that says look at the numbers and see if it is worth it.
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Well that maybe true but ya kind put a bit of a negative tone on it..
I mean I do post it here in hopes to attract other FJC's to this event..
So when you post "not really an FJC-centric event", to me it kind of takes the wind out of the sails of what I am trying to promote. Thats all I am saying..
I am not mad or anything just wanted to point that out....
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no worries, it wasn't my intention to be negative, but it really isn't an FJC-centric event like the Summit or AllCal and such, which would be a no-brainer for an FJC-centric vendor. not sure how that can be construed as having a negative tone to it. i didn't say FJCs weren't welcome at this event, but perhaps it came across that way and is where the misunderstanding set in.
regardless, this is a fun off-roading event that welcomes all makes and models, so if you are a fan of off-roading, this is an event for you. let's grab a beer soon, Boss.
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Permalink Reply by knuckles415 on
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Blew room drama ? LOL.
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